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June 24, 2024, DALLAS, Texas — Jeff Bradford, President of Human Coalition, joined other pro-life leaders on the two-year anniversary of Dobbs in calling for public policies that provide holistic support to parents and children in the “fourth trimester” and early childhood years.
The coalition of pro-life groups, including Human Coalition, called on federal and state lawmakers to craft policies including: An expansion of the child tax credit; federal paid family leave; increased access to child care, faith-based child care, and stay-at-home parent or relative care; strengthening and expansion of existing health care programs such as SCHIP, WIC, Medicaid for postpartum mothers; support for pregnancy centers, and an expansion of the adoption tax credit.
“Our goal has always been to make abortion unthinkable, and we joined this call precisely because these public policies are an indispensable part of making that a reality,” said Jeff Bradford, President of Human Coalition.
“Two years after Dobbs, women are still seeking abortions for the same reasons as before – poor economic and social circumstances. The pro-life movement continues to serve these women and connect them with holistic care and support, but these policies would amplify those efforts on an immense scale and ensure that even more women find alternatives to abortion.”
“We so often find that vulnerable women seeking abortion actually want to parent, but they don’t know the range of support services that are available to them. They think abortion is their only option,” said Chelsey Youman, National Director of Public Policy with Human Coalition.
“Once we talk to them and let them know they’re not alone, and connect them to a range of holistic medical care, tangible assistance, and social support, that helps them reach a place of stability where they can make the life-affirming decision that so many of them wanted to make in the first place.”
Other pro-life groups supporting Blueprint for Life include Americans United for Life, Students for Life, the American Principles Project, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
About Human Coalition
Human Coalition is one of the largest pro-life, pro-woman, and pro-family organizations in the country, committed to making abortion unthinkable and unnecessary. Founded in 2009, Human Coalition has grown from a simple internet outreach idea into a comprehensive care network that reaches women facing unexpected pregnancies, rescues innocent preborn children from abortion, and restores families to stability.