Baby Bottle Drive – Help support life and give hope!
We are conducting our Annual Baby Bottle Drive. Sanford Pregnancy Center and JMJ Pregnancy Center offer women healthy, moral, and safe choices, along with opportunities for real healthcare.
Please support the lifesaving work of these centers. Pick up a baby bottle on the weekend of January 24 & 25. Fill the baby bottle with spare change and return it to us by February 22nd.
Fill a bottle, save a baby – and a mother!
All proceeds go to the Sanford Pregnancy Center and JMJ Pregnancy Center.
Please return all baby bottles (either FULL or EMPTY) by February 22nd.
Click the links below to learn more about the centers:
“A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world. Through special initiatives and in daily prayer, may an impassioned plea rise to God, the Creator and lover of life, from every Christian community, from every group and association, from every family, and from the heart of every believer.” – Evangelium vitae, 100
The 2022-2023 reports are the most recent reports available from the CDC, Guttmacher Institute, and Pew Research.
The majority of abortions are now medication abortions.
63% of all abortions are with medication and occur before 9 weeks of pregnancy (2023, Guttmacher)
The actual count of medication abortions is higher than reported (the count reported does not include pills obtained outside of clinical settings, i.e., through the mail).
Since the FDA lifted the regulation for the in-person provision of the abortion medication mifepristone, evidence suggests that medication abortions are increasing. Abortion medicines are readily available online, through mail-order pharmacies, and via Teladoc.
Abortion minded women are inclined to abort much sooner and with less consultation, feeling pressured to choose before a heartbeat is detected.
Here are some overall numbers, keeping in mind that actuals are higher due to the non-reporting of self-managed medication abortions:
Florida recorded 75,860 abortions in 2022. (CDC)
Florida is in the top 3 states for recorded abortions. (CDC)
613,383 abortions were recorded in the U.S in 2022. (CDC)
The overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Heartbeat Bill in Florida, and the availability of abortion pills present a unique challenge. With the new legislation, our pregnancy centers have seen an increase in the number of clients, but donations have dipped as there is a false notion that with this legislation, there is less need. The need has actually increased! The pregnancy centers we support are certified medical centers and provide medical services onsite, free of charge. They also provide parenting classes, support for women and men, prenatal care, pregnancy clothes, diapers, formula, as well as baby clothes and supplies (car seats, highchairs, strollers, etc.). They walk with moms in crisis, supporting them throughout their pregnancy and after their child is born, through the first year of life and beyond. They provide post-abortion care and help with adoption referrals. The annual baby bottle drive is a great way to help our pregnancy centers, as well as raise awareness about all that they do. The majority of women in crisis pregnancies report they would choose to deliver their babies if they knew that support and resources were available to them. Our goal is not to just make abortion illegal, but to make it unthinkable!
Here are some stats on the ages of women getting abortions:
57% are women in their 20’s
31% are women in their 30’s
8 % are teens aged 13 – 19 years old
4 % are women aged 40-44 years old
Last stat….1/3 of the Gen Z population was never born due to elective abortions. 95% of abortions are elective and not due to rape, incest or the health of the mother.
The 198 crosses on the lawn outside our Parish Life Center represent the 198 lives that are ended daily by abortion in the state of Florida alone. Nationwide, the number is even higher… the equivalent of two preschool classes every hour. Please pray for mothers and fathers in crisis and support them through our baby bottle drive. We don’t want to make abortion merely illegal; we want to make abortion unthinkable. May the love of Jesus bring us to recognize the sanctity of all human life, from conception to natural death.
