PITTSBURGH -- Twenty-five years have passed since a
17-year-old Noreen Marusic found herself pregnant and at odds with angry
parents.
"My parents were not supportive whatsoever of my
pregnancy. Probably more ashamed than anything," Marusic told CBN News.
"They were trying to force me to have an abortion and I wasn't going to
do that."
Her boyfriend didn't want her to have the baby either and threatened to leave her if she wouldn't abort it.
Marusic received no support until she came across
Genesis Center in Pittsburgh. The women there gave her a temporary place
to live, education so she could support herself, and encouragement that
she could be a good mother, even when her own mother said she wouldn't
be.
"My mom said that I would end up to be nothing, that I'd end up on the welfare," Marusic recalled.
With financial support, centers like Genesis can
help millions of women like Marusic say no to abortion. It's not easy
though when pro-choice politicians and abortion providers like Planned
Parenthood join forces against that effort.
Some states are so aligned with the abortion
industry they're trying to shut down pro-life pregnancy centers. But in
Pennsylvania, they're using taxpayer dollars to help fund pro-life
alternatives.
For 17 years now, the charity Real Alternatives has
been directing $5 million to $6 million a year to almost a hundred
pro-life centers across the state. These combined efforts have helped
bring Pennsylvania's abortion rate down 7 percent.
Real Alternatives is the non-profit, charitable organization that administers the Pennsylvania Alternative to Abortion Services Program for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is funded by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania in FY 2011/2012 at $5.794 million through the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
Use this link for more information about Real Alternatives
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