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The Stork Bus is a revolutionary mobile medical unit and Save the Storks’ mission provider since 2012. This state-of-the-art bus provides women free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, STI testing, and unbridled support from a licensed medical professional. Our record for Stork Bus deliveries has since been 10 in a year, but THIS year, we broke that record! […]
Who is Ruby Marie? My grandmother was Ruby Marie Fried. The story that she told me goes like this… In 1944, Ruby Marie had been married just a couple of years to my grandfather, John. They had gone up to the Northwest part of the country because he was training to be deployed during WWII […]
A Pregnancy Center’s Experience Going Mobile By Natasha Smith “I don’t want to be overly dramatic, but this thing is going to fundamentally transform the work that we do,” said Chuck Swanson, the Executive Director of Options for Women in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Their new Stork Bus was delivered on July 26. “You know this is going to make […]
A Note From CEO Diane Ferraro Recently, in my quiet time with the Lord, I read Exodus 1 and 2. “But when she could hide him (baby Moses) no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among […]
The story of a west coast Stork Bus By Brittany Smith On Tustin Street in Orange, Calif., sits a two-story Planned Parenthood. The brick structure is just a few miles from Interstate 5, what locals call “The 5,” or “the Orange Crush” — one of Southern California’s busiest highways. I know this location because I drove by it multiple […]
State-of-the-art Stork Bus “Paloma” set to save lives in southern California Life Centers of Ventura County (LCVC) is a pregnancy resource center (PRC) located in Oxnard, Calif. Just 60 miles outside of L.A. — a city with over 20 Planned Parenthood locations. California is not a state that has been particularly kind toward pro-life efforts, with its governor openly criticizing pro-life initiatives over the years. But LCVC has […]
El Paso pro-life community has two new Stork Buses on the road By Brittany Smith A baby who died in 2011 is saving lives today. Nine years ago, Live Action investigative reporter Gaby Federico got a call asking her to come to El Paso’s Hilltop Family Planning Clinic, a local abortion provider. The man who […]
How God was with this homeless, unemployed, and lonely immigrant through the work of pro-life individuals in her community. Homelessness, unemployment and lack of support from family cause considerable stress for anyone who experiences any of those factors. Now imagine combining all of that and adding the potential of deportation to Venezuela during the peak […]
In the midst of uncertainty, one pregnancy center steps in By Natasha Smith Trapped in an abusive relationship, isolated from family and friends, and embarrassed about her situation, Brienda stared at the two lines on her home pregnancy test. Overwhelming feelings of sadness and confusion boiled over in her heart. She knew she couldn’t bring […]
About a year ago, doctors told Ashley and Jim Murray the twins Ashley was carrying shared the same placenta. This meant the possibility of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. One twin might get more nutrients than the other. It was a small chance, but they were going to keep a close watch just in case. At 24 weeks, […]
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 […]
On a cold November morning the bus was parked outside the late term abortion clinic. The parking lot was full of out of town license plates. A truck pulled in with Colorado plates. A young girl got out of the car with an older couple—they all looked scared and confused. On their way into the […]
