Adoption

A Special Adoption

November 2020 – Article 1:    November is National Adoption Month. To highlight the rewards of adoption, Georgia Right to Life’s Director of Education, April Fry, shared her personal story. “Alina is our pride and joy,” Fry said. “Having her as part of our family has been more rewarding than I ever could have imagined.” Fry also says adoption is a sanctity of human life issue: “Children don’t just need a permanent place to call home. They need to know they are created in the image of God and...

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Adoption Celebrated: Partially

November 2019 – Article 2:    November is National Adoption Month. First conceived as a statewide event in Massachusetts in 1976, this year’s campaign is focused on the thousands of teenagers and young adults in foster care who still need a loving, permanent family and a place to call home. President Reagan proclaimed it National Adoption Week in 1984, and President Clinton expanded it to a month-long activity in 1995. This year it highlights “the importance of empowering the voice of young...

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Lives Touched, Changed And Saved

Pregnancy can be a scary and vulnerable time in a woman’s life.  Facing an unplanned or untimely pregnancy can be especially hard. Pregnant women need a reliable source of information before making important decisions.  She needs to understand all of her options in order to truly have a choice.  Where can she turn in her hour of need? A pregnancy resource center (PRC) offers pregnancy tests and faith based options counseling - and so much more!  Other supportive services might include...

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You Are Not Called To Adopt

You are sure of it. You know families built through foster care and adoption. You may admire them, however, it just isn’t for you. Please exhale, my friend. It’s okay. You may be right. Adoption is beautiful, redemptive, traumatic and hard. It is always birthed in brokenness. Many strong marriages don’t make it through, and there are lasting side effects. That is the bad news. The fantastic news is that when a fire is burning, there is light. When we are broken, we realize our deep need for...

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