DiFiore, Kathy

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The Linacre QuarterlyVolume 60 | Number 3 Article 10August 1993Home Pregnancy Kits and Our Prolife ResourcesKathy DiFioreFollow this and additional works at: http://epublications.marquette.edu/lnqRecommended CitationDiFiore, Kathy (1993) "Home Pregnancy Kits and Our Prolife Resources," The Linacre Quarterly: Vol. 60: No. 3, Article 10.Available at: http://epublications.marquette.edu/lnq/vol60/iss3/10- ~ ., -y 1-"1'" ~ Lr# I I I I ·-~~"" , I .. ·r - 'r ,-- ~ - '~ [ Home Pregnancy Kits and Our Prolife Resources by Kathy DiFiore The author is the founder of the Several Sources Foundation. In the 15 years that I have devoted to prolife work, and the daily efforts to save the preborn, the saddest words I've ever heard came form a young woman who had just undergone an abortion. In the course of my conversation with this woman, emotionally tortured by her recent experiences, one thing became apparent. If she had known that Several Sources Foundation, a prolife group of homes for women seeking an alternative to abortion, existed, then she most likely would have called our Hotline number, 1-800-No Abort, for counseling. It deeply saddens me that Several Sources Foundation does not have the resources to advertise not only our own shelters, but also to make known the other homes and services available to women seeking an alternative to abortion. Many of the women that have come to our shelter to avail themselves of our free lodging and Christian help have told me that they were looking in the yellow pages for abortion clinics when they saw the Several Sources listing "Abortion Absolutely Not." They never realized that there were groups such as ours that would assist them. As Christians, we believe that abortion is a sin and an offense to God. It's in this faith, that our foundation was started 15 years ago. Since then, our ministry has grown to include three group homes dedicated to providing counseling and sanctuary to women seeking an alternative to abortion. We are a non-sectarian Christian group, comprised mostly of volunteers that endeavor to reach out and explain to women that resources do exist to help them in their difficult times of indecision. More than 400 calls each month are placed to our Hotline by women requesting prolife literature. More than 100 Hotline kits, consisting of Christian literature and services available, are distributed monthly. Since 1981, more than 15,000 babies have been saved through the efforts of the foundation. It is not always necessary to shelter the women who call. Most of the time, a sympathetic Christian counselor and the knowledge that help is available is sufficient to help August, 1993 81 a mother make the decision to preserve the life of her preborn child. I believe that exposure to resources available and helping women know as early as possible in their pregnancy that there is an alternative to abortion are the keys to saving more preborn babies. Therefore, I would propose that since so many women utilize the home pregnancy testing kits available in pharmacies, this would be an ideal place where prolife resource literature could be displayed. We are seeking pharmacists who would endeavor to advertise a pilot program in conjunction with Several Sources Foundation to make known the prolife resources available to them. Any pharmacists or health care professionals that would like to participate in this pilot project to save babies may contact Kathy DiFiore at 201-825-7277 or write to Several Sources Foundation, P. O. Box 157, Ramsey, NJ 07446. 82 Linacre Quarterly , 1 ..,-1 I 17 - . 1 I I ..... L~ I .- 1 ] 

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