Crisis pregnancy group targets women in late 30s

A CRISIS pregnancy group, which has already received almost 200,000 calls for help on its mobile phone text service, is starting a campaign to reach out to women in their late 30s and early 40s.

The Crisis Pregnancy Agency’s Positive Options text service, which is mainly used by women aged 15 to 30, was set up in December 2002 on a pilot basis.

Caroline Spillane, the agency’s programmes and communications manager, said the service had received around 191,000 calls.