After volunteering at a rape crisis agency to learn about counseling and running an organization, Baker helped found Exhale, an after-abortion counseling “talkline,” of which she serves as executive director. The free, anonymous and confidential talkline, which launched in 2002, is now available nationwide, in five languages, seven days a week.

Over the last four years Exhale has spoken with hundreds of people across the United States, ranging from women who are in the process of ending a pregnancy to women who had abortions decades ago. And while they are dedicated to helping women with post-abortion feelings, they define themselves as apolitical and are not taking sides.

In fact, in an editorial published in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Baker wrote that callers openly speak about God, their families, about being pro-choice, pro-life, abused, capable, hopeful, empowered and forgiven. And, wrote Baker, they also express gratitude for Exhale’s assistance:

One caller from Philadelphia told us that “calling Exhale was the first step in [reclaiming] the parts of myself that have gone unacknowledged for six years.” Another wrote, “I am so glad you are here to talk. I felt an immediate positive rush of energy after I called.”