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“Hope is the only thing stronger than fear .”

– Robert Ludlum

Why do most women choose to have an abortion? Several years ago, the Guttmacher Institute set out to answer that question . The reasons they found were numerous .

According to the study, “The reasons most frequently cited were that having a child would interfere with a woman’s education, work, or ability to care for dependents (74%); that she could not afford a baby now (73%); and that she did not want to be a single mother or was having relationship problems (48%) . ” If you look at those answers a little closer, there’s one motivation underlying all of them: Fear!

Women are fearful the baby will interfere with their life or their ability to care for their other children . They fear that they can’t afford the baby . Or they’re afraid to be a single mom . All of these fears seem reasonable . But we should never make decisions out of fear . Instead, we should make decisions based on hope and what could happen . We need to think about what should happen, not about what shouldn’t happen . Why shouldn’t we make decisions based on fear? Fear is an incredibly pervasive mental battle . Once a fear has been planted into the mind, it festers there, swallowing other thoughts and demanding our full attention . Fear is controlling, persistent, and unrelenting . It causes us to make wrong choices . When fear rules, babies die . One woman recently wrote,

“When I got pregnant in 2008, there was no one who could support me . I hadn’t told my family; they weren’t close at that time . Fear was my only food and nutrient… .

“When I got to the abortion clinic, it was nearly automatic; no questions asked, no options given . I don’t even remember the procedure . Nobody took the time to tell me, ‘Sit down child and listen before you make your choice . ’ “Nobody told me, ‘This could be the best thing in your life . God will help you, even if you don’t feel or believe in it now . Life will go on . Time will pass . Your feelings, your financial situation, your outlook will change, but that life will never come back . Tell your family, they might help you . You won’t be alone . It isn’t our choice to stop a life; the life’s already been given . Believe me when I tell you, you’re scared now, but it’ll get better, and we will help you . I’m here to reassure you . ’ “No one gave me a hug, and no one tried to tell me there was a different way . Everyone assumed I’d made a choice . But I hadn’t . Fear had led me there . I had a problem, and, in my head, I found the best solution . I didn’t want to be – nor carry – a burden . I thought I was so liberal, modern, and independent . I could handle this .

“Today I know that was not a choice I made . I’d never heard those other words . I didn’t know there was another way… . Today I would choose life .” She was afraid – and wasn’t offered a choice . Fear can’t live in the same space as hope . When hope lives, it casts out fear . The HOPE Center understands the power of fear in the lives of so many people . We see fear every day . We also realize that hope is the only true way to combat those fears, which is why we are so eager to offer it with open hands and words of life . When we offer hope, and hope is realized, it saves babies lives!

The HOPE Center is here to offer another way . We tell women those “other words” that include all their choices, including parenting and adoption . We also give those hugs . We stand with women through the pregnancy and after the pregnancy to make sure they have what they need . They no longer have to be afraid . Because of Hope!

https://www .guttmacher .org/journals/ psrh/2005/reasons-us-women-haveabortions-quantitative-and-qualitativeperspectives

https://www .irishtimes .com/life-andstyle/health-family/fear-convinced-meto-have-an-abortion-i-made-a-terribledecision-1 .3495032

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