An idea fused with passion and empowered by God. This is how Save the Storks began and grew. In 2010, Joe Baker first imagined launching buses equipped with free sonogram machines. His intention was to have a bus in every major city, providing care and resources for the 64% of women who said they felt…
When Planned Parenthood moved into Bettendorf, Iowa, offering abortions to the community, fervent prayer warriors fasted and prayed for three weeks in a little trailer on property directly across from the abortion clinic. In 2002, Bettendorf welcomed its first pregnancy help medical clinic, the Women’s Choice Center. This clinic was built exactly where those women…
“I’d like to share something that I’ve never told anyone before.” Nearly every time I speak at a church, someone approaches me after the service with some variation of that statement, followed by the story of their abortion. After I shared on a recent Sunday morning, a woman old enough to be my grandmother stepped…
Live Action News – The Iowa Senate and House have both passed a bill banning abortion when a preborn child’s heartbeat is detected. The decision on whether the bill becomes law is now up to Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds. The House passed the measure in a vote of 51-46 and the Senate followed just hours…
Live Action – For many mothers, ultrasounds are an exciting window into the womb, a glimpse of the life growing inside of them. But for one mom, she had no idea how prescient that photo would be. South Carolina mom Sarah Kelleher Steppling originally didn’t want to get a boutique ultrasound, but her mother and grandmother…
Live Action News – Last week, Hawaiian Governor David Ige signed a bill legalizing assisted suicide, bucking nationwide trends. Last month, the “Our Care, Our Choice Act” passed the state House of Representatives with a 39-12 vote, and then passed the Senate with a vote of 23-2. “It is time for terminally ill, mentally competent Hawaii residents…
Live Action News – Despite a Republican majority in both the House and Senate, and a Republican president in the White House, today, the omnibus spending bill, which continues to fully fund Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion corporation, was signed by President Trump after a threat earlier in the day that he might veto. Donald J. Trump…
Live Action News – On March 20, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding California’s Reproductive FACT Act, also known as the “bully bill.” The law requires pregnancy centers, which offer life-affirming resources to women, to distribute the following: California has public programs that provide immediate free or low-cost access to comprehensive family planning services…
Live Action News – Rita was a young, student nurse working in a London hospital in the 1970s. She describes herself as an “Irish country girl” who did not know what she would be expected to do in her training. When she was required to care for a woman undergoing an abortion, she was confused and…
This article was originally published by Hope Resource Center and was written by Andrew Wood. The Washington Post published an article recently from an author that argued in favor of selective abortion when the baby in the womb is found to have Down syndrome. The author celebrates the Science that allows us to test earlier today for abnormalities….
Live Action News – Last December, rapper Eminem released a new album, “Revival.” The first single, titled “River,” has received heavy airplay on radios and is currently rising on the Billboard charts. But the song has gained notoriety because of its heavy subject matter: abortion. The lyrics not only discuss abortion, but show deep regret and pain, in…
This article was written by Sean McDowell The question of abortion in cases of rape is one of the most difficult and sensitive issues to address. The unborn is a human being with intrinsic value and worth, and yet the mother has been violated in the most profound way. Our hearts should be broken that…
Seven years ago this fall, Lauren Urrea felt her world was crashing into a million pieces as she faced the undeniable, yet somehow unbelievable, reality that she was pregnant. For the first time in her life, Lauren found herself questioning—even if for a brief moment—her most foundational beliefs about God, family, career and most importantly,…
“Watching you as a father to our kids is the first time I’m really seeing what fatherhood looks like.” I remember feeling the weight of my wife’s words when she told me that. It was the same feeling I got when I realized that I was taking our first daughter home from the hospital: How…
One of the most typical assertions in our culture today is that abortion is only a women’s issue and therefore men have no place in the discussion. This argument is a favorite among abortion advocates and is sometimes even adopted by people who identify themselves as pro-life. It is a simple assumption which frames a…
A common charge that is brought against pro-life advocates is that they are too obsessed with abortion. In a way, it is an understandable reaction. The abortion issue is very uncomfortable for a lot of people, so it’s not surprising that most do not want to hear about it very often. The common feeling is…
My husband and I were sitting in the doctor’s office ready to discuss my blood work when it happened. I found out I had O Negative blood a couple days before, and we researched and prepared for what that meant for the pregnancy, and our sweet little guy. But that’s not what the doctor brought…
Dreary winter days are notorious for dampening the spirit but that was not the case when my colleague and I visited our affiliates in Bettendorf, IA. Greeted warmly by the volunteer coordinator, we are ushered into the staff and volunteer prayer time as they start the day. What are the topics that need prayer? Requests…
Live Action News – Ashley Danielle Flores is a professional blogger, yoga instructor, network marketer and ambassador for the pro-life organization, Save The Storks. In addition to her flourishing career, she’s a mother of two who recently published her first book, “Swimming in Grace,” which tells the story of an abortion Ashley had in college and…