{"id":188214,"date":"2018-09-24T08:01:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T13:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=188214"},"modified":"2018-09-20T21:40:49","modified_gmt":"2018-09-21T02:40:49","slug":"saints-cheerleader-support-pregnant-moms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/saints-cheerleader-support-pregnant-moms\/","title":{"rendered":"New Orleans Saints cheerleader gives support to pregnant, single moms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Being a mother at any age has its challenges, but being a young, single pregnant woman can sometimes feel so daunting that abortion seems like the most sensible alternative. For New Orleans Saints Saintsations cheerleader Sarah Bass, experiencing an unplanned pregnancy at 19 was extremely difficult. She <a href=\"https:\/\/wgno.com\/2018\/09\/07\/saintsations-cheerleader-leads-single-mom-ministry\/\">told New Orleans&#8217; WGNO<\/a>, &#8220;It was a very isolated time. It was very dark. It was hard not to talk to somebody. We all want a relationship with someone, to speak to someone, and to vent to someone. I didn&#8217;t have that when I was pregnant.&#8221; Choosing life was what she wanted to do, but she says it wasn&#8217;t easy due to &#8220;a lot of negativity in my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/cdn2.trb.tv\/iframe.html?ec=p4dWs1ZzE6LLE3lKkT1FHLYbWk54Ixug&amp;pbid=1af9f4729c77407baf4796020154bcb6&amp;pcode=JiYjUyOiLgRQ6Q52IZMpe2Yji6XQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Workplaces, college campuses, and high schools can <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pregnant-college-students-choose-life\/\">put a great deal<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pregnant-employees-punished-life\/\">pressure<\/a> on women to choose abortion for the sake of job advancement or their educational futures. But Sarah has made it her goal to establish a place of support for those women who, like her, have experienced unplanned pregnancies and have chosen life for their children. To do this, she started her own <a href=\"https:\/\/embracegrace.com\/\">Embrace Grace<\/a> single moms&#8217; support group. The Embrace Grace organization offers a <a href=\"https:\/\/embracegrace.com\/find-a-group\/\">network of groups nationwide<\/a> to support unmarried young mothers, with baby showers and judgment-free weekly support meetings.<\/p>\n<p>She\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/lifestyle\/new-orleans-saintsations-cheerleader-working-help-single-moms-feel-less-alone-181707541.html\">wrote<\/a> on Facebook, &#8220;I want all single moms to have a place to be free and a place to feel loved, and I want them to know they\u2019re loved, they\u2019re enough, they\u2019re worthy, and they\u2019re not alone. God doesn\u2019t make mistakes, He plans our paths perfectly\u2026 and He waits with anticipation for us to conquer all our dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fsarah.tba.9%2Fposts%2F10212692007236884&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"623\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sarah told WGNO, \u201cI decided that I wanted to help other young girls and other teen moms and hold their hand and walk with them and let them chase their dreams, because that is what they want to do, not because they feel like they have to show anybody that they can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sarah&#8217;s daughter, Evelie, is now eight years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a mother at any age has its challenges, but being a young, single pregnant woman can sometimes feel so daunting that abortion seems like the most sensible alternative. 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