Human Life Services Inc

HUMAN LIFE SERVICES IS A LIFE AFFIRMING CHRIST-CENTERED PREGNANCY CARE ORGANIZATION SERVING YORK THROUGH MEDICAL SERVICES, PEER COUNSELING, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY REFERRALS.

EDUCATION, MENTORING AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES:THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES EDUCATION, SUPPORT, MENTORING AND COMMUNITY REFERRALS TO WOMEN AND MEN FACING AN UNPLANNED PREGNANCY. THIS SERVICE ALSO PROVIDES INFORMATION REGARDING A WOMAN'S ALTERNATIVES REGARDING HER PREGNANCY DECISION, WHICH INCLUDE ABORTION, PARENTING OR ADOPTION. DURING THE 2021 CALENDAR YEAR THERE WERE 506 CLASSES FOR MENTORING PROVIDED BY TRAINED VOLUNTEERS TO 69 INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS. MATERIAL ASSISTANCE WAS ALSO GIVEN BY HANDING OUT 223 DOZEN DIAPERS, 37 CANS OF FORMULA AND OTHER INFANT SUPPLIES FOR NEW MOTHERS. CLOTHING WAS PROVIDED TO 37 CLIENTS. UNPLANNED PREGNANCY, EMERGENCY-TYPE MATERIALS WERE HANDED OUT DURING THE YEAR TO 25 MEN AND WOMEN.EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO 187 WOMEN AND POST-ABORTION SUPPORT SERVICES WERE ALSO PROVIDED TO 19 WOMEN. THERE WERE 84 BABIES BORN TO CLIENTS IN 2021 AND 87 BIBLES WERE DISTRIBUTED.THE MAJORITY OF THE EDUCATION, MENTORING AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY VOLUNTEERS, THUS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING THE PROGRAM SERVICE COSTS AND TOTAL COSTS TO THE ORGANIZATION.

MEDICAL SERVICES:MEDICAL PROGRAM/CLINIC PERFORMS PREGNANCY TESTS TO VERIFY A PREGNANCY, AND IF THE PATIENT IS AT LEAST 6 WEEKS ALONG AN ULTRASOUND CAN BE PERFORMED. MEDICAL SERVICES ARE PROVIDED BY A TRAINED SONOGRAPHER WHO IS PART OF THE PAID STAFF. IN THE YEAR 2021 95 ULTRASOUNDS WERE PERFORMED AND 96 PREGNANCY TESTS WERE ADMINISTERED. HLS PROVIDES A LIMITED OBSTETRICAL ULTRASOUND FOR FOUR REASONS: 1.) TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A VIABLE INTRAUTERINE PREGNANCY, 2.) TO DETECT FETAL CARDIAC ACTIVITY, 3.) TO ESTIMATE GESTATIONAL AGE, AND 4.) FOR FAMILIAL REASONS RELATING TO MATERNAL HEALTH.THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS TO EDUCATE WOMEN IN SEVERAL AREAS - STI'S (SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS), INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR PREGNANCY OPTIONS SUCH AS: MAKING AN ADOPTION PLAN OR ABORTION, PRE-NATAL CARE, AND PARENTING.HLS DOES NOT REFER FOR OR PROVIDE CONTRACEPTIVES OR ABORTION SERVICES.