Breaking: July 7, 2017 Rochester, NY—New York Vital Statistics for 2015 published Friday (July 7) revealed yet another drop in abortion for New York State. New York City data is published separately. Taken together the data reveals the number of abortions statewide plunged 25%, another all-time low since abortion was legalized in 1970 with a
Abortion is down 42% in Monroe County! We have reason to celebrate. But you and I don’t just want fewer abortions, we want ZERO abortions in our community. Abortion is down because of the perseverance of the people of God to take up the cause of the most vulnerable among us. The people of God
Nina is a soft spoken, gentle, 18 year old, who recently graduated from high school and is looking forward to pursuing engineering in college. She comes from a broken family but she and her mother have become close in recent years. Nina has long been a source of hope for her mom, and often been
When Kamila chose to schedule an appointment she understood that CompassCare would not provide or refer her for an abortion like she wanted, but she came anyway. She decided it was time to follow through with an appointment, since she’d made and cancelled several abortion appointments with various agencies since discovering she was pregnant a
“I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul.” These final words in the poem Invictus by William Ernest Henley resonate with most people in the modern west. It is about the triumph of raw willpower in the face of uncontrollable life circumstances. Ironically, Henley died. He was 53. Mankind’s
CompassCare is being forced to relocate! We need your help to ensure CompassCare’s life-saving services are not interrupted or suspended. After years of a great landlord/tenant relationship, the building in which CompassCare is located changed hands this past summer. This occurred just as CompassCare’s long term lease was set to expire on February 28, 2017.
Mariana is a young mom with several children who just found out she was pregnant again. With each pregnancy she feels the disdain of her friends increase as the size of her family grows. This time, Mariana didn’t think she could put up with the shame of being pregnant again and so she made an
As the storm intensifies, CompassCare is committed to continuing to serve women with compassion and courage. Below is an email, recently received from a former patient. It has been lightly edited to protect the patient’s privacy. Hi, I am writing to thank your organization and especially an employee named “Tammy.” A little less than four
Gail was facing a mountain of challenges in her life when she discovered she was pregnant. It was the last thing in the world she anticipated or wanted. Desperate and looking for an immediate resolution, she went online and found CompassCare. The website looked professional and yet warm and personable, so she called the number
Abortion thrives in America because of a cultural worldview that rejects God’s loving authority for man’s capricious rule. When we lose our sense of purpose rooted in God, then as a society we lose a shared standard of right and wrong and no longer know how we ought to treat each other. Good and evil
