Birthright International

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Birthright International is an international organization of crisis pregnancy centers. It offers a range of services designed to "help support a woman's desire not to have an abortion", including referrals to legal, medical and psychological services, as well as a range of community support assistance such as financial aid.[1]

The organisation, founded in 1968, has its international headquarters located in Toronto, Ontario Canada, and claims over 400 chapters worldwide, primarily in Canada and the United States, but also in South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, and Colombia. [2]

Birthright has a philosophy of avoiding direct involvement in pro-life/pro-choice political advocacy.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Genovesi, Vincent J. (1996). In Pursuit of Love: Catholic Morality and Human Sexuality. Liturgical Press, 389. ISBN 0814655904. 
  2. ^ About Birthright. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  3. ^ Mathewes-Green, Frederica (Spring 1995). "Compassion and concentric circles of support". Studies in Prolife Feminism 1 (2): p141(15). 

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