(If you need help setting up your Amazon Baby Registry, click here for a how-to guide.) 

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, the champion of Dobbs, has rallied other pro-life Attorneys General who are eager to celebrate you and your life-affirming work. And your state's AG said yes! So, together, we are collecting Amazon Baby Registries from pregnancy help organizations in your state and eight others for a virtual baby shower.

if you live in Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota, or Utah, your Attorney General has said "yes!" to supporting this event! If your state's Attorney General is not listed in the form below, that means that they have not committed to participate in this year's donation drive event and therefore, you will not be listed on the main page with Her PLAN. We encourage you, still, to take this idea and create your own Amazon baby registry to share with your community. This is a great way to connect with your community and provide a tangible way for them to show support for your great work!

Simply complete the form below sending us a link to your Amazon Baby Registry by June 12, 2023. That's it! We want you to capitalize on this unique, multi-state opportunity!

Complete the form below by: June 12, 2023 
Event dates: June 19-24, 2023
Location: Online
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by Lori DeVillez, Founder and CEO of Trotter House, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

When I think of “Be[ing] Still and Know[ing] He is God” – my first thought is FREEDOM. When we truly know who God is and who we are in Him, there is great freedom. The question is: How do we completely know Him and truly understand who we are in Him? 

Let’s look at the 5 points of the cross:

1. Be comfortable letting God gaze upon you and hear Him. Think of a happy memory place – that deep inner peace.  First, knowing Him and speaking His many different names invites Him into our hearts. Here are a few that have begun to stand out to me: 

• Elohim:  Mighty Creator – Genesis 1:1
• Jehovah Jireh:  God My Provider – Genesis 22:13-14
• Elohim Shama:  The God Who Hears – Exodus 2:24
• El Sela:  God My Rock – Psalm 31:3
• El Roi:  God Who Sees Me – Genesis 16:13
• El Shaddai:  The All Sufficient One, God Almighty – Genesis 17:1
• Jehovah Ezrah:  My Helper – Psalm 27:9
• El HaNeeman:  The God Who Is Faithful – Deuteronomy 7:9
• Elah Yerushalem:  God of Jerusalem – Ezra 7:19
• Elohay Selichot:  The God Who Is Ready to Forgive – Nehemiah 9:17
• Elohim Ahavah:  The God Who Loves – Jeremiah 31:3
• Georgos:  The Gardener – John 15:1
• Akal Esh:  Consuming Fire – Deuteronomy 4:24
• Jehovah Uzzi:  The Lord My Strength – Psalm 28:7
• Immanuel:  God With Us – Isaiah 7:14
• Basilei ton Aionon:  King Eternal – I Timothy 1:17
• Migdal Oz:  Strong Tower – Psalm 67:3
• Shaphat:  Judge – Genesis 18:25
• Uah:  Self Existence – “I Am” – Exodus 15:2
• Jehovah Gibbor Milchamah:  Mighty in Battle – Psalm 24:8
• Jehovah Geol:  Redeeming God – Isaiah 49:26
• Sar Shalom:  Prince of Peace – Isaiah 9:6
• Jehovah Nissi:  The Lord My Banner – Exodus 17:15
• Jehovah Raah:  The Lord Is My Shepherd – Psalm 23:1-3
• Jehovah Rapha:  The Lord Who Heals – Exodus 15:26
• Jehovah Shammah:  The Lord Is There – Ezekiel 48:35
• Jehovah Sabaoth:  The Lord of Hosts – Isaiah 1:24
• Hode:  Majesty – Job 37:22-23
• Maron:  Dwelling Place – Psalm 90:1

2. What is God’s grace? Understanding the grace of God is very valuable too. God’s grace. Amazing grace. Matchless grace upon our lives brings us freedom.

3. Put yourself into Scripture. I think of the woman at the well and meeting someone so amazing who knows all about me and still loves me, David and Goliath and the mighty battles we fight for LIFE, and Daniel in the lion's den and trusting God confidently and full of trust in no matter what we may face.

4. Learn to talk with Jesus as our best friend. Listen and be totally honest. I must know who I am in Christ!  When a negative thought comes to my mind, I must line it up with the Word of God (taking every thought captive). If it does not line up, then I cast that thought out and replace it with who I know I am in Christ.  Here are a few examples:

• I am complete in Him Who is the head over all rule and authority—of every angelic and earthly power (Colossians 2:10).
• I am alive with Christ (Ephesians 2:5).
• I am free from the law of sin and death (Romans 8:2).
• I am far from oppression, and will not live in fear (Isaiah 54:14).
• I am born of God, and the evil one does not touch me (1 John 5:18).
• I am holy and without blame before Him in love (Ephesians 1:4; 1 Peter 1:16).
• I have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16; Philippians 2:5).
• I have the peace of God that surpasses all understanding (Philippians 4:7).

5. Always journal your experience. He speaks to us and it is always encouraging to look back and realize He is right here with us.

In Being Still and Knowing that He is God. . . we must truly take these examples above and put them into practice in our everyday lives. 

I have a powerful video I want to share with you here: This is powerful… life and love are beautiful...

Be still and know. . . Listen for the Father’s voice and open your eyes . . . He is here and He loves you more than we could ever know. . . Blessings be upon you on this day!

What It Means to Be a Sister Center

What It Means to Be a Sister Center

Becoming a Sister Center is a meaningful opportunity to serve as a mentor, encourager, and global partner in the life-affirming work of pregnancy help. Through the Sister Center Program, you will be paired with an international counterpart — a center that is eager to grow, learn, and be inspired by your experience and wisdom.

As a Sister Center, you will participate in monthly calls that provide a rich space for connection, collaboration, and prayer. These conversations are a chance to:

• Pray together — lifting one another up in faith, and interceding for clients, staff, and the communities you serve.

• Gain a deeper understanding of how pregnancy help is being carried out in different parts of the world, learning from each other’s unique challenges and victories.

• Share ideas and encouragement on reaching clients and potential clients with compassion, creativity, and excellence.

This partnership is not about financial giving — it’s about investing your time, heart, and experience into a relationship that builds up another center and strengthens the global pregnancy help movement. It’s about standing shoulder-to-shoulder, across countries and cultures, united by a common mission: to affirm life and walk alongside women with hope.

You have something to give — your leadership, your lessons, your love.
Join the Sister Center Program and make a lasting impact in a fellow center’s journey.

by Ashley Vance, RN, BSN, LAS, Heartbeat International Healthcare Team Manager

The saints will throw their crowns at His feet. The angels cry out “Holy, Holy, Holy!” Every knee will bow and tongue will confess.

He sits on the most glorious throne reigning over a kingdom so magnificent the streets are gold, and our human mind can’t even begin to comprehend it.

He is the ultimate power, love, truth, and righteousness.

But where is He?

He is everywhere, and He is with every single woman regretting her abortion. Imagine seeing all of them. From the beginning of time until the very last. Every single life lost from around this fallen world—He knows them by name.

He brought them into existence, lovingly knit them together, and cares so much for every single one.

He is with the woman in the bathroom desperately trying to throw up the pill, the one searching the internet from the parking lot of the abortion clinic, and the one who can’t sleep at night heartbroken over what she’s done.

He leads them, He guides them, He gives them eyes to see and ears to hear. He shows them love, mercy, and He guides them to APRN. The rescue, the hope, the second chance, and the network that loves them too!

Find yourself wondering what insurance is needed for maternity housing? What kind of insurance coverages are needed and what kind of company sells those policies? We dive a little deeper into the topic for you below.

Insurance

Some types of insurance are regulated, others are industry-standard, and others are optional. Getting the appropriate amount of insurance is a balance of risk assessment. Recognize that insurance companies are motivated to sell insurance policies that often represent worst-case scenarios. Likewise, organizations should protect and prepare themselves for challenging circumstances that may arise. Involving Board members with insurance experience in the conversation may help an organization find its “comfort zone.” Insurance companies are a great resource for advice on how an organization can reduce risk. Larger insurance companies may even have a “risk assessment professional” that can do a site visit to offer feedback and suggestions.

General Liability

General Liability insurance is related to accidents that may result in bodily or personal injury or property damage. The cost is determined by the insurer’s assessment of risk based on the number of people involved, the size of the facility, the activities of the organization, etc. In some cases, the organization may ask or be asked to be listed as an “additional insured” for specific reasons (i.e. an event held on a rented property). This is common and easily done by calling one’s insurance agent.

Property Insurance or Renter’s Insurance

Property insurance covers the expense of damage to or destruction of the building and its contents. Various factors affect how a property insurance policy is crafted (e.g. replacement cost vs actual cost). Renter’s insurance, used when a property is being leased, covers solely the contents (not the structure). Organizations must weigh the cost-benefit analysis of valuing the contents at replacement cost, even if donated.

Directors and Officers Insurance

Directors and officers insurance (commonly referred to as D&O Insurance) is insurance for lawsuits due to wrongful acts or mismanagement of the organization most commonly related to employment practices. Requiring the organization to have D&O Insurance is frequently an expectation of experienced Board members.

Automotive Insurance

Any vehicles owned by the organization will need to be insured. If the organization does not own vehicles, it may choose to have a “hired and non-owned” policy that augments the private insurance of volunteers and staff members who may be driving on behalf of the organization. Some drivers and/or vehicles are considered higher risk (i.e. young drivers, 15-passenger vans) and will have higher premiums. Homes are advised to avoid any language related to offering medical care as auto policies have been known to group maternity homes into the costly category of ambulatory medicine.

Professional Liability Insurance

Professional liability insurance addresses the liability related to the professional services of counselors, social workers, and other professionals. If the organization is hiring someone with a professional designation as an employee (rather than an independent contractor), it will need to assume professional liability insurance. The issues related to the scope of practice, covered elsewhere, are critical for this reason.

Life Insurance

Organizations may choose to take out a life insurance policy on a key employee(s) and name the organization as the beneficiary. This is done if the death of the employee would have a very substantial and immediate impact on the organization.

Worker’s Compensation

Worker’s compensation provides coverage for job-related injuries and illnesses and may be required by law depending on jurisdiction and the number of employees.

Life-Affirming Insurance Companies

Heartbeat has a list of preferred insurance companies that have worked well for pregnancy help organizations for years. Click here to learn more.

This and more amazing resources for homes are included in Maternity Housing Essentials - Heartbeat's key resource for anyone starting or maintaining a maternity housing program.

Heartbeat International joined the Center for Family and Human Rights, Asociacion La Familia Importa, The Global Center for Human Rights, and The Institute for Women’s Health in a panel at the United Nations during the sixty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women on “How Embracing the Geneva Consensus Declaration Advances the Well-being of Families, Women and Girls.”

International Program Specialist, Ellen Foell, had the opportunity to speak at the #CSW67 side event on March 10, 2023, at the United Nations to support the Geneva Consensus Declaration and share how pregnancy help worldwide provides women with care and support, helping them and their families thrive so that no woman feels abortion is her only option. Heartbeat joined life-affirming organizations in support of the GCD.

Video property of UN Web TV. To view the meeting in its entirety, go to: media.un.org/en/asset/k18/k18b3n6zwb

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by Andrea and Julianna Trudden

I began my journey with Heartbeat International just out of college. A few years before I was married and even more until I had my first child. (I'm dating myself, I know.) Like many who work in ministry, my children have been little helpers over the years. Writing notes to supporters, organizing envelopes, stuffing literature bags for conferences... you know, the fun stuff. The things that our children get to do to serve the movement as well.

This year, my 14-year-old daughter, Julianna, joined us in Washington, D.C. for our Babies Go to Congress event and the March for Life. She is a freshman in high school and there are many perspectives on a variety of social issues that she is exposed to. She has been looking forward to coming with us for Babies Go to Congress for a couple of years.

I asked Julianna to help us understand the events she participated in from her eyes. Here is what she witnessed:

Tell us about your experience of Babies Go to Congress:

Babies Go to Congress was something very different from anything I’ve experienced. We got to take three children, Lei’ Lani, Hezekiah, and Zoe, to meet with different Congressmen with their mothers to share their powerful stories. Seeing the kids and their mothers walk through the different rooms and halls of Congress, specifically, Lei’ Lani and her mother Danielle, was very inspirational, and Lei’ Lani was clearly enjoying the walk through the passageways and walking around outside the Capitol.

When we met with the legislative aids, they were all considerate and interested in the story that Danielle told them about herself and how the Paul Stefan Foundation had helped her. Everyone that we met there was very kind and treated everyone there equally and like adults, even Lei’ Lani and me.

Tell us about the March for Life: 

The March for Life was crowded and you really weren’t able to identify who all was there because there were so many people. It was hard to even move around during the rally, but when the March started, it was easier to walk around as you were following the crowd of people you were walking with.

Everyone was walking together and it seemed to be like a unity formed between everyone in the March. Schools that had come were praying, chanting, and singing while marching, and one woman who came was on crutches but still persisted through the March despite having difficulty moving around. Overall, it was really unified and peaceful; you could see the people around you talking with each other like it was just another day even though they were carrying signs or joining in chants and prayers periodically.

What does it mean to be pro-life?

Being pro-life means that you believe that everyone should have a chance to live, no matter what. Being pro-life doesn’t only mean that you are against abortion, it also means that you believe that no matter what a person has done, no matter the fact that they might be different from others, they deserve a chance to live and their life should not be taken from them.

Some pictures from Julianna's trip:

I am so grateful that Julianna got to see this side of our work and that we got this special time together. And a big thank you to my mom for joining the team as well! This is a trip we will always remember and perhaps the start of a new tradition!

EVALYNN'S STORY

Hezekiah — Born October 2021

Born to a crack-addicted and alcoholic mother, Evalynn was removed from her mother’s custody at the age of only 10. She had her first abortion at 19 and at 24 she almost died from a second abortion that led to her having an emergency D&C three days later.

At the age of 30, she found herself pregnant out of wedlock again.

“I was already a single mother of a 3-year-old and I was attempting to finish my Bachelor’s degree. I had no idea how I was going to support myself, two children, and finish college.”

Evalynn felt alone as the father of her baby was encouraging her to have an abortion and she had no one else to support her. Not knowing if she was going to choose to have an abortion or keep the baby, she reached out to the Women's Center of Ohio for an ultrasound.

That ultrasound changed her entire life, as it made the pregnancy real to her and empowered her to choose life for her baby! That choice also led to choosing life for herself as two months after that she surrendered her life to Jesus Christ.

Today, baby Hezekiah is a year old. Evalynn earned her bachelor’s degree and then married shortly after!

“In this age, the world tells women that to be happy and to have a successful life we must abort our unborn babies. That is the furthest thing from the truth! I have never lived a life that is so fulfilled physically, mentally, and spiritually. God used this baby's life to save mine and I am forever grateful!”

Support the efforts of pregnancy help organizations today so that moms like Evalynn are encouraged and equipped to choose life for their little ones.

Baby Hezekiah