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| View Poll Results: What is your opinion on Crisis Pregnancy Centers? | |||
| Every unexpectedly pregnant woman should go to one. |
  
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1 | 3.85% |
| Run Far, and Very, Very Fast. |
  
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8 | 30.77% |
| They offer unbiased, helpful information. |
  
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4 | 15.38% |
| They are great if you are already not considering abortion. |
  
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5 | 19.23% |
| No opinion or other. |
  
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8 | 30.77% |
| Voters: 26. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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#1
05-10-2006, 01:58 PM
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Crisis Pregnancy Centers...
Are they good, bad... helpful.. hurtful... insane...?? What is your view..
To go or not to go, that is the question...  
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#2
05-10-2006, 04:38 PM
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No all 'CPC's are the same...there are some that I'd say run as far and as fast as you can from...and others that I think are doing it right.
I selected 'other' for that reason...I think if they're really doing their job (offering unbiased information on all options) then they are great...
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#3
05-10-2006, 04:45 PM
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I think if they were doing that, they would be great, too.
I guess the trouble I see is that there is this pregnant woman who is looking for information and goes to the one most conveniently located to her house.. I assume that would be how to choose one... and whether that one is doing its job or not, is a crap shoot. We could compile a list of some sort.. but their bias level, I would imagine, would change as the staff changes.. But I guess.. what is the bias level.. Has anyone here ever experienced one?
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#4
05-10-2006, 05:50 PM
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Very interested to see what everyone thinks, I am scheduled to begin training classes on May 23 here in Indiana to counsel expectant moms. I am pretty excited abut it as I think it is a way to help.
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Community Moderator Michelle "I have learned that people won't remember what you said to them, they won't remember what you did to them, but they will always remember how you made them feel"
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#5
05-10-2006, 06:55 PM
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The one I went to was "okay." I knew I wasn't aborting so it was appropriate for me. They PUSHED parenting (which I now wish I would have listened to) but mainly I just went to get referrals for medicaid/etc.
Ours here in town is great. Mostly parenting options. (Again, no abortion info so if that's what you're looking for, it's not for you.) But that's where I take all of my formula samples and any coupons we don't use. We donated packs of diapers as well. They have a BUNCH of Moms (and a few dads!) that they help. So they're not all evil. 
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 Mom to two boysI'm now a blogger for Adoption.com! Come read! http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com
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#6
05-10-2006, 10:09 PM
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Interesting.. I had only heard bad things about them. This is insightful... totally.
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05-11-2006, 08:28 AM
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I had as well, honestly, but I needed some kind of support at first. The experience with MINE was shocking. The woman who I met the first time was unbelievably kind, having been through her own crisis pregnancy before. She told me, honestly, about her struggles, how it was hard but rewarding. Showed me pictures. They had all the resources for me to call (medicaid/welfare, wic, etc) and set me in a room with the phone and the lists, sitting in the other room so that if I needed help, she was available. Had I parented, they had high chairs, car seats and tons of clothes available for new moms.
Ours here in town is similar, a little more religious than the one at home, but not so much so that they shove it down your throat, which is the only reason I continue to give them donations. But I know there are bad ones. And they make me mad. Women need a safe place. A place where if they NEED diapers, they can turn. That's what ours is. I wish they were all like that.
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Mom to two boysI'm now a blogger for Adoption.com! Come read! http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com
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#8
05-11-2006, 10:06 AM
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i do think that women that werent planning on being pregnant need someone they can talk to. But im my opinion.. just listening to your gut feeling on what you should do is always the best. I am a birthmom..and when i started conselling when i was pregnant a little over 2 years ago... i really did get scared of parenting...it seemed that it was almost easier not to. Now i regret my decision for placing..and i know i should have just listened to myself.. cuz i knew i could do it.. just people around me made it seem like i couldnt. (now thats a whole other story). But i can honestly say i personally dont like CPC's. But hey, not everyone is the same and not all CPC's are the same either im sure..its the matter of finding the right one..and if you find one thats wrong for you..how would you really know?
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#9
05-11-2006, 10:40 AM
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I guess that is why I voted no. You just dont know. Bleh. The risk is so high. I with there was something that regulated what goes on in them.
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#10
05-11-2006, 10:52 AM
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The one in our town is great. They're pro-life, but so am I, so that's a good thing, IMO. They offer free formula, diapers, baby - toddler clothes, resources, emotional support... if a mom needs it and they can get it for her, they will.
I assume they really push parenting (or at the very least don't PUSH adoption) because in a 2 year span I think only one mom they counseled placed her baby for adoption, and from what I heard they tried to talk her out of it, but she was DETERMINED to place. Having said that, I've heard that other CPCs aren't so great, so I voted "other." It just depends. Shari
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05-11-2006, 11:18 AM
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"from what I heard they tried to talk her out of it, but she was DETERMINED to place"
So Shari, do you think they are anti adoption?
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Community Moderator Michelle "I have learned that people won't remember what you said to them, they won't remember what you did to them, but they will always remember how you made them feel"
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#12
05-11-2006, 11:21 AM
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Well I think that IS great!! HAHAH. I mean.. if you still place you can look back and say.. YES! Someone told me that.
Instead of some us saying.. I wish someone told me that. Would it have changed our minds at the time... maybe not. BUT we wouldnt be looking back thinking that we were NOT told "that"....
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#13
05-11-2006, 11:22 AM
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In my opinion, any Crisis Pregnancy Center that is 'Pro" or 'Anti' ANYTHING isn't doing their job.
A Crisis Pregnancy Center, in my opinion, should offer unbiased and unmotivated information and advice on resources for all options available. If they are doing anything short of that - they are alienating *someone*.
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05-11-2006, 11:25 AM
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I totally agree Brandy
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