Services Available

Options Counseling

Making an informed decision is important. What is the right choice for you:  giving birth or abortion?  We can help you process through your options by listening and answering your questions.

Pregnancy Tests

We offer free Pregnancy Tests that measures Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) in the urine.  The hCG levels rise rapidly in the first trimester, doubling every 2 days.  Our Pregnancy Tests are an excellent indicator for early detection of pregnancy.  In a study of 425 samples from women suspected of being pregnant, all 425 produced the expected results when confirmed with clinical follow-ups.

Relationship and Healing

Good or bad, relationships are a reality. If you would like to learn how to establish and maintain healthy relationships or find hope and healing from those relationships that may have left you wounded and fearful, give us a call. We provide support for the whole person through peer and professional counseling.  The staff and volunteers at APS are here to assist in the healing process in such areas as:

Helpful classes

If it’s knowledge and understanding you seek, we’ve got the classes for you! Teachers with plenty of life experience and practical know how provide valuable information, advice, and encouragement in each of the classes.  CALL FOR A CLIENT INFORMATION SHEET THAT LISTS ALL OF OUR CLASSES.

24 Hour Help Line 1-800-395-HELP (4357)

Call  24/7 if you need to talk about your pregnancy decision.  Trained volunteers are here to provide a listening ear and answer your questions.  Everything you tell us is strictly confidential. 

After Abortion

Is your heart still hurting after having an abortion? You are not alone. Studies have shown that 60% of women who have had abortions experience some sort of emotional distress afterwards and 30% suffer severe distress. If you are struggling after choosing an abortion, please give us a call. We will be happy to walk with you toward hope and healing.

Grief Counseling

If you have lost a child through miscarriage, death or adoption, you may be experiencing difficult emotional repercussions.  We’ll provide compassionate counsel as you work through your grief

Adoption Consultation

If you are pregnant, adoption may be the best choice for you and your baby. APS is not an adoption agency but we can provide information, resources, and referrals if you are interested in this act of selfless love.

Ask Doctor Davis:

1.) How long after sex do I have to wait in order to find out if I am pregnant?

It may take as long as 4 weeks afterwards for a conventional pregnancy test to show a positive, despite what is claimed in some commercials for pregnancy tests.

2.) What is the difference between RU486 and the morning after pill?

RU486 is an antiprogesterone agent which is used to kill the fetus in an established early pregnancy. A second pill, misoprostol, is given later to cause the uterus to contract and expel the fetus and placental tissue. The “morning after pill” is synthetic
progesterone as found in birth control pills. It reduces the likelihood of pregnancy when taken shortly after unprotected sex.

3.) How do I know if I am pregnant? What are the first signs of being pregnant?

Delay of the menstrual period, breast tenderness, nausea and fatigue are common symptoms in early pregnancy, although some women experience only some or even none of these.

3.) Will a condom protect me from all sexually transmitted diseases?

Although latex condoms, short of monogamy, are the best available protection against the spread of STD's, they still provide only partial protection. A small virus , such as the herpes virus, can pass through the pores of a latex condom, and latex condoms do not provide 100% protection from any STD.

A  CHOICE

I am confronted with choices every second, minute, hour, day, week, month, and year.
Some choices I have made so often, I now make them without thinking.
I take a shower, get dressed and brush my teeth.
Other choices I think long and hard about.
I talk with God about them.
Life… Love… Sex… Friendship… Work… Money… Education… Marriage… Motherhood… Meaning?
The choices I make accumulate and are the expression of my life.
Each choice is a brushstroke I use to paint the poem of my life with.
Therefore I choose to paint with…
Courage not panic,
Joy not despair,
Reasoning not reacting,
Kindness not anger,
Tenderness not toughness,
Love not fear,
I choose…

Akron Pregnancy Services (APS) is not a medical facility.  All services are provided confidentially and free of charge without regard to race, gender, religion, handicap or national origin. © 2009 Akron Pregnancy Services.  No portion of this website or any other materials produced by APS may be reproduced without the expressed written consent of the agency.

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