Movimento per la Vita

Movimento Per la Vita Italiano (MPVI) is the most prominent Italian Pro-life Association. It has the mission to defend and promote the value of human life “from the conception to the natural death” without exceptions.

Since 1975, MPVI has been actively working nationwide to promote the right to life and the value of human dignity. It meets pregnant women who need help with tailor-made empowerment projects: every story, every woman, is different and unique.

Solidarity, democracy, non-confessional purpose, and specificity are the other values inspiring the Movement service.

At a glance:

• 32.500 mothers served each year,
• 11.934 mothers assisted in 2019-2022 through SOS Vita (Italian Option line),
• 10.000 volunteers across the nation,
• 431 pregnancy help centers (Centri di Aiuto alla Vita - CAV) and local MPV centers,
• 64 maternity homes,
• 2 MOVIT, pro-life university groups (in Florence and Rome),
• 1 “Equipe giovani,” i.e. the national youth group.

We welcome every mother with difficulty, maybe hesitating to keep her baby.

Our challenge is reaching many more mothers through SOS VITA service.

Let Us Help Her.

SOS Vita

In addition to CAVs and Homes, the MPV offers the Option Line called "SOS VITA," which includes a free line (+39 800 813 000) and an online chat (sosvita.it). Both these services are open 24/7.

It is the best solution to overcome the fear of judgment and the shame of some girls and still offer them listening until the last moment before choosing their pregnancy. 

Carlo's Life: A Gift for Everyone

In 2019, during the pandemic, Beatrice was only 19 years old. She had recently started college and dreamed of becoming a professor of Math. Caught by the sudden pandemic, she isolated herself from her family in the city where she studied. She approached that neighbor, a handsome young man, a late-year student in law school. She got pregnant. Desperate and isolated, Bea surfed on the Internet, found a contact, and found SOS VITA. Thanks to the support of our volunteer, called like her mother, she felt supported and decided to keep her baby. At the baptism of Carlo, Beatrice invited all her uncles, even those with whom there had been misunderstandings. Thanks to the birth of little Carlo, the parents met her uncles, they clarified themselves, and today the family is more united than before.

All financial gifts received designated for our approved “alliance” affiliates will be forwarded to them in a reasonable timeframe (usually upon exceeding $250US). Heartbeat International deducts $30 plus 3% from the transfer, to help defray internal cost for money transfers, currency conversion, clerical costs, bank fees and any processing fees that might be charged. Should any funds be unable to be forwarded – primarily related to the recipient - they may be re-allocated for similar international work.

Centros de Ayuda para la Mujer Latinoamericana

CAM is a life-affirming network of 98 pro-life ministries in 20 Latin American countries, founded in Mexico in 1989. 

CAM serves pregnancy help ministries by assisting their affiliates in fulfilling the mission that God has given to reach, rescue, and renew their communities for life by serving abortion-vulnerable women and their families and working to restore God’s plan for our sexuality. CAM is committed to defending human life from the moment of conception to natural death across Latin America. 

CAM also provides valuable training, such as cooking and sewing, to women in low income situations who are facing an unexpected pregnancy. (See testimony below)

CAM is a joint Affiliation Partners with Heartbeat International. Heartbeat supports their efforts to equip and encourage a regional network of local, grassroots efforts to promote life-affirming alternatives to abortion. 

Client Testimony:

"I went to the clinic Santa Catarina (Mexico City) because I decided to get an abortion, but CAM (Woman Help Center) convinced me to have the baby. Now I have a job thanks to CAM."

–Veronica 

Pregnancy Help Australia

Pregnancy Help Australia is a national body that provides support, education and resources to life-affirming pregnancy support centres throughout Australia. 
The services we provide to Pregnancy Support Centres allow them to better assist women and families who may be experiencing difficulties as a result of a pregnancy or suffering a pregnancy loss.

 Our Vision: 

• Supports agencies to be dynamic, compassionate organisations committed to the provision of professional services for all pregnancy related issues
• Supports agencies that provide information and support for women, their partners and their families when they are experiencing distress or hardship as the result of pregnancy or any pregnancy loss.

Our Mission:

• Pregnancy Help Australia is dedicated to ensuring that quality pregnancy support services are available to everyone
• Pregnancy Help Australia provides support to individual agencies that offer positive choices for women, their partners and their families.

Pregnancy Support Services of Asia (PSSA)

Pregnancy Support Services of Asia (PSSA) is a non-profit interdenominational organization of life affirming pregnancy resource centers across Asia. 

PSSA, founded by Lily Perez and headquartered in Manila, takes on the daily challenge of pregnancy support, thanks to the grace-filled vision that God gave to Lily over a decade ago.

PSSA has joined hands with Heartbeat International in a joint-affiliation agreement that makes more life-saving services available to PSSA’s pregnancy help centers.

PSSA affiliates offer concrete services and support to people who are experiencing or have experienced problem pregnancies.

VISION:  An environment where every human heart is cherished and protected – within the womb and within strong families. – from Heartbeat International

MISSION:  To reduce abortion and strengthen the family in Asia by establishing, developing, and supporting life-affirming pregnancy services through prevention, crisis intervention and healing.

VALUES:  PSSA upholds the intrinsic value of every human life; and promotes the special place of sexuality within marriage, children and within strong families.