Since 1993, Choices Pregnancy Center has been offering hope and help where once there was none. Beginning in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, we expanded our services to a second center in Marshall, which opened in 2024.
For women and men facing challenging pregnancy situations, we have been the safe place to go with questions, fears, and doubts.
Some of our clients say we are the one place where they can relax. They know we are going to listen, encourage, and equip them to move forward confidently as their unique stories unfold.
When we ask our clients how they found us, most of them say, “A friend told me about you.” If people we’ve helped are vouching for us, then our compassionate care and quality of services must be making a difference.
Because we are always seeking ways to ensure women receive the best of care during their time with us, we come right out and ask them how we're doing.
The comments they leave in their exit surveys include:
“Staff was lovely.”
“Made me feel comfortable.”
“Very friendly and personable nurses.” “Providers were thorough and caring.”
“Felt like a family. You have been more than I expected. Thank you so much!”
“Very kind and respectful and made sure I was comfortable.”
“Staff was very welcoming and considerate.”
“Very supportive.”
Over time, our reputation has grown. Court officials, domestic violence agencies, and other advocacy groups often send parents struggling with their responsibilities to us. We’ve been told we offer the best parenting classes in town.
Other women find us through our online presence and contact us first through our 24/7 nurse hotline. We strive to meet their needs even in the middle of the night—when they are facing their toughest decisions all alone.
Helping women—and men—move from uncertainty about parenting to hopeful confidence is one of the most satisfying things we get to do. Watching their children grow up is another.
The National Word is Out
A report on the state of pregnancy help in the United States described the impact of pregnancy centers just like Choices all across our country:
“Pregnancy centers continue to empower women and men with medically referenced education, sound prevention, and life-affirming choices through holistic care. The benefits are considerable to women and families. By helping women to avert a first abortion and repeat abortion, pregnancy centers:
- Promote women’s and children’s health and the overall well-being of families.
- Avert mental health impacts of abortion for women, which include elevated rates of depression, substance abuse, and even suicide.
- Reduce rates of repeat abortion, which account for an estimated 43 percent of abortions in the United States according to abortion surveillance published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Lower the incidence of preterm birth. A risk association has been identified between previous induced abortion and subsequent preterm birth in numerous published studies internationally for over three decades.
To make abortion alternatives possible, we listen carefully to women’s needs, then provide the support they are seeking. Through the generosity of our donors, all these services are offered to clients free of charge.
How We Make it Happen
Many women come needing some or all of our medical services from our licensed medical staff:
Usually women tell us they will need emotional, educational, and material support in order to make and follow through on life-affirming choices. So our trained advocates work with them to provide a wide range of support services:
- one-on-one options consultation
- ongoing mentoring and education through customized online classes in our Earn While You Learn program
- material supplies—from clothing to diapers to baby equipment
- connections to other services in their communities through our broad network
In every case, women are treated with professional care, compassion, and respect. No judgment.
We Reach Out Before a Crisis Strikes
In addition to all our in-center services, we travel to classrooms to educate students about sexual risk avoidance. (That’s avoidance, not just reduction.) We speak to churches, youth groups, and others to keep our community aware of the value of life and of making choices that support personal and relational health for young people and families.
We also network with community organizations to better understand and meet our clients’ needs.
To reduce the risk of losing children to SIDS, we offer parents a free Safe Sleep training. Through our partnership with Cradle of Hope, the parents who complete this brief course receive a free Pack ‘n’ Play.
We help men become better fathers. As fathers attend our classes along with the women in their lives, this can only be good news for the families around Redwood Falls and Marshall—and wherever life may take them.
Supporting Life in Our Communities—Today and Tomorrow
None of the work we do would be possible without the help and support of our communities. We gratefully appreciate all the people who have given of their time and resources to help Choices Pregnancy Center create such a rich legacy of service. Our communities are stronger for it. Now we look forward to all that we can accomplish together as we move into the future.