Stories

Conversations such as these occur every day in the clinic. This abbreviated texting conversation occurred over the course of several months. Used with patient permission. TUESDAY, AUGUST 5 Patient – Hello I need some information please. Advocate – Good morning. This is Kate. Thank you for your inquiry. How can we assist you? Patient – I don’t know if you can. I’m in Tennessee and 4 and a half weeks pregnant. I was supposed to be going through perimenopause. I’m… Read More »A Verbatim Texting Conversation

Some days the miracles of God are so evident that it would be impossible not to believe in Him. Dasia entered Destiny for Women on a chilly Wednesday in January. She was pregnant and wisely sought STI testing before acquiring an abortion. So, we tested her for STIs but also pregnancy, and we performed an ultrasound. She registered about 7 weeks pregnant, and the heartbeat was strong. On Monday, she went to Planned Parenthood and took the first set of… Read More »Our First Abortion Reversal

Our patient came in for a pregnancy test and ultrasound. She had already had one abortion and really wanted to keep this baby. 7 months later she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. Then she got pregnant again, as often happens. This time, instead of coming to our clinic, she went to Planned Parenthood and took the first abortion pill. Within hours, she changed her mind. She called to have the abortion reversed, and our sonographer and clinic director… Read More »Do We Really Want God’s Will?

This mom and her son came to us from a very dysfunctional family and even more dysfunctional living arrangement. As a child, she remembers never having food in her home and always being hungry, in spite of her parents being married and having jobs. They drank a lot of alcohol. She was baptized as a child and never stepped foot in a church again. By the grace of God, she did very well in school and attended college. In college,… Read More »Dysfunctional to Christian – first steps for life

A good friend once declared that there was no reason to go to confession because nothing ever changes. She just has to confess the same sins over and over again. So, what was the point. To which I replied, “It’s way worse when you have something new to confess because then you begin to realize just how capable you are of doing just about anything, further establishing the need for a Savior. Our young patient came to the clinic pregnant… Read More »Peace in the Storm of Confusion

The receptionist came back to my office to inform me that a ruckus was occurring in the waiting room. The mother of a very young, pregnant patient was at her wits end with her daughter, and the entire waiting room felt the struggle. So, I quickly brought the patient back to the advocate room to have a conversation. She immediately told me that she didn’t want to be here. I asked why only to learn that she did not want… Read More »Facing Our Sinfulness

Finally, our last amazing story this month stars one of our very first prenatal patients. We all love this mother who now has 4 children. The first time she came to us (the day before the baby’s father was murdered), she was pregnant with her 4th child. Throughout this horrible tragedy, we stood by her, supporting her as best we could with prayer and consolation, through the pregnancy and subsequent miscarriage. A bit later, she returned pregnant again, and she… Read More »Resurrection

I am the mother of 8 children, 4 of whom are adopted. When I opened Destiny, I sincerely desired to honor God through the beauty of adoption. Since opening, we have witnessed two women turn from thoughts of abortion toward the sacrificial gift of adoption. I cannot tell you how many times I hear a woman exclaim, “If I can’t raise my baby, no one is raising my baby” or “I can’t live knowing someone else is raising my baby.”… Read More »Adoption

Do you ever wonder if God is still alive and active in our world today? If you have, read on and be amazed. Our patient had been with us before. She and her husband had decided to become ‘swingers’ (swingers have sex with a LOT of different people: 10-15 new people every few months). Swingers seek no emotional involvement, only the physical thrill. To ensure their health, they get STI testing in an attempt to make sure that they don’t… Read More »The Swingers

This verse from Moses’s final discourse with the Israelites, establishes God’s will for the them to turn from evil to do good in the land God will give them. During our Lunch and Learn in August, Nyasia Hogan described her decision to “Choose Life” for her baby boy, after taking the first set of abortion pills. Following her talk, the audience gave her a standing ovation. Arson is never a good thing, but as with every evil, God can bring… Read More »“Choose Life!” (Deuteronomy 30:19)