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Woman conceived during rape and abandoned now on a mission to save unwanted babies

Monica Kelsey and her organization provide mothers facing crisis pregnancies the chance to choose life and safety for their children, by anonymously surrendering them at a hospital, firehouse, or other facility.
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John-Henry
Westen
John-Henry Westen

Donate to Monica Kelsey’s mission to save baby lives at LifeFunder.com by clicking here.

May 27, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) ‒ In this episode of The John-Henry Westen Show, I bring you an amazing and powerful good-news story of Monica Kelsey, whose mission is to save lives through Safe Haven Baby Boxes. Her organization provides mothers in crisis pregnancy situations the chance to choose life and safety for their children by anonymously surrendering them at a hospital, firehouse, or other facility that has these boxes.

Kelsey discusses with me today what inspired her to become involved not only in the pro-life movement but the safe haven movement as well. She talks about how her own mother, after being raped, found out she was pregnant but decided to give birth and then abandon her baby. Kelsey notes that “my life isn't worth less simply because of the way I came to be.”

During our interview, I aired some clips of Kelsey demonstrating just exactly how the Safe Haven Baby Boxes work. She explains how the organization is not only “about saving babies in boxes. We're about helping moms through their crisis.” Her ministry also helps women who wish to regain custody of their baby or wish to reunite with their child later in life.

Finally, Kelsey encourages everyone to help her organization continue its life-saving work. 

LifeSite has set up a LifeFunder page for Kelsey and Safe Haven Baby Boxes so you, too, can make an impact in communities around the United States. Please make a donation today, which will go directly to the costs of developing, installing, and monitoring the baby boxes in 10 more states.

Donate to Monica Kelsey’s mission to save baby lives at LifeFunder.com by clicking here.

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John-Henry is the co-founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of LifeSiteNews.com. He and his wife Dianne have eight children and they live in the Ottawa Valley in Ontario, Canada.

He has spoken at conferences and retreats, and appeared on radio and television throughout the world. John-Henry founded the Rome Life Forum, an annual strategy meeting for life, faith and family leaders worldwide. He is a board member of the John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family. He is a consultant to Canada’s largest pro-life organization Campaign Life Coalition, and serves on the executive of the Ontario branch of the organization. He has run three times for political office in the province of Ontario representing the Family Coalition Party.

John-Henry earned an MA from the University of Toronto in School and Child Clinical Psychology and an Honours BA from York University in Psychology.