Georgia Tech Students for Life : Pregnancy Resources

 

Resources at Georgia Tech:

  1. IMPACT Scholarship
    For a Single Parent who is succesfully balancing
    Georgia Tech classes and parenting.
    https://webhost.gatech.edu/auxsurvey/impact.htm

  2. Georgia Tech Child Care
    Phone: (404) 249-1500
    Email: georgiatech@brighthorizons.com
    Hours: 7:00 am to 6:30 pm
    Contact:
      Michele Cole-Jones, Bright Horizons Childcare Director
      R Kirk Landon Building
      1015 Tumlin Street
      NW Atlanta, GA 30318
    http://centers.brighthorizons.com/techhomepark/

  3. Georgia Tech Resources for Parents
    Includes Information on parent support groups,
    pre-natal excercise programs, and nursing stations.
    http://www.womenscenter.gatech.edu/plugins.content/index.php?id=14

  4. Child Care Around Atlanta
    http://childcareatlanta.net

Pregnancy Resource Centers:

Search for a center anywhere in the country or try one of the local centers below.
  1. Care Net Pregnancy Center (404) 688-0795
    www.carenet-atlanta.com
    United Way Building
    100 Edgewood Ave Ste 1650
    Atlanta, Ga 30303
  2. Family Concerns CPC West (404) 756-0000
    950 Cunningham Place SW
    Atlanta, Georgia 30310
  3. The College Women's Center (678) 628-4663
    235 E. Ponce de Leon Avenue
    Suite 100
    Decatur, GA 30030
  4. Birthright of Atlanta (770) 451-2273
    www.birthright.com
    3424 Hardee Ave
    Chamblee, GA 30341
  5. A Beacon of Hope (678) 893-5290
    Crisis Pregnancy Center
    www.abeaconofhope.com
    2750 Old Alabama Road, Suite 100
    Johns Creek, GA 30022
  6. Catholic Charities Pregnancy, Parenting and Adoption (404) 885-7467
    http://www.catholiccharitiesatlanta.org/
    680 W Peachtree St NW
    Atlanta, GA 30308

84%: Women surveyed who say the clinic and doctor did not help them explore their decision (1)
64%: Women who feel they were pressured (encouraged) by others to have an abortion (2)
86%: Women who feel they would not have chosen abortion if they were encouraged otherwise (1)
Source: (1) Reardon, DC. Aborted Women: Silent No More. and (2) VM Rue et. al., "Induced abortion and traumatic stress: A preliminary comparison of American and Russian women,2004.