The Charlotte Lozier Institute, the research group affiliated with the pro-life advocacy organization Susan B. Anthony List, released an 80-page report on Wednesday detailing that pro-life pregnancy centers across the nation provided free services to 2 million people and saved communities $161 million in costs in 2017.
The “A Half Century of Hope, A Legacy of Life and Love” study was conducted by researchers Moira Gaul and Mai W. Bean from the institute to celebrate 50 years of life-saving services.
The study states, “A half century ago, as legal abortion was gaining ground in the United States, a campaign was afoot to offer hope to women considering abortion. The first free-standing pregnancy center in North America opened its doors in 1968 in Toronto, Canada, under the name of Birthright.”
The report goes on to say, “Louise Summerhill, the founder of Birthright, traveled to the U.S. to share about their non-judgmental, confidential, and free pregnancy outreach model, ‘rooted in love for both’ mom and baby.”
Soon thousands of pregnancy resource centers would open their doors.
The report analyses last years impact of 2,600 of the estimated 2,750 centers in the U.S. and looked at the scope of medical and social services they offered. The report also features testimonies of clients dating as far back as 35 years.
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