keynote - the transformational power of pregnancy help services
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The Transformational PowerThe Transformational Power
of Pregnancy Help Servicesof Pregnancy Help Services
More than saving babies...
A Key to Renewing Communities for Life
Heartbeat International
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Pregnancy Help ServicesPregnancy Help Services
y Life-affirming efforts specifically geared to
helping those struggling with unplanned
or unintended pregnancies.
Intervention involved in the crisis
Prevention risk avoidance
Reconciliation healing the wound of regret
y Motivated by biblical values, faith in Christand/or humanitarianism.
y Represent a culture of life.
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Pregnancy Help comes in manyPregnancy Help comes in many
shapes and sizesshapes and sizes
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Pregnancy Help comes throughPregnancy Help comes through
various methodsvarious methods
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Pregnancy Help community is diversePregnancy Help community is diverse
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Pregnancy Help movement and communityPregnancy Help movement and community
is worldwide and growing to meet theis worldwide and growing to meet the
challengechallenge
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Pregnancy Help saves livesPregnancy Help saves lives
y Yes, babies are saved when theabortion-vulnerable womandecides to carry her baby to
term.y Babies represent the most
powerful visual image of apositive outcome.
y Ultrasound pictures cancapture this even before birthand project the joy of new life.
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A baby helpsA baby helpstransform a womantransform a woman
y Having a baby establishes (or re-
establishes) the very nature of womenand their role in procreation.
y A baby calls upon the woman to connect
with her mothering instincts.
y Despite the potential economic and social
difficulties a baby can serve to stabilize a
womans lifestyle.
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A baby creates familyA baby creates family
y A baby and mother creates thesimplest definition of a family.
y The birth of a baby creates more
likelihood that the father andmother could get married andform a nuclear family.
y In addition a baby represents anextended family potentiallycreating grand-parents, aunts,uncles, cousins, etc.
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A family represents...A family represents...
y A lineage -The birth of a child is an
extension of a lineage of both mom and
dads family.
y A component of what creates a
community.
y The future. Only families can replicate
families.
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Pregnancy help services alsoPregnancy help services also
y Trains community members to...
Be life-minded in other aspects of their lives.
Understand the broader and deeper aspects
of the sanctity of human life.
To champion pro-life values among
x Family and friends
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Colleagues and neighbors Exercise intervention skills for those facing an
unplanned pregnancy.
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Pregnancy help services alsoPregnancy help services also
y Impact eternity by...
Serving in the name of Jesus
Modeling Jesus to others
Speaking life and life
everlasting
Calling those who would hear
to connect with the Body ofChrist in a closer way
x Evangelizing
x Affirming biblical values
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LifeLife--minded community membersminded community members
y Communicate life through everyday living
y Champion life to others in the community
via their spheres of influence
Children, schools, politics, etc.
y Create other life
Populations with strong pro-life values have
higher birth rates than pro-abortion ones. The Roe Effect of future generations
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PregnancyHelp
Ministries
Women &Men in
NeedMedia
BusinessCommunity
Churches
Legislators
MedicalCommunity
SocialServices
Community
Schools
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The heritage of pregnancyThe heritage of pregnancy
help services today includes...help services today includes...y Lives and lifetimesy Parents who chose life for their kids.y Families who support life-affirming worky Local businesses owners and companies
who recognize the value of PHCs as aneeded element for the health of thecommunity.
y Current and future leaders in politics,judiciary, academia, medicine, science, etc.who survived the Roe Effect and nowserve in a place of influence.
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Heartbeat International is...Heartbeat International is...
y Advancing the pregnancy help movement
worldwide
y Growing the network of service
providers
y Deepening the vision for care and service
y Serving those in the pregnancy help
community
HeartbeatServices.org