Lauren Bell
Naral Attacks
Pregnancy centers face new round of attacks
This month we celebrate the birth of a nation, along with the freedom and liberty this nation represents. But as we celebrate these freedoms let us not forget the lethal danger threatening the lives of our most innocent citizens.
You can stand with Heartbeat to defend these innocent American lives by partnering with us today.
Just this week, NARAL Pro-Choice, one of the largest pro-abortion groups in the U.S., launched an attack on pregnancy help centers in the form of a new "investigative" report. This report spews propaganda while twisting facts to make pregnancy help centers appear to be a dangerous threat to the health of women.
But there is one fact that no one can deny: NO ONE has ever died in a pregnancy help center.
This new attack on pregnancy help centers comes at a strategic time. Pro-abortion groups are desperate to deflect attention away from recent findings of their clinics' fatal practices nationwide. No life is safe inside an abortion clinic, including the life of the mother.
These attacks on our life-saving centers are nothing new. We have overcome them in the past and we will continue to overcome them in the future, with your help.
Here is what you can do to defend our most innocent citizens:
- Pray for our nation! As the attacks on those who defend life grow increasingly stronger, we must join in unity and prayer for our nation and those who strive to promote abortion in our land.
- Partner with Heartbeat International. We work tirelessly to bring life-saving help to women facing an unexpected pregnancy through our 24/7 contact center, Option Line, and through our network of 1,800 life-affirming ministries worldwide. With your support we will continue to do this work and see our nation changed, one life at a time.
- Volunteer at your local center. Show your support for your local center in a very practical way. Donate time and resources today. You can locate your center by clicking here.
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Heartbeat reaches 1,800 affiliates with New Partnership
We are proud to announce an exciting new partnership with Italy-based pro-life organization, Movimento per la Vita. The collaborative partnership adds 398 new affiliates to the Heartbeat International family, bolstering our position as the largest network of pro-life pregnancy help organizations in the world, with 1,800 affiliates.
We are able to expand and reach new regions of the earth because of YOUR support!
“We are very pleased to announce this partnership with Movimento per la Vita,” said Peggy Hartshorn, Ph.D., in her 21st year as president of Heartbeat International. “We already share so much in common with these friends, and I personally look forward to what we will learn from them as our relationship grows.”
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Our agreement with Movimento per la Vita was officially signed by the organization’s founder, Carlo Casini, at Italy’s March for Life in Rome on May 13, amid 40,000 marchers, including newly elected Pope Francis.
Founded in 1975, Movimento per la Vita—much like Heartbeat International—was founded to provide women with abortion alternatives three years before the procedure was legalized in its country, and now includes 338 pregnancy centers and 60 maternity homes, providing life-affirming help to women and families in need.
Movimento per la Vita also operates a pregnancy helpline, SOS Vita, which connects 
women facing difficult situations involving unexpected pregnancies to local centers, referred to as Centri di aiuto alla Vita (CaV).
The helpline operated by Movimento per la Vita distinctly parallels Heartbeat International’s Option Line®, a 24/7 call center connecting women and men facing unexpected pregnancies with real-time help and face-to-face contact with local pregnancy help centers.
We are very excited about this new partnership and all of the opportunities it represents. We pray that, with YOUR continued partnership, God would cause us to continue advancing the pregnancy help movement around the world!
NYC Baby Saved by Option Line
The phone rang at Heartbeat's Option Line. Anastacia answered, eager to listen and counsel the caller on the line. Nothing could have prepared her for what happened next.
Lori (age 18) was on the other end of the line. Lori had just given birth to a baby girl alone early that morning. Now she was calling from outside of a hospital in NYC where she planned to leave the baby but she didn't want to be seen. Desperate for help, Lori called Option Line.
Anastacia asked Lori how she was doing and if the baby had been fed. Lori answered that she didn't have milk and didn't know how to breast feed. Anastacia could hear the 
baby "cooing" over the phone.
It was now early evening, many hours after Lori gave birth, and the baby was in dire need of food and medical attention. Anastacia instructed Lori to stay put while she called for help. Through Option Line's connection to Safe Haven in NYC, the baby was rescued and admitted to the hospital within a couple of hours.
Later that evening, a representative from Safe Haven called Anastacia to let her know that all was well and the baby was doing just fine!
If not for Heartbeat's Option Line that precious baby girl may not have survived.
Option Line is available 24/7 to answer calls, texts, chats, and emails from women in distress, just like Lori. Option Line provides the help women need at the moment they need it most.
Heartbeat's Option Line exists because of faithful partners, like you. You can ensure that the next call will be answered.
Your gift will reach and rescue lives from abortion today! Thank you for partnering with us in this great work.
Pregnancy Centers Under Attack
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The Verdict is in....GUILTY
After 10 days of deliberation, the verdict is finally in. Three counts of first degree murder for infamous abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell. While we breathe a brief sigh of relief knowing justice can now be—at least partially—served on behalf of some of the victims, we must realize this is only the tip of the iceberg. Circumstances may differ, but the fact remains that every abortion murders children and hurts women. Not only that, but the particularly gruesome details of the Kermit Gosnell case are repeated in city after city in the United States, inflicting untold devastation to each woman who is unable to find the help she desperately needs during an unexpected or difficult pregnancy. Today is a day to take action. Here are two ways to fight for life: |
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Sign a Letter to Elected Representatives
Heartbeat is sending a letter to elected, federal Representatives, urging them to support legislation holding abortion clinics accountable. As seen in the Dr. Kermit Gosnell trial, abortion clinics often perform unlawful, dangerous, and inhumane procedures without the supervision of city, state, or federal authorities. Dr. Gosnell's practices are not isolated incidents. Many women and babies lose their lives due to these overlooked, illegal actions. |
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Support Heartbeat International
Every woman facing an unexpected or difficult pregnancy deserves the emotional support and practical resources offered by Heartbeat International and its 1,400 worldwide affiliate pregnancy help organizations.
When you give to Heartbeat International, you help protect a woman from the violence of abortion, surrounding her with compassionate support.
Your partnership with Heartbeat also supports Option Line, our 24/7 pregnancy helpline connecting women to over 2,000 pregnancy help organizations in the United States.
Thank you for all you do to defend LIFE!