In 2012, when I became the president and CEO of Care Net, the Republicans and Democrats supported very different national policy positions on abortion. The Democrats’ policy position has remained largely unchanged: abortion on demand at any time during the pregnancy, for any reason, no exceptions. In fact, supporting abortion is now a litmus test for the party. However, the Republican national policy position has changed dramatically. Indeed, the implications of this change should transform the national dialogue around the issue of abortion. Whether it will remains to be seen ..read more

On the steps on the United States Supreme Court, Dr. Sandy Christiansen, Care Net’s National Medical Director, was one of several voices who called out the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for lowering the standard of care for women by removing safety requirements for dangerous abortion drugs ..read more

What does it mean to be Pro Abundant Life? This video explains why being "Pro Abundant Life" is a life-saving, culture-transforming response to abortion.  If we want to see unborn lives saved, fathers involved, marriages strengthened, and lives transformed by the Gospel, then we can't just be pro-life, but Pro Abundant Life ..read more

  There's an aspect of the Easter story that most people don’t often connect to the pro-life issue. Barabbas! What can we learn from the story of Barabbas related to doing pro-life ministry? Perhaps one of the most dramatic and tragic stories in the Bible is when Pilate asked the crowd if they wanted to release Jesus or Barabbas. As we know, the crowd chose Barabbas, a known criminal, who most likely engaged in murder and insurrection. It's easy for us to get angry at Pilate for giving in to the crowd. After all, he declared that he found no fault in Jesus and tried to release him. But t ..read more

Esme went online searching for information about abortion. It seemed like her only option. However, by God’s grace, she found Care Net’s Pregnancy Decision Line and was connected to a coach who gave her the support and care she needed to make a different choice ..read more

  You Made Choosing Life Possible for Robyn God is a God of the impossible. The situation Robyn* found herself in made having this baby seem impossible for her. But God had different plans, which is probably common in all our lives. Robyn had an opportunity to trust in the Lord. What would she do? Robyn’s situation was not unique, but it was one of the most heartbreaking that our hotline coaches hear. Robyn had been raped and was concerned she might be pregnant, but she didn’t know for sure. The rape had occurred some months prior, and she just didn’t think she could carry the baby. She ..read more

Dr. Haywood Robinson, a former abortion doctor who is now an advocate for life, recently brought awareness to the impactful work being done at a Care Net-affiliated pregnancy resource center ..read more

Unborn children are children. Period. It doesn’t matter if they are housed in a womb, or in a cryogenic nursery through in vitro fertilization ..read more

“In America, the greatest nation on earth, the rats have it better than the children of Italian immigrants.” Such was the observation of Mother Francesca Cabrini when she arrived in New York City in 1889 after being commissioned by the Pope to serve the people of Five Points, a crime-ridden and disease-ravaged tenement slum. Amidst the destitution, prostitution, and extreme poverty, Mother Cabrini quickly established a home for the abandoned children living on the city’s unforgiving streets. The vision to build an “Empire of Hope” had started ..read more

Advocating solely for the sanctity of life is just not enough. To see a decrease in abortions, we must also champion the sanctity of marriage and the family ..read more