An unplanned pregnancy doesn’t have to end in abortion.

Attendees of today’s John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society luncheon heard from Tonya Baker Nelson, executive director of A Hand of Hope Pregnancy Resource Center in Wake County. The center counsels women about all of the options they face when dealing with an unplanned pregnancy.

Click play below for Nelson’s assessment of why her center exists.

2 p.m. update: Watch the full 43:03 recording by clicking the play button below.

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