Mobile Ultrasound Aims To Reach Abortion-Vulnerable Women
By Kevin J. Jones
A network of pro-life pregnancy centers in Colorado is the latest to
take to the streets with a mobile ultrasound unit that it hopes will
help women choose life and reject abortion.
“We want to go to
where the women are in their daily routines. Instead of waiting for
women to find us, we’ll find them,” said Rick Thielen, executive
director of the Longmont, Colo.-based Life Choices.
“We’ll meet
them where they are, and hopefully show them that what they are really
carrying is life, and isn’t just a mass of tissue as pop culture wants
to tell them.”
Life Choices’ new ultrasound unit, housed in a
large recreational vehicle, aims to provide free ultrasounds in zip
codes with a high proportion of women more likely to undergo abortions.
The organization gave a tour of the vehicle outside its new affiliate’s
offices in Westminster.
“Our target is the abortion-determined women, who may already have an abortion scheduled,” Thielen told EWTN News May 31.
He
reported that in general, about 70 percent of these women change their
minds after viewing an ultrasound, while about 87 percent of women who
are unsure whether to have an abortion will choose to carry their babies
to term.
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