Our Mission
Sound Choices Pregnancy Clinic empowers women to make life-affirming pregnancy decisions through free medical services, education, and Christ-centered support, which lead to sound physical and spiritual futures.
Our History
Sound Choices Pregnancy Clinic is the country’s very first crisis pregnancy center (CPC) to have been established by a church. Once known as The Columbus Crisis Pregnancy Center, Sound Choices was founded in 1981 by Rev. Andy Merritt and Edgewood Baptist Church. Rev. Merritt was also integral in the opening of hundreds of CPCs in the United States, and he traveled the country assisting CPCs with their life-saving work for many years.
In 2007, Focus on the Family’s Option Ultrasound program invested over $40,000 in our CPC, and we were able to put into place free on-site ultrasound services for abortion-vulnerable women. These ultrasounds are administered by our sonographer and two registered nurses under the supervision of our Medical Director, Dr. Banks Carroll, and Radiologist, Dr. Cam Kersey. Along with this major addition to our services, we changed our name to Sound Choices Pregnancy Clinic.
