Eddie Perez wants to save as many babies’ lives as possible by helping pregnant women who are considering abortion. He is the CEO of
Vans for Life
, an organization with the objective of placing “mobile pregnancy center vans in front of every abortion facility in the country.” Its mission? To provide the aforementioned pregnant women with the resources they need for their children to help them choose life over death.
“In many instances, women choose abortion because they don’t think they have any other choice,” Perez told me.
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“Pregnant mothers make the decision to abort because they feel they have no options, they have no choice, and that no one is there to help them,” the organization’s website reads. Through the use of mobile pregnancy centers, Vans for Life provides pregnant women in crisis with support when they often have none. During this harrowing ordeal for expecting mothers, Perez believes that Vans for Life can be the beacon of hope that pregnant women contemplating abortion need. Pictures of these vans can be seen
here
.
“We need partners to help these pregnant women in crisis understand that they do have options and that someone like us will be there for them not only during their pregnancy but even after her child is born,” the Vans for Life website reads. “After receiving counseling, material assistance, fetal development education, and other resources, over 90% of all pregnant women in crisis who enter a pregnancy center end up choosing LIFE for their unborn child.”
Perez left his job as a successful financial adviser to start Vans for Life. He was inspired by his mother, who has been a pro-life advocate since 1973.
“My mother was my inspiration,” Perez said. “Without her, there wouldn’t have been a Vans for Life.”
The current climate surrounding abortion mainly focuses on an alleged woman’s right to choose. This message is repeated ad nauseam by politicians, talk show hosts, movies, television shows, podcasts, music, and every other aspect of pop culture. Yet very rarely is adoption ever mentioned as an alternative. Too often, pro-abortion people are focused on promoting the ending of life that they deliberately ignore advocating the celebration of it.
Before Roe v. Wade, in 1973, 8.7% of unwed expecting mothers “designed a plan for adoption,” according to the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Adoption USA Chartbook
. As abortion became legal and assiduously promoted by Democrats and feminists, the stigma around it disappeared. As such, by the 1990s, the percentage of women who considered adoption over abortion dropped to 1%. This is why it is so essential to change the narrative. Conversations matter, words matter, and advocacy matters for the pro-life movement. And if all goes according to plan, Perez’s Vans for Life will matter.
In the post-Roe era, it is up to the pro-life crowd to advance the idea of adoption. Every person who was ever adopted is alive because of the miracle of the mother choosing life over death, hope over hopelessness, and good over evil. This is why Perez’s Vans for Life exists. People must start promoting the benefits of adoption as a moral alternative to the evil of abortion. If they do, over time, Vans for Life can help enough mothers that it can truly be a life-altering success.
