{"id":307108,"date":"2024-02-20T06:45:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T12:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=307108"},"modified":"2024-02-21T13:38:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T19:38:52","slug":"national-helpline-calls-chemical-abortions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/national-helpline-calls-chemical-abortions\/","title":{"rendered":"Helpline founder sees spike in women ‘seeing their fully formed babies’ after abortion pill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After finding redemption in Christ for a past abortion, Terri Baxter\u2019s heart was aflame with a desire to help other women like her heal. That desire led her to eventually start a national helpline for women. Though she has heard from women in crisis for years, she and her team say that recently, the stories of women suffering from at-home chemical abortions have increased in both number and intensity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Post-abortive journey leads to the creation of a helpline ministry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Baxter started her journey as the director of a pregnancy resource center. There, she met post-abortive women and teen mothers and heard their stories of heartache.<\/span><\/p>\n

Baxter told Live Action News, \u201cIt was clear to me that these women were still living in bondage and had not yet found freedom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

For a time, she led abortion recovery programs. Then, at a CareNet conference, she met other attendees who worked for a national helpline. Baxter spent nine years working with the helpline program, which eventually expanded to minister to post-abortive women. One day, Baxter was invited to meet a lady who told her she saved her life.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t get to always know the outcome of our efforts and I was deeply touched by this encounter,\u201d Baxter said.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the helpline partnered with the United Nations, Baxter left that organization. She kept in touch with a co-worker who owned property in Texas where post-abortion retreats were hosted. The woman suggested Baxter launch a helpline specifically for post-abortive women, but Baxter demurred.<\/span><\/p>\n

Baxter said, \u201cWhen it was suggested I start the helpline under the umbrella of another company that already had a structure in place, I decided to take the leap.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The 24-hour H3Helpline<\/a> for \u201cHelp, Hope and Healing\u201d takes calls from women contemplating abortion and directs them to pregnancy resource centers. It also hears from those who are post-abortive. All H3Helpline coaches have had abortions in the past themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

In recent days, the helpline has been getting an influx of calls from terrified women in the throes of chemical abortions or who have recently expelled their babies after taking misoprostol, the second drug in the abortion pill regimen. Told they would have only bleeding and mild cramps, some become violently ill. Most are inadequately prepared for the gruesome aftermath that ensues.<\/span><\/p>\n