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Set Out in Haste: Serving Women, Serving Life
Maryland’s Catholic bishops called for an outpouring of support for women facing crisis pregnancies and rejected recent proposals to single out pro-life charities that provide them with assistance in a joint statement released January 18. Set Out in Haste: Serving Women, Serving Life is signed by Baltimore Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl, and Wilmington Bishop W. Francis Malooly.
Pregnant women in need deserve competent, compassionate care. That care is often provided by one of Maryland's pregnancy resources centers, which offer emotional and material support to pregnant women in need (watch the video below). Sadly, these centers are facing harassment because of their pro-life mission. Learn more below.
Baltimore City Council Bill 09-0406: More resources
Montgomery County Regulation: More resources (updated 01/25/10)
Why the Waxman and NARAL reports do not hold up as evidence of the need for these proposals
Hurting After Abortion?
Targeting of pro-life pregnancy resource centers
Pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) provide concrete assistance to women in need, including childbirth & parenting classes, maternity and infant clothes, formula and diapers
PRCs are great assets to the community, as evidenced by the many agencies & offices that refer women to them
Both the Baltimore City and Montgomery County bills apply only to pro-life centers and not to abortion clinics
Both the Baltimore City and Montgomery County bills would fine pro-life charities daily for non compliance
Both bills promoted by abortion lobby interest groups including Planned Parenthood and NARAL

