Oooh, I like this way! Please post any charities that are making this happen. I believe this is the right way to combat abortion and I am sure lots of Freepers would want to contribute.
It’s crazy, I did a quick search and it looks like most of the places that offer free ultrasounds are local “crisis pregnancy” centers. There doesn’t seem to be a concerted national effort to raise money for such a thing (at least not that I could find, so it’s not a really good effort if that’s the case). I found an article from the NYT discussing it back in 2005 when it was indicated that Focus on the Family in conjunction with the SBC was donating ultrasound machines to Crisis Preg Centers. Additionally, there was a statistic put out (take with grain of salt) that 90% of the women who saw the ultrasound decided AGAINST abortion. I don’t see how that could not be the case
Poster NYer also referenced an article about this back in Feb of 2007, which is when I first heard about it. I don’t know how to link & do that sort of stuff, but perhaps NYer has more info.
I am a firm believer that THIS is how you go about changing people’s minds about abortion— I know it changed mine & my husband’s when we were expecting our first, I know it changed numerous friends of ours. And I assure you, tactics like those referenced in the article, most people see and just roll their eyes at the “crazies” and write them off as kooks. That doesn’t exactly save babies.
Also, FYI, your local church or synagogue may have a pregnancy center that they help out (ours does).