Sidewalk Counseling is an important part of the pro-life apostolate.

Effective sidewalk counseling can save the lives of many children.

Pro-life individuals have saved countless babies and their mothers from the horror of abortion by means of "sidewalk counseling". Sidewalk counselors stand outside abortion mills where they greet arriving women and their companions. Counselors use spoken words and printed literature to provide information about abortion risks and alternatives, with a view to helping the expectant mother to choose birth for her unborn child.

They make themselves present at the place where babies are aborted.

There they pray for them, for their parents and all involved in performing the abortions that day.

They offer information to the parents as they enter the abortion mill. This information tells the truth about abortion, about the unborn child that is aborted and about the effect of abortion on the mother.

They offer alternativies to abortion by directing parents to pregnancy help centers.

Their basic message to mothers is:
“If you feel: afraid, confused, guilty, pressured, helpless or hopeless, we care and we want to help you. We can help you obtain: housing, food, baby & maternity clothes, baby furniture, free medical care, and adoption referrals.”

For those babies who are not saved, the loving presence and prayers can give their short lives something of the dignity human persons deserve.

Luke 10: 25-37
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself." And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live." But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was; and when he saw him, he had compassion, and went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back’. Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?" He said, "The one who showed mercy on him." And Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."

Let us follow the example of the Good Samaritan, find the abortion mill nearest us and, as Jesus said, "Go and do likewise."

Can you be present with us – just once in awhile? All you need to do is pray with us to call down God's grace for the protection of the children, the salvation of the mothers, and, for those babies who are killed, to assure that they do not die alone.

Handing out information and speaking with parents is optional and performed only by a subset of those present. Prayer is absolutely essential.

Please join us.