Morning Star is a pregnancy medical clinic providing essential ultrasounds, pregnancy education, STD testing and treatment and abortion pill reversal. When we couple medical services with supporting social services, including counseling, parenting classes and baby supplies, we are providing a full-service support system for women facing unplanned pregnancies. Our track record has proven that 80% of women at risk for abortion choose to have their babies when they receive Morning Star’s services.
In 2023, Real Alternatives was defunded in the state of Pennsylvania. On average, Morning Star received approximately $100,000 each year to support some of our parenting classes, baby supplies and counseling services. This funding helped us stretch our budget further so we could assist even more clients. Without Real Alternatives funding, we need your help to continue to provide both medical and non-medical services to the growing number of clients we see each year—including clients like Alexa:
Alexa’s Story
Alexa* was graduating from college. She had a great GPA, worked hard on her resume, lined up multiple job interviews, and landed her dream job working remotely so she could live in different parts of the country. She was looking forward to being independent and starting her “adult life.” And then Alexa missed her period.
With only a few weeks until she walked at graduation, Alexa shared her situation with her mom and they both agreed she “wasn’t going to wreck her life.” She would have an abortion.
Alexa and her mom had heard Morning Star’s services were free and decided to schedule an appointment. Alexa sat down one-on-one with a patient advocate and told her she was planning on having an abortion. Seeing how panicked Alexa was, our advocate slowed the conversation, giving Alexa a chance to calm down so she could concentrate on the information she was being given. Our advocate educated Alexa on all of her options and discussed what these options would look like for her, given her personal situation.
After pregnancy confirmation, Alexa was taken into the examination room for an ultrasound. During the ultrasound, Alexa was shocked to find out she was much further along than what she had realized. She watched in awe as her baby waved his arms and hands as if he was saying hi. Alexa asked for her mom, who quickly joined her in the exam room. When Alexa’s mother looked at the monitor, she immediately turned to Alexa and said, “Well, we’re having a baby.”
Alexa chose to parent her baby and is staying in the area to be near family. Our medical team provided her with prenatal vitamins and helped her transition to prenatal care. In addition, Morning Star is supporting Alexa with our nine-week parenting class, Live Connected, so she can plan for a stable and bright future for her baby, as well as with baby supplies as Alexa starts this new journey in her life.
The Pronio Family knows the importance of supporting women like Alexa and is offering a $15,000 Matching Gift Challenge to supporters of Life in our community to help Morning Star fill in a gap in maternal healthcare and meet the increasing demand for pregnancy services.
From now until June 21, you can help support a mom with both medical and non-medical services—giving her the information and education she needs to make an informed decision. It costs $625 to provide all of our services to one woman considering abortion. Your gift of $312.50 will be doubled—providing comprehensive support to one mom!
Join the Pronio Family to help make a difference in our community—saving the life of a child and the heart of a mother. Together, we are more—together, we are fulfilling God’s Life-affirming mission.
*Client names have been changed to protect confidentiality. Photos are stock photos posed by models.
