Women come to the clinic for an abortion, usually accompanied by a friend,
boyfriend or husband. The pro-life sidewalk counselors hand out brochures
explaining the many local resources available for pregnant women in need,
including: housing; financial, medical and legal support; help with education
and employment; and, equally as important, friendship.
Some of the women stop and talk to the sidewalk counselors. While each story
is different, the common thread is that these women are afraid. Not afraid
of the people praying for them across the street, but afraid of how their lives
will change with a baby. Are we really “empowering” women by encouraging
them to give in to this fear and abort their child? It certainly doesn’t seem so
after spending 40 days watching women leave the abortion clinic hours after
their appointment, clutching their abdomen, dejected, crying, barely able to
walk down the street (or even worse, carried out on a stretcher and into an
ambulance, as we witnessed on October 14th).
Th HZ\