#ShoutYourAbortion Consequences
This post originally appeared on Sydna Masse's Blog Planned Parenthood's recent encouragement to women to tweet their abortion truth using #ShoutYourAbortion will have a long lasting impact not only on the women who responded but also on many families who will read,...
FLSA: Is this Employee Exempt or Not?
One of the first tasks for an employer is to determine whether a specific position is considered nonexempt or exempt under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Nonexempt employees must be paid hourly, whereas exempt employees must be paid with a...
5 Things a Pregnant Teen Really Needs
Guest Post by Tricia Goyer When I was 17-years-old I found myself pregnant. It was a second pregnancy actually. The first ended in abortion when I was just fifteen-years-old. Making the decision to have the abortion is something I regret. It left a hole in my heart,...
Dear Governor Brown: Just Say No to Bullying Pregnancy Centers
OPEN LETTERTo: Jerry Brown, Governor of CaliforniaDear Governor Brown:Last month, the Care Net National Conference brought more than 1,000 pregnancy center movement leaders and service providers to San Diego. We enjoyed your lovely weather and California...
My Excellent Rural Center
Trying to implement everything you learned at the Care Net National Conference earlier this month? Karen's fabulous insights are perfect for first time conference participants, and, well, everyone else too. Guest post by Karen RamberIt was my first national...
Warning: Telemedicine Abortion Lowers the Standard of Care
By Sandy Christiansen, MD, FACOGPlanned Parenthood (PP) of the Heartland in Iowa is on a mission to ensure ready access to abortion on demand for all women in that state. Instead of opening more clinics in remote locations, in 2008, they started giving rural women a...
Pregnancy Centers Have Nothing to Hide
Guest Post by Larry GadbaughCertainly you've seen and heard the outrage regarding the exposure of Planned Parenthood's involvement in "harvesting" the organs of aborted babies. Many voices are now calling for defunding the abortion giant's pipeline to half a billion...
Research: Communities Welcome Pregnancy Centers; Not Planned Parenthood
Guest post by Moira Gaul, MPHPregnancy help centers (PHCs), also known as pregnancy resource or care centers and in the past as crisis pregnancy centers, are more likely to be welcomed than Planned Parenthood facilities into communities across the country, according...
California Dreamin’
From the desk of Linda KarenAlright, y'all, I need a head count. Raise your hand if you're coming to San Diego. Hold on just a second. Some of y'all didn't raise your hands. Well, whyyyyyyyyyyyy? I know, I know: it's the money. It's always about the money, I get it. I...
Using Ultrasound Images
Guest Post by Jeanneane Maxon, Esq.May a center use a client's ultrasound image, with all identifying information removed, for its own training and / or promotional purposes?Without a doubt, ultrasound imagery of unborn babies is powerful. As pregnancy center...