A large painting of Jesus hangs in the Paul Stefan Foundation maternity home in Orange, Virginia, on Friday, January 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Jasmine Heriot, right, a former Mary's Shelter resident, talks to the child of Meryem Bakache, a mother at Mary's Shelter maternity home in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on Friday, January 5, 2024. Today there are more than 450 maternity homes in the U.S., many of them faith-based. Anti-abortion advocates see them as the next step in preventing abortions and providing long-term support for low-income pregnant women and mothers. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
A room for pregnant women and mothers in the Paul Stefan Foundation maternity home in Orange, Virginia, on Friday, January 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
A Mary's Shelter maternity home in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on Saturday, January 6, 2024. The ministry includes more than 30 bedrooms in six houses and four apartments available for pregnant women and mothers. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Jasmine Heriot, a former Mary's Shelter resident, holds her infant's hand on Friday, January 5, 2024, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. In the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal right to abortion, there has been a nationwide expansion of maternity homes. Today there are more than 450 homes in the U.S., many of them faith-based. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Kathleen Wilson, founder of the maternity home organization Mary's Shelter, sits for a portrait at one of the homes in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on Friday, January 5, 2024. Wilson was inspired by her Catholic and anti-abortion beliefs to begin the ministry, which over 18 years has grown to include more than 30 bedrooms in six houses and four apartments. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Jasmine Heriot, a former Mary's Shelter resident, plays with her son on Friday, January 5, 2024, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Heriot recently moved out of the home and is staying with family. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Meryem Bakache lays her child in his bed at Mary's Shelter maternity home in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on January 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
A cross hangs in the prayer room at the Paul Stefan Foundation maternity home in Orange, Virginia, on Friday, January 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Karen Wilson-Buterbaugh holds her newborn daughter at the Florence Crittenton Maternity Home in Washington D.C. on August 10, 1966. Wilson-Buterbaugh gave birth during the "Baby Scoop Era," when more than 1.5 million infants were surrendered for adoption. Many unwed pregnant women and girls were sent to live in maternity homes, where they were often coerced into relinquishing their babies. (Karen Wilson-Buterbaugh via AP)
Meryem Bakache, left, a mother at Mary's Shelter maternity home in Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Jasmine Heriot, right, a former Mary's Shelter resident, hold their children on Friday, January 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Meryem Bakache, a mother at Mary's Shelter maternity home, comforts her child on Friday, January 5, 2024, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Today there are more than 450 maternity homes in the U.S., many of them faith-based. Anti-abortion advocates see them as the next step in preventing abortions and providing long-term support for low-income pregnant women and mothers. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Randy and Evelyn James sit for a portrait at their maternity home, the Paul Stefan Foundation, in Orange, Virginia, on Friday, January 5, 2024. The couple started the home after losing the last of their six children. They have since channeled their son's memory and their anti-abortion beliefs into running maternity homes. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Danielle Nicholson, a former maternity home resident of the Paul Stefan Foundation, sits for a portrait on Friday, January 5, 2024, in Orange, Virginia. Nicholson, who spent almost 5 years at the Paul Stefan home after giving birth, is now raising her soon-to-be sixth grade daughter. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)