A Story from Informed Choices

From Informed Choices:

You can help women make the brave decision to carry their baby

Informed Choices office behind the Crystal Lake McDonald’s.


The women and men who call Informed Choices are usually experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, but some are dealing with so much more…

Kelsey’s had two abortions.

She’s also experienced pregnancy loss; a stillborn daughter during her 8th month.  

Plus, she has two other children who do not live with her.  

Bipolar and suffering from depression, Kelsey called Informed Choices last summer while researching abortion.

Our staff talked with her about her options and performed an ultrasound, offering that a second ultrasound could be done to include her boyfriend. 

When she showed up crying 2 weeks later, it wasn’t for an ultrasound with her boyfriend, but because she wanted the abortion pill.

So an advocate compassionately explained again that we don’t provide the abortion pill.

When we did our routine follow-up a month later, Kelsey replied, “I’m not okay – I’m homeless.”

She was staying in a hotel that night, and promised she would call back the next day so our team could provide her with resources for housing.

But she didn’t call or want to talk the next day.

So, we waited and contacted her later saying, “we are checking in to see how you are feeling and how your situation is going?” to which Kelsey replied, “It’s a whole mess.”

She was struggling with nausea, was waiting on an apartment with her boyfriend, and was trying to get custody of her daughter.

Again, our team offered to help Kelsey with pregnancy & housing resources,  telling her they were continuing to pray for her and her situation. But Kelsey never called or came back.

Until this past week…when Kelsey emailed us to say she had decided to keep her baby which is due in less than a month!  

As we celebrate the Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, you can help women like Kelsey make the brave decision to carry their babies, even in the midst of difficult life circumstances when you give today:.

Just click this link to give now:    https://support.informedchoices.org/babybottle/ 

If you are part of a church that  is hosting a Baby Bottle Campaign this month, please put your church name in the “Company Name” box.

With the support of our church & ministry partners, Informed Choices will continue to help women and men during their time of crisis. 

On Behalf of the women and men we serve, THANK YOU!
                                                          ,
Sarah VanDerLip
Executive Director


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