Know Your Pregnancy Options

Are you facing an unplanned pregnancy? Have you recently given birth and want to discuss your options? Contact Choices and discover a safe space for you to talk it through.  

If you are facing an unplanned pregnancy, we want you to be empowered to make a choice about how to move forward. Speaking to a Choices advocate can help you make a decision you feel confident about. Your visit is confidential, and free from judgment.

Knowing your options is the first step. At Choices we provide a caring environment for you to ask questions, discuss options, and access free and/or affordable services from individuals who are focused on your needs.

Receive Post Abortion Care

Contact us at hope@choicesaz.com.

Carry to Term and Parenting

Adoption

For every one newborn placed up for adoption, there are 36 families waiting to adopt.

Over 2 million families are currently on the waiting list to adopt newborns and many have been waiting for over a year.

Carrying your pregnancy to term can be one of the most selfless acts of love. If you’re facing an unplanned pregnancy, statistics show that there is a family out there that will gladly accept your child and raise them as their own. You don’t have to go through this alone. Choices advocates are here to offer support every step of the way.

Abortion Information and Post Abortion Care

Like any surgical or medical procedure, it’s important to ask questions and explore the options so you can make the best-informed decision for you. While we don’t perform or refer individuals to abortion clinics, our medical professionals and advocates are here to answer your questions.

Abortion Information and Post Abortion Care

Like any surgical or medical procedure, it’s important to ask questions and explore the options so you can make the best-informed decision for you. While we don’t perform or refer individuals to abortion clinics, our medical professionals and advocates are here to answer your questions.

Abortion

Abortion is still legal in many states and is an option that many pregnant women consider.

Abortion is a very serious medical decision and shouldn’t be made lightly. It’s important to get informed and know all the details about this procedure.

Commons questions about Abortion:

There are two methods of abortion: in-clinic abortion and the abortion pill, also known as RU-486. The pill can be taken up to 10 weeks from the first day of your last menstrual period (LMP) of pregnancy.

Reputable medical research and expert opinion cite significant short and long-term risk factors associated with abortion.

Potential Physical Risks(1)

  • FDA black box warning: “Warning: Serious and sometimes fatal infections and bleeding.”
  • Infection
  • Undiagnosed ectopic (tubal) pregnancy
  • Failed abortion
  • Risk of fetal malformations

*Medical studies that support risk factors cited can be found in Before You Decide, © 2018 Care Net

Potential Physical Risks(1)

  • Increased breast cancer risks for those who have had an abortion
  • Uterus damage
  • Increased risk of delivering prematurely in future births, which is associated with cerebral palsy, as well as all other newborn complications (respiratory, bowel, brain, and eye problems)
  • Infection that can lead to infertility and risk for ectopic pregnancy
  • Death

*Medical studies that support risk factors cited can be found in Before You Decide, © 2018 Care Net

No one can tell you how you are going to feel. Every person is different. Some individuals report negative emotions after abortions that linger, unresolved. For some, problems related to their abortion emerge months or even years later. There is evidence that abortion is associated with a decrease in long-term emotional and physical health.
In line with the best available research, you should be informed that abortion significantly increases the risk for

    • Clinical depression and anxiety
    • Drug and alcohol abuse
    • Symptoms consistent with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
    • Suicidal thoughts and behavior

We have helped thousands of women and men in the Phoenix area overcome their feelings of shame and regret associated with abortion, many who have carried it for decades. Contact us confidentially at FindHope@cpcphoenix.org if you have an abortion in your past and are looking for hope and healing.

In Arizona, the following restrictions on abortion were in effect as of January 1, 2020:*

  • A patient must receive state-directed counseling that includes information designed to discourage the patient from having an abortion, and then wait 24 hours before the procedure is provided. Counseling must be provided in person and must take place before the waiting period begins, thereby necessitating two trips to the facility.
  • Health plans offered in the state’s health exchange under the Affordable Care Act can only cover abortion in cases of life endangerment or severely compromised physical health or severely compromised physical health of the mother.
  • Abortion is covered in insurance policies for public employees only in cases of life endangerment or severely compromised health or severely compromised physical health of the mother.
  • The use of telemedicine to administer medication abortion is prohibited.
  • The parent of a minor must consent before an abortion is provided.
  • The Medicaid program does not provide coverage for medically necessary abortions, despite a court order directing it to do so.
  • A patient must undergo an ultrasound at least 24 hours before obtaining an abortion; the provider must offer the patient the option to view the image.
  • An abortion may be performed at or after viability only if the patient’s life or health is endangered.
  • The state prohibits abortions performed for the purpose of race or sex selection.

*Information taken from the Guttmacher Institute

Cost of an abortion can range dramatically based on a variety of factors from several hundred dollars to $1,000 or higher.

Hope and Healing Post Abortion Care

If you have experienced an abortion in your past, the first thing we want you to know is that you are loved and you matter. Let that sink in. You are loved and you matter.

We have helped women and men who were haunted by post-abortion grief and trauma. They carried their secret for too many years (many for decades) and have suffered needlessly from guilt, shame, and depression.

We’re here to help. The past doesn’t define who you are. There is hope and there is healing. Email one of our caring specialists at hope@choicesaz.com if you’d like to know more.

Receive Post Abortion Care

Contact us at hope@choicesaz.com.

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What do you want to know about abortion?

There are two methods of abortion: in-clinic abortion and the abortion pill, also known as RU-486. The pill can be taken up to 10 weeks from the first day of your last menstrual period (LMP) of pregnancy.

Reputable medical research and expert opinion cite significant short and long-term risk factors associated with abortion.

Potential Physical Risks(1)

  • FDA black box warning: “Warning: Serious and sometimes fatal infections and bleeding.”
  • Infection
  • Undiagnosed ectopic (tubal) pregnancy
  • Failed abortion
  • Risk of fetal malformations

*Medical studies that support risk factors cited can be found in Before You Decide, © 2018 Care Net

Potential Physical Risks(1)

  • Increased breast cancer risks for those who have had an abortion
  • Uterus damage
  • Increased risk of delivering prematurely in future births, which is associated with cerebral palsy, as well as all other newborn complications (respiratory, bowel, brain, and eye problems)
  • Infection that can lead to infertility and risk for ectopic pregnancy
  • Death

*Medical studies that support risk factors cited can be found in Before You Decide, © 2018 Care Net

No one can tell you how you are going to feel. Every person is different. Some individuals report negative emotions after abortions that linger, unresolved. For some, problems related to their abortion emerge months or even years later. There is evidence that abortion is associated with a decrease in long-term emotional and physical health.
In line with the best available research, you should be informed that abortion significantly increases the risk for

    • Clinical depression and anxiety
    • Drug and alcohol abuse
    • Symptoms consistent with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
    • Suicidal thoughts and behavior

We have helped thousands of women and men in the Phoenix area overcome their feelings of shame and regret associated with abortion, many who have carried it for decades. Contact us confidentially at FindHope@cpcphoenix.org if you have an abortion in your past and are looking for hope and healing.

In Arizona, the following restrictions on abortion were in effect as of January 1, 2020:*

  • A patient must receive state-directed counseling that includes information designed to discourage the patient from having an abortion, and then wait 24 hours before the procedure is provided. Counseling must be provided in person and must take place before the waiting period begins, thereby necessitating two trips to the facility.
  • Health plans offered in the state’s health exchange under the Affordable Care Act can only cover abortion in cases of life endangerment or severely compromised physical health.
  • Abortion is covered in insurance policies for public employees only in cases of life endangerment or severely compromised health or severely compromised physical health of the mother.
  • The use of telemedicine to administer medication abortion is prohibited.
  • The parent of a minor must consent before an abortion is provided.
  • The Medicaid program does not provide coverage for medically necessary abortions, despite a court order directing it to do so.
  • A patient must undergo an ultrasound at least 24 hours before obtaining an abortion; the provider must offer the patient the option to view the image.
  • An abortion may be performed at or after viability only if the patient’s life or health is endangered.
  • The state prohibits abortions performed for the purpose of race or sex selection.

*Information taken from the Guttmacher Institute

Cost of an abortion can range dramatically based on a variety of factors from several hundred dollars to $1,000 or higher.

Hope and Healing Post Abortion Care

If you have had an abortion in your past, the first thing we want you to know is that you are loved and you matter. Let that sink in. You are loved and you matter.

We have helped women and men who were haunted by post-abortion grief and trauma. They carried their secret for too many years (many for decades) and suffered from guilt, shame, and depression.

We’re here to help. The past doesn’t define who you are. There is hope and there is healing. Email one of our caring specialists at hope@choicesaz.com if you’d like to know more.

Receive Post Abortion Care

Contact us at hope@choicesaz.com.

Learn More