Alexa Hyman is a twenty-six-year-old full-time working mother living in Chicago with her two-year-old daughter, Renley Jane. She is a writer, contributor, and mentor. After experiencing her unplanned pregnancy, she became passionate about sharing her own personal experiences in order to make other women feel less alone. When she is not working in financial services
Dan Darling is the author of The Dignity Revolution: Reclaiming God’s Rich Vision for Humanity. He discusses his book and what it means to treat members of humanity as who they are: image bearers of our Creator. He is the Vice President of Communications for the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. He has written several
Melissa Ohden joins us on The Empowered Advocate podcast to share her story. Melissa is the survivor of an attempted saline abortion. Her story of rescue, redemption, and forgiveness is captivating, and she sheds light on the truth that there are hundreds of abortion survivors across the country whose stories have been hidden. Melissa is
An unplanned pregnancy changes everything. Laura Lynn Hughes knows this well. Pregnant at fifteen, she was faced with a life-altering decision. Should she keep her baby, or seek an abortion? In her book, Choose Zoe, Laura shares her compelling story as well as the stories of others, tackling everything from abortion to addictions to abusive
I first saw the title Pro-Life Kids! as I was scrolling through my Facebook feed. I simultaneously felt a surge of excitement and a whisper of skepticism. Excitement because a children’s book upholding the dignity of life and challenging kids to use their voices on the issue would be such a benefit to parents who
Meet Alison Centofante of Live Action Alison Centofante is the Director of External Affairs at Live Action, and we had the privilege of interviewing her on The Empowered Advocate podcast this month. Live Action is a pro-life media movement that exists to bring an end to abortion. In this episode, Alison shares her personal story
Many view abortion as a political issue. If that’s true, then should the church have anything to say about it? How can the church speak honestly about abortion without alienating those who have experienced it? Is abortion a topic that’s optional to speak about within the church? Carter Mundy joins us to discuss this and
Many claim that the “pro-life movement” is actually just a “pro-birth” movement. The implication is this: people who want to see an end to abortion have no interest or intention of helping those same children once they are born. To support this claim, many will point to our nation’s overflowing foster care system. If people
You’ve probably heard the claims before: pregnancy centers are fake clinics, and the so-called nurses who work there aren’t really nurses at all. They perform procedures they’re not qualified for, and they do whatever it takes to get clients through the door—even if it means providing deceptive and misleading information. But are these claims rooted
The idea of “peer advocacy” is intimidating to some, and confusing to others. What do we mean when we talk about peer advocates, and what actually happens inside an appointment with clients at the pregnancy center? We dive into this topic on our most recent The Empowered Advocate podcast episode, The Advocate and the Appointment.
