Friday, August 18, 2017

Pregnancy Help Centers “Real Alternatives” Offer a Life-Affirmation Option for Pregnant Women and Girls


By Maria Gallagher, Legislative Director
PA Pro-Life Federation

National Right to Life


Family and friends have abandoned the young woman, believing that her pregnancy is a problem to “be gotten rid of.” Abandoned, the “easy” path leads to her baby’s death.

But there is an alternative, another road, driven by compassion. In our state the woman or girl can turn to Pennsylvania’s Pregnancy and Parenting Support Program.

The program is administered by Real Alternatives, Inc. which supports both the woman and her baby, equipping her with the tools that will help her succeed at motherhood, college, relationships, and the rest of the elements of her life.

Over the past two decades, Real Alternatives has provided kind-hearted, clear-thinking, and loving support to more than 275,000 women and their families. They have helped women and girls to find solace, hope, and encouragement for the future.

As writer Frederica Matthews-Green stated so eloquently,

“They (Women) have said if I’d only had one person to stand by me, and it could have been a stranger, but they’d say I needed somebody to be a sister to me, I needed someone to be a friend . . . I would have had that baby. And, that’s what you do in maternity homes and crisis pregnancy centers and in offering adoption services. You are that friend . . .”
The statewide network of 91 non-profit centers and close to 350 counselors reaches out to women of all backgrounds and walks of life with services that are 100 percent free. 

The success stories are inspiring…women finishing their GED and obtaining gainful employment…women leaving dangerously abusive relationships…women empowered to become effective decision-makers for themselves and their families.
As Kellyanne Conway, now a counselor to the President, once said, “Your trophy does not sit on a shelf . . .the trophy for your hard work plays on a swing, moves a tassel during a graduation ceremony, and yes even one day experiences the joy of motherhood.”
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