God’s omniscience notwithstanding, He took a risk—a big risk—in His loving act of creating man in His own image. Adam was a being with moral agency. So complete was this being’s autonomy, he carried the ability to say “NO” to his Creator. To love is to risk. To love is a choice to be in
From birth to second birth, God is in control. Eighteen-year-old Lily has a steady boyfriend, Jacob. They are sexually active. After a fight earlier this year, she sought comfort in another man. When she later discovered she was pregnant, she wasn’t sure of the father. Lily came to one of CompassCare’s offices. Jacob came too. He
CompassCare’s Patient Services team takes the risk of sacrificing and speaking the truth in love to women every day in America’s abortion headquarters and all across the U.S. Why? Because they too have been trained by their loving heavenly Father. And however that training came, they learned their lessons well. It is not a secret
Teenagers Hailey and Caleb showed up at one of CompassCare’s NYC offices this summer, after fearing she was pregnant. Hailey was so distraught. Her first impression of the clean and professional office eased some of her anxiety. Then a compassionate CompassCare nurse met with Hailey, privately at first, answering all her questions and allaying her fears.
Lana is from Central American and in NYC without proper credentials. She was living with a boyfriend and she began to suspect that she was pregnant. Did you know that 70% of women are coerced to get an abortion? And this man confirmed that statistic by threatening to kick Lana out of their home if
As we enter the 250th year of this country’s birth, you are likely familiar with these words in the founding document, the Declaration of Independence, penned by Thomas Jefferson. “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among
Cierra believed every life has a purpose. She was already a mother to a beautiful toddler when she discovered she was pregnant again. But when she told the father of the baby, he wanted her to get an abortion. With college and career looming large in her mind and his wishes weighing heavily, she began to
Gianna couldn’t stop sobbing. “CompassCare is a safe place, you can cry here,” her CompassCare nurse assured her. The first trimester nausea was continual. Her boyfriend was expressionless. Gianna’s own mother had stopped all communication weeks ago. She felt lonely, trapped, confused, and literally sick to her stomach. Gianna found CompassCare online. She called the
Emma knew she was pregnant. Since that home pregnancy test turned positive, she could hardly sleep. It seemed that everything in her life was telling her that a baby would get in the way of college, career, and relationships. Creepily, she even started seeing ads on her phone for online abortionists! Having recently moved to
“There’s nothing you can do.” The words hit Cheyenne* like a truck as the events of the last 36 hours flashed through her mind. As a single mother living with her aunt, Cheyenne loves her 14-month-old baby boy, but even with her aunt’s help, it is difficult raising a child. Shocked, Cheyenne discovered she was
