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'''Angie S. Hammond''' (born October 21, 1948) is a figure in the [[right to life]] movement in the [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], [[Texas]], Metropolitan Area. In 1988, she opened the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Southwest Dallas in suburban Duncanville. In 2011, she became president of Hope Mansion, a home for expectant mothers with no other means of support. She is a frequent speaker at pro-life meetings and banquets and warns of the long-term dangers of [[abortion]].<ref name=bio>Angie S. Hammond biographical sketch, self-prepared</ref>

'''Angie S. Hammond''' (born October 21, 1948) is a figure in the [[right to life]] movement in the [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]], [[Texas]], Metropolitan Area. In 1988, she opened the Crisis Pregnancy Center of Southwest Dallas in suburban Duncanville. In 2011, she became executive director of Hope Mansion in Cedar Hill, Texas, a three-story residence of some 14,000 square feet,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transformationvision.org/Transformation_Vision/Hope_Mansion.html|title=Hope Mansion|publisher=transformationvision.org|accessdate=October 31, 2011}}</ref> converted to the use of expectant mothers who otherwise have no means of support. Hammond is a frequent speaker at pro-life meetings and banquets at which she warns of the long-term dangers of [[abortion]].<ref name=bio>Angie S. Hammond biographical sketch, self-prepared</ref>

   

   

==Anti-abortion activist==

==Anti-abortion activist==

Under Hammond's leadership, the Duncanville Crisis Pregnancy Center<ref name=bio/> soon expanded to include the licensed child-placement agency known as Chosen Heritage Christian Adoption,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://local.yahoo.com/info-28647569-hammond-angie-director-chosen-heritage-christian-adoption-duncanville|title=Hammond, Angie Director - Chosen Heritage Christian Adoption|publisher=local.yahoo.com|accessdate=October 31, 2011}}</ref>the Elizabeth Grace Maternity Home,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/g/mmsg5gj/angie-hammond|title=Angie Hammond, Executive Director of Elizabeth Grace Maternity Home|publisher=manta.com|accessdate=October 31, 2011}}</ref> and a limited obstetrical medical clinic. Hammond has since worked to open other maternity homes but cites a far greater need than has thus far been met.  Hammond is a director of the National Maternity Housing Board and Texas Life Connections, an organization that encourages churches to embrace pro-life ministries.<ref name=bio/>

Under Hammond's leadership, the Duncanville Crisis Pregnancy Center<ref name=bio/> soon expanded to include the licensed child-placement agency known as Chosen Heritage Christian Adoption,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://local.yahoo.com/info-28647569-hammond-angie-director-chosen-heritage-christian-adoption-duncanville|title=Hammond, Angie Director - Chosen Heritage Christian Adoption|publisher=local.yahoo.com|accessdate=October 31, 2011}}</ref>the Elizabeth Grace Maternity Home,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/g/mmsg5gj/angie-hammond|title=Angie Hammond, Executive Director of Elizabeth Grace Maternity Home|publisher=manta.com|accessdate=October 31, 2011}}</ref> and a limited obstetrical medical clinic. Hammond has since worked to open other maternity homes but cites a far greater need than has thus far been met.  Hammond is a director of the National Maternity Housing Board and Texas Life Connections, an organization that encourages churches to embrace pro-life ministries.<ref name=bio/>

Hammond is further involved in the procuring of ultrasound machines for crisis pregnancy centers. Such devices show expectant mothers the development of their children in the womb. The service often convinces a woman considering [[abortion]] instead to bear the child to term, keep the baby, or offer it for adoption.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heartlink.org/OUP/A000000725.cfm|title=Sanctity of Human Life|publisher=heartlink.org|accessdate=October 31, 2011}}</ref>

Hammond is further involved in the procuring of ultrasound machines for crisis pregnancy centers. Such devices show expectant mothers the development of their children in the womb. The service often convinces a woman considering abortion instead to bear the child to term, keep the baby, or offer it for adoption.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heartlink.org/OUP/A000000725.cfm|title=Sanctity of Human Life|publisher=heartlink.org|accessdate=October 31, 2011}}</ref>

Outspoken in opposition to taxpayer-funded abortions through such groups as [[Planned Parenthood]], Hammond once said that she had never witnessed a poor woman  determined to procure an abortion who could not find a way to finance the procedure without government funding. Hammond warns women of the risks of abortion to themselves as well as death to the child. In her words,:  

Outspoken in opposition to taxpayer-funded abortions through such groups as [[Planned Parenthood]], Hammond once said that she had never witnessed a poor woman  determined to procure an abortion who could not find a way to finance the procedure without government funding. Hammond warns women of the risks of abortion to themselves as well as death to the child. In her words,: