If you are a young woman facing an untimely crisis pregnancy, if you are feeling scared, hurt and alone, then you've come to the right web page.

You have other options besides abortion! You need not feel pressured into making such a painful, difficult decision. If you speak to older women who had abortions when they were your age, you'll find many of them were pressured into making a choice they ended up regretting later on.

Should you decide to keep your baby, there is help for you, including medical and financial assistance. If you are not ready or in a position to raise a baby, there are many couples desperately seeking a child to adopt. Your baby can be raised in a loving home, and have a beautiful future. Please don't wait…contact one of the organizations on this list below. You can find the care and comfort you need, in a choice that is life affirming. Life is a precious gift to give your baby. The best part is, the help is free!

Life is a precious gift to give to your baby. You'll be glad you did.

© 2004 Jews For Life

Please note: If you operate a web site or service that deals with or provides life-affirming help for birthmothers, or information on adoption services, and wish to have a link displayed on this page, then please contact us here: Adoption Issues.

Adopting.org
Website: http://www.adopting.org/private.html
Toll Free: 1(888) 490-4600

Provides birthmothers access to a bulletin board. "Dear Birthmother" letters posted from waiting families, with methods of connecting. Links to other sites included. THIS IS NOT AN ADOPTION AGENCY, PLEASE READ THEIR DISCLAIMER.

Adoption.com
Website: http://www.Adoption.com
Toll Free: 1(800) ADOPTNOW.

Huge directory of adoption resources and family network sites, including http://www.abortiondirectory.com and http://www.birthmother.com.

Adoptiondirectory.com
Website: http://www.Adoptiondirectory.com
Part of the www.adoption.com family.

"The Internet's #1 Directory of Adoption-Related Professionals." Their homepage provides a three step process for assistance. "Step Two" offers a long list of categories covering a wide range of adoption alternatives for birthmothers to search, including adoption agencies, facilitators, attorneys, financial assistance, home studies, baby products and counseling and support services.

Adoptionservices.org
Website: http://www.Adoptionservices.org
Toll Free: 1(800) 943-0400
E-Mail: mail@adoptionservices.org

This fully licensed, non-profit adoption agency provides comprehensive services with primary focus on birthmothers. Direct placement offered. Birthmothers can choose to have either an open or closed adoption, with option to select and meet adoptive family. Careful, detailed investigations of every family seeking adoption. Free medical, housing and legal services; free counseling by licensed, qualified professionals. Assistance offered 7 days a week, days and evenings.

America's Crisis Pregnancy Hotline
Toll Free: 1(800) 67-BABY-6

Bethany Christian Services
Website: http://www.bethany.org
Toll-Free 1(800)-BETHANY
E-Mail: ll@bethany.org

Priests for Life says of Bethany: "One of the nation's leading providers of adoption and crisis pregnancy support information. They operate a national hotline which is open 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. This hotline routes callers to one of 56 local offices which can then provide local and regional information. Offers on-going education and support for parents through their adoption support services. Bethany's adoption pre-screening and placement program is one of the most recommended in the country, and they have placed more than 11,000 children in adoptive homes. In addition, Bethany provides good community-based follow-up, both for women who choose adoption or who raise their child themselves."

Birthmother.com
Affilliated with the www.ADOPTION.COM network.
Website: http://www.Birthmother.com
Toll Free 1(800) ADOPTNOW

From their homepage: "Adoption.com's FREE online support group and interactive resource center exclusively for women and men considering adoption for their unborn child. Talk with other women with similar experiences, counselors and Adoption.com mentors. Learn about the variety of options available to help women through their pregnancy and childbirth." Site services include parent profiles, message boards, chat room, library, mentors, unplanned pregnancy support. Adoption network (bottom of homepage) includes several sites that offer additional help and resources for birthmothers, and prospective adoptive parents.

Birthright
Website: http://www.birthright.org
Toll Free: 1(800)-550-4900
E-Mail: info@birthright.org

National network of pregnancy help centers throughout the United States. Birthright centers provide help with crisis pregnancies, abortion alternatives, emergency pregnancy help, pregnancy support, pregnancy tests, prenatal assistance, as well as medical, financial and legal assistance. In addition, they offer information on adoption, and referrals to social agencies.

Heartbeat International
Website: http://www.heartbeatinternational.org
Toll Free: 1(888) 550-7577
E-Mail: support@heartbeatinternational.org

"Non-political Christian Association of life-affirming education and pregnancy service providers." Services include referrals to medical clinics, maternity homes, and nonprofit adoption agencies. Crisis intervention services include 24 hour hot lines, pregnancy testing and counseling, host homes, clothing, baby items, financial assistance, community referrals, and helpline phone support. Hearbeat-affiliated centers provide long-term and follow-up services including adoption support groups and licensed adoption services.

LifeCall

Website:  http://www.lifecall.org

Phone:  201-825-7277

E-mail:  mail@lifecall.org

Provides resources for pregnant women and their babies.   Offers links to Crisis Pregnancy Centers.   Several Sources Shelters provides extensive counseling and information for pregnant women seeking information on the resources available to them, including providing free shelter for expectant mothers and their children.

Lifetime Adoption Facilitation Center
Website: http://www.lifetimeadoption.com
Toll Free: 1(800) 9adopt4 or 1(800) 923-6784

As a facilitation service, connects birthparents with potential adoptive parents. Services to birthmothers include: Free counseling, attention and support throughout your pregnancy, opportunity to choose your baby's adoptive parents, medical, legal and public aid, and educational scholarships. Peer support by phone by other women who have chosen adoption for their child. Emergency food and clothing program. Lifetime Adoption Facilitation Center LLC meets all BBBOnLine Reliability participation and Better Business Bureau membership standards and is authorized to display the BBBOnLine Reliability seal.

The Nurturing Network
Website: http://www.nurturingnetwork.org
Toll Free: 1(800) TNN-4MOM
Phone: 1(509)-493-4026
Fax: 1(509) 493-4027
E-Mail: tnn@nurturingnetwork.org

From their website: International charitable organization founded in 1985. Volunteer members provide practical, life-saving services to women facing the crisis of an unplanned pregnancy. Services include guidance, counseling, nurturing homes (with member families who open their homes to expectant mothers), medical assistance, financial assistance, educational programs, career programs, adoption counseling, adoption services, preparation for parenthood. This network has over 25,000 dedicated volunteers in all 50 states and 25 nations, and has served 13,500 mothers and children.

Priests for Life
Website: http://www.priestsforlife.org
PO Box 141172
Staten Island, NY 10314
Toll Free: 1-(888) PFL-3448
Phone: 1(718) 980-4400
Fax: 718-980-6515
E-Mail: mail@priestsforlife.org

From their website: "Priests for Life seeks to link up priests across the country who are actively involved in the pro-life movement." They have a staff ready 24 hours a day to assist people to find alternatives to abortion. Offers healing and counseling to anyone who has been involved in an abortion. Provides page with list of organizations offering alternatives to abortion, phone numbers and websites included.

And if you are Jewish…

Association of Jewish Family and Children's Agencies
Website: http://www.ajfca.org
Toll Free: 1(800) 634-7346
FAX: 1(732) 432-7127

Service organization for the Jewish Family and Children's Services in North America "Many of the over 145 members of the AJFCA offer services to families interested in adoption, to birthmothers, to families who have adopted, and to people who have been adopted."

Just One Life
Website: http://www.justonelife.org
475 5th Avenue
Suite 1114
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 1(212) 683-6040
Fax: 1(212) 683-6164

The Talmud says: "He who saves just one life in Israel is as one who has saved an entire world." According to their website, "helping the Jewish people to grow child by child" is the goal of Just One Life. Helps Israeli mothers choose life for their unborn children by helping them through the short term economic and psychological problems that often accompany an unanticipated pregnancy.

Stars of David International, Inc.
Website: http://www.starsofdavid.org
E-Mail: starsdavid@aol.com

Jewish adoption information exchange and clearinghouse. From their website: "Nonprofit information and support network for Jewish and partly Jewish adoptive families of all sizes, ages and origins." Lists chapter info, chapter directory, Jewish adoption resources, general adoption resources, articles, books and events.

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