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I am pregnant. Where can I get help >>
Can I be forced to have an abortion? >>
What can you tell me about adoption? >>
I've had an abortion. How can I find healing? >>

I am pregnant. Where can I get help?

No woman should ever feel alone when facing an unexpected pregnancy. Compassionate and confidential help is available. OptionLine is a national hotline available 24/7 for women facing unplanned pregnancies. Trained consultants are ready to assist you at 1-800-395-HELP, or at answers@optionline.org.

A help center is available in our area: the Women’s Care Center (2104 Dudley Avenue, Parkersburg, 485-7113, or toll-free at 800-595-7113).

Can I be forced to have an abortion?

No! According to Ohio law, you cannot be forced to have an abortion. In fact, abortion facilities are required to post a “No One Can Force You to Have an Abortion” notice in their facility. The notice instructs women not to sign a consent form and to tell the clinic personnel if they are being forced to have an abortion.

Also noteworthy, Ohio law requires that women be offered the opportunity to see active ultrasound images and even be offered a printed picture of the image if ultrasound is used prior to or during an abortion. For more information, see the Facts of Life – Ohio Law page from Ohio Right to Life.

What can you tell me about adoption?

It is estimated that over 1 million couples are waiting to adopt. Most of these couples are not able to have children of their own and they desperately want to be parents. Many women facing a crisis pregnancy determine that the best thing for their baby is to place their baby in a loving and stable home through adoption. Lots of help and support is available to women considering adoption.

To read some good questions and answers about adoption, click here. To see just some of the couples hoping to adopt, visit this page.

I've had an abortion. How can I find healing?

Rachel's Vineyard is a ministry devoted to helping those who have experienced abortion find healing. According to their website...

Rachel's Vineyard is a safe place to renew, rebuild and redeem hearts broken by abortion. Weekend retreats offer you a supportive, confidential and non-judgmental environment where women and men can express, release and reconcile painful post-abortive emotions to begin the process of restoration, renewal and healing.

Rachel's Vineyard can help you find your inner voice. It can help you experience God's love and compassion on a profound level. It creates a place where men and women can share, often for the first time, their deepest feelings about abortion. You are allowed to dismantle troubling secrets in an environment of emotional and spiritual safety.

Rachel's Vineyard is therapy for the soul. Participants, who have been trapped in anger toward themselves or others, experience forgiveness. Peace is found. Lives are restored. A sense of hope and meaning for the future is finally re-discovered.

Learn more about Rachel's Vineyard from their website, or call them at 877 HOPE 4 ME (877-467-3463).