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Save the Storks Stork Bus is perhaps the most unique part of our pro-life ministry. With every Stork Bus individually named, each one has a unique story of HOPE and LIFE. Here are the stories of two different lives that inspired the naming of our “Michael Kolbe” Stork Bus. When Eric Kniffin and his law […]
October 15th is National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day. National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day is a day dedicated to those who have suffered the loss of an infant due to miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, or any other cause during pregnancy or infancy. 1 in 4 women will lose a baby during pregnancy or infancy, so […]
Chrissy Teigen, model and wife of famous musician John Legend, recently shared that the miscarriage she had was actually an abortion. When Teigen and her husband became pregnant with their third baby they publicly shared their journey on Instagram. 20 weeks into the pregnancy Teigen shared the unfortunate news that their baby Jack was not going […]
Beyoncé and other celebrities break the stigma of miscarriage By Katie Doryland One in four women experiences a miscarriage each year. For women over the age of 40, the percentage goes up even more — to nearly 50 percent. The physical and psychological effects can last for months or even years after it happens. According […]
When I was 19 I found out I was pregnant. I had been with my boyfriend for about a year. He was living with his parents and I was living with my grandparents. My mom had been living with us for a while but had recently started using heroin again and was back on the […]
Sometimes it feels like having a miscarriage is treated more like a bad case of the flu than the loss of a child. When I lost my baby, I was overwhelmed with thankfulness for those who gave meals, prayers, and encouragement. What I quickly realized, however, is that those who’ve never experienced this loss often […]
Live Action News–“Although I have found freedom and forgiveness, the regret and grief are lifelong, because my first child deserved life. She deserved to live and have her mother protect her,” Carla says. “And I would give anything to go back there… to save her life and mine. But I can’t.” On September 5, 1990, […]
NBC’s This Is Us will always succeed at these two things: 1) being eerily relatable and 2) making everyone cry. And last week’s episode was no exception. The show certainly doesn’t shy away from the hard things. In fact, I think they’ve purposefully covered nearly every universal struggle, sorrow, joy, and victory since the first episode […]
Warning: This story contains images of the author’s children who were born prematurely. Live Action News — Heather Ellis and her husband, Josh, have always wished for children, but after their first son, Cason, was born, they struggled to get pregnant. Fertility drugs helped, and they were thrilled to discover they were expecting identical twin boys. However, […]
Last week, Olympian Shawn Johnson and husband and NFL player Andrew East bravely shared about their heartbreaking miscarriage experience. Since then, millions have viewed their story and, as a result, thousands of women have come forward with their own miscarriage stories. One of the most common feelings following miscarriage is, as Shawn experienced, a feeling […]
Earlier this week, Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson and husband and NFL player, Andrew East, released a video, taking their viewers through some of the most exciting and challenging 48 hours of their lives. While Shawn and Andrew were both traveling for work, Shawn found out she was pregnant. While the pregnancy was unplanned and she […]
Testimonies are an indispensable element of pro-life ministry. Women’s stories give a human face to the mission of LIFE. Every story in the pro-life movement matters – stories of loss, regret, joy, elation, and everything in-between. Testimonies make the myriad life decisions facing pregnant women relatable. And the expression of vulnerability is the force that […]
