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I was 22 years old in the mid 1970’s, just graduated with a degree in Nursing. My first job was in a Labor and Delivery unit in a large hospital in Richmond, Va. Though “personally” against abortion, which had recently became legal, I was not convinced it was an issue to contradict. Within a few…

Dorothy and I wanted a family. We are practicing Catholics. We had to wait 19 months until Dorothy became pregnant the first time after our wedding. After our first daughter was born, Dorothy didn’t get pregnant again for 3 or 4 years with the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th children. It took almost 16 years…

I am grateful to God because back in the 70s they told us a pregnancy was just a blob of tissue and I could never understand that. Not until later in life– and now I really do understand we girls were believing a lie while they cashed in on the money. They didn’t care about…

I support Women’s Choice Network because they help save lives through the services they offer during a critical time in a woman’s life.

I first became interested in Women’s Choice Network five years ago, when I was looking around for a good cause in the community in which our church could become involved. I came across WCN in an online search and thought that it would be the perfect cause for us given the importance that we Orthodox…

I was 22 years old and was proudly driving a friend of mine on a quick tour of Pittsburgh, my home town. “Jerry” was from the Northeast and had only visited Pittsburgh once before. We drove through the Pitt Campus, then Shadyside, then through East Liberty on our way to Squirrel Hill. Jerry was indifferently…

My name is Bill Blacksmith and I have been volunteering some time each week at WCN. My wife Debbie and I have 3 sons. My oldest and youngest were born with a chromosomal abnormality, Trisomy 8 and Monosomy 20, which causes them to be medically fragile and globally delayed. In the fall of 1994, we…

I didn’t even know that healing from abortion was something that I needed. I was fine, I did what I had to do at the time. I could defend my decision and no one could tell me that abortion was wrong. Yet, why was I so angry? Why did I secretly feel like everyone knew…

I gave my virginity away at 17 and fell into the lie that my worth as a man was based on how many girls I had sex with. I was in and out of several relationships over the next couple years, until I met the “one” who I fully expected to spend the rest of…

I connected with WCN after learning about their need for presenters to inform high school students about healthy relationships and sexual risk avoidance. Having worked with teens extensively, this was a great fit and a way to support a pro-life organization with great leadership. Most teens fall short when it comes to knowing the consequences…