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People working in pregnancy help, increasingly those in maternity housing, are responding to pregnant women struggling with such addictions through various means, guided by a white paper written by the Maternity Housing Coalition. “It was written because we were talking to homes and seeing such a high incidence rate [of addiction],” said Valerie Harkins, director of the Maternity Housing Coalition, a project of Heartbeat International. “At the time, it was a notable increase in conversations with homes experiencing struggles with women who have a history of substance abuse or even currently struggling with maintaining their sobriety,” Harkins said. The white...

ORANGE, Va. (AP) — On the wall of the maternity home, painted in large letters, is the motto: “Saving Babies, One Mom at a Time.” For founders Randy and Evelyn James, the home started with one baby — their own. Paul Stefan was the last of their six children, born with a fatal condition. They had chosen not to abort the pregnancy as doctors advised. He lived just over 40 minutes, long enough to be baptized and named after their Catholic priest. In the nearly two decades since, the Jameses have channeled their son’s memory and their pro-life beliefs into...