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(Pregnancy Help News<\/a>)\u00a0Do pro-lifers care about babies after they\u2019re born? What about the mothers who carry those babies for their first nine months of life?<\/p>\n

This holiday season, Choice42<\/a>, a pro-life education group out of Canada, is proving just how much they do care through its first national Christmas Sponsorship Program, a project designed to benefit babies and their mothers in need of financial support.<\/p>\n

Over the last few weeks, Choice42 asked pregnancy help centers across the country to submit the names of clients they thought would most benefit from some Christmas cheer. Applications came pouring in, and last week, the Choice42 team awarded six single mothers with their own sponsored Amazon gift registry.<\/p>\n

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Sharing the women\u2019s stories online and via email, Choice42 invited their supporters to purchase dozens of gifts from the ladies\u2019 personal registries, which included diapers, clothing, toys, and other items.<\/p>\n

Despite hardships ranging from homelessness to disability, each of the women is striving to create a better future for themselves and their children.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaure\u201d from Quebec is one of those women.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaure\u2019s\u201d Story<\/strong><\/p>\n

When Laure found out she was pregnant at four months, she was in complete shock. Caught up in a lifestyle of partying and surrounded by friends in the sex industry, Laure was just 18 and very much on her own.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was no longer with the father of her child, was homeless, and had been estranged from her family after living in numerous group homes throughout adolescence,\u201d says the Choice42 website<\/a>. \u201cOnce her family did become aware of the situation, they put enormous amounts of pressure on her to have an abortion.\u201d<\/p>\n

But then, just before her scheduled appointment, Laure ended up falling on her abdomen and needing an ultrasound. That ultrasound changed everything, opening her eyes to the tiny human inside of her.<\/p>\n

With a new outlook on the life she was carrying, Laure turned to a local pregnancy help center in Quebec for support. She walked away from her old way of life and her friends in the sex industry, including her baby’s father\u2014a man who is now in prison for eight counts of human trafficking.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite the \u2018easy\u2019 money that could have been made, she turned away from that lifestyle to focus on being a better person and mother,\u201d says Choice42.<\/p>\n

Today, Laure has a baby boy who is four months old, and she\u2019s leading an entirely different life.<\/p>\n

From the Choice42 website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

She has recently gotten her own apartment and is working hard to be strict with her budget and learning new skills; such as cooking meals from scratch and grocery shopping. She is currently unemployed, does not drive and has limited family support.\u00a0 She is not only a single mum, but also helping her own mother who is in the hospital with Polio and severe diabetes, as well as aiding her own siblings…\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Laure is trying to rebuild her credit, maximize her money but is living on a very limited income. It is extremely hard to make ends meet, despite the fact that she is working so hard to manage well.<\/em><\/p>\n

Challenging the Abortion Status Quo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Choice42 reviewed reams of stories just like Laure\u2019s in the hopes of making a difference and shattering one of the most pervasive myths about the pro-life community.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur organization is all about educating people, supporting women and really, challenging the abortion status quo,\u201d said Rebecca Charlton, outreach and volunteer coordinator at Choice42. \u201cA big pet peeve of ours is the idea that pro-lifers don\u2019t care after the baby is born, which is horrifically false, and we\u2019re proving that here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though largely known for its humorous and thought-provoking pro-life videos<\/a>, Choice42 also hosts an online database of nearly 200 pregnancy help resources<\/a> that are assisting women all across Canada.<\/p>\n

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