Project
REACH networks with all of these groups in the fight to provide
meaningful help to those most at risk for abortion. If there
are other organizations that you think might benefit from
our services, please contact us at info@projectreach.org.
Boro Pregnancy Counseling Center
(Flushing) Boro
Pregnancy Counseling Center is a Christian ministry whose function
is to defend life by supporting women in crisis pregnancies; bring
healing and wholeness to lives which have been traumatized by abortion;
bring them to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ; and challenge
our community to adopt a Godly view of sexuality and the Sanctity
of Human Life. We provide: free pregnancy tests; peer counseling;
educational resources; sexual integrity options; material assistance;
baby clothes & diapers; post-abortion counseling; and a telephone
help-line. We also provide the following referrals: Housing/ Maternity
Homes; Medical Insurance; Prenatal Care/ Ultrasound; Churches /
Small Groups; Community Resources; Social Services; Foster Care
& Adoption; Public Assistance All services rendered by BPCC
are at no cost to the client and are given regardless of age,
ethnicity, marital status, or religion. Please Contact Us! Call:
718-961-HELP (4357). E-mail: bpcc4you@earthlink.net.
Website: www.bpcc.org.
Bridge
to Life (Fresh
Meadows & Astoria)
The Bridge to Life, Inc. offers women and men the resources
needed to Choose Life. In addition to clothing and baby furniture
and referrals for medical and legal help, we have a home for
pregnant women and post-abortion healing. www.thebridgetolife.org
The Care Center
(Long Island) If you are pregnant and
unmarried, you are facing a lot of difficult decisions regarding the
future of your baby, the Northport Care Center can give you the time
and help that you need to give life to your baby. Our center is
dedicated to offering you and your unborn baby unconditional love
and the tools you need to make the important decisions that are
facing you. The situation facing you can cause you to feel confused,
hurt, and frustrated. You may be unsure of yourself. Only you can
decide what is best for your future. We are here to help. We offer
the following services: free pregnancy tests; education on pregnancy
and abortion alternatives; counseling; mom's mentoring program;
infant clothes; referral to resources; medical care; social
agencies; maternity homes; adoption. All our services are free and
confidential. Call: (631) 266-3220 E-mail:
www.freepregnancyhelp.com
Cross-Road
Foundation
Cross-Road Foundation is a non-medical, Staten Island Organization
that provides a comprehensive program of support, information,
and health care services to expectant women who are in need
due to a "crisis pregnancy". All services are strictly
confidential. Free Pregnancy Tests arranged and Free Sonogram
Referrals are made. For more information call 718 667-6035.
Expectant
Mother Care (Manhattan, Brooklyn & Bronx)
Expectant Mother Care is the oldest and largest of the New
York City based pregnancy resource center organizations, serving
over 4,200 different women and girls per year, currently in
five locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx. Besides
providing pregnancy self tests, pro-life/pro-abstinence counseling
and education on abortion, pregnancy, motherhood, and adoption,
and material supplies, EMC has arrangements with physicians
to provide and supervise free on-site blood and urine pregnancy
tests, STD testing, sonograms, gynecology, and full nine month
pre-natal care programs, currently at three of their five
locations in Brooklyn and in the Bronx. By late spring of
2002, all location should have NY State approval as part-time
satellite licensed clinics. www.expectantmothercare.org
The
Life Center (Nassau and Suffolk) The
Life Center provides free sonograms to abortion-minded women;
crisis intervention counseling, post-abortion counseling,
hope alive counseling, pregnancy tests, emergency shelter;
information on employment, housing and continuing education,
baby items such as cribs, car seats, clothing and diapers,
maternity clothes. Call: (631) 243-2373 www.lifecenterli.org
Midtown
Pregnancy Support Center (Midtown Manhattan)
MPSC began in 1992 with four women who were deeply concerned
about the lack of genuine care and practical help available
in New York City for working and professional women faced
with unplanned pregnancies or affected by abortion. The
center was founded to provide resources, support and
abortion alternatives. All services are free and completely
confidential and are delivered in a caring, professional and
non-judgmental atmosphere. Services include: pregnancy
tests; education on pregnancy; abortion alternatives;
pregnancy support counseling; maternity and baby clothes;
single parenting groups; referrals for medical care,
maternity homes, adoption and social services. In addition,
we provide individual Post-abortion counseling as well as
facilitate Post-abortion Bible Studies and Recovery Groups.
Se habla español.
Call: (212) 689-1705 or visit us on the web at
www.mpsc.org.
Maternity
Homes
Good
Counsel Inc., founded by Christopher Bell and Father Benedict
Groeschel, operates five pro-life homes for mothers and children
in the greater New York City area.
In addition
to providing the basics of food, clothing and shelter, Good
Counsel offers childcare, teaches chastity, nutrition, offers
counseling and vocational assistance. We also have an outreach
to the mentally ill and to those suffering from post-abortion
syndrome. www.goodcounselhomes.org
MOMMAS
House is dedicated to insuring that any pregnant young
woman can have a realistic opportunity to choose life for
her child even in the most difficult circumstances. The three
homes offer a loving, safe environment for young mothers,
age 17 - 21 and their babies. For two years, these young mothers
can continue their education and learn living skills, so that
they are prepared to support themselves and their children.
Our mission is to reach out with compassion to the distressed
pregnant woman and man, help them deal with their concerns
and assist them in the continuation of her pregnancy and the
care of their child. Our goal is to nurture responsible parenthood
by providing counseling (pregnancy, relationship, post-abortion),
material and emotional support, ultrasound and a residential
program for mother and child. All services are free & confidential.
Call 914-235-9535 or 800-640-0767.Spanish spoken. www.mommashouse.org.
Pregnancy
Center of Rockland
(Rockland
County)
Care
Net Pregnancy Center, (CNPC) has been serving Rockland County
and the surrounding areas for 17 years. We are here to serve
women in unplanned and unwanted pregnancies and those who may
suffer from post-abortion stress, by offering educational
information so they can make an informed decision. We
offer peer counseling on all the options for women and others
in their lives, which have been affected by an unplanned
pregnancy. Our post-abortion support program helps women
and men who are having trouble dealing with their loss to
explore their feelings and come to grips with their decision. Other
services include, free pregnancy tests, maternity and baby
clothes and supplies, onsite medical referrals for STD testing
and ultrasound to confirm pregnancy and adoption
referrals. Check
out our website for more information www.carenetrockland.com.
Pregnancy Care
Center (Westchester County)
Our mission is to reach out with compassion to the distressed pregnant
woman and man, help them deal with their concerns and assist them
in the continuation of her pregnancy and the care of their child.
Our goal is to nurture responsible parenthood by providing counseling
(pregnancy, relationship, post-abortion), material and emotional
support, ultrasound and a residential program for mother and child.
All services are free & confidential. Spanish spoken. Call: 800-640-0767
or 914-235-9535
www.pregnancycarecenter.net
Pregnancy Help, Inc. (Manhattan)
Pregnancy Help is a non-profit counseling and pregnancy resource center
committed to providing women and men with accurate, up-to-date information in
order to make informed decisions about pregnancy, sexual health, and
relationships. Because everyone should have access to this information, all of
our services are free of charge. All communication is confidential. If you have
questions or would like to talk to a counselor please call (212) 243-7119. www.pregnancyhelp.com
Natural Family Planning and
Fertility Awareness
The St. Augustine Foundation is a Catholic non-profit organization which
promotes Natural Family Planning. It offers instruction in the Creighton,
FertilityCare System. It has a certified FertilityCare Practioner on staff
trained by the Pope Paul the VI Institute in Omaha Nebraska. These are pro-life
gynecology services in that it includes an Ovulation-based method of Natural
Family Planning in addition to offering alternatives to the Birth Control Pill
as a means of treating many gynecology issues such as PMS, irregular cycles,
painful menstrual cramps, cysts, fibroids, endometriosis, polycyctic ovarian
disorder etc. It offers a moral alternative to IVF in that it treats the
underlying fertility problem rather than bypassing it. The St. Augustine
Foundation also speaks and presents to any organizations that are interested in
Natural Family Planning and the Creighton FertilityCare System. For more
information on The St. Augustine Foundation contact Dorothy Dugandzic, CFCP,
Managing Director, 538 Riverdale Ave, Yonkers, NY 10705, (914) 476-4858 or
toll-free (877) 554-4637. Other helpful links: Pope Paul VI Institute in
Nebraska www.popepaulvi.com;
www.naprotechnology.com; and
Creighton Model FertilityCare System
www.creightonmodel.com.
Post-Abortion
Services
LUMINA
"In a region where millions of men and women have been deeply
wounded by an abortion experience, Lumina, a post-abortion
referral network, was established to bring healing to those
suffering their pain in silence. Through a growing network
of local post-abortion outreaches, Lumina provides referrals
for post-abortive men and women to licensed therapists, counselors,
priests, ministers, healing services and peer groups within
the Greater New York area.
Lumina will also offer post-abortion training to religious,
lay and professionals who wish to understand post-abortion
trauma to help those wounded by abortion. As more post-abortion
services are developed, Lumina will expand its network to
help more post-abortive men and women find peace. Lumina is
a program of Good Counsel, Inc. www.postabortionhelp.org
Academic Resources
University Faculty for Life was
founded in 1989 to promote research, dialogue and
publication among university and college faculty members who
respect the value of human life from its inception to
natural death. UFL's three basic issues (abortion,
infanticide and euthanasia) have many dimensions --
political, social, legal, medical, biological,
psychological, ethical and religious. UFL provides an
interdisciplinary forum in which scholars can discuss these
issues. UFL encourages and disseminates scholarly research
by means of conferences, symposia, published proceedings,
newsletters, book notices and reviews to educate the
community about life issues and the reasons behind pro-life
positions. For further information please visit www.uffl.org.
Legal
Resources
Alliance
Defense Fund. The Alliance
Defense Fund (ADF) is a unique servant legal
organization that defends religious freedom, the sanctity of
human life, and traditional family values. ADF
coordinates strategy with over 100 allied legal groups and
ministries, trains volunteer attorneys, and provides funding
for key cases. ADF has been successful in 22 out of 29
Supreme Court cases, as well as 3 out of every 4 cases
litigated to conclusion. You can visit the Alliance
Defense Fund at: www.alliancedefensefund.org.
Christian
Legal Society, a national organization of Christian lawyers
committed to protecting religious liberty and the sanctity
of human life, has agreed to help defend pregnancy resource
centers located across the United States which face disparate
treatment because of their pro-life message. In recent years,
CLS has worked to protect the rights of the unborn by
opposing destructive embryonic stem cell research and
cloning, protecting health care right of conscience, and
defending New York pregnancy resource centers. For more information about
Christian Legal Society, please visit www.clsnet.org.
Liberty
Council is a nonprofit litigation, education and policy
organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the
sanctity of human life and the traditional family.
Established in 1989, Liberty Counsel is a national
organization headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with branch
offices in Virginia and hundreds of affiliate attorneys in
all 50 states. Liberty Council has an 83% win ratio. Many of
the cases are unique and have never been tried in the
history of our country. To learn more about Liberty Council
visit www.lc.org.
New York State
Pregnancy Care Fellowship is a network of pro-life centers and related
organizations that provide alternatives to abortion for women who find
themselves facing unplanned pregnancies. Contact Ruth Walker, President of
NYSPCF, at rpcclife@aol.com
for additional information. For a listing of Fellowship members click here.
New York State Right to Life Committee, Inc.
The New York State Right to Life Committee, Inc. through a network of
local affiliates, helps to encourage communication among active pro-lifers,
coordinate state-wide activities, provide educational programs and materials on
abortion, abortion alternatives, euthanasia, infanticide and other subjects
concerning the fight for life. We are committed to do whatever we can, with
whatever we have, for as long as we are able - until the time comes when
innocent human life once again respected and protected. Please visit us at www.nysrighttolife.org.
Pregnancy Services Network of
Greater New York (PSN) seeks to support and
encourage individual pregnancy resource centers in the
Greater New York area by providing a forum to share
experiences, offer mutual assistance and grow in confidence
and knowledge of their work.
The PSN goal is to facilitate cooperative action among
centers so that, with the help of God, they may encourage
and empower pregnant women to make healthy life choices for
themselves and their families. The ultimate goal is to serve
as more effective witnesses for the culture of life in the
Greater New York Area.
New Jersey Pro-Life Networks
LIFENET
is a community-based, non-profit educational organization
working to stop abortion by changing the culture in northern
New Jersey. We regularly sponsor trainings on effective
public speaking, how to make pro-life and chastity presentations,
and how to raise your own salary in order to do full time-pro-life
work. For more Information contact LIFENET at P. O. Box
1721, Morristown, NJ 07962-1721 or call (973) 509-8123.
National Pro-Life Networks
Care Net represents a network of 780+ pregnancy
resource centers providing practical help to women facing
sexually related crisis, such as unplanned pregnancy,
questions relating to STDs, adoption and Abstinence
Education. Care Net was incorporated on July 24, 1975 in
Washington, DC. Established under section 501 (c)(3) of the
Internal Revenue Code, Care Net was influenced by the
evangelical leadership of Dr. C. Everett Koop, Dr. Francis
Schaeffer and Dr. Harold O. J. Brown. The purpose of Care
Net is to provide Training (through the Annual National
Conference), Support (through Regional Consultants/National
Headquarters), Professional Assistance (through
Board/Volunteer Trainings), Client Materials (such as
"Before You Decide") and Leadership to independent
affiliated pregnancy resource centers and others involved in
pro-life work. Please visit us at www.care-net.org
Additionally, Care Net promotes the
nationwide work of pregnancy centers through TV ads, Billboards, Yellow Pages
ads, Bus Shelters and Internet ads displaying the 1-800 toll-free Option Line,
staffed by over 30 caring consultants, 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-aweek. Care Net
instituted the National Sanctity of Human Life Sunday in 1985. Three U.S.
Presidents have issued eight proclamations calling for the observation of
Sanctity of Human Life Sunday.
The
Gabriel Project is an apostolate of the Catholic Church. The Gabriel Project
is the manifestation of God’s love through the Church to women experiencing a
crisis pregnancy. The Gabriel Project is the parish-based crisis pregnancy
intervention of the Catholic Church. For more please visit
www.thegabrielproject.org.
Heartbeat
International is an interdenominational Christian association
of life-affirming pregnancy resource centers, medical clinics,
maternity homes and nonprofit adoption agencies.
Heartbeat's
mission is to create an environment where every human heart
is cherished and protected-within the womb and within strong
families.
Heartbeat
currently serves over 700 affiliates within and outside the
United States, including ten centers in the New York City
area, providing them with the education, training and support
they need to serve daily on the front-line of the fight for
life.
Our newest
training program, ConCert, was introduced first to the New
York City centers in close collaboration with Project REACH.
ConCert, a 14-week Consultant Certificate Training distance
learning program provides one-on-one instruction covering
topics, such as, Fetal Development, Contraceptives, STD's,
Single Parenting and many more. Contact the Heartbeat office
and ask for Denise for further information. This is just one
example of the training programs and resources available.
Heartbeat
International's Worldwide Directory, a listing of over 4800
pregnancy centers throughout the world, is available on the
Heartbeat website along with other resources and information
at www.heartbeatinternational.org.
Or contact the Heartbeat International office through our
toll-free number 888-550-7577 for additional information.
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Below
find information on 
Boro
Pregnancy Counseling Center is a Christian ministry whose function
is to defend life by supporting women in crisis pregnancies; bring
healing and wholeness to lives which have been traumatized by abortion;
bring them to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ; and challenge
our community to adopt a Godly view of sexuality and the Sanctity
of Human Life. We provide: free pregnancy tests; peer counseling;
educational resources; sexual integrity options; material assistance;
baby clothes & diapers; post-abortion counseling; and a telephone
help-line. We also provide the following referrals: Housing/ Maternity
Homes; Medical Insurance; Prenatal Care/ Ultrasound; Churches /
Small Groups; Community Resources; Social Services; Foster Care
& Adoption; Public Assistance All services rendered by BPCC
are at no cost to the client and are given regardless of age,
ethnicity, marital status, or religion. Please Contact Us! Call:
718-961-HELP (4357). E-mail: 
Bridge
to Life
Expectant
Mother Care
The
Life Center provides free sonograms to abortion-minded women;
crisis intervention counseling, post-abortion counseling,
hope alive counseling, pregnancy tests, emergency shelter;
information on employment, housing and continuing education,
baby items such as cribs, car seats, clothing and diapers,
maternity clothes. Call: (631) 243-2373 
Midtown
Pregnancy Support Center
Good
Counsel Inc., founded by Christopher Bell and Father Benedict
Groeschel, operates five pro-life homes for mothers and children
in the greater New York City area.
MOMMAS
House is dedicated to insuring that any pregnant young
woman can have a realistic opportunity to choose life for
her child even in the most difficult circumstances. The three
homes offer a loving, safe environment for young mothers,
age 17 - 21 and their babies. For two years, these young mothers
can continue their education and learn living skills, so that
they are prepared to support themselves and their children.
Care
Net Pregnancy Center, (CNPC) has been serving Rockland County
and the surrounding areas for 17 years. We are here to serve
women in unplanned and unwanted pregnancies and those who may
suffer from post-abortion stress, by offering educational
information so they can make an informed decision. We
offer peer counseling on all the options for women and others
in their lives, which have been affected by an unplanned
pregnancy. Our post-abortion support program helps women
and men who are having trouble dealing with their loss to
explore their feelings and come to grips with their decision. Other
services include, free pregnancy tests, maternity and baby
clothes and supplies, onsite medical referrals for STD testing
and ultrasound to confirm pregnancy and adoption
referrals. Check
out our website for more information 
Pregnancy Care
Center
LUMINA
"In a region where millions of men and women have been deeply
wounded by an abortion experience, Lumina, a post-abortion
referral network, was established to bring healing to those
suffering their pain in silence. Through a growing network
of local post-abortion outreaches, Lumina provides referrals
for post-abortive men and women to licensed therapists, counselors,
priests, ministers, healing services and peer groups within
the Greater New York area.
Alliance
Defense Fund. The Alliance
Defense Fund (ADF) is a unique servant legal
organization that defends religious freedom, the sanctity of
human life, and traditional family values. ADF
coordinates strategy with over 100 allied legal groups and
ministries, trains volunteer attorneys, and provides funding
for key cases. ADF has been successful in 22 out of 29
Supreme Court cases, as well as 3 out of every 4 cases
litigated to conclusion. You can visit the Alliance
Defense Fund at: 
Christian
Legal Society, a national organization of Christian lawyers
committed to protecting religious liberty and the sanctity
of human life, has agreed to help defend pregnancy resource
centers located across the United States which face disparate
treatment because of their pro-life message. In recent years,
CLS has worked to protect the rights of the unborn by
opposing destructive embryonic stem cell research and
cloning, protecting health care right of conscience, and
defending New York pregnancy resource centers. For more information about
Christian Legal Society, please visit 
Liberty
Council is a nonprofit litigation, education and policy
organization dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the
sanctity of human life and the traditional family.
Established in 1989, Liberty Counsel is a national
organization headquartered in Orlando, Florida, with branch
offices in Virginia and hundreds of affiliate attorneys in
all 50 states. Liberty Council has an 83% win ratio. Many of
the cases are unique and have never been tried in the
history of our country. To learn more about Liberty Council
visit 
The
Gabriel Project is an apostolate of the Catholic Church. The Gabriel Project
is the manifestation of God’s love through the Church to women experiencing a
crisis pregnancy. The Gabriel Project is the parish-based crisis pregnancy
intervention of the Catholic Church. For more please visit
Heartbeat
International is an interdenominational Christian association
of life-affirming pregnancy resource centers, medical clinics,
maternity homes and nonprofit adoption agencies.
-- Promoting the Culture of Life in New York