Statement of Peace and Non-Violence

Florida Preborn Rescue affirms the following:

FPR will only pursue peaceful solutions to the violence of abortion when volunteering knowing as Jesus did, that those who live by the sword will die by the sword. (Matt. 26:52)

FBR will show compassion and reflect Christ's love to all abortion clinic employees, volunteers, and customers.

FBR will not obstruct driveways or sidewalks while standing in the public right of way.

FBR will not litter on the sidewalk nor harm the property of clinic providers.

FBR will not obstruct the driveways or sidewalk while standing in the public right of way.

FBR will cooperate with local city authorities as they represent the authorities that God has placed (Rom. 13).

Sidewalk Counseling

Sidewalk Counseling: The Front Lines of the Pro Life Issue

Scott J Mahurin

The Word

Proverbs 24:11-13

11 Deliver those who are drawn toward death,
And hold back those stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Surely we did not know this,”
Does not He who weighs the hearts consider it?
He who keeps your soul, does He not know it?
And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?

Psalm 106:37-42

37 They even sacrificed their sons
And their daughters to demons,
38 And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was polluted with blood.
39 Thus they were defiled by their own works,
And played the harlot by their own deeds.
40 Therefore the wrath of the LORD was kindled against His people,
So that He abhorred His own inheritance.
41 And He gave them into the hand of the Gentiles,
And those who hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were brought into subjection under their hand.

Jeremiah 1:5

“ Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;
Before you were born I sanctified you;
I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”

1 Samuel 14:6

6 Then Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us. For nothing restrains the LORD from saving by many or by few.”

The Necessity

1. Babies are God’s most innocent and helpless creatures.

2. They are aborted every day in the Tampa Bay area, which has eight abortion clinics. By Tampa Bay area I mean Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties. Chances are there is an abortion clinic within 15 minutes of where you live. The Tampa Bay area has twice the number of abortions than the national average. Florida is the third per-capita child killing state in the US, trailing only California and New York.

3. We believe that God has called us to advance His cause, His mission, to rescue the lost through the power of the gospel.

The Opportunity

1. These things are not happening in secret. Each abortion clinic is on a public street, with a public sidewalk nearby. Each clinic has phone numbers and addresses that are a matter of public record.

2. This is a huge mission field for those who feel called to preach the gospel and be a source of love and compassion for women enslaved to the devil’s lies. Many women are hardened to what they are about to do, but many are also confused and afraid. We can be the voice and the presence to offer them the love of Jesus and to stand up for the life of the unborn baby that is about to be killed. Even in the midst of this tragedy, there is hope.

Practical Matters I: Mission

1. We are there to speak the truth in love, share the gospel, and save the baby.

2. This is impossible in our own strength. We must commit ourselves to prayer.

3. We are there to give these women options, to help them let their babies live, inform of them of the adoption option.

4. Time is very important.

James 5:16

The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

While there, remain in a spirit of prayer.

Practical Matters II: Time

1. Most clinic parking lots are very close to the clinic. This gives counselors a very short (often 10 seconds or less) to attempt to engage women and others in conversation. However, often there are times when women or men will need to come back out to their vehicles to get checkbooks, etc.

2. Be prepared to direct them to help, adoption agencies, Catholic Charities, etc. etc.

3. Greet them and address them as mothers--which they are.

a. “Good morning mom.”

b. “Your baby has a heartbeat and is already alive and needing love. Please don’t do this. You have other options.”

c. “We are here to help you.”

Practical Matters III: Persecution

2 Tim. 3:12

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

1. You will hear angry people.

2. You will see apathetic people.

3. You will see blasphemers.

4. You will see people who are so hardened they do not care.

5. Pray and thank God that He rescued you!

Practical Matters IV: Stay on mission

1. Your mission is to speak truth and talk to the woman about her baby. 3. Also, there will most likely be other pro-life counselors there as well. Some of them may have a different denomination than you. Do not get distracted with different doctrinal distinctions.

2. You are not to argue with them or debate theology. Stay on topic.

3. If they ignore you, and go inside and kill their baby. It is not your fault. You are not God and you are not able to be the Holy Spirit. Mourn for these women as their lives will never be the same.

Summary

While it is true that God is sovereign, and that He hears our prayers wherever we are, it is also important that God raise up a team of believers to speak truth and love at the actual clinics on the actual days where women are going in.

Who knows what seeds can be planted by doing this?

Only God knows, but if He is calling you to this, do not become deaf to His calling!

In essence, your heart will break, but God wants to use you !

A baby in heaven will know that someone loved them.

Questions/Comments

The Great Need

The Need:

Every city in Florida of respectable size has at least one abortion clinic. The Tampa Bay area alone has seven. Over 400 babies are killed every day in our state. Many of these clinics are without a Christian witness and the slaughter continues unrecognized and in secret. Those who do volunteer to minister to women and their babies are volunteering their own time and cannot, due to other obligations, minister full time. In this battle, the pro-life side is a volunteer army with many other responsibilities and obligations; the pro-death side has doctors, and volunteers, and in some cases, paid escorts to get the women into the clinics.

We thank God for every sidewalk counselor who stands up for those who are being led away to death, but we call on the church to actively promote and support one of the first ministries of its kind specifically for the unborn,  Florida Preborn Rescue. 

Statistics

Abortion Worldwide

Annually, 46 million babies die from abortion worldwide. That’s approximately one baby being aborted every two seconds.

Abortion in the United States

An estimated 48 million babies have been aborted since 1973. Approximately 24% of all U.S. pregnancies end in abortion.

  Characteristics of Women Having Abortions

Over half (56%) of all women having abortions between 15-44 are in their 20’s.

Nearly eight in 10 U.S. women obtaining an abortion report a religious affiliation

43% are Protestant and 

27% are Catholic 

8% are other religions  

41% of women having abortions are white, 32% are black, and 20% are hispanic.

 

• Black and Hispanic women have higher abortion rates than non-Hispanic white women. Black women’s abortion rates are 49 per 1,000, Hispanic women’s are 33 per 1,000 and non-Hispanic white women’s are 13 per 1,000.

• According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, the most recurrent characteristics of women having abortions over time are nonwhite, poor and unmarried.

Reasons For Abortion

• 98% Personal Choice (unwanted or inconvenient)

• 1.7% Life/Health of Mother or Child

• .3% Rape/Incest

Abortion by Gestational Age

African American Community

• According to the CDC, each year 616,074 African Americans are born.

• 458,500 babies will have died from abortion.

• 284,877 blacks will have died that same year through anything from natural causes to heart disease.

• There are 743,377 Africans Americans dying yearly. This number is 127,303 more than those that are born.

• From 1973 to 2004, nearly 30% of the black population were erased through abortion. Out of the average 4,400 babies dying daily that are reported abortions, an estimated 1,300 are African American. They account for 32% of women having abortions yearly, yet make up only 13% of the American population. African American women are 3 times as likely to have an abortion than other women.

Florida Abortion Clinics (alphabetical by city)

ALTAMONTE SPRINGS (SEMINOLE COUNTY)

All Women’s Health Center
431 Maitland Ave
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701

CLEARWATER (PINELLAS COUNTY)

Bread and Roses
Fernando Betancourt & Quentin DeHaan
1560 S Highland Ave
Clearwater, FL 33756

Women’s OB/GYN of Countryside
Malcolm Jones & a man named Banks
28960 US Highway 19 N., Suite 110
Clearwater, FL 33761

CORAL GABLES (DADE COUNTY)

Top-GYN Ladies Center
Rafael Elneser & Michael Basile
4391 West Flagler St.
Coral Gables, FL 33134

CORAL SPRINGS (BROWARD COUNTY)

Gynecologic Surgeons
Benjamin Graber
2929 N University Dr. # 202
Coral Springs, FL 33065

DAVIE (BROWARD COUNTY)

Women’s Awareness5700 Griffin Rd # 130
Davie, FL 33314

DAYTONA BEACH (VOLUSIA COUNTY)

Woman’s Health/Birth Control Center, Inc.
Ralph Bundy
1360 Mason Ave. Ste. A
Daytona Beach, FL 32117

FT LAUDERDALE (BROWARD COUNTY)

All Women’s Center
Theodor Lehrer
2100 E. Commercial Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

Dr. Michael Benjamin
7777 N. University Dr. #102
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33321

Ft. Lauderdale Women’s Center
James Pendergraft (currently under suspension), Randall Whitney, Harvey C. Roth
2001 W. Oakland Park Blvd.Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311

Women’s Center
962 E Cypress Creek Rd.
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334

FORT MYERS (LEE COUNTY)

Ft. Myers Women’s Health Center
Fernando Betancourt
3900 Broadway Blvd., Bldg. C
Fort Myers, FL 33901

Planned Parenthood
8595 College Parkway, Suite 250
Fort Myers, FL 33919

Southwest Florida Women’s Clinic
Ali A. Azima
710 Pondella Rd. # 12
Fort Myers, FL 33903

FORT PIERCE (ST LUCIE COUNTY)

A Woman’s World Medical Center
503 S. 12th St.
Fort Pierce, FL 34950

GAINESVILLE (ALACHUA COUNTY)

All Women’s Health Center Inc
1135 NW 23rd Ave., Suite N
Gainesville, FL 32609

Bread and Roses Women’s Health
1233 NW 10th Ave
Gainesville, FL 32601

HIALEAH (DADE COUNTY)

A GYN Diagnostic Center
Uzy Bodman
267 E. 49th St.
Hialeah, FL 33013

Alba Medical Clinic
4210 Palm Ave.
Hialeah, FL 33012

A Women’s Care II
David Brown
952 E. 25th St.
Hialeah, FL 33013

A Woman’s Choice
Mark Spence
6406 NW 186th St.
Hialeah, FL 33015

A Woman’s Option Inc.
Alex Birman
1933 W. 60th St.
Hialeah, FL 33012

HOLLYWOOD (BROWARD COUNTY)

Woman’s A Center of Hollywood
3829 Hollywood Blvd # D
Hollywood, FL 33021

JACKSONVILLE (DUVAL COUNTY)

A Jacksonville Women’s Health
4131 University Blvd. S., Build. # 2
Jacksonville, FL 32216

All Florida Women’s Center
Patrick Kelly
3599 University Blvd. S # 1200
Jacksonville, FL 32216

All Women’s Clinic
4331 University Blvd. S
Jacksonville, FL 32216

LAKELAND (POLK COUNTY)

Lakeland Women’s Health Center
James Gengelbach
4444 S Florida Ave.
Lakeland, FL 33813

MIAMI (DADE COUNTY)

A Choice for Women Inc.
Edward Watson
6660 SW 117th Ave.
Miami, FL 33183

Advanced Gyn Clinic
6464 N Miami Ave
Miami, FL 33150

A Eve Center
Gerald Applegate
3900 NW 79th Ave., # 575
Miami, FL 33166

A Eve of Kendall
8603 South Dixie Highway Kendall
1 Plaza, Suite102
Miami, FL 33143

A Woman’s Care
68 NE 167th St., # A
Miami, FL 33162

Advanced Woman’s Care Center
Mark Spence, Jose Nunez & Dr. Rosental
2742 Southwest 8th St.
Miami, FL 33135

Blue Coral Women’s Care, Inc.
Mark Spence & Richard Friefeld
7360 Coral Way # 16
Miami, FL 33155

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Paul Norris & Christopher Estes
1321 NW 14 Street, #201
Miami, FL 33136

Millennium Women Center Inc
9370 SW 72nd St # A104
Miami, FL 33173

New World Medical Choice
Mario Reyes-Serrano, Martinez
2036 SW 1st St. Rear
Miami, FL 33135

Today’s Women’s Medical Center
Mira Rosenthal & Vladimir Rosenthal
3250 S Dixie HWY
Miami, FL 33133

Women’s Health Care, Inc.
2036 SW 1st St.
Miami, FL 33135

MIRAMAR (BROWARD COUNTY)

Gynecologists Diagnostic Center
6161 Miramar PKWY
Miramar, FL 33023

NAPLES (COLLIER COUNTY)

Planned Parenthood
1425 Creech Road
Naples, FL 34103

NORTH  MIAMI BEACH (DADE COUNTY)

Today’s Woman Medical Center
Mira Rosenthal & Vladimir Rosenthal
909 NE 163rd St. # 402
North Miami Beach, FL 33162

Women & Teens Community Health
16876 NE 19th Ave.
North Miami Beach, FL 33162

OCALA (MARION COUNTY)

Ocala Women’s Center
James Pendergraft currently suspended, Randall Whitney, Merri Morris, Scott E. Spagnolo-Hye
108 NW Pine Ave.
Ocala, FL 34475

ORLANDO (ORANGE COUNTY)

WomanCare /Abortion Center
Ralph L. Bundy
10244 E. Colonial Drive, Ste102
Orlando, FL 32817

EPOC Clinic
James Pendergraft, Randall Whitney, Scott E. Spagnolo-Hye
609 Virginia Dr.
Orlando, FL 32803

Orlando Women’s Center
James Pendergraft currently suspended, Randall Whitney, Scott E. Spagnolo-Hye
1103 Lucerne Terrace
Orlando, FL 32806

Planned Parenthood of Greater Orlando
726 S. Tampa Ave.
Orlando, FL 32805

PLANTATION (BROWARD COUNTY)

Aastra
Uzy Bodman
10 SW 44th Ave
Plantation, FL 33317

All Women’s OB/GYN Group
Celina Poy-Wing
817 S University Dr. # 101
Plantation, FL 33324

PORT CHARLOTTE (CHARLOTTE COUNTY)

Venice Woman’s Health Center
Ali Azima
21178 Olean Blvd. # C
Port Charlotte, FL 33952

SARASOTA (SARASOTA COUNTY)

All Women’s Clinic
Fernando Betancourt
2700 S. Tamiami Trail, # 5
Sarasota, FL 34239

Planned Parenthood
736 Central Ave.
Sarasota, FL 34236

SOUTH MIAMI (DADE COUNTY)

A Choice for Women
Harvey C Roth
6660 S. West 117th Ave.
South Miami, FL 33143

SAINT PETERSBURG (PINELLAS COUNTY)

All Women’s Center
Merri Morris, Fernando Betancourt & Malcolm Jones
4131 Central Ave
St. Petersburg, FL 33713

Planned Parenthood
Fernando Bentancourt & Quentin DeHaan
8950 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr St N # 102
St. Petersburg, FL 33702

Women’s Health Center
3401 66th St. N
St. Petersburg, FL 33710

TALLAHASSEE (LEON COUNTY)

N. FL Women’s Hlth & Counseling
1345 Cross Creek Way
Tallahassee, FL 32301

TAMARAC (BROWARD COUNTY)

BSSI, Dr. Michael Benjamin
7707 N. University Dr., # 206
Tamarac, FL 33321

TAMPA (HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY)

All Women’s Clinic
14401 Bruce B Downs Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33613

All Women’s Health Center
Malcolm Jones
3330 W Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33609

Planned Parenthood
8068 North 56th Street
Tampa, FL 33617

Tampa Women’s Health Center
Fernando Bentancourt & Quentin DeHaan
2010 E Fletcher Ave.
Tampa, FL 33612

Women’s Center of Hyde Park
James Pendergraft, Randall Whitney, Merri Morris
502 S Magnolia Ave.
Tampa, FL 33606

WEST PALM BEACH, FL (PALM BEACH COUNTY)

Presidential Women’s Center
Michael Benjamin, Frank Rodriguez, Daniel N. Sacks
100 N Point Parkway
West Palm Beach, FL 33407

WINTER HAVEN (POLK COUNTY)

Planned Parenthood
908 Spring Lake Square
Winter Haven, FL 33881

Contact Us

Florida Preborn Rescue
Scott J. Mahurin, Director
P.O. Box 10976
Saint Petersburg, FL  33733
(727) 481-3354
floridaprebornrescue@yahoo.com
http://floridaprebornrescue.blogspot.com