Respect Life:
Resources
Respect Life Lending Library
The Respect Life Lending Library offers Bay Area residents an outstanding selection of educational resources (videos, books, tapes, pamphlets and articles) in the following subject areas:
- Abortion
- Adoption
- Bioethics
- Capital Punishment
- Care for the Ill
- Catholic Social Teaching
- Euthanasia & Physician-Assisted Suicide
- Family Life/Marriage
- Family Planning
- Family Awareness
- Moral Decision Making
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- Pastoral Care/Psychology
- Post-Abortion Healing
- Pre-Natal Life
- Pregnancy
- Pro-Life Feminism
- Sexuality
- Teen Issues
- Women's Spirituality
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Please contact the diocesan Respect Life coordinator at monirod@aol.com or (925) 680-8510 (ext. 206) to pick up materials or to have materials sent to you.
Websites
www.cacatholic.org (California Catholic Conference)
www.feministsforlife.org (Feminists for Life of America)
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~bsl (UC Berkeley Students for Life)
www.ncbcenter.org (National Catholic Bioethics Center)
www.sflifeandjustice.org (Archdiocese of San Francisco Office of Public Policy and Respect Life)
www.usccb.org (US Conference of Catholic Bishops)
East Bay Pregnancy Counseling and Help Centers
First Resort Pregnancy Consulting - Oakland
400 - 30th Street, Suite 401, Oakland, CA 94609
(510) 891-9998
www.firstresort.net
Free pregnancy testing, counseling on all options; ultrasound services for women contemplating abortion; pre-natal care (based on eligibility) and medical consultation; parenting classes; referrals for maternity and baby supplies; adoption referrals; post-abortion counseling.
First Resort Pregnancy Consulting - San Francisco
2300 Sutter St. #205 (corner of Scott)
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 409-8255
See First Resort services listed above
First Resort Pregnancy Consulting - Peninsula
801 Brewster St. #210 Redwood City, CA 94063
650-595-3515
See First Resort services listed above
Birthright of San Lorenzo
1048 Grant Avenue, San Lorenzo, CA 94580
(510) 481-9677
Free pregnancy testing; support services; community resource information on housing; medical care referrals, infant & maternity clothes; adoption information.
Birthright of Concord
3043 Clayton Rd., Suite A, Concord, CA 94519
(925) 798-7227
See Birthright services listed above.
Birthright of Brentwood
857 Second Street, Suite D, Brentwood, CA 94513
(925) 634-1275
See Birthright services listed above.
Birthright of Livermore
1520 Catalina Court, Bldg. C, Livermore, CA 94550
(925) 449-5887 Fax: 449-5164
See Birthright services listed above.
Pregnancy Choices: Clinic, Counseling and Care
33523 Western Ave., Union City, CA 94587
(510) 487-4357
Free pregnancy testing; pregnancy & post-abortion counseling; maternity and baby clothes; baby furniture; community referrals; pregnancy verification; childbirth and parenting classes; pregnancy related medical care through the 2nd trimester.
Valley Crisis Pregnancy Center
7660 Amador Valley Boulevard, Suite D, Dublin, CA 94568
(925) 828-4458 Fax: 828-2135
Free pregnancy testing; information on pregnancy, abortion & other alternatives; crisis counseling for clients, parents, boyfriends & husbands; medical, legal & community resource referrals; childbirth & pre-natal classes; maternal & infant clothing and furniture; post-abortion counseling; adoption referrals; ongoing counseling and support.
The Pregnancy Center of Concord
4991 Clayton Road, Concord, CA 94521
(925) 827-0100 Fax: 827-0697
Free pregnancy testing and counseling; information on abortion & other alternatives; medical, legal & community resource referrals; childbirth & parenting classes; maternal and infant clothing; baby furniture; adoption referrals.
The Pregnancy Center of Antioch
1205 'A' Street, Suite 2A, Antioch, CA 94509
(925) 706-0100 Fax: 706-2599
Free pregnancy testing and counseling; information on abortion & other alternatives; medical, legal & community resource referrals; childbirth & parenting classes; maternal and infant clothing; baby furniture; adoption referrals.
ESPANOL (Spanish-speaking counselors available on request.)
Maternity Residences for single pregnant women
Casa Vincentia
3210 62nd Avenue, Oakland CA 94605
(510) 729-0316
Residence for homeless pregant women 18-25 years old; childbirth, parenting, self-esteem and health classes; career planning.
Mary's House
1850 Church Lane
San Pablo, CA 94806
510-236-0383
Catholic residence for homeless pregnant women 18 years and older; childbirth, parenting, self-esteem and health classes; career planning.
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