Sidewalk counseling saves lives!

By Tara Shaver, Albuquerque, New Mexico- Many people probably don’t know that coercing a woman into getting an abortion is illegal in all 50 states. While most abortions are elective and are used as a form of birth control it is not unheard of for our ministry sidewalk teams to encounter women who are feeling the pressure of coercion to have an abortion. Some are young and their parents are forcing them to end the life of their child with the threat of being kicked out of their home. Some parents even threaten their daughters with the withdrawal of financial support or a college education if they don’t submit to an…

BREAKING: Flagrant Pro-Life Censorship in Texas

By Bud Shaver,​Albuquerque, New Mexico- On August 15, 2024, Abortion Free New Mexico leader, Bud Shaver, was peacefully and prayerfully reaching out to abortion bound women at Whole Woman’s Health abortion facility located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. As part of his first amendment activity, he had pro-life signs, a “Love Box” containing baby items and helpful resources for pregnant moms, a diaper cake and Texas Department of Health resource publications (A Woman’s Right To Know and Resource Directory). While he was waiting for the rest of his team to arrive, at approximately 8:15AM, a man in a vehicle (arrayed with several activist bumper stickers one being a LGBT equal sign) rapidly swerved over (from the driving lane into the parking lane)…

By Bud Shaver, Your prayers and support are making it possible for us to make a big impact in our state. We have been in so many places bringing awareness, discussing the hard topics, equipping volunteers and battling on the frontlines. The highlight of the month was our Sidewalk Counseling Training seminar featuring long time pro-life warrior Don Blythe from At the Well Ministries. Don is the uncle of our late friend Kortney Blythe Gordon who was the inspiration for our prayer campaign No Sidewalk Without the Savior. It was encouraging to hear life saving stories from his ministry and to be better prepared for directly engaging women seeking abortions…

By Bud Shaver, Albuquerque, New Mexico– It is truly a blessing to serve as New Mexico’s pro-life missionary family alongside all of you who know how important it is to fight for the future generations of our state and our nation. Without your support, we couldn’t do this work to help moms find hope, build a culture that loves life and expose the abortion industry’s dirtiest secrets. Your prayers and support make our efforts possible and this month we have thought alot about what more we can do to save babies lives from abortion in New Mexico. The Lord has given us many ideas to pursue as you will read about…

By Bud Shaver, Albuquerque, New Mexico- When we moved to New Mexico in 2010 there were 8 abortion facilities. Today 5 remain, but one will be closing within a matter of months, Lord willing. After years of a concentrated faithful pro-life presence along with savvy investigative work, accountability and high pressure public exposure, Franz Theard’s abortion days are numbered. Our friends in the borderland at the Southwest Coalition for Life announced at the end of last year that Franz Theard’s current landlord does not plan to renew his current lease. This means that he will likely be forced to close his killing business and retire.  This will be an amazing victory, and will…

By Bud Shaver, Albuquerque, New Mexico- Thank you so much for your prayers and support in 2021, it has been another blessed year of service to our Lord here in Albuquerque, NM. In spite of all of the chaos the Lord has done a mighty work in and through us. He has enabled us to remain faithful on this mission field and as a result we have seen mountains moved. Your prayers have been answered as the pro-life community becomes more unified and as candidates rise up to run for office. The “Heroes Work Here” banner did come down and pro-life city councilors who signed our pro-life pledge will now govern…