{"id":296295,"date":"2023-08-13T09:17:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T14:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=296295"},"modified":"2023-08-11T17:33:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T22:33:29","slug":"woman-defends-pregnancy-centers-saved-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/woman-defends-pregnancy-centers-saved-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman defends the work of pregnancy resource centers: ‘They saved my life’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vermont recently passed a law targeting pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) which prevents the non-profit charitable organizations from allegedly “misleading” the public about the services they provide. The pro-abortion claim is that because PRCs don’t provide or refer for abortions, they can’t claim to help women who are pregnant. This has become an increasingly common tactic by the abortion industry, which is seeking to shut PRCs down because, often, they are successful in helping abortion-minded women to instead choose life for their babies.<\/p>\n

In a recent op-ed for The Hill<\/a>, Jean Marie Davis, executive director of Branches Pregnancy Resource Center in Brattleboro, Vermont, shares a powerful story that demonstrates why PRCs don’t deserve to be the target of pro-abortion legislation. In fact, Davis says, a PRC was directly responsible for saving her life.<\/p>\n

Davis shares that she was the victim of sex trafficking from the ages of two to 29. “I suffered serial abuse, rape, and even murder attempts by various pimps,” she explains. “I was heavily addicted to hard drugs such as crystal meth and cocaine. I eventually reached a point where I intentionally sought to end my life by overdosing.”<\/p>\n

Unexpectedly, it was a pregnancy that helped her break free from bondage. She fled from her pimp with only $1.38 to her name, and after seeking help everywhere, she finally found it from a woman named Phyllis at a domestic violence shelter in New Hampshire. Phyllis connected Davis with a pregnancy resource center, which forever changed the course of her life.<\/p>\n