{"id":11632,"date":"2025-11-11T09:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T02:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/?p=11632"},"modified":"2026-02-03T08:46:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T01:46:36","slug":"love-unitesbuilding-a-church-clinic-allianceto-open-counseling-cornersto-rescue-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/eng\/love-unitesbuilding-a-church-clinic-allianceto-open-counseling-cornersto-rescue-babies\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Unites: \nBuilding a Church-Clinic Alliance\u2026 to open Counseling Corners\u2026 to Support Women and Rescue Babies."},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11632\" class=\"elementor elementor-11632\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e180f08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e180f08\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00601f6 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"00601f6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ed4d87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ed4d87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"632\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Picture1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11634\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d0ea2d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d0ea2d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c6409e column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"1c6409e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fbcf45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fbcf45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong style=\"font-size: 1.4rem;\">In Brief<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>When a pregnant woman comes to a clinic asking for an abortion, she meets a medical doctor, but what she really needs is a dedicated counselor. A busy doctor cannot give the time, counsel and emotional support that she needs. A present lack of this essential support for women experiencing pregnancy crisis is leading to abortions that could be avoided.<\/p>\n<p>Women in churches can meet this need for counselors. By forming an alliance, churches and clinics can set up \u2018Counseling Corners\u2019 for women to be counseled and supported emotionally.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Providing genuine counsel and support for the care and safety of both mother and baby is the right way a society supports women in pregnancy crisis. Christians see it as loving your neighbor as yourself, medical professionals see it as genuine informed consent and, a quality of treatment suitable to actual conditions. \u2018Counseling Corners\u2019 are cost-effective, in the right place, give the right care, and are a community response to a community problem.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bb129ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bb129ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-556a6eb column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"556a6eb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5124777 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5124777\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-833ee56 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"833ee56\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d07146e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d07146e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-254f974 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"254f974\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-098e49a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"098e49a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\" translation-block\">God Calls us to Rescue! So, Prioritize\u2026 Rescue!<\/h3>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">How can we reach women and rescue babies from abortion in Vietnam? Well, there are many ways, like, training men and women so they can counsel when they meet someone thinking of abortion. We can start pregnancy help teams and share with families, parent\u2019s groups, in schools or factories, letting them know we can help. Some respond to women asking for help online in social media chat rooms. Some have set up rooms in their home or above a caf\u00e9 where pregnant women or single mums needing safety can stay, earning the praise of local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>These great efforts are saving lives in Vietnam today! But there is one place we are not yet engaged, and that is in local clinics and hospitals where many women come for abortion advice and services every day. Statistics variously indicate some 80-400 abortions\/day in Hanoi!<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">How could the church work with a clinic or hospital in their community? Working with a local clinic, could begin with a visit to introduce yourself and your passion to help women and babies. You could share how you can help by counseling and supporting women in pregnancy crisis, and that they can call you anytime to counsel a woman or couple considering abortion. And, you could suggest setting up a Counseling and Support Corner in the clinic or hospital, and that\u2019s what we will explore in more detail in this article.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">But first, in order for the church to work in clinics and hospitals (where abortions are provided), I believe the church must prioritize rescue and working with secular society, (becoming allies in rescuing many babies).<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">It is biblical to prioritize rescue! When a man is drowning you throw him a rope! You act quick so he lives! So too with abortion. Rescuing the baby is our primary task, and compassion is our primary motivator! Christians follow both the Great Commission and the Great Commandment \u2013 \u201cYou shall love your neighbor as yourself\u201d (Lev. 19:18, Mat. 19:19), and when a life is in danger, you rescue! It is wrong to stand by and just watch a man drown without trying to rescue him!<\/p>\n<p>Jesus commended the Samaritan who, having compassion, stopped to rescue the man in need, over the religious men who left him to suffer (Luke 10:25-37)! Acts of compassion and rescue stand alone, not needing to be coupled with evangelism before we act, but rather, seeing others facing harm and death we act with heartfelt compassion and pity for them! We meet their need to be rescued from harm and danger! \u201cRescue those\u2026 being taken\u2026 to death\u2026\u201d (Pro. 24:11).<\/p>\n<p>This is not to say we hide the Gospel. No! We need God\u2019s truth to reveal the true nature of our hearts, the sin and sickness that leads to abortion. We need God\u2019s Kingdom to come and change us! But try telling this to a drowning man, a woman held at gunpoint, or a baby about to be aborted! Abortion demands immediate life-saving action, while community change takes time.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">And here\u2019s the point; If we can\u2019t work within secular spaces, where so many babies are aborted just because \u2018they don\u2019t allow us to evangelize,\u2019 then surely, we can correct that, because our primary response to abortion is to rescue, not to evangelize. We build trust with secular friends by making genuine efforts to support women and babies in need. As we raise funds, call others to join, learn how to counsel and prepare to serve well, we become a source of help, an answer to the problem, and a partner the clinics and hospitals can readily work with and invite in.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Rescue and kindness reveal the state of a believer\u2019s heart! Acting out of concern for the needs of others is an essential characteristic of God\u2019s people! The Gospel first works in us, to produce compassion, like the Samaritan, then is outworked through our acts of rescue and care of others. The King (Mat. 25:31-46) commended the servants who; gave food and drink, took in the stranger, clothed the naked, and visited the sick and those in prison. And I add; those who came to rescue women and babies from abortion, the most brutal and unjust act against the most vulnerable in our community! Leaving them to suffer shows our lack of compassion and need of the Gospel!<\/p>\n<p>And, these acts are to be done for even the very least (Mat. 25:40, Greek: elachistos) among us! Elachistos can mean both importance and size! Who in our society is least in importance and size? The unborn baby who is \u2018unwanted,\u2019 who if we don\u2019t rescue, is discarded as medical waste, or flushed down the toilet!<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Now, let\u2019s explore how the church and clinic (hospitals) can partner together to rescue babies!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35e3079 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35e3079\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ba1ba2 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"0ba1ba2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64ee989 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"64ee989\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\" translation-block\">There is a Need for Pregnancy Crisis Intervention Counselors<\/h3>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">When a woman is pregnant there are two people present \u2013 the mother and her baby. Genuine health care considers the best care for both persons. Abortion offers NO positive health care for either the mother or her baby, and abortion is simply NEVER necessary (see this video). As the video explains; \u201cWhat women need to know is there is no medical reason why the life of the child must be directly and intentionally ended with an abortion procedure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Abortion is wrong \u2013 it intentionally kills a baby! Abortion is damaging \u2013 to women, men, society. Abortion is avoidable \u2013 there are safe and better options for mum and baby. Abortion is often a default choice - normally she would never choose it, and in the end, she regrets it! It is vital we guide women away from abortion and support them in motherhood instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">When a woman visits a clinic asking for an abortion, what she really needs is someone to sit and listen to her, talk with her, calm her fears, help her feel supported, and help her reflect. She\u2019s likely feeling lots of emotional stress, she may have been abandoned, and she may be feeling pushed to abort by her circumstances. Her story, which is often complex, may take time to unfold and she needs to learn about other options and know that people are ready to support her. In a brief visit, a doctor may not realize the pressure she is facing and seldom has the time, interest or training to help her, and yet, there she is grappling with a big decision in his clinic<\/p>\n<p>So, a woman may choose abortion even though she; may not be well aware of the risks and consequences, or of other options. She may be undecided, or may not even want an abortion!<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Because the care she needs cannot be adequately provided in a doctor\u2019s visit therefore, there is a need for Pregnancy Help and Support Counselors to work within hospitals and clinics, to provide the kind of care appropriate to her need.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bee2d94 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bee2d94\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7adc934 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"7adc934\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b91aa93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b91aa93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Why Counseling Corners?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Because this keeps the costs low, and because the main work you are concerned with is counseling, which involves sitting together and talking. You don\u2019t need any medical personnel or equipment such as an ultrasound machine, because the clinic takes care of all of that. They are your partner and that is their business.<\/p>\n<p>What you need is somewhere you can sit and talk. A desk and some chairs are enough to get started, and where you sit is flexible, perhaps in a quiet corner of a larger room, such as a clinic\u2019s reception area. A little privacy is good. You don\u2019t need posters on the wall or lots of printed materials, your phone is perfect for sharing pictures, videos, and helpful information discreetly with your clients. Discuss a rental cost for the space and include water, electricity etc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\"><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-00b453c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00b453c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d7c45e column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"4d7c45e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70e1874 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70e1874\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\" translation-block\">Who are the counselors?<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>They will not be medical or counseling\/psychological professionals, who already have their hands full but rather, mature and dedicated women who receive specialized in-house training as pregnancy crisis counselors. Churches are able to recruit and prepare women for this task.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">John Ensor states; \u201cIt is accepted practice within the field of crisis counseling for people to receive specialized, in-house training, and thereafter be referred to as \u201ccounselors.\u201d This is common in drug\/alcohol addiction, divorce recovery, and so on. Following this practice, a counselor implies only that the person has been trained and authorized by the Pregnancy Help Organization (PHO) to serve women and couples in pregnancy crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An overseeing body may help to ensure standards and give assurance to clinics and authorities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4845ee5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4845ee5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62b81e5 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"62b81e5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9b4367 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9b4367\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Most Women DON\u2019T Want Abortion \u2013 even during crisis!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Research shows that most women looking for an abortion don\u2019t actually want an abortion. They are choosing an abortion because of their situation. Frederica Matthews Green put it this way; \u201cNo one wants an abortion as she wants an ice cream cone or a Porsche. She wants an abortion as an animal, caught in a trap, wants to gnaw its own leg off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">One study in the US, showed that 64% of post-abortion women described being \u2018forced\u2019 into abortion by their circumstances at the time. Most of them also indicated that during the time between discovering their pregnancy and having the abortion there was such a high level of emotional trauma that they were unable to thoughtfully and cautiously consider their alternatives. Abortion was simply the most obvious and fastest way to escape their dilemmas. Over 84% stated that they would have kept their babies under better circumstances.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">In Vietnam, many women change their minds and keep their baby when someone reaches out to help them, like Duy did this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Duy found herself unexpectedly pregnant from her boyfriend. With a 10-month-old daughter and her husband off with another woman, Duy went online and found a facebook group \u201cMothers with unwanted pregnancies.\u201d She posted the message: \u201c12-weeks pregnant, I want to abort, please help!\u201d Duyen saw the message and straight away replied; \u201cPlease text me!\u201d Duyen won her trust and counseled her over the following days and weeks, during which Duy decided to keep her baby. In September Duy gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. She didn\u2019t want an abortion, she needed help!<\/p>\n<p>A counselor patiently calms fears, helps critical thinking and builds support and community around her. This is what a woman and her baby need from their community. The kind of care that won\u2019t happen in a single visit to a doctor, but rather is a process over days and months.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Therefore, women in pregnancy crisis don\u2019t just need adequate intervention, counseling and support, and that this is the right thing for society to provide, but moreover, they want to be embraced, informed and supported so they can avoid abortion!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6451d7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6451d7e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9c832d3 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"9c832d3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f7f007 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f7f007\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\" translation-block\">Informed Consent is the ethical obligation to help a woman who is seeking abortion!<\/h3>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Before a doctor does a surgical procedure or gives a medical treatment, he must inform his patient of the risks and alternatives before she decides. This principle called, \u2018informed consent\u2019 also justifies counselors, or any friend, speaking to a woman about abortion. In Vietnam the law on patient\u2019s rights states that patients are; \u2018To fully receive information, explanations and counseling\u2026\u2019 which are to be in \u2018\u2026quality suitable to actual conditions.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">The principle of informed consent is even endorsed by abortion providers, at least in theory! One medical textbook, used in the US and globally, says that informed consent must include 3 things; patients must 1) have the capacity to make decisions\u2026 2) without coercion or manipulation, and\u2026 3) must be given appropriate information.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">In practice however, a woman in pregnancy crisis often chooses abortion while experiencing difficulty deciding, as she is feeling pressured to abort by circumstances, and is not informed of options that support her choice for life. Ignoring these principles regularly results in poor choices, harm, loss of life and regret.<\/p>\n<p>Because the goal of informed consent is to protect personal well-being , therefore we must give a woman facing such a life-changing decision the emotional help she needs - counseling!<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[6]<\/a>, n\u00ean \u0111i\u1ec1u c\u1ea7n thi\u1ebft l\u00e0 cung c\u1ea5p cho m\u1ed9t ph\u1ee5 n\u1eef trong c\u01a1n kh\u1ee7ng ho\u1ea3ng thai k\u1ef3 m\u1ecdi th\u1ee9 c\u00f4 \u1ea5y c\u1ea7n, bao g\u1ed3m c\u1ea3 t\u01b0 v\u1ea5n, \u0111\u1ec3 h\u1ed7 tr\u1ee3 v\u1ec1 m\u1eb7t c\u1ea3m x\u00fac khi c\u00f4 \u1ea5y ph\u1ea3i \u0111\u1ed1i m\u1eb7t v\u1edbi m\u1ed9t quy\u1ebft \u0111\u1ecbnh thay \u0111\u1ed5i cu\u1ed9c \u0111\u1eddi nh\u01b0 v\u1eady.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">The principle of informed consent not only justifies but, obligates us, indeed, urges us to intervene and counsel women seeking abortion, because the abortion procedure impacts not one but, two patients \u2013 the woman and her baby! And the impact on the baby, who is put to death, is far more severe and final than the woman, who faces risks! Death is irreversible! It is tragic! Taking a life should be avoided at all cost! So, counsel must help her choose an option that preserves the life of her baby! A counselor, not only informs her of life options, but also helps her access those options, and continues to support as she starts to follow those options.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">As a counselor you are ethically obligated to recommend only those options you think are in the best interest of your clients, in the case of abortion, that includes both the woman and her baby. Therefore, we believe that, only options that avoid harming her baby are genuinely acting in the best interest of both the woman and her baby.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\" translation-block\">A woman needs to be informed, advised and helped to choose, not only for\n her own wellbeing, but also for the wellbeing of her baby, who facing death,\n becomes the primary person of concern, in the informed consent process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-786c89b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"786c89b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bc2059b column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"bc2059b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e4996e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e4996e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Partnership Makes it Happen \u2013 and that\u2019s the Heart of a Community!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">The main need of a woman in pregnancy crisis is not medical but emotional! She needs a counselor to help her work through fears and worries to find a solution good for her and baby.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Creating \u2018Counseling &amp; Support Corners\u2019 is a viable way for society to provide critical counsel, care and support for women in pregnancy crisis, care that is currently unavailable to them.<\/p>\n<p>This is the right thing for society to provide women, because preserving life and wellbeing is the priority of every humane society. And because community is about sharing responsibility for the good of all, we work together, each playing their vital part for all, even the least among us!<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">I cannot think of any partnership more needed in our communities, more consequential to those it helps, more in line with both Christian and humanitarian values, and more do-able by the local church and local clinics (and hospitals) working in partnership!<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">The Church-Clinic (hospital) Alliance is a good pregnancy help model for Vietnam,  as it keeps costs low while creating extra income for the clinic, recognizes the true need of the woman for counsel and support, genuinely prioritizes the care of both mother and baby and values partner member\u2019s unique contributions, (such as the clinic who remains the essential medical provider, and the church, who can access and prepare many non-professional but suitable and capable counselors). This model of shared partnership can be implemented by clinics and churches anywhere, meeting the need of women and babies anywhere. This is a win-win for everyone, but it depends on two partners being willing to join forces for the good of others.<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">Every baby deserves a chance at life! Every woman deserves the best care from her community! So, the question I\u2019m sure every pregnant women and unborn baby are leaving for us to answer is: \u201cWhen will we have access to this kind of care in our community?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\" translation-block\">By David Waters<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-88abeff elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"88abeff\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d48cfd column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"9d48cfd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11929b0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"11929b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f33d4d3 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"f33d4d3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-32b6348 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"32b6348\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a15c3d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a15c3d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ec4628 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"0ec4628\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adae0f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"adae0f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\" translation-block\">I\u2019VE LINKED AN EXAMPLE OF A PROPOSAL TO OPEN A \u2018PREGNANCY COUNSELING AND SUPPORT CORNER\u2019 IN A CLINIC OR HOSPITAL, THAT YOU MAY USE OR ADAPT AS YOU NEED. Click the link or find it at: https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/eng\/<\/p>\n<p>Written: November 2025, Hanoi.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32cc932 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32cc932\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4103e13 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"4103e13\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a143a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a143a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pregnant? Need help? Contact us: 081 511 4526 (+081 511 4526)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\" translation-block\">Check out our website in English and Vietnamese: https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/eng\/<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-00f8eb3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00f8eb3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6926c9c column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"6926c9c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16bed6e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"16bed6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5091569 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5091569\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cbc1f51 column-style-top column-top\" data-id=\"cbc1f51\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2df623a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2df623a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>[1]\u00a0Pregnancy Crisis Intervention, John Ensor, p.4<\/p>\n<p>[2] Frederica Matthews-Green, Real Choices: Listening to Women, Looking for Alternatives to Abortion (Linthicum, MD: Felicity Press, 2013), 1. [Ensor\u2019s PCI \u2013 19]<\/p>\n<p>[3] David C. Readon, Aborted Women, Silent No More (Chicago: Loyola University Press, \u201897), 10. [Ensor\u2019s PCI \u2013 18]<\/p>\n<p>[4] Law on Medical Examination and Treatment, Issued 23\/11\/2009, Chapter 11, article 7 and article 10.1.<\/p>\n<p>[5] Cited in Pregnancy Crisis Intervention, by John Ensor, 70. Management of Unintended and Abnormal Pregnancy: Comprehensive Abortion Care.<\/p>\n<p>[6] Maureen Paul, E. Steve Lichtenburg, Lynn Borgatta, David A. Grimes, Phillip G. Stubblefield, and Michael D. Creinin, Management of Unintended and Abnormal Pregnancy: Comprehensive Abortion Care (Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), 48. [Ensor\u2019s PCI \u2013 70]<\/p>\n<p>[7] John Ensor Pregnancy Crisis Intervention, 72.<\/p>\n<p>[8] Some past models of Pregnancy Help Care from overseas, were much more costly, stand-alone Pregnancy Help Centers, having their own rented premises, medical staff and ultrasound equipment etc.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T\u00f3m t\u1eaft Khi m\u1ed9t ph\u1ee5 n\u1eef \u0111ang mang thai \u0111\u1ebfn ph\u00f2ng kh\u00e1m \u0111\u1ec3 y\u00eau c\u1ea7u ph\u00e1 thai, c\u00f4 \u1ea5y g\u1eb7p m\u1ed9t b\u00e1c s\u0129, nh\u01b0ng \u0111i\u1ec1u c\u00f4 \u1ea5y th\u1ef1c s\u1ef1 c\u1ea7n l\u00e0 m\u1ed9t chuy\u00ean gia t\u01b0 v\u1ea5n t\u1eadn t\u00e2m. M\u1ed9t b\u00e1c s\u0129 b\u1eadn r\u1ed9n kh\u00f4ng th\u1ec3 d\u00e0nh th\u1eddi gian, t\u01b0 v\u1ea5n v\u00e0 h\u1ed7 tr\u1ee3 tinh th\u1ea7n [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11634,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11632"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11632"}],"version-history":[{"count":126,"href":"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12131,"href":"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11632\/revisions\/12131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baovemamsong.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}