Rebekah’s Story

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Article appeared in: The Daily Signal | By: Rebekah Cohen Morris | Photo Credit: Adobe Stock (stock photo)

In my work as the executive director at Aim Women’s Center, I hear stories of trauma and suffering like this from women all too often. Even the ones that never follow through with an abortion still struggle with the shame and judgment they experienced when walking into an abortion clinic. They are never met with open arms and compassion, and their worries and fears are never addressed. Instead, they are only offered an abortion as a “solution” to their “problems.”

My heart breaks for the hundreds of women like them. Not only do they lose a child, but they lose a part of themselves in the process. Thankfully, centers do exist to offer women true quality care, medical resources, and loving support. When women walk into my center, no matter their background or situation, they are greeted with compassion and understanding. They are given free ultrasounds, which for many is the first beautiful moment when they can hear their baby’s heartbeat.

We offer pregnancy tests, STI testing and treatment, options counseling, sonograms, abortion pill reversal, healthy pregnancy classes with a registered labor and delivery nurse, and doula classes.

More importantly, our center and centers like mine are giving women the resources to address the very reason they are considering an abortion to begin with. For those who don’t want to bring a child into an abusive marriage, we help with counseling and domestic violence protection. For those who worry about the financial burdens of another mouth to feed, we offer monetary resources, job training, and assistance, as well as food, clothing, and supplies. On top of our exemplary medical care, we are working to care for the woman as well because we want her to leave better than she came. Happy, whole, supported, loved, financially independent, with a roof over her head, and her beautiful baby by her side.