May I suggest these empathetic guidelines taken from Healthy Place. com when considering choices, and they do work

Don’t criticize. People struggling with any sort of mental illness are very vulnerable, and cannot defend themselves against direct personal attack. Try to be supportive, and keep negative or nagging remarks to an absolute minimum. If there is one single standard to work for in your relationship with a mentally ill person, it is to respect, and protect, their shattered self-esteem.

If you want to influence behavior effectively, the best thing to do is ignore negative behavior as much as you can, and praise positive behavior every chance you get. Study after study shows that if you “accentuate the positive” people will want to perform the behaviors that earn them recognition and approval. Many reliable studies indicate that criticism, conflict and emotional pressure are most highly related to relapse.

Don’t buy into the stigma all around you. People with mental illness are not “bad,” or ill because of some failure of character. Our family member of God is not willfully trying to disgrace us, frustrate us and embarrass us. They are not dedicated to undermining our dignity, or ruining our prestige and standing in the community. They are simply ill. Stigma is awfully hard for those with a mental illness, but we certainly don’t have to go along with it!

It is important to encourage independent behavior. Ask your ill family member what they feel they are ready to do. Plan for progress in small steps that have a better chance for success. Make short-term plans and goals and be prepared for changes in directions, and retreats. Progress in mental illness requires flexibility; it means giving up our zeal for progress measured by normal standards.

The best gift we can offer is to accept that mental illness is a fact in the life of someone we love, and look ahead with hope to the future. It is important to tell our family members that mental illness makes life difficult, but not impossible. This is the only way it is now; things can be better. People come out of these illnesses; people get better. Family members can help keep the future alive; most people with mental illness do struggle on and rebuild their lives.

Sincerely,
Someone impacted by your actions

Moreover, it would be great if people can participate in the 40 days of Life that is being promoted on the following website: http://www.40daysforlife.com/splash.cfm
This website is promoting a 40 days of prayer and fasting to reduce abortion.

Blessings in Christ,
Joumana Cafferty