We are proud to announce an exciting new partnership with Italy-based pro-life organization, Movimento per la Vita. The collaborative partnership adds 398 new affiliates to the Heartbeat International family, bolstering our position as the largest network of pro-life pregnancy help organizations in the world, with 1,800 affiliates.
We are able to expand and reach new regions of the earth because of YOUR support!
“We are very pleased to announce this partnership with Movimento per la Vita,” said Peggy Hartshorn, Ph.D., in her 21st year as president of Heartbeat International. “We already share so much in common with these friends, and I personally look forward to what we will learn from them as our relationship grows.”
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Our agreement with Movimento per la Vita was officially signed by the organization’s founder, Carlo Casini, at Italy’s March for Life in Rome on May 13, amid 40,000 marchers, including newly elected Pope Francis.
Founded in 1975, Movimento per la Vita—much like Heartbeat International—was founded to provide women with abortion alternatives three years before the procedure was legalized in its country, and now includes 338 pregnancy centers and 60 maternity homes, providing life-affirming help to women and families in need.
Movimento per la Vita also operates a pregnancy helpline, SOS Vita, which connects 
women facing difficult situations involving unexpected pregnancies to local centers, referred to as Centri di aiuto alla Vita (CaV).
The helpline operated by Movimento per la Vita distinctly parallels Heartbeat International’s Option Line®, a 24/7 call center connecting women and men facing unexpected pregnancies with real-time help and face-to-face contact with local pregnancy help centers.
We are very excited about this new partnership and all of the opportunities it represents. We pray that, with YOUR continued partnership, God would cause us to continue advancing the pregnancy help movement around the world!
