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Vision:
- We are women and men, daughters, sisters, parents, grandparents. We are people of love and people of hope. We have experienced loss and have emerged stronger than we were before. We see a deep brokenness in people we meet and long to help them. We see the isolation so many feel and want to reach out. If you let us, we'd like to be by your side as you journey from where you are now to a new place of forgiveness and peace.
  
  Many of us are motivated by faith. Some simply want to share the peace that they have found. We are committed to the journey without judgment. At the end, we hope you will come to know that you are created out of love and for love. That abortion does not define you. That you can make peace with your decisions and build a life deserving of the amazing person you are. We are committed to the journey. We will stay by your side.
About:
- By Your Side LA is a ministry of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles Office of Life, Justice & Peace. It is meant to connect women and men in need of healing following abortion with resources in the community to help them heal.
  
  By Your Side LA offers a website, a call center, trained lay Merciful Companions to walk with those in need as they heal, and referrals to mental health professionals, retreats, support groups, spiritual healing, and other resources.
  
  The By Your Side LA website offers information for women, men, and family members who have been affected by abortion. Merciful Companions are trained to be able to speak with anyone needing healing, drawing from their own experience with loss and the training and support they receive from a mental health professional supervisor.
  
  The goal of By Your Side LA is to bring women and men hurting from past abortion experience to a place of peace and wholeness through conversation, reconciliation, and community.