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Guiding Principles
- Pregnancy Resource Services (PRS), being a Christian ministry, has as its primary purpose to testify to all about God, His existence, glory, love and will. The same God who said, "Do not murder", also said "Come to me... and I will give you rest." Thus we seek to save the lives of unborn children, but we do so only in connection with the Gospel offer of salvation. Therefore, no counseling session at the Center will be complete until the client has been lovingly confronted with the claims of Christ. The true conflict is a spiritual one and must be fought with spiritual weapons, particularly Scripture and prayer.
- PRS requires all volunteers, staff and directors to be practicing Christians who are involved in a local church and who give unreserved assent to the Doctrinal Statement and the Statement of Principles of the Center.
- PRS is committed to providing its clients with accurate and complete information about both prenatal development and abortion. PRS will not use any form of coercion or deception in counseling clients or advertising its services.
- PRS is committed to providing its clients with whatever forms of support are necessary in order that mothers may bring their babies to term.
- PRS is committed to aiding women who have decided to have their babies in order that they may face the future with hope and plan constructively for themselves and their babies. This is accomplished through the provision of God's people and the community at large.
- PRS never discriminates in presenting the love of Christ through its ministry on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, age or marital status of its clients.
- PRS affirms that Scripture and science agree that human life begins at conception. The commandment, "Do not murder" requires that we do all within our power to protect this human life. Consequently, abortion is never justified, except to save the mothers life. (In the case of a life threatening ectopic pregnancy, termination of the pregnancy is permissible). Biblical holiness demands that we speak up for the unborn; therefore PRS never advises, provides or refers for abortions or abortifacients.
- PRS does not engage in referring for contraceptives or contraceptive services. Married women seeking contraceptive information are urged to seek counsel from their pastor and physician. The guiding rule in counseling with unmarried women is the sanctity of the sexual relationship in marriage.
- PRS offers assistance free of charge at all times.
- PRS is committed to creating an awareness within the local community of the needs of pregnant women, because abortion only compounds human need rather than resolves it.
- PRS advocates peaceful and legal means to protect life and end abortion, and does not employ or condone violence of any kind.
- PRS recognizes the validity of adoption as one alternative to abortion, but is not biased toward adoption when compared to the other life saving alternatives.
- PRS is independent of adoption agencies, relating to them in the same manner as to other helpful referral sources. PRS receives no payments of any kind from these agencies, does not enter into contractual relationships with them, and does not share combined office space. Adoptions agencies are not established under the auspices of the Center. PRS neither initiates nor facilitates independent adoptions.
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