Pregnant Girls Can Now IM for Abortion Counseling

My wife tells me if she had known the truth about abortion she would never had one. The pro abortion folks call it choice, but an informed choice is not what they offer. That is what Care Net is about.

Care Net consultants take over 10,000 calls, e-mails a month

Care Net, an organization that provides help to people facing unplanned pregnancies, is taking full advantage of Internet technology, now offering an instant messaging, or IM, option along with the thousands of e-mails and phone calls it responds to each month.

The organization's LifeDonor program specifically helps to generate Internet advertising that directs people needing help to counselors.

According to a statement from Care Net, in the last six months its Option Line Call Center and website have handled more than 10,000 calls and e-mails per month. Ministry officials at Care Net are planning to receive double the number of calls compared to the prior year. According to the most recent statistics available, December 2005 was a new record month for the call center, fielding over 13,262 calls and e-mails for the month.

"Our ability to stop abortion was substantially increased when we started our LifeDonor Network. The faithful support Care Net receives via our LifeDonor monthly supporters is a huge factor enabling us to reach more women in need each day," Matthew Waters, Care Net's vice president of public education and development, said.

Care Net is a worthy organization, check it out.

I'll ask my wife to blog her story so others can understand the decades of struggle she had coming to terms with the reality of abortion. In the meantime read this:

Rape Victim Shares Story Of Hope

Kate Looby from Planned Parenthood says,"When a woman is a victim of a horrible crime, or sexual assault and presents at an emergency room, or hospital, that she would be told of the existence of a medication that can prevent a pregnancy resulting from the rape."

If the bill passes, all hospitals in South Dakota would be required to tell rape victims about the availability of emergency contraception. But not everyone agrees with this legislation. Some say it comes down to the debate over when life begins.

One KELOLAND woman who was raped was forced to make a decision that would change her life forever.

Megan Barnett was 19 years old when she made a trip to Sioux Falls for the fourth of July weekend in 2004. But the weekend celebration didn't last. She was raped and the next morning went to the emergency room in Sioux Falls.

There, she was told about emergency contraception. "Plan-B," known as the morning after pill. While she's not comfortable talking about the details of what happened that night, she is willing to share her story of life.

Little nine month oldMaria is here today because her mother refused to take a pill that could've prevented her pregnancy from happening.

Megan Barnett says, "In not taking it, it just tipped my life upside down, but I'm really thankful that I didn't because she's such a blessing. I'm really thankful that I made the choice I did."

She says she decided not to take the morning after pill because of her beliefs... And she didn't want to question her decision forever.

Barnett says, "I don't want to be living my life thinking what if, what if. What if I had terminated that pregnancy."