On several recent occasions, I've seen young people riding bicycles and talking on cell phones. While we might doubt the safety of this practice, it does illustrate the connected nature of our society and how people are using cell phone technology at an earlier and earlier age.The number of people c...

Most pregnancy help centers and clinics have a referral list of obstetricians/gynecologists that they provide to their clients or patients for follow-up care. The centers and clinics want to guarantee that the doctor to whom they are referring will not unravel all of their hard work and steer the pa...

No matter what we say about "snail mail" and the price of stamps more than tripling since we were kids, the fact remains that a majority of Americans describe receiving mail as "a real pleasure," and 95 percent of us assess and sort our mail daily. There is a fondness for the old, reliable mailbox, ...

If you told me 25 years ago that I would be walking alongside women in crisis pregnancies who were considering abortion as their solution, I would have laughed out loud. Although I had two school-aged children then, I knew no one who was experiencing an unplanned pregnancy, much less anything about ...

Harmony Ierley, photo available at www.hh76.com/photocdIn May 2005 a local high school track star, "Julie," walked through our center's door. Upon the news of a positive pregnancy test, all Julie wanted was to do was what she knew best—run. Run from the reality of her unplanned pregnancy and get an ...

As a director of a center, opening the mail is always interesting. It is amazing to see the many businesses that cater to pregnancy centers. But this day, one request was different. This letter was asking me to join a businessmen's referral group. I read the letter to my assistant director and asked...

What makes some women consider abortion and others not consider it at all? How do you respond when a young woman says she would rather abort her baby than consider adoption?Harmony Ierley, photo available at www.hh76.com/photocdHonestly, that has always been my biggest challenge. Either on the hotli...

One of the challenges of a center is keeping in contact with your supporters. Larger centers can afford regular newsletters, but rural centers often don't have the resources or skill to produce one. In this electronic age, however, there is a very effective, cost-free way to keep people in touch wit...