One of our former clients often comes back in when she’s in the area to spend time with the staff, because she so appreciated what we were able to do for her. We were talking about the #ExposeFakeClinics campaign and she was so upset about it, so I asked her if she would be willing to share her story. I feel like this campaign is such an unfair representation of what clinics like mine are doing.





I’m not going to say that there aren’t clinics that have used tactics that I am opposed to, but it does not mean that all clinics are like that. We follow a pro-life stance. We are very upfront about what we are offering and what we believe, so people can’t say that they feel deceived. Whether a client is Christian or not Christian, we will meet her on her level and on her terms. If she wants to discuss religion or to pray with us, we will, but if a client doesn’t want to talk about that we won’t.



#prolife #life #imageofgod Une publication partagée par Heartbeat International (@heartbeatinternational) le 5 Avril 2017 à 6h20 PDT

My nurse manager and I are very clear about being honest about their options: adoption, abortion, and parenting. We encourage them to make an informed decision and to do their research. Have we had clients go and get abortions? Yes. If those clients come back to us, would we help them? Absolutely. Being compassionate is our bottom line. We are bringing God’s love to people. We will help them and be someone to talk to, but we do not perform abortions. We will not be complicit in the death of a child.



Une publication partagée par Heartbeat International (@heartbeatinternational) le 28 Déc. 2016 à 10h53 PST

A lot of women consider abortion because there’s an obstacle of some sort that they’re facing, and we help them get rid of that obstacle. If they need pre-natal care and don’t have health insurance we can help them with that, if they are facing financial difficulty we can help them secure state funding.

Opaque links between different anti-abortion organisations

Angela Erickson is the executive director for Options for Women/Cornerstone , a crisis pregnancy centre in the town of St Michael in Minnesota. She recently made a video in response to the #ExposeFakeClinics campaign, in which she interviews a client of theirs, who speaks under the pseudonym “Jamie”, about her experience at a CPC.She stressed that Options for Women/Cornerstone is privately funded and does not receive federal or state assistance. In Minnesota, CPCs do not have to be licensed or inspected, but Erickson told the FRANCE 24 Observers team that her clinic does employ medically licensed staff.A network of anti-abortion organisations exists all over the United States. Erickson’s clinic Cornerstone is affiliated with Heartbeat International , which describes itself as a “pregnancy help network”. Heartbeat International states on its website that it reaches people who are “abortion-vulnerable” through a call-centre and website called Option Line. Option Line promises to provide information on all options available to pregnant women. But its website makes no reference to the fact that it is associated with an anti-abortion network, and that all of the service providers it will refer patients to will have an anti-abortion stance.Some states such as California and Washington have passed laws that require CPCs to post clear signage at their facilities and to make clear in all communication that they are not healthcare providers and do not necessarily have medical licenses. But in other states, local and state authorities are cracking down further on abortion providers, while paving the way for CPCs to flourish.