Sanctity of Life Center

Background Statement

Sanctity of Life Center opened its doors on May 19th, 2008 under the direction of Lisa Souba, founder and first executive director, along with an initial five-member board of directors formed in March of 2007. Summit, Eagle, Lake and Park counties all exhibit a definite need for our services, the need for a place where both men and women who are experiencing an unintended pregnancy can come to receive compassionate and non-judgmental care.

Nationally, almost 50% of pregnancies are unintended, and over 30% of those end in abortion. The rate of unplanned pregnancies in Summit County is estimated to be about 30%. Due to the transient nature of the young adult population in our resort area, young men and women facing an unintended pregnancy are often far removed from home and their family support network, increasing their feelings of isolation and despair.

Sanctity of Life Center addresses this need by providing men and women with free pregnancy tests and limited access to a free ultrasound as well as caring counsel and accurate information about all three options available to them: parenting, adoption and abortion, so that they possess the tools necessary to make an informed decision which is consistent with their values. We also are expanding to provide formula and baby food to moms who need the little extra provision with rising costs of living. Prenatal care is expected to be expanded in the near future as well.

In 2023, we rebranded from Women's Resource Center of the Rockies. We want to be transparent in our mission to those in our community, to help dispel any myths about our purpose. Our mission and goals remain the same and we continue to see clients who need our services.

Over the past seventeen years, the center has withstood varying political climates and changed some services to best meet the needs of the community at the time. Ultrasound services provided on-site by a trained nurse practitioner and overseen by a local doctor were added in 2016.