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(Pregnancy Help News<\/a>) Alicia was a new college graduate with a great job and a bright future in Houston, Texas. Then, she received the shock of her lifetime.<\/p>\n

In Houston\u2019s impoverished Fifth Ward, where more than 60 percent of residents over 16 years of age struggle with unemployment and just under 60 percent have not graduated high school, Alicia was already living out a dream.<\/p>\n

But four days into her new position with a public relations firm, Alicia fainted on the job and rushed to the hospital where she heard the news: she was pregnant.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy thoughts and emotions went in overdrive and I was searching for direction from anyone who would give it,\u201d Alicia wrote in a recent newsletter. \u201cI could not concentrate on anything other than, \u2018I just started my dream job, and now I’m pregnant! This is not what I had planned for my life!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

With her life seemingly turned upside down in a moment, and living in one of the most prolific abortion capitols outside of the West Coast or New York, Alicia fit squarely into\u00a0the abortion industry\u2019s target demographic<\/a>\u00a0as a young African American woman.<\/p>\n

Home of the flagship mega-center for Planned Parenthood\u2019s Gulf Coast affiliate that was\u00a0caught on video discussing<\/a>\u00a0to the specific abortion procedure needed to take an \u201cintact fetal cadaver\u201d for resale, Houston\u2019s Planned Parenthood is ground zero for the 48 daily abortions in Harris County.<\/p>\n

As the Center for Medical Progress progressively released well over 20 hours of videos documenting Planned Parenthood\u2019s complicity in the illegal trafficking of body parts from aborted babies, Alicia\u2019s surprise pregnancy had her searching for answers.<\/p>\n

Searching online for \u201cpregnancy help,\u201d what Alicia found was the exact opposite of a business model built on the abortion-vulnerable. What she found was\u00a0Houston Pregnancy Help Centers<\/a>, which serves women in two locations\u2014Downtown and in the Fifth Ward\u2014plus a newly launched mobile ultrasound unit.<\/p>\n

\u201cI called and that phone conversation with Jaci [a peer consultant] is what saved me,\u201d Alicia wrote in a recent newsletter. \u201cHer voice would not leave my ear. I cherish that consultation. The first thing she did when I met her was to give me a long hug and tell me, \u2018I felt that was what you needed.\u2019 Jaci treated me with so much compassion, I knew God had answered my prayer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Having just welcomed her new baby girl into the world, Alicia is one of six mothers who make a choice for life every day through Houston Pregnancy Help Centers, whose hopeful tagline captures its vision: \u201cAnticipating Miracles Daily.\u201d<\/p>\n

Between the two locations and mobile ultrasound unit, the organization reached almost 773 clients who, like Alicia, were in the cross-hairs of the abortion industry\u2014in just the first three months of 2016.<\/p>\n

Fully 98 percent of those clients have chosen to carry their babies to term, many of whom the center reached through its new mobile ultrasound unit that hit the road this January.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve made our presence known in the dark corners of our city,\u201d Sylvia Johnson, the executive director who founded Pregnancy Help Centers in 2004 and has since guided its expansion to the Downtown location and its mobile unit. \u201cIn the past months, God has provided many opportunities to minister to women and men in crisis pregnancies who find themselves just steps away from death’s doorstep.\u201d<\/p>\n

As she launches into a new phase of motherhood, Alicia enters the season uniquely equipped by the pregnancy center, having gone through childbirth and nutrition classes and benefiting from the center\u2019s robust offering of material aid for new moms.<\/p>\n

One of 39 life-affirming locations serving in the Houston area<\/a>, Houston Pregnancy Help Centers has started 2016 with 2,305 total client visits, including 556 free ultrasounds. Fitting the promise of \u201cAnticipating Miracles Daily,\u201d 70 women and men have also professed a newfound faith in Christ through the center\u2019s work since the start of the calendar year.<\/p>\n

Even impressive numbers fail to capture the real impact life-saving organizations like Houston Pregnancy Help Centers make in the lives of the women and families they serve.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe entire visit confirmed that I was supposed to be there,\u201d Alicia said. \u201cI will always be grateful for you and Houston Pregnancy Help Center. Every time I look at my baby girl, I’ll be thanking you for being a big part of our lives!\u201d<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published at Pregnancy Help News<\/a> on April 28, 2016, and is reprinted here with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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