OUR HISTORY
In 2013, Eddie Perez stepped into leadership at a struggling pregnancy center in San Antonio with a bold vision: reach every abortion-minded woman before she ever sets foot inside an abortion facility.
Why? Because when a woman receives compassionate, life-affirming support before she walks into an abortion clinic, research shows that over 90% choose life.
At the time, the center was seeing only about 200 women per year—while more than 6,000 abortions were taking place annually in San Antonio. Eddie knew that had to change.
Drawing on his business background, he launched a new outreach and marketing strategy aimed directly at reaching vulnerable pregnant women before the abortion industry did.
The result? The number of women served jumped from 200 to over 1,400 each year. But the mission wasn’t complete.
One nearby abortion facility alone was performing over 1,000 abortions annually. Eddie knew more had to be done. That’s when the idea for a mobile pregnancy center was born.
In 2017, Eddie and his team purchased their first mobile unit—fully equipped to offer free pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, resources, and counseling. They began rotating the van directly between abortion facilities across the city.
The outcome was undeniable: Over 800 babies saved in just over two years.
Then something incredible happened. That same abortion facility—performing more than 1,000 abortions annually—closed its doors permanently. Their reason? The mobile unit was cutting too deeply into their abortion revenue.
Parking mobile pregnancy center vans in front of abortion facilities to help end abortion wasn't just a theory. Now we had proof.
If It Works Here, It Can Work Anywhere
The success in San Antonio proved what’s possible when mobile pregnancy centers are strategically deployed: Abortions drop. Clinics close. Women find hope. Babies are saved.
Today, Vans for Life is scaling the mission far beyond Texas — including successful van deployment or partnerships in Florida, Ohio, Indiana, and even the Dominican Republic.
But while the services offered on these vans are always free to the women they serve, the cost of deploying these vans is not.
The cost to purchase each Mobile Pregnancy Center Van: $150,000
(A $25,000 grant is currently being offered to help offset the cost of a van)
With your help, we can put these life-saving vans in front of abortion facilities in every major city across the United States.
And when we do, abortion won’t just be debated.
It will be defeated—one van, one mother, one baby at a time.