{"id":304482,"date":"2024-01-03T06:39:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T12:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=304482"},"modified":"2024-01-01T18:31:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T00:31:33","slug":"pregnancy-center-care-net-celebrates-million-saved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pregnancy-center-care-net-celebrates-million-saved\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnancy center organization Care Net celebrates 1 million lives saved"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(Pregnancy Help News<\/a>) Life-affirming pregnancy help network Care Net has reached a landmark 1 million lives saved through its affiliated pregnancy centers, the organization announced in a\u00a0press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Between 2008 and 2022, centers affiliated with Care Net saved 1,010,931 lives, according to its Impact Report.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe secret sauce of Care Net’s success has always been that we are a Christ-centered, gospel-focused ministry,\u201d Vincent DiCaro, Care Net\u2019s Chief Outreach Officer, told\u00a0Pregnancy Help News<\/em>, adding that the organization focuses not only on saving lives but building strong families.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne important way this has played out is that the percentage of affiliates that have fatherhood programs has doubled in the last decade,\u201d DiCaro said. \u201cThis holistic approach is what has allowed Care Net to reach the milestone of 1 million lives saved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jor-El Godsey, president of Heartbeat International, the\u00a0largest network of pregnancy help organizations<\/a>\u00a0in the United States and globally, says his organization celebrates the announcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Care Net team has worked tirelessly to support and strengthen affiliated pregnancy help centers across the U.S.,\u201d Godsey told\u00a0Pregnancy Help News<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch a milestone is a testament to their work nationally and, of course, a recognition of the hard work for each local Care Net affiliate in loving, serving, and encouraging women in their valley of decision about an unintended pregnancy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Godsey points out that as impressive as this achievement is, it represents only part of the estimated millions of lives saved by the pregnancy help movement in the last half-century.<\/p>\n

\u201cCenters just like those affiliated with Care Net have existed in the U.S. since the early 1970s, a full 40 years before the dates Care Net’s statistics cover,\u201d he said. \u201cNor are Care Net affiliate locations the only pregnancy centers rescuing lives being lost to abortion during the time of their statistics.”<\/p>\n

Care Net\u2013affiliated centers make up approximately 1,200 of the more than\u00a02,750 pregnancy centers<\/a>\u00a0across the United States. With an average of 842 lives saved at each center over the last fifteen years, based on Care Net\u2019s numbers, it is likely that pregnancy centers nationwide have saved more than 2.3 million lives over the same period.<\/p>\n

Pregnancy centers provide no-cost resources to women and families, with client satisfaction rates as high as\u00a099.6%<\/a>. These life-affirming centers\u00a0vastly outnumber<\/a>\u00a0abortion facilities across the country.<\/p>\n

Andrea Trudden, vice president of Communications and Marketing for Heartbeat International, said Care Net\u2019s milestone is something to be celebrated.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe celebrate every life that is saved and served through pregnancy help, and we are blessed to work alongside Care Net for the last several years,\u201d Trudden said. \u201cWe are very glad to see our sister organization continue to champion life.\u201d<\/p>\n

The announcement comes amid a\u00a0surge<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0political<\/a>\u00a0attacks<\/a>\u00a0smearing<\/a>\u00a0pregnancy centers<\/a>. Yet, says Trudden, \u201cas political as this topic [of abortion] has been recently, pregnancy centers are not political. We are there for our sisters and always will be.\u201d<\/p>\n