by Virginia Cline
Advancing Pro-Child Policies
As the federal government mandates insurance coverage for contraceptives, including abortion-causing drugs, and promulgates additional rules for implementing Obamacare, Americans may be forced to pay for the heinous practice of abortion. Heartbeat International was on Capitol Hill recently leading moms who want to advance pro-child policies at the national level.
These moms are former clients of Heartbeat’s pregnancy help organizations who, when given the help they needed, each chose life for her child.
Central planners or those opposed to women having children in unstable economic situations, embrace abortion and abortifacients as a way of limiting the non-taxpaying population in a nationalized healthcare program. Often referred to as “family planning,” abortion is abhorrent to the majority of Americans. When hard working taxpayers are forced to pay for abortion, most will face a moral dilemma as distressing as being asked to assist in aborting a child.
While the most pro-abortion administration in the history of the United States promotes taxpayer sponsored abortion and mandates anti-child policies, because it’s cheaper to not have children, Heartbeat has a heightened responsibility to clarify for U.S. lawmakers the importance of alternatives to abortion. In fact, the only way to ensure that a woman is not coerced or forced into aborting her baby is to make sure there are always nonprofit pregnancy help organizations and that women know how to find them.
For more than 40 years, Heartbeat’s pregnancy help network has been providing emotional support and practical resources to women who have faced untimely pregnancies. On July 19, pregnancy center clients who refused to sacrifice their children, often despite pressure to abort, joined Heartbeat International President Peggy Hartshorn, Ph.D. in our nation’s capital to publicly proclaim their gratitude for the life-saving work of pregnancy centers.
These women are thrilled to have an opportunity to tell their stories to national leaders. Courageous moms like Jessica Gore, who was excited to bring her eight-year-old daughter to meet her elected officials, testified to the fact that pregnancy help organizations provide a life-changing experience.
“I went to the sonogram appointment at Burleson Pregnancy Aid Center even though I had already been to Planned Parenthood and thought that abortion was right for me,” said Jessica from Burleson, Texas. “But when I looked at the sonogram screen, I knew that I had been lied to. What I saw on the screen was not a ‘piece of tissue’ like Planned Parenthood had told me. The tiny flicker of light, a heartbeat, was my child. I was instantly in love.”
“I would have been lost without the guidance of the Pregnancy Aid Center,” said Jessica. “Through their programs I learned how to care for my infant daughter. I would not be the person I am today if it hadn’t been for the caring people of the Burleson Pregnancy Aid Center and the experiences I’ve had there. Without them, my daughter would not be alive and I cannot imagine my life without her.”
Shelly Louis, of Durant, Oklahoma, is another mom who took the opportunity to let congress know that pregnancy help centers are good for women.
“Unmarried, financially insecure, and six weeks pregnant with my third child…abortion was a very real option for me,” said Shelly. “Since I was receiving no assistance from the baby’s father and he was encouraging me to terminate the pregnancy, I chose to seek an abortion.”
But Shelly quickly discovered she couldn’t go through with it. After an emotional breakdown, a teacher told her about the Pregnancy Center of Bryan 
County.
“Only because of their encouragement and compassion was I able to think clearly about my options and make the right choice to protect the life of my unborn child. My arrangements to visit the abortion clinic were cancelled and Kiree’s life was saved,” said Shelly.
“The support of the Pregnancy Center did not stop there. During my entire pregnancy, I attended weekly lessons, which taught me numerous things about the prenatal process and how to care for Kiree after she was born. By attending these lessons, I earned Mommy Money, which I used to ‘purchase’ clothes, shoes, blankets, diapers, and wipes in the on-site Mommy Market,” said Shelly.
Like these courageous moms, voters need to remind policy makers that abortion is not healthcare.
Forcing pro-life citizens to pay for abortions, or abortion-causing drugs, goes against our American tradition. It was Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States, who said, “The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.”
You can call for the repeal of Obamacare by contacting your elected officials over the phone, in a letter, or in an email. If your representative supports taxpayer funded abortion, you can vote them out of office on November 6th.
Please join with us in encouraging elected officials to advance pro-child policies that begin with promoting the life-saving work of pregnancy help organizations so that Heartbeat International’s compassionate network can empower even more women to welcome the next generation.
To find your nearest pregnancy help organization, simply visit Heartbeat’s OptionLine.org.
The Supreme Court decision, National Federation of Independent Businesses et al v. Sevelius, Sec of Health and Human Services, upholds the constitutionality of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare).
Don’t be discouraged! This will not stop or slow down Heartbeat, Option Line, and our affiliated pregnancy help ministries that save babies, help women and families, and create a culture of life at the grassroots level, 365 days a year.
Pro-life efforts must be directed to repealing this law and to stopping the promotion of abortion and all other so-called “reproductive health care” that are part of the law and implementation rules coming from this administration. We are now led by the most pro-abortion President and Cabinet members (especially Secretary of Health and Human Services) that we have ever had in the history of our country. The fact is that we have the right to elect new leaders and change existing laws.
Now is the time to get more involved, speak up, and turn out the vote.
Heartbeat International will be doing everything possible within our capability as a non-profit, charitable and religious organization to get people registered to vote and to help everyone know what is at stake and where candidates stand. The November 6 election is crucial and your participation is vital if we hope to turn our country back toward the core values on which we were founded:
• Liberty (especially freedom of religion) and
• Life, endowed by our Creator
If we must live with laws or regulations that deeply violate our consciences, civil disobedience and its consequences may be our only alternative.
Our hope is in the Lord. Let us pray and fast for God’s forgiveness for the sin of abortion and for His grace and protection for us as pro-life citizens, for our leaders, and for our country.
Yours in Christ,
Margaret H. Hartshorn, Ph.D., President
Four ways to get involved:
Option Line is connecting women to life-saving help!
Exciting reports from Heartbeat’s Option Line are pouring in! Every day women in crisis are being connected to their local pregnancy help centers where they can receive life-saving help and support. We want to share two recent connections told by our Option Line consultants:
Julie: Monday I received a chat from a 19-year-old girl. She was scheduled to have an abortion on Wednesday. However, from our conversation I could tell that she was extremely conflicted about the appointment. She openly shared with me that she viewed abortion as killing a life. When she told me this I knew she did not truly want to go through with the abortion.
As we chatted, I discovered that her boyfriend had made the appointment for her. He was very controlling and threatened to abandon her. The girl had no intention of staying with her boyfriend long-term but feared that she could not stay in college or make it financially on her own.
I asked her what her mom would say about her decision. She said her mom would tell her to keep the baby. At that point we had a breakthrough! The girl decided to cancel her abortion appointment that day and to make an appointment with her local pregnancy help center!
Dawn: About a month ago, I spoke with a woman in her 20’s who had just found out that she was pregnant. The woman had many medical issues. She had multiple sclerosis, obsessive compulsive disorder, and bi-polar disorder. Due to her medical conditions she was on a lot of medication. Doctors warned her that if she carried her baby to term she would give birth to a special needs child.
The woman was very confused and afraid because she wanted to keep her baby so badly. I encouraged her to seek a second opinion before making any final decisions. I told her that she had options and that help is available. She decided that day to make an appointment at her local pregnancy help center where they could refer her to a doctor for a second opinion and encourage her to choose life for her baby.
Because of partners like you, women can contact Option Line every day — abortion-vulnerable women who don't know where to turn for help. Option Line consultants are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, answering in both English and Spanish. Our trained consultants answer questions while connecting women with their local pregnancy help center where they will receive one-on-one compassionate support.
Thank you for making it possible for Option Line to continue to answer the call!
It’s not new, it’s just our turn! Basil of Caesarea (329–379) was the leading pastor, theologian, and proponent of orthodox Christianity. When he learned that abortion was present and legal in Caesarea, he preached boldly from the Scriptures on the sanctity of human life. He called his church members to personally and actively intervene and help women facing difficult pregnancies, just as we are doing today. According to historian, George Grant, Basil’s work inspired the Emperor Valentinian to criminalize abortion in 374. The work before us is not new, it’s just our turn.
Answering the call to cherish and defend innocent human life, the modern pro-life movement surged forward as a predominantly Catholic effort in the 60’s. It was flooded with Evangelical energy in the 80’s—the second wave of the pro-life movement. The “Third Wave” points to the triumphant progress to be expected when the Black and Latino Christian community not only join, but lead, the Pregnancy HELP Movement.
Heartbeat International is praying for a “Third Wave” of minority leadership and participation in our movement. We are irrevocably committed to urban initiatives. This means identifying the neediest neighborhoods of America, the most abortion-plagued communities of our nation’s largest cities, and working through the local Christian community to establish ultrasound-equipped pregnancy help centers and maternity homes. We currently have urban initiatives in Miami, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh. We are calling our affiliates to “go urban” as they plan for expansion. We are asking Black and Latino Christians already working in our affiliate ministries to step into national leadership and training. Our ranks are slowly but surely swelling with minority leaders. And we are collaborating, where possible, with minority-focused pro-life organizations linked here.
Probably the most Abortion-Targeted Neighborhood in America
Heartbeat serves as the leadership supply line for the growing Pregnancy HELP Movement worldwide. We train and equip Christian community leaders in the establishment of life-affirming, Christian-supported pregnancy help centers, ultrasound-equipped pregnancy help medical clinics, maternity homes for women and children, and non-profit adoption agencies. Local pregnancy help ministries provide women and couples the help they need to choose life, prepare to parent, or place for adoption.
As new directors arrive to lead pregnancy help ministries, Heartbeat provides them with foundational management and leadership training as well as intensive leadership assessment, and equips them with specialized resources. For example, they return home with Heartbeat’s counselor training manual, The Love Approach. Pregnancy help ministry leaders use it to train their staff and volunteers to serve women at risk for abortion with sensitivity, care, competence, and confidence.
"I'm the Executive Director of the Pregnancy Support Center in Stark County, OH. I've served here for going on 15 years.Heartbeat International is amazing! You can be counted on to be there when we need you--which is most of the time!"
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Heartbeat's Life-Saving Vision is a world where every new life is welcomed and children are nurtured within strong families, according to God’s Plan, so that abortion is unthinkable.
Heartbeat's Life-Saving Mission is to Reach and Rescue as many lives as possible through an effective global network of life-affirming pregnancy help that Renews communities for LIFE.
To achieve our mission, we:
On November 13, 1971, Dr. John Hillabrand, a Toledo, Ohio, obstetrician, and Lore Maier, a refugee from Nazi Germany, formed Alternatives to Abortion, a network of hotlines and pregnancy help services. Knowing that legalized abortion would spread rapidly around the world, they soon became Alternatives to Abortion International (AAI).
On January 22, 1973, the United States Supreme Court handed down its landmark decision in Roe v. Wade, reshaping the national landscape by legalizing abortion. This pivotal ruling not only nullified existing state abortion restrictions but also established a federally protected right to abortion, removing state-level regulatory power. This decision catalyzed an expansion of abortion access across the country, underscoring the urgent need for pregnancy help services to support women facing unplanned pregnancies.
By 1993, about 75 original contacts had grown to about 200 affiliates and AAI changed its name to Heartbeat International. More and more Catholic and Evangelical Christians felt called to help and start calling for help. We became the “go-to” place for start-up manuals, model programs, leadership training conferences, and a place to go for advice and prayer.
Through a joint venture with CareNet, Option Line took it's first call in 2003. While it's no longer a joint venture, Option Line continues to serve as a 24/7 pregnancy help contact center open any time, to anyone reaching out for help, answering more than 2,000 connections each day via phone call, live chat, texting, and email.
In 2017, Dr. George Delgado, founder of the Abortion Pill Rescue Network, was looking for a partner to enhance and expand abortion pill reversal. A year later, Heartbeat International officially took over the management of the APRN. Since then, we have had the opportunity to share these miraculous stories with legislators, reporters, and other pregnancy help organizations!
On June 24, 2022, Roe v. Wade, in its fiftieth year, was finally overturned. The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling, written by Justice Samuel Alito, masterfully disassembled Roe’s deeply flawed legal footing, releasing each state to protect the lives of women and their babies from the predatory practices of abortion providers. Unfortunately, the ruling also allowed states to reaffirm or advance abortion practices and provisions.
Over 50 years later, Heartbeat International's story continues to take exciting and challenging turns as we develop leaders to supply a growing pregnancy help movement. From the underserved urban neighborhoods—so often targeted by Big Abortion—to the rural reaches, the mission field created by abortion calls us to impact more lives.
The best alternative to abortion is another person.
Today, Heartbeat International serves over 4,000 affiliates worldwide, including maternity homes and adoption agencies on every continent.
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Our story continues as simply one of helping God’s people discover the life-saving, death-defying, soul-satisfying, and God-glorifying power of neighborly love.
Read more about our story in "The Power of Pregnancy Help," a history of the pregnancy help community by Heartbeat International Board Chairwoman, Peggy Hartshorn, Ph.D., and President Jor-El Godsey.
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 Heartbeat International proudly serves over 4,000 affiliates worldwide. All of Heartbeat International’s affiliated pregnancy help providers, whether they are pregnancy help centers, maternity homes, or adoption services, make a commitment to serve their community with:    |
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Not all pregnancy centers offer medical services. If you have questions about the services offered at this pregnancy center, please ask to speak to a center representative.
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Jor-El Godsey, President Jor-El Godsey serves as President of Heartbeat International. He leads a staff dedicated to equipping, empowering, and encouraging the thousands of leaders and developing leaders of Heartbeat’s affiliated pregnancy help centers, maternity homes, and adoption services, in the U.S. and on every inhabited continent. He oversees Heartbeat’s core mission to be the leadership supply line for the growing pregnancy help movement worldwide by providing accurate information, training resources, leadership development conferences, programs, and daily support to help affiliates start, grow, and expand their services to women and couples at risk for abortion. Jor-El comes to Heartbeat having served in the pregnancy help movement since 1988. He first served as a volunteer at Hope, the pregnancy help centers in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Then he joined their board, served as Chair, then as Executive Administrator. In 1999, Jor-El became Executive Director of Life Choices in Longmont, Colorado. Six years later, in 2006, Jor-El accepted the call to help Heartbeat International meet the diverse and expanding leadership needs of the pregnancy help movement as Vice-President. Now serving as the second President in Heartbeat International's 44 year history, preceded only by Peggy Hartshorn, he continues to remind us all that we are better together. Jor-El met his wife, Karen, at a volunteer training meeting for the Hope Center in Ft. Lauderdale. They currently make their home in Columbus, Ohio, with their three children. |
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Cindi Boston, Vice President A long-time leader in the pregnancy help community at the local, state, and national levels, Cindi Boston was named Heartbeat International's Vice President in January 2016. Cindi previously served on Heartbeat International's Board of Directors from 2013-15, and was recognized as a 2011 Heartbeat International Servant-Leader honoree. She chaired the board for Missouri's Alliance for Life that played a role in passing a state resolution honoring the work of pregnancy help organizations, as well as directing funds for specfiic services covered under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). Cindi has worked in the business, education and non-profit sectors in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri since 1985. She was first elected to the first Board of Directors for the initial setup of Pregnancy Care Center (PCC) in the winter of 1998. She oversaw the center's growth from startup through the first 15 years of service, where the ministry reached 285,150 local women and men. Cindi is a graduate of Evangel University. She is a certified Life-Affirming Specialist (LAS) and was selected as one of the top 12 non-profit directors of underserved populations in Missouri. Cindi is the proud mother of two sons, Josh and Caleb. |
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Margaret (Peggy) Hartshorn, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board Margaret H. (Peggy) Hartshorn, Ph.D., currently Chairman of the Board of Heartbeat International, has served on the Board for 30 years, as Chairman previously from 1990-2004. She also served as Heartbeat’s President for 23 years (1993-2015). Peggy co-founded Heartbeat International’s Option Line in 2002. It is the only 24/7, bilingual, internet-based, pro-life call center in the world. Option Line handles about a quarter of a million calls for help each year, connecting callers to their community-based pregnancy help center for life-saving and life-changing help. Peggy and her husband, Mike, joined the pro-life movement in 1973, first working with the educational, political, and legislative arm of the movement. They housed pregnant women in their home (beginning in 1974), attended their first Heartbeat conference in 1978, opened the first pregnancy help center in Columbus, Ohio, in 1981, and Peggy joined the leadership team of Heartbeat International in 1986 (as a member of the Board, later Chairperson and President of Heartbeat). Peggy has traveled to 52 countries, teaching and training, visiting existing pregnancy help organizations, and helping to start new ones in Eastern and Western Europe, Australia, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. She has also appeared on television and radio as a spokesperson for pro-life and life-affirming alternatives to abortion, and she is the author of Foot Soldiers Armed with Love: The First Forty Years of Heartbeat International. Peggy is the recipient of many awards for pro-life work, including: President’s Volunteer Service Award under President George H.W. Bush, the J.C. Penney Golden Rule Award, the Defender of Life Award from Students for Life, the Cardinal John J. O’Connor pro-life award from Legatus International, the Norrine A. and Raymond E. Ruddy Memorial Life Prizes Award, the Sanctity of Human Life Award from Care Net, the Patrick Cardinal O’Boyle Award from the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, the Founder’s Award from the Christ Child Society, the Catholic Woman of the Year Award from the Diocese of Columbus (Ohio), the Life Champion Award from Pregnancy Support Services of Asia, the Woman of Impact Award from WRFD Christian Radio, and the Praesidium Vitae Award from Aid for Women. Peggy has been married to Mike for 46 years, and they have two children, adopted as infants, and 5 grandchildren.
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Keith Armato Keith Armato is President of the Union Street Tin Co. based in Chicago, IL. Keith is the third generation of his family to carry on the tradition of decorative metal packaging since his grandfather Michaele came to the United States from Sicily and founded the company in 1908 manufacturing olive oil cans. Keith and Mary Armato have been married for 41 years and have two children and five grandchildren. Keith and Mary spent their honeymoon in Italy and have returned to the country over 50 times introducing family, friends and business associates to the culture and especially the religious heritage of Italy and particularly Rome. Keith is a Knight of Malta and a Knight of St. George. He has served two terms on the national Board of Governors of Legatus, the National Fund for Catholic Religions Vocations, and the Saint Pio Foundation. |
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Christine Dattilo Christine Dattilo is a nonprofit technology strategist helping organizations connect and build relationships with an online generation. Chris has worked with churches, mission organizations, community groups, pregnancy help centers and Heartbeat International as a strategic consultant and web strategist. Chris and her husband Joe live in South Carolina. |
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Doug Grane In addition to his 20-year commitment to promoting a culture of life, Doug is an entrepreneur who recently co-founded a private equity and angel investing firm. Previous senior leadership positions include: pro-life non-profit, public relations/public affairs, transportation and commercial real estate. Doug and his wife Mary, married 18 years, live in suburban Chicago with their daughter and three sons. |
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Chris Humphrey, Ph.D. Chris Humphrey, Ph.D., is a long-time pastor, writer, educator and pro-life leader whose most recent work in the life-affirming field is as co-founder and executive director of Vision for Life. Based in Pittsburgh, Vision for Life has partnered with national pro-life groups including Virtue Media, Online for Life and Heroic Media in efforts to connect women in unexpected pregnancies with local help. After starting out his journey in ministry with the Salvation Army in the late 1970s, Chris served as executive director for Coalition for Life, a pro-life lobbying group in Ottawa, in the mid-1980s. He has since served in a variety of writing, editing and educational roles, and currently edits a monthly magazine, The Word, which is published by the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America. Originally from Ottawa, Chris and his wife, Edith, have three grown daughters and 12 grandchildren. |
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Derek A. McCoy Executive Vice President of C.U.R.E. (Center for Urban Renewal and Education), Rev. Derek McCoy has led non-profit organizations and initiatives that have stood to serve the advancement of the family and promoted righteousness and justice in our culture. He is also the Principal of TMG Management & Consulting which works on issue based projects to have an impact on the culture nationally. McCoy has been a consistent advocate in the building of coalitions, government relations, and media on key issues such as the protection of life, marriage, and the family. He served as Sr. Vice President of The High Impact Leadership Coalition and serves as Associate Pastor of Hope Christian Church. He has been instrumental in conducting Educational Summits with pastors, community leaders, and citizens on issues that are affecting the culture. His consistent, proven, and thorough work has allowed him to become a trusted resource for many elected officials, leaders, and pastors. McCoy has appeared as a guest on NBC, CBS, FOX, ABC, NPR , Gospel Today and Family News in Focus and has been in publications such as Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post and The Washington Times. Derek is married to his “girlfriend” Cathy for 23 years. They have 3 incredible children: Derek Jr., Justin and Cailin. |
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John Murphy John Murphy is an accomplished Silicon Valley serial entrepreneur and technology innovator. His project management, marketing and organizational skills resulted in his being appointed President and CEO of one of the largest personal computer peripherals manufacturers in the world. Following this he became CEO of a sophisticated real-time imagery software company working primarily with the Department of Defense and U.S. systems integrators to deliver very fast, high end reconnaissance solutions to each of the four branches of the armed services. As commercial applications for this technology developed, Mr. Murphy became the Sr. Vice President and General Manager of two IP based video surveillance software companies and is the founder of United in Purpose, a not-for-profit, non-partisan GOTV organization as well as several other non-profit (501c3) enterprises. Mr. Murphy has been married 39 years, has three adult children, two precious grandsons and an unquenchable passion for our nation's founding principles that have been pivotal in why he is pro-life and active on the issue! |
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Zeke Swift Zeke Swift brings to non-profit work 23 years of global marketing, issue management and organization design experience at Procter & Gamble, the world’s largest consumer product company. Prior to P&G, Zeke had six years of commissioned service in the US Army. Zeke co-founded the Southern Africa HIV-AIDS Collaboration (SAHAC) and consults with for-profit and not-for-profit organizations in the areas of strategy, organization development and issue management. Zeke has been married to Beth for 43 years. They have three grown children and six grandchildren. He is an elder at Mariemont Community Church in Cincinnati, Ohio, and, with Beth, has an extensive personal discipleship, marriage, and small group ministry. |
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Gary Thome Gary Thome brings his expertise managing multi-billion dollar businesses to Heartbeat International to help create a culture of life in our society. He is passionate about spreading the gospel of life to all. When not serving Heartbeat, Gary serves as vice president of strategy for a large multi-national technology company. He is also very active in several ministries at his local church. Gary and Pam, his wife of nearly 20 years, are the parents of five beautiful children. Each is a testament to the power of life. |
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John Wootton A graduate of Evangel University in Springfield, Missouri, John Wootton is an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God. He has served since 2008 as an executive officer of the Ohio Ministry Network in the position of Network Superintendent, and previously as Network Secretary. For eight years, John served as the district men’s ministries director, as well as the assistant to District Superintendent Robert Crabtree. Prior to that time, John was a minister on staff at two Ohio churches (Trinity Assembly of God in Columbus and Bethel Temple Assembly of God in Parma). His wife, Brigette is the Network Women’s Ministries Director and Silver Buckeyes Director. They have four children, Tyler, Clayton, Abigail, and Olivia. |
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Sherry Wright In 2008, Sherry Wright helped start The Open Door Pregnancy and Family Resource Center in Cisco, Texas. In 2011, The Open Door expanded into Breckenridge, Texas with another medical pregnancy resource center. Sherry has been the president of the board since 2008. In addition, Sherry serves on the prayer teams of Mountain Top Church and The American Renewal Project. She has had leadership positions in many local community organizations and had a board position with another national pro-life organization. Sherry and her husband, Billy, have been married for forty three years. They are blessed with two wonderful daughters Annie and Becca, who are married to Ryan and Brad respectively. Sherry and Billy have five grandchildren who are the joy of their lives. |
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