Matt C. Abbott
Second year of saving babies, helping women
By Matt C. Abbott
WomanCare Services is a two-year-old pro-life crisis pregnancy center located in Berwyn, Ill.
Ember Normand, a young woman associated with the center, is enthusiastic about its baby-saving (and women-helping) work.
"WomanCare Services reaches women when they are at their lowest, when they feel there is no hope and no one to whom they can turn," says Ember. "Their stories are heartbreaking, but not impossible.
"WomanCare assists the women by helping them work through their problems. The baby is not the problem. Many times the women have no emotional support. Other times there are money issues. Other times they are being pressured into an abortion."
Continues Ember:
"One of the first couples we helped was considering an abortion because they were homeless and jobless. We helped them get housing and a job. We provided some money to get them through their transition. We gave them hope, and that hope led them to keep their baby! There are many stories like this — stories of hope and life chosen."
WomanCare Services is having a benefit banquet on Nov. 13, 2005, in Lombard, Ill. The featured speaker is Dr. Ray Guarendi. For more information, call 708-795-6000.
Also, readers who would like me to devote a column to a specific pro-life CPC or related ministry are welcome to e-mail me pertinent information at mattcabbott@hotmail.com.
© Matt C. Abbott
WomanCare Services is a two-year-old pro-life crisis pregnancy center located in Berwyn, Ill.
Ember Normand, a young woman associated with the center, is enthusiastic about its baby-saving (and women-helping) work.
"WomanCare Services reaches women when they are at their lowest, when they feel there is no hope and no one to whom they can turn," says Ember. "Their stories are heartbreaking, but not impossible.
"WomanCare assists the women by helping them work through their problems. The baby is not the problem. Many times the women have no emotional support. Other times there are money issues. Other times they are being pressured into an abortion."
Continues Ember:
"One of the first couples we helped was considering an abortion because they were homeless and jobless. We helped them get housing and a job. We provided some money to get them through their transition. We gave them hope, and that hope led them to keep their baby! There are many stories like this — stories of hope and life chosen."
WomanCare Services is having a benefit banquet on Nov. 13, 2005, in Lombard, Ill. The featured speaker is Dr. Ray Guarendi. For more information, call 708-795-6000.
Also, readers who would like me to devote a column to a specific pro-life CPC or related ministry are welcome to e-mail me pertinent information at mattcabbott@hotmail.com.
© Matt C. Abbott
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