our scope and mission

The StandUpGirl.com Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides hope and courage to young women in an unplanned pregnancy, helping them to stand up and choose life for their unborn child.

Our scope is focused on the middle of the social spectrum, primarily working with women 12 to 24 years old with vaguely formed ideas about abortion. With a worldwide outreach, our “StandUpGirl” volunteers moderate the web and social media sites and respond to messages from across the globe. Visitors find educational materials, real answers to their questions, and a community of women they can talk to about their unplanned pregnancies.

Since our inception in 2001, we have had over 66 million visitors to our website. We currently receive over 600,000 monthly visits, and another 1.5 million reach us via social media. Since 2015, we’ve interacted with clients through 30,000 text and chat sessions, providing them with the knowledge, empowerment, and self-confidence needed to make life decisions in real-time.

Come alongside our team and help us change future generations’ hearts towards LIFE!

The Inception

In 1999, Paul Harmon, an engineer from Oregon, approached the Board of Oregon Right to Life and proposed a new method of outreach that was needed to capture the hearts and minds of Generation Y, the first generation to spend more time on the internet than watching TV. He proposed to reach into the minds of abortion-minded young women, we needed to reach them through the media they were using. This began the wheels turning as the site was developed and a marketing strategy was put into place. The original foundation was developed as a subsidiary of the ORTL Education Foundation and in 2001 became its own 501(c)(3) standalone organization.