Real Prolife Stories   Mother chooses hope after troubling prenatal diagnosis Pregnancy was a natural and normal part of life for Bernadette and her husband Phil. After having seven children, the Grandville couple thought their family was complete, but the couple received a surprise when they found out they were expecting their eighth child, Hannah. During the first ultrasound, the routine of another otherwise uneventful pregnancy was replaced with anxiety after the surprised sonographer left the room to consult with a doctor. FULL STORY Being prolife was easy for Danielle Bradley. Both her mother and her father, the pastor of their church, are vocally and actively prolife. She had always told anyone considering abortion that it was the wrong choice to make. On August 25, 2010, everything changed when Danielle found out she was pregnant and was given the opportunity to live up to that advice. She had to make a choice and discovered it was harder than she expected. FULL STORY Jason Ludwick knew his heart was getting worse. He had lived with heart problems all of his life, but five years ago his condition took on a whole new reality in one shocking moment. It was hard for his family to watch him continue to deteriorate while waiting for a heart transplant, but luckily for Jason his mother found an overseas company willing to try an adult stem cell treatment. FULL STORY A student who graduated from Western Michigan University, was married and became pregnant all in three months found herself very overwhelmed. She called the Planned Parenthood clinic in Kalamazoo looking for help on preparing to become a parent, only to be told "we don't do that here." FULL STORY How do we persuade women not to have an abortion? Mother Theresa answered: "As always, we must persuade her with love, and we remind ourselves that love means to be willing to give until it hurts." Those are inspiring words for any prolife volunteer. Two volunteers, Mary Tombelli and Michaela Stiles, drew inspiration from that quote while founding their prolife organization. FULL STORY

Affiliate Spotlight   Abortion business relocation mobilizes community One summer day in 2010, Shannon Wygant received a shock. His wife told him that the abortion clinic in Waterford where he traveled to for peaceful prayer, had suddenly moved to his own town of Clarkston. Shannon and his community rallied together to deliver a surprise of their own by renting office space on the floor below the abortion clinic to open a prolife pregnancy resource center. FULL STORY Almost 30 students have joined the Jackson Students for Life (SFL) organization to support the prolife movement. These students are doing whatever they can to make their presence known, including diaper drives, traveling to the annual March for Life and participating in the annual prolife Day of Silent Solidarity. FULL STORY Just shy of 200 high school students representing six Right to Life of Michigan affiliates gathered in Caro, Michigan, for a prolife youth rally on April 14. Bryan Kemper, creator of Rock for Life and president of Stand True Ministries, was the featured speaker. FULL STORY Pregnancy resource centers are places for pregnant women to seek help. They offer a wide range of support services for women in their hours of need, but they often depend heavily on the generosity of volunteers to help them provide those services. When Jackson Right to Life found out two of their local centers were in dire need of diapers, they decided they needed to help. It was their students for life group though that got the show on the road; three vans, to be precise. FULL STORY Pat Vendal, President of Muskegon Right to Life, has discovered a way to use the time she volunteers promoting the prolife cause to financially help the prolife organizations she loves. Pat does this by participating in her employer’s volunteer incentive program and matching gift program. FULL STORY

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