BIRTHRIGHT OF EVANSVILLE INC

PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR PREGNANT GIRLS AND WOMEN. SUPPORT PREGNANT WOMEN IN THEIR RIGHT TO WHATEVER HELP IS NEEDED TO BRING HER CHILD TO TERM. HELP TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS BY ENCOURAGING PREGNANT GIRLS AND WOMEN TO HAVE THEIR BABIES, THAT IS TO OFFER THEM AN ALTERNATIVE. MAINTAIN A CRISIS CENTER WHERE ANY PREGNANT GIRL OR WOMAN, WED OR UNWED, MAY FIND HELP AS NEAR AS HER TELEPHONE. A CALL TO THE CRISIS CENTER WILL HELP HER TO MOBILIZE HER OWN RESOURCES AND THOSE OF THE COMMUNITY. MAKE SOCIETY AWARE OF THE NEEDS OF PREGNANT GIRLS AND WOMEN, TO REMOVE THE SOCIAL STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH THE UNWED MOTHER AND HER CHILD, AND TO ENCOURAGE A MORE HUMANE UNDERSTANDING OF HER AND HER PROBLEMS. TO OFFER A CLOTHING BANK WHERE GIRLS AND WOMEN CAN RECEIVE THE NECESSARY CLOTHING DURING THEIR PREGNANCY AND THE NECESSARY CLOTHING FOR THEIR NEWBORN BABY.