Emotional Support for Pregnancy Outcome Decisions Appeal
Women involved in an unexpected or difficult pregnancy may feel confused and unsure of what to do. An unexpected pregnancy can change a person's life.
Espod Geelong Inc:
- Has respect for life
- Espod is available to clients after hours
- Espod provides information and support services enabling people to discuss the difficulties with choices around undertaking abortion and the possible abortion aftermath; we provide a free service as most of our clients are unable to pay fees; we emotionally support people intensively in the short-term, acute phases of their decision and in the longer-term where there is sustained or chronic difficulty
- Specialized post-abortion recovery program encourages clients to consider their current post-abortion difficulties as predictive of future abortion. Research shows that without intervention people tend to solve future unplanned pregnancies with the same strategy
Espod is a volunteer driven organization
How will the funds be used?
- To provide training and supervision for volunteers to run the services so that accountability and compliance will not suffer
- Provide free pregnancy testing, confidential options counselling for people who have an unexpected or difficult pregnancy
- Provide post-abortion recovery program support for people to come to terms with their loss as they work through their grief and come to understand the full impact the abortion has had on them and their family
- Maintain the after-hours 9am - 9pm telephone support service for people who are unable to access our service during opening hours
