2008 Woodie Awards
The fight of their lives
"Our goal is to end abortion in the Brazos Valley peacefully and prayerfully."
By: Calli Turner
Issue date: 7/10/08 Section: News
Carney said the coalition is opposed to Planned Parenthood as an organization.
"Abortion is the most hopeless answer to the world's greatest gift, which is children," he said. "We bring hope to where the pain is happening - right inside those doors - and we've been fortunate to have so many women choose life at that very last moment that they're making a decision that could hurt them for a lifetime and certainly end the life of their child.
"Their view of the human person is one without dignity. They think that the human person is something we can choose or not choose," he said.
Carney said Coalition for Life opposes services Planned Parenthood offers because of the funding that abortion offers.
"We're here to not only offer alternatives to abortion, but also to all of their services," he said. "Without abortions, planned parenthood would have no other services. They survive on abortions."
Carney said the coalition does not support individuals visiting Planned Parenthood for free or reduced medical care.
"There's reduced and free health care options across the Brazos Valley. Women don't have to come to Planned Parenthood. That's one of the goals for the coalition for life," he said.
"The coalition for life is made up of a lot of students, professors, parents and community members," he said.
The majority of the coalition's volunteers are A&M students. "When students come to planned parenthood, they are advised by their peers," Carney said. "It's very powerful to have someone looking out for what is in your best interest."
Carney said the sidewalk volunteers are organized through a program called stand and pray, and that volunteers are always on hand during Planned Parenthood's business hours.
"We pray because we believe prayer is the solution to this problem," he said. "Abortion happens because of a lack of hope and nothing brings hope back to heart more than prayer."
Carney said the coalition offers alternatives to Planned Parenthood's services through sidewalk counseling.
"Abortion is the most hopeless answer to the world's greatest gift, which is children," he said. "We bring hope to where the pain is happening - right inside those doors - and we've been fortunate to have so many women choose life at that very last moment that they're making a decision that could hurt them for a lifetime and certainly end the life of their child.
"Their view of the human person is one without dignity. They think that the human person is something we can choose or not choose," he said.
Carney said Coalition for Life opposes services Planned Parenthood offers because of the funding that abortion offers.
"We're here to not only offer alternatives to abortion, but also to all of their services," he said. "Without abortions, planned parenthood would have no other services. They survive on abortions."
Carney said the coalition does not support individuals visiting Planned Parenthood for free or reduced medical care.
"There's reduced and free health care options across the Brazos Valley. Women don't have to come to Planned Parenthood. That's one of the goals for the coalition for life," he said.
"The coalition for life is made up of a lot of students, professors, parents and community members," he said.
The majority of the coalition's volunteers are A&M students. "When students come to planned parenthood, they are advised by their peers," Carney said. "It's very powerful to have someone looking out for what is in your best interest."
Carney said the sidewalk volunteers are organized through a program called stand and pray, and that volunteers are always on hand during Planned Parenthood's business hours.
"We pray because we believe prayer is the solution to this problem," he said. "Abortion happens because of a lack of hope and nothing brings hope back to heart more than prayer."
Carney said the coalition offers alternatives to Planned Parenthood's services through sidewalk counseling.
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