If you are a pro-lifer who loves the Lord, loves people and a stay-at-home person, I have just the job for you: It can be as simple as placing an ad in your local phone book with either your home phone number or a new one. This ad should be placed under the classification, "Abortion Alternative Organizations." (This hot line, of course, can be manned by more than one pro-lifer. This can be accomplished by hiring an answering service or with a phone device that can be programmed to reach more than one home.

     Because you are a stay-at-home person, you can be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Since you are already on call for three times as many hours during the week plus week-ends as the abortion clinics and groups like Crisis Pregnancy Centers, the small amount of time you are away from the phone (for shopping, church, etc.) is really negligible.

     You'll find many calls come from people who have already tried to reach Planned Parenthood before 8:00 or after 5:00 and are getting a recording.

     The main thrust of your efforts will be to Talk Them Out Of Abortion. You will definitely bring God into counseling. Your biggest support will be from the Lord. You will find yourself praying as the call comes through and during the conversation. Just about every pregnant girl and woman who calls has been already humbled by the experience and is reachable on a spiritual level.

     To reinforce what you have been telling the caller, you will want to place pro-life literature in her hands as soon as possible (including pictures of abortions, spiritual information). If you have an arrangement with a local pro-life doctor for pregnancy test (does not necessarily have to be an obstetrician - we have pediatricians who provide this service for us), this is the best way to make sure she gives you her name, address and phone number. She is getting a Free test.

     I have provided you with the basic plan of action to set up a Life Line for girls and women who would otherwise kill their babies if you had not had the opportunity to talk to them. If you are interested in setting up such a phone line in your area and want more detailed information, call (209) 521-4947

Diane, the mother of two children aged 7 and 18, called me on a Sunday morning in July. She said she was pregnant (at age 43) and was having some doubts about having this baby. "THE DOCTOR I’VE SEEN TELLS ME I SHOULD HAVE AN ABORTION BECAUSE OF MY AGE AND BECAUSE I HAD TOXEMIA WITH MY LAST PREGNANCY SEVERAL YEARS AGO," she stated. "IT IS DIFFICULT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND WHY DOCTORS ARE SO ABORTION-MINDED," I commented. "IN THE FIRST PLACE HAVING A BABY AT AGE 43 IS NO DIFFERENT FROM HAVING ONE AT AGE 23 IF YOU’RE A HEALTHY PERSON, AND THE TOXEMIA PROBLEM IS NOT AS SERIOUS AS THE DOCTOR IS IMPLYING," I stated.

     Diane told me her husband was against her having the abortion, but her eighteen-year-old daughter was for it. I told Diane I had information supporting the true facts of amniocentesis (a dangerous pre-natal test to detect birth defects generally given to women over 35)* which I would be glad to send to her. "WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR ME TO PICK UP THIS INFORMATION TODAY?" she asked, "AROUND 12:30." "COME AT 1:00," I told her, "I’M ON MY WAY TO CHURCH RIGHT NOW." "I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN CHURCH," she answered, "BUT MY HUSBAND AND I DECIDED TO STAY HOME AND TALK ABOUT THIS."

     Later on in the afternoon Diane arrived - a very attractive brunette who looked more like 33 than 43. We talked for about twenty minutes, and I emphasized the importance of seeing this issue through God’s eyes. I told her that God knows us even before we are born, that He has a purpose for everyone. I told Diane to pray hard about this and to realize that the Devil is trying everything he can think of to push her into an abortion. I gave Diane our packet of information on abortion, the sheet on amniocentesis, several colored leaflets of abortion pictures and our leaflet, "ABORTION IS WRONG BECAUSE GOD SAYS IT IS."
*AMNIOCENTESIS - "THE OVER 35" NUMBERS GAME - (originated by the MARCH OF DIMES) - SAMPLE COPY FREE FROM VOICE FOR THE UNBORN UPON REQUEST.

We had distributed literature at BEYER HIGH SCHOOL (Modesto) in November of 1989. Hundreds of students received our packets that day as they walked across a well traveled path adjacent to the school, going to and from their lunch break. In the middle of the night a 17-year-old boy called LIFE LINE, obviously very nervous as he asked me, "IS PETER THERE?", chickening out at the last second as he talked to me. "NO," I said, "YOU MUST HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER." "BUT," he hesitated, "ISN’T THIS THE PLACE WHERE THEY DO THE PREGNANCY TESTING?" he asked, a little more boldly. "YES, IT IS. IS IT FOR YOUR GIRLFRIEND?" "YES," he answered. "PLEASE HAVE YOUR GIRLFRIEND CALL ME," I told him. Ten minutes later Elaine (15 years old) was on the phone. She told me she had saved the LIFE LINE card attached to the literature we had distributed at BEYER HIGH SCHOOL a few months earlier. I sent Elaine in for a test on the following Monday in Modesto. The result was POSITIVE. When I gave Elaine the results, I emphasized prayer to her - "PRAY TO JESUS ABOUT THIS." I told her she should talk this over with her mother and also said I was sending her more literature. At that time she was unsure about whether or not she would have the baby. When I called Elaine back a few days later, she sounded happy. I asked her whether or not she had talked with her mother. "YES," she answered , "AND WE’RE KEEPING IT!" When I asked her if the literature we sent to her had any effect on her decision, she answered enthusiastically, "OH, YES, YES!!"

In May I received a long distance phone call I will never forget: Veronica Faulconer of Vancouver, Washington called with an excitement in her voice. She said a member of a right-to-life group in her city gave her a copy of A NEW WAY TO STOP STUDENT ABORTIONS. "I READ THAT PAPER LAST NIGHT AND COULD HARDLY WAIT TO CALL YOUR NUMBER," she said. "ARE YOU STILL DOING THIS WORK? WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD, I RECEIVED YOUR LITERATURE FROM A MAN WHO HANDED IT TO ME IN FRONT OF CENTERVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN FREMONT, CALIFORNIA. I’LL NEVER FORGET THE DEEP IMPRESSION THAT YOUR LITERATURE MADE ON ME. I SAVED THE DIARY OF AN UNBORN CHILD. IT IS PROBABLY STILL IN MY MOTHER’S HOUSE. I DON’T KNOW WHAT IMPRESSED ME MORE - THE COLORED PICTURES OF ABORTIONS OR THE DIARY."

Her voice was strong and confident as she called for an abortion on a Friday morning: "I’M LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO HAVE AN ABORTION WHERE I CAN BE PUT TO SLEEP AND COME HOME THE SAME DAY." I asked her whether she believed in God. She gave a slight, cynical laugh and said, "YES," and then asked me what that had to do with it. "YOU’RE BREAKING GOD’S LAW," I insisted. "NO, I’M NOT. I HAVE A RIGHT TO CHOOSE," she said - the obvious victim of "PRO-CHOICE" propaganda. "LOOK," I told her, "AN ABORTION IS NOT LIKE PULLING A TOOTH, YOU KNOW. IT’S TAKING A LIFE THAT COULD LIVE TO SEVENTY YEARS AND IS DESTINED TO LIVE IN ETERNITY FOREVER." "COULD YOU GIVE ME THE INFORMATION I WANT," she interrupted. "WELL," I hedged, "I WANT TO MAKE YOU SEE WHAT YOU’RE DOING. DO YOU BELIEVE IN JESUS?" "ARE YOU GOING TO GIVE ME THE INFORMATION I WANT," she said again. "I’M NOT LOOKING FOR COUNSELING. I JUST WANT AN ABORTION." "WELL," I told her finally, "I CAN’T GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION. I DON’T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. I’M JUST TRYING TO MAKE YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU’RE DOING." "I GUESS I HAVE THE WRONG NUMBER," she said as she hung up.

     I thought about the coldness in this young lady’s voice - about her hard heart - and the obvious pitfalls that lay ahead of her - guilt, depression, etc., etc. I prayed what I had said to her would make her think - enough to change her mind about the abortion that could ruin her young life.

     He called from our distribution of literature at the COLLEGE OF THE PACIFIC in Stockton, California - a young Christian who was concerned over our information on the birth control pill. He began by making a few critical remarks about our literature, but I could immediately sense that something was bothering him. He told me his wife had been on the birth control pill for about a year for "medical reasons" but didn’t think God would hold them accountable for something they didn’t know. I readily agreed with him, assuring him that God would certainly not condemn us for something we are ignorant of. I asked him whether he wanted documentation on the fact that the Pill is an abortifacient, and he immediately gave me his name and address so that I could mail him the material. I then began to "lecture" him on the issue of birth control itself, talking about the historical pattern it has followed since the Lambeth Conference in 1930 in the Protestant churches. This young man was very sincere and seemed to be willing to accept the truth when he heard it.

     Sherry called in the middle of November. concerning her sixteen-year-old son and his pregnant girlfriend, Michelle. Michelle’s mother was pressuring her into having an abortion and threatening to take legal action against the boyfriend. I gave Sherry a full explanation of Michelle’s legal rights in the matter, saying that the law was entirely on Michelle’s side. In late February I received another call from Sherry. This time it was under happy circumstances. "WE’RE BUYING THINGS FOR THE BABY AND PLANNING A BABY SHOWER. WE ARE ALL SO HAPPY," she said with enthusiasm. "I CALLED TO TELL YOU THAT IF IT HADN’T BEEN FOR YOU, THIS ALL WOULDN’T HAVE HAPPENED," she said gratefully. "WHEN YOU TOLD US ABOUT MICHELLE’S LEGAL RIGHTS, IT GAVE US THE CONFIDENCE TO STAND OUR GROUND," she said.

     Wanda, pregnant, a divorced mother of a three-year-old called. She couldn’t make up her mind. Yesterday she wanted the baby. Today she wanted an abortion. I immediately asked her whether or not she believed in God. She said she did. She said she recently had her three-year-old girl baptized, but she hadn’t gone to church for the past few weeks. I told her that having an abortion was a selfish act and that people who are involved in sin are spiritually blind to the truth. Wanda said she didn’t want to be selfish and had told this to a friend just yesterday. Wanda told me that the father of her unborn child was also the father of another woman’s baby, now one year old. He was telling her that the timing was not right for her to have this baby. I told her the time is never right, but it is God who creates life and God doesn’t make mistakes.

     We talked for over an hour, discussing her relationship with Jesus Christ and the fact that it was no accident that she had called our number: "IF YOU HAD CALLED PLANNED PARENTHOOD, YOU WOULD HAVE AN APPOINTMENT FOR AN ABORTION BY NOW," I told her. I said to Wanda that I could talk to her all day long but that the important thing was that she talk to God about this. Wanda agreed with me and said that she didn’t think she could go through with an abortion. She gave me her address and phone number. I immediately mailed her our literature. I called her back several times after that, and she had not changed her mind about keeping the baby.