The pregnancy help movement has continued to meet the needs of women in the Dobbs era and a new report showing steady growth in pregnancy help services underscores the movement’s momentum following the Supreme Court Dobbs decision.
The 2025 Life Trends Report from Heartbeat International reveals 2,164,043 total client visits at affiliated locations in 2024, up from 1,949,457 the previous year. There were 770,799 unique clients served in 2024.
Additionally, the report also found a 172-percent increase in pregnancy help organizations offering telehealth or telecare in 2024, rising from 46 to 125 in just one year.
Heartbeat International is the largest network of pregnancy help organizations in the U.S. and the world, with more than 3,600 affiliates worldwide. Its annual Life Trends Report gives a comprehensive snapshot of pregnancy help each year, with key insights into shifting cultural and client needs.
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Hearbeat's pregnancy help centers offer a wide range of services - from abstinence education and STD testing/treatment to Abortion Pill Rescue and parenting classes. Some of the overall statistics include:
- 71.4% provide abortion recovery services
- 26% are part of the Abortion Pill Rescue Network
- 75% provide ultrasound
- 82% offer material aid for families
- 47% provide men's mentoring programs
There was a 17 percent increase in affiliated maternity homes in the U.S. since 2022 - the year Roe v. Wade was struck down – up to 498 in 2024. Maternity homes are Christ-centered residences that offer pregnant women a safe place to live along with emotional, spiritual, and practical support to help them build stable futures. Heartbeat affiliated maternity homes in the U.S. showed a 77% increase since 2020.
That’s not the only encouraging news: 44 new pregnancy help centers opened in in the U.S. in 2024, expanding the pregnancy help community’s ability to meet the needs of women and families, and 46 pregnancy centers also operate a maternity home.
There were 44,418 active volunteers in Heartbeat U.S. affiliate pregnancy help locations as well.
“The demise of Roe in 2022 has only inspired more pregnancy help expansion and innovation,” Jor-El Godsey, president of Heartbeat International, told Pregnancy Help News. “This is the power of a true grassroots outreach of compassion and care across communities around the country. The Life Trends Report reflects a triumph of truth and love over the cold predatory practices of Big Abortion.”
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While Dobbs was a United States ruling, decisions of its magnitude do impact the landscape beyond the U.S. And with much attention paid to the United States it is important to note that just 2% of abortions worldwide occur in the U.S.
Along with its nearly 2,300 U.S. affiliates, Heartbeat serves with joint-affiliated networks worldwide, including Pregnancy Care Canada (Formerly CAPSS), Centro de Ayuda para la Mujer Latinoamericana (CAM), Movimento per la Vita (MPV), ProVida - Spain, Be'ad Chaim - Israel, Pregnancy Help Network: Association for Life of Africa (AFLA), Pregnancy Support Services of Asia (PSSA), Pregnancy Help Network - South Africa, Pregnancy Help Australia.
The Abortion Pill Rescue® Network (APRN), which serves globally, reported a marked rise in Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) “starts,” growing from 1,313 in 2020, to 1,769 in 2022, and reaching 1,924 in 2024. This is an overall increase of 47% and 2024 figures reflect an average approaching 200 reversal starts each month. A reversal start occurs when a woman receives a referral to a provider, the provider determines she is a candidate for APR, and she receives a prescription for APR treatment. Women from all 50 U.S. states and 96 countries contacted APRN in 2024. Approximately 2,000 lives were saved in 2024, and since 2012, statistics show that more than 6,000 lives and counting have been saved through the APRN, which is managed by Heartbeat.
Abortion Pill Reversal is crucial now more than ever, as chemical abortions continue to rise, accounting for an estimated 79 percent of all abortions in 2025, according to the Life Trends report. By 2030, the report predicts, “nearly all U.S. abortions could be chemically based.”
There were 377, 288 life-affirming connections made with the 24/7 pro-life helpline Option Line, also international in scope and managed by Heartbeat. Phone calls to Option Line increased from 48 percent of all connections in 2022 to 64 percent in 2024. Connections include calls, chats, texts, emails, and digital connects. The notable increase in calls highlights the growing demand for direct human support during moments of perceived crisis, the report said.
The Life Trends Report provides Heartbeat and its affiliates the tools to continue to better serve women and families and effectively communicate the positive impact of pregnancy help organizations.
Editor's note: Heartbeat International manages Pregnancy Help News. Heartbeat is cunrrently the subject of two lawsuits brought by state AGs concerning sharing infromation about Abortion Pill Reversal. This report has been updated with additional data.
