Action Needed:
PROTECT LIFE IN VA

I’m writing you today because, as the Executive Director of Care Net Peninsula, I feel a deep responsibility to protect the mission you faithfully support.
For years, our work has quietly and effectively saved lives. We’ve focused on the woman and baby in front of us, not politics. But today, I must step outside my comfort zone, and maybe yours too, to warn you about a threat that puts everything we do at risk.

THE PROBLEM:

There is a proposed amendment to the Virginia Constitution that would enshrine “reproductive freedom” as a fundamental right—including abortion through all nine months of pregnancy. If this amendment passes, pregnancy centers like ours could be seen as “infringing, burdening, or denying” these rights simply because we don’t offer abortions. Legal experts believe this could open the door to devastating lawsuits or new regulations that would make it nearly impossible for us to continue serving the women who need us most.

Let Me Be Clear:This is not politics as usual. This is a direct threat to our ability to exist.

WHY NOW?

The amendment has already passed once through the General Assembly and will be voted on a second time in January 2026. If the House of Delegates election on November 4 results in a pro-abortion majority once again, the amendment will pass in January and be voted on as a ballot initiative in November 2026. It would take a miracle from God not to pass—current polling is 61-39 in favor of the amendment.

Let Me Be Clear: This can be stopped. The political reality is this. The House of Delegates is currently 51-49 pro-abortion. If that flips this November to 51-49 Pro-Life, this threat is gone.

OUR POSITION?

At Care Net Peninsula, we’ve never made political endorsements. And we still won’t. But we must speak up about this amendment because it’s about more than politics—it’s about our mission and the lives of thousands of unborn children.

My job isn’t to tell people who to vote for, but it is my job to tell the truth. And the truth is, the only realistic path to stopping this abortion amendment is to elect Pro-Life candidates to the House of Delegates on November 4th.

WHAT CAN YOU DO

Get informed about what this amendment really says by going to cnpeninsula.org/noabortionamendment
Know where your local House of Delegates candidate stands on Life by visiting cnpeninsula.org/noabortionamendment
Vote PRO-LIFE on November 4th

WHY IT MATTERS:

Imagine a future where our center is shut down. Not because we did something wrong, but because we “infringed” on a “right” to abortion. Imagine a Virginia where no voice is left to offer women real choice. This isn’t hyperbole. Pregnancy Centers in seven states are being sued as we speak.
Now Imagine the OppositeA future where life is protected. Where centers like ours thrive, and where the next generation of children live because you stood up and said, “Not on our watch”.

Now Imagine the Opposite: A future where life is protected. Where centers like ours thrive, and where the next generation of children live because you stood up and said, “Not on our watch!”

This is our moment. Not to turn political, but to be faithful.

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Ryan Holloway, Executive Director

September 26, 2025

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NO LONGER SILENT:

A Father's Story of Loss, Redemption, & Forgiveness

I always tried to make myself the easygoing guy, anyone could talk to, always smiling and capable of blending into the different groups around me. I wanted connection — friends, a girlfriend, people to see the “me” I didn’t think anyone did. Three high schools later, she finally saw me. I continued on in the relationship despite signs to turn around. We were together for two years. Finally out of high school and free to start our lives. Young and trying to figure life out, we talked about marriage and quickly moved in together. We were playing house.

Two months into trade school, I got a text:
“I’m late. I might be pregnant.”

On my way home, I stopped and picked up a box of pregnancy tests and waited at home in a hurricane of emotion. I’d always wanted to be a dad, even if I had no idea how to be one.

THE TEST WAS POSITIVE . . .

We started calling and driving around, looking for a clinic to get a blood test to confirm the pregnancy. But an actual hurricane was coming through town, and everything was closed. We sat in my car, searching and calling for clinics, when she looked up and said, “I have an appointment for next week.” I asked, “For the test?” She replied, “No. For an abortion.”

I WAS DEVASTATED.

We hadn’t talked about it. We hadn’t processed it, and suddenly it was decided.

I fell silent for a few minutes. I didn’t know what even to say. The only road forward I knew was: “Her body, her choice.” I thought being a good man meant supporting her decision. So, I kept quiet and took care of her. The following week I called out of work to take her to the appointment. But the next day, I had to go back to work as if nothing happened.

I felt my heart being ripped out of my chest, but I numbed it with justification that I wasn’t ready to be a dad.

Looking back now, I know I sinned, not by ending the life of our child with my own hands but by listening to the world’s wisdom and failing to protect that life. I didn’t speak up, I didn’t lead, I didn’t stand between my child and death. That haunts me.

We named him Michael. I say “him” even though we’ll never know for sure. I just know it in my heart. He would’ve been four years old this year.

For a long time, we didn’t talk about it. My girlfriend and I stayed together for two more years, but we never processed the loss. Birthdays became quiet reminders of what could have been. Eventually, we broke up. I moved back to Virginia. And God began breaking through my hardened heart.

One day I hit a stop sign — literally. I was driving, carefree, and ran into a stop sign. It sounds small, but God works through anything. For the first time, I faced my mortality. I started asking questions. What about Michael? Where is he? Would I see him again? And then the deepest realization hit me: I wasn’t on the path where I would see him again. If he were in heaven, I wouldn’t be.

God used that realization to begin drawing me to Himself. Through conversations with believers, reading the Bible, and wrestling with the truth, I began to see, really see, my need for a Savior. Desiring to share the news of my faith, I got baptized in November of 2022. That baptism wasn’t the finish line. It was the starting point of a new life in Christ.

Healing hasn’t been easy. But the church and my family have been lifelines. God corrected my relationship with my parents and gave me a community that helps bear this burden with me. He gave me brothers and sisters in Christ who don’t minimize the pain but point me toward hope and purpose. My story doesn’t end with regret. It concludes with redemption.

My ex-girlfriend, now a believer herself, reached out to ask for forgiveness. That conversation brought a kind of closure I didn’t know I needed. She was holding her newborn baby when we spoke. And as much as it hurt to hear, I felt nothing but joy that God had given her another chance at motherhood.

So why share this story now? Because there are too many men like me: quiet, confused, and sidelined. We have stopped using our voices because we’re told we don’t have one in this space. But that has to change. Our silence comes at a cost. If this story helps even one man find Jesus, find his voice, or find healing, then it’s worth telling.

I want to live my life in a way that honors God. I want to serve, speak out, and stand firm, not because I’m strong, but because Christ is. Romans 12:2 says, “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may know what is the will of God, what is good, acceptable and perfect.” That’s what God did for me. He renewed my mind, restored my soul, and gave me a mission.

This is for Michael. This is for the men still searching. This is for the God who forgives and redeems.

At Care Net Peninsula, we're not just here for Moms and Babies — we're here for Dads like Christian, too!

At Care Net Peninsula, we believe that reaching fathers is critical to achieving a lasting impact in the lives of our clients and their babies.

That’s why we launched a Men’s Ministry Program. For more information and to find ways to get involved, click here.

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