Bugger, I have indirectly supported a 'Christian abortion counselling service'

I appreciate that. I don't think any child should be brought into the world unless he/she is 100% wanted and loved. No woman should ever have to go through pregnancy and motherhood unless she is absolutely certain it's the right choice for her. I'm not pro life.
But...If I was absolutely desperate and had no food to feed the DCs then I'd take what they offer. Even if their politics made me uncomfortable.

I just wanted to point out while the organisation might be pro life the people on the receiving end might not be.

Crapola - yes please

SQ...I like that thinking.

Without access to abortion there would be a lot more hungry DCs around the place.

Just a thought.

The charity Life is a Christian abortion counselling service, but they also do a lot of fab community work, life providing food parcels, baby equipment, clothes or even housing to those in need.
They are more pro life than other charities, but are not judgmental and do have a lot to offer aside from this.

If you can find another service to offer food donations, and your conscience is eased then perhaps use them. But they offer such an important lifeline to those that use them. I can't ever imagine having literally nothing to feed the DCs, but if I was in that position I would take the food from wherever it came from regardless of my personal views of their politics etc just to make sue they don't go hungry. I imagine the service users are the same, if that helps???

Wow, you learn something new every day! I genuinely had no idea about that.

Phew....I was worried I wasn't right. Perhaps I should start a thread about organisations that support anti women groups??

Crikey, thanks crapola!

Tom Monaghan, CEO, is anti-abortion. More evidence has surfaced to verify that. He is on the board of directors of Franciscan University of Steubenville. The Dominos Foundation gave $195,888 to Franciscan Univ. and $15,000 to
the Human Life Center of Franciscan Univ. Franciscan U. as the only place in the country where it's possible to get a minor in "pro-life activities". www.holysmoke.org/fem/fem0418.htm

SQ....I will search it out, but I remember that they support a pro life from being a student...I will now have to search!

Are they a privately owned organisation? Do you have a link or something?

Dominos are pro life? Really?

Giving charitably isn't just about money. Giving time, food, clothing, equipment, there are loads of ways of giving charitably. And if you donate anything to an organisation you are supporting them, your donations assist them to continue and help to make them look like a going concern.

Obvious, innit.

We never eat Dominos pizza because they are pro life!!

Elephants - she didn't support them financially she gave some food to be distributed. Unless they plan to sell it... On what basis do you suggest that they're somehow only doing good works as a whitewash? And OP why do you think they're out to 'trick' women into continuing with their unplanned pregnancies? Conspiricy theorists the pair of you!

I would call them up and ask their stance. Listen to how they say it, not just what they say.

I think you are right to be uncomfortable about supporting a charity if you fundamentally disagree with part of what they do, even if your contribution was towards a different area.

"because you don't agree with them on one issue doesn't mean you shouldn't help them with their good work for the needy."

I know what you mean but don't agree - if an organisation uses their "good work" as a whitewash for other aspects of their work that are more controversial, your donations etc are helping them to look better.

I couldn't support an organisation if a different arm was doing something I disagreed with, personally.

You need to be more open minded! Just because you don't agree with them on one issue doesn't mean you shouldn't help them with their good work for the needy. Also it's a good thing to have services representing both viewpoints, a lot of people regret terminations and might have been helped by some good advice from the 'other side'. I could argue that the services you seem to approve of just tick a few boxes before booking you in at the clinic. That's not necessarily helping women to make decisions in their best interests either.

Do they have a website - that might give clues as to whether their councelling service is neutral or not?

I have a suspicion that some organisations that are actually anti-abortion masquerade as neutral in order to get their funding / not get angry people going on at then etc... But maybe I am cynical too?

Chinny, how did you get along with this?

I can completely see why you don't feel comfortable with it - you are giving something away (doesn't matter how much) and you want to make sure you are supporting something good and worthwhile. Why don't you look around and see if there are other places you could donate to instead? For instance, lots of towns have shelters for women fleeing DV and they usually need decent food/toiletries for people who turn up with nothing. There might be a local Salvation Army (though I have no idea on their stance on abortion) too, or other charity that helps homeless people, or a hostel.

If I were in your position, I'd ring 'em up and ask ever so nicely about this service. I'd withdraw my support if I disliked the tenor of their reply. I have withdrawn quite significant support, in the past, from charities that turned out to be pushing an agenda that made me uncomfortable. They do unquestionably good work, but there are other outfits that do comparable good without pressing their beliefs on recipients.

I am pro choice, but tbh I think giving post abortion cunselling stats isn;t that terrible a thing. I wish more people were offered it. I know if I ever had one I'd need counselling afterwards, but I'm that kind of person. I had counselling throughout and after my unplanned pregnancy too. I see no difference. An unplanned pregnancy requires the mother to be supported, whatever her decision.