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Anna attempted abortion two times on her baby. The first time, she took abortifacient pills. When her tummy continued to grow, she went to an abortion clinic for a D and C. Still the baby in her womb developed so she decided to go on with the pregnancy. One of her turning points in her decision to go on with her pregnancy was when she went for check-up after the D and C in order to see if the baby was still there. Lo and behold, the technician had her look into the monitor to take a peek at her three month old baby tumbling and moving around!
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A couple of weeks ago, Anna was admitted to the Mother and Baby Unit in a hospital that Filipino nurse Fanny Forteza was assigned to. Anna humbly admitted her abortion attempts and awe that the pregnancy reached full term until birth. But with deep regret and joyful gratitude, she praised God that her attempts to abort did not succeed. She proudly embraced and breastfed her baby.
Fanny, who is director of the Pro-life Counseling Center in Capiz, is in the USA (she has a US Citizen visa), working as a nurse in order to raise funds to continue the counseling center she began in Capiz. She says that she has encountered a lot of women who have changed their mind regarding abortion once they saw their unborn baby kicking around in the womb.
Ultrasounds save life! The youth should be shown the films on the development of the baby to educate them on the miracle of life. AND every pregnant woman deserves to see the first pictures of her baby, even before he/she is born!
Pro-life Philippines Crisis Counseling Centers report around 150 calls from pregnant girls and women every month. Some get to know of our hotline telephone numbers through the PLDT Directory, where we have been given a full page in the white pages year after year for the past 15 years by DPC, the publishers of the phone book. Others get to know of our services through our TV or radio interviews, and many become aware of help available through friends who have attended our pro-life seminars
Many of the women just need someone to talk to and to encourage them to go on with their pregnancy, after exploring with them their own resources. Others need to be referred to Maternity Homes, while a few need to be invited to come for face to face counseling since the situation they are in are quite complicated – rape, incest, involved with a married man, or totally rejected by her family.
When a woman seems to insist on abortion even after intensive counseling, we surrender her to the Lord as she walks out of our center and start the Prayer Brigade. Very often, she calls up a few days after, informing us that she has decided to go on with her pregnancy! That usually calls for a celebration as we relate the good news to our other counselors.
For those who want to volunteer to be pregnancy crisis counselors or who want to set up their own women’s desks, call our Pro-life office at 911-2911 or Sr. Pilar at 0920-945-5494.
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