“and this is the vagina”
I have a new long piece at Cartoon Movement about faith-based crisis pregnancy centers in the Bay Area. I visited a bunch of them over the last couple months pretending to be naive and knocked-up. A column detailing why and how I did it will be up later today is right here.
Sydney M. wrote:
Oh! Oh! I finally get to put in my 2 cents as a pregnant woman who went to a local CPC for help. I volunteered for Birthright for years but I never counseled (I did all the grunt work around the office because that was what I was most comfortable with at the time.) But recently I went to another pro-life CPC in my town and they were WONDERFUL. They gave me a free ultrasound, had an R.N. check me over, they offered all sorts of financial help to me and information EVEN THOUGH I told them I am pro-life and in no way will EVER abort my baby. Still they offered me love and support. One of the women was young and pretty and ugh, fertile looking. The other women were definitely post-menopausal so there goes that stereotype… ha ha. Though they told me happily about their grandbabies so obviously they embraced their fertility in their younger years.
They cried tears of joy with me when I cried as I watched my sweet baby twirling on the screen and touching her face. They asked my religious beliefs so that they would not offend me by giving me a Bible with verses about children bookmarked for my encouragement. They are not there to preach to women and need to know religious beliefs so they don’t step on toes. They gave me a pink hand-crocheted baby afghan made specifically for their CPC because they winked and told me they thought my baby is a girl also.
I had recommended CPC’s to many women in crisis over the years and this was the first time I ever went to one as the woman in crisis. I just needed some encouragement and they were there to give it to me and so much more. I can’t wait to send them a thank you note and a picture of my bundle of joy when she/he is born.
They never charged me for their time or their services. They didn’t ask me to make a donation. They didn’t tell me they needed cash or credit card UP FRONT before they would help me. No, the abortion clinics do that. These women just offered help and love to me because they love women and their babies that much.
Posted on 16-Sep-11 at 5:58 pm | Permalink