Posted on 03/06/2010 6:18:32 AM PST by NYer
March 5, 2010 (40DaysforLife) - Last week, we reported on a young mother in Louisville, Kentucky who chose life for her baby after redeeming a coupon for a free ultrasound. That story struck a chord with the 40 Days for Life team in Southfield, Michigan.
The Southfield team tried the same idea ... and it worked!
Howard, one of the prayer volunteers, showed his "free ultrasound" coupon to women who were approaching the abortion facility. One woman took the coupon - she seemed quite excited to get it - but then walked into the building.
She came out ten minutes later - and told the volunteers that while she was inside the abortion center, she had called the pro-life pregnancy resource center to ask about the free ultrasound.
They left the abortion facility immediately. "We did the ultrasound and had everyone crying tears of joy," said Mike, the 40 Days for Life coordinator in Southfield. "The baby' mother was so overjoyed to see her baby. Praise God!"
A verbal offer of a free ultrasound is certainly good; it appears, though, that the "free coupon" idea makes it seem more real. And besides, everybody likes to get a good deal with a coupon!
Ultrasound also helped save a life in Bakersfield, California. Of course, the prayer vigil in front of the abortion center had a lot to do with it as well.
40 Days for Life volunteers spoke to a 17-year-old and her mother as they arrived for the teen's abortion appointment. The girl said she was the youngest of five children and she did not want to disappoint her father.
Tim in Bakersfield said both the girl and her mother seemed to have very hard hearts. Although they listened for several minutes, "they seemed to have no change in their attitude." But when they were about to walk into the building, someone approached the girl and said, "Don't be afraid - trust in God."
When she heard this, tears began rolling down her cheeks. But her mother remained firm.
So the prayer team quickly made arrangements for an ultrasound. As the girl's mother watched the perfectly formed body of her grandchild on the ultrasound screen, "she began to cry," Tim said. "The baby's tiny feet and hands were clearly visible on the screen, and the baby even waved at his mother and grandmother!"
Did the baby wave? See for yourself in the actual ultrasound here!
This is most definitely the image of a very young human being. And that fact was immediately evident to both mother and grandmother.
Please pray that more pro-life centers will have greater access to this amazing, life-saving technology!
Ping!
After all,it's the most intensely private and personal decision....
This “Ultrasound Coupon” concept MUST be expanded!
That video was awesome.
Sarcasm?
Yes,sorry...should have made that clear.
Praise God! These little lives that were saved is very heartwarming and it’s great to see God at work even when it seems odds are stacked against, that’s what makes God so great, he has power over it all.
Amazing that giving someone a coupon can save the life of a child, in that case we need to be setting this up around every facility. We should have mobil ultra sounds in RVs parked outside the clinics.
<We should have mobil ultra sounds in RVs parked outside the clinics.
Sounds like a good idea.
I know my mind was changed by seeing some of the new 3-D ultrasounds.
Great idea! An even greater idea would be for the Baby’s daddy to say that he would take responsibility and be there for the child, as a father and with some financial support. I wonder how many abortions there would be if every sperm donor would take this tack?
I agree... If a fund was set up to pay for them many of us would give to it
And I would point out that here is your BABY. And we represent people who don't share your blessing of a fertile womb who would give anything to have a baby to love and raise. Just point out that killing the baby, that they've now seen, isn't their only choice.
Might not work, but then at least you would have done something in an effort to prevent at least one abortion.
Assuming, of course that the father can be correctly identified. In some cultures, bragging up his conquests is the norm, but among others it is deny, deny, deny!
Really? I'm honestly curious, what did you think beforehand?
Wonderful news. Great video too.
Nationalized health care should be paying for ultrasounds, not for abortions.
I just made that recommendation to HLI.
>www.hli.org<
The-Handheld-Ultrasound The stethoscope of the 21st century may have arrived. On Oct. 20, GE unveiled the Vscan, a medical imaging tool as compact as a cell phone and as powerful as a large ultrasound console. Doctors can use it to look inside a patient’s body and instantly see fluid around the heart, for example, or a baby in the breech position. In a field where minutes can make the difference between life and death, the Vscan — not yet commercially available — could improve the way medicine is practiced everywhere, from cutting-edge ERs to makeshift village clinics.
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