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Pregnancy resource centers (PRCs) nationwide provide free services, including confidential counseling, help dealing with family problems, medical care, housing assistance, and job placement assistance.

They also provide free maternity and baby clothes, diapers, and baby furniture. Two national organizations can help women find local PRCs:

Option Line
Phone: 800-395-HELP
Website: PregnancyCenters.org
Text: Text “HELPLINE” to 313131

National Life Center Help Line
Phone: 800-848-LOVE
Website: NationalLifeCenter.com

Pregnancy resource centers are always in need of donations of money, baby items and volunteer time, providing an ideal opportunity for those who care about needy mothers and their children to take action on their behalf.

Overpopulation is not a problem in the United States. On the contrary, the U.S. fertility rate is 2.06 children per couple, slightly below “replacement” level—the number of births needed to keep population stable. If not for immigration, the U.S. population would be stagnant.

Most European and Asian nations are well below the replacement rate. These nations will soon face a shortage of people of working age, with too few workers to support the elderly in their retirement. Even in developing nations, fertility rates have begun to steadily decline.

There is more than enough space on earth for the world’s population. In fact, every person in the world could comfortably live within the landmass of the state of Texas. The real problem is resource consumption, as developed nations consume resources at an alarming rate. While one solution to this problem might be to limit the number of people allowed to live on earth, a better solution would be to responsibly limit our consumption of the earth’s resources.

At conception, also known as fertilization, a male sperm unites with a female ovum (egg). The single-celled human organism formed by the fusion of sperm and egg is known as a zygote.

In a medication abortion, sometimes called a medical or chemical abortion, a woman is administered an abortion-inducing compound called mifepristone (also called RU-486 or Mifeprex). Mifepristone blocks the action of progesterone, the natural hormone vital to maintaining the lining of the uterus. As the nutrient lining disintegrates, the embryo starves. Subsequently, the woman takes a dose of artificial prostaglandins which initiate uterine contractions and cause the embryo to be expelled from the uterus. Abortions by mifepristone are usually done prior to 49 days after the woman’s last menstrual period, but are sometimes done as late as 70 days.

Since the legalization of abortion in 1973, there have been approximately 60 million abortions performed in the United States.