Medical Professionals

Ministering to Parents Facing Prenatal Diagnosis

Ministering to Parents Facing Prenatal Diagnosis

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.  To highlight October, Heartbeat International interviewed our very own, Tracy Winsor, Parent Program Director, to discuss BNA working with parents facing a prenatal diagnosis.  Tracy retells the BNA...

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BNA Supports UK Family Fighting to Bring Home Son

BNA Supports UK Family Fighting to Bring Home Son

A family reached out to BNA for support in an effort to bring home their son Daniel, diagnosed with Trisomy 18. This family was fighting for the right for Daniel to have life-saving surgery. BNA assisted by writing a testimonial letter to the ethics panel of the UK...

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October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Month

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Month

It's a staggering fact that 1 in 4 women will lose a baby during pregnancy, delivery, or infancy. And yet, many bereaved parents (and those who love them) are ill-prepared for grieving this loss. The death of a baby is, by definition, disordered. Children are supposed...

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BNA Members Attend CMA Conference

BNA Members Attend CMA Conference

October is Respect Life Month. At Be Not Afraid (BNA), we celebrated October by participating in the Catholic Medical Association (CMA) conference. Judy Townsend ​(BNA Parent Care Coordinator) and Tracy Winsor (BNA Parent Program Director) spent the...

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Insight from a Physician with First-Hand Experience

Dr. Stringfield is Medical Director of Choices Medical Clinic in Wichita, KS. Smiles abound throughout the pre-op room, but the eyes betray everyone present. They reveal the hesitation and dread of this fateful day. My patient has come to the day of the probable death...

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