Birthright International

Birthright International

Birthright International is an international organization of crisis pregnancy centers. It offers a range of services designed to "help support a woman's desire not to have an abortion", including referrals to legal, medical and psychological services, as well as a range of community support assistance such as financial aid.cite book
last = Genovesi
first = Vincent J.
title = In Pursuit of Love: Catholic Morality and Human Sexuality
publisher = Liturgical Press
date = 1996
location =
pages = 389
isbn = 0814655904 ]

The organisation, founded in 1968 by Louise Summerhill, has its international headquarters located in Toronto, Ontario Canada, and claims over 400 chapters worldwide, primarily in Canada and the United States, but also in South Africa, Ghana, Nigeria, and Colombia. cite web |url=http://www.birthright.org/htmpages/about.htm |title=About Birthright |accessdate=2008-05-07

Birthright has a philosophy of avoiding direct involvement in pro-life/pro-choice political advocacy.cite journal
last = Mathewes-Green
first = Frederica
date = Spring 1995
title = Compassion and concentric circles of support
journal = Studies in Prolife Feminism
volume = 1
issue = 2
pages = p141(15)

References

External links

* [http://www.birthright.org/ Birthright's official website]


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