Pro Life: What Is Happening and What You Can Do
If you or someone you know is facing an unplanned pregnancy, you will find helpful information here about abortion alternatives. You will also find help for women—and men—who have experienced abortion.
To learn about what is happening in the pro-life cause and what you can do, visit the Websites listed below. Also check out the services here to learn how you can get involved as a volunteer.
“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of God, I will do.”
— Edward Everett Hale
Pro-Life Websites
40 Days for Life. "There have now been nine coordinated 40 Days for Life campaigns since 2007, mobilizing people of faith and conscience in 422 cities across the United States and Canada, plus communities in Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Belize, Denmark, England, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico and Spain." (dated December 6, 2011)
Abort73.com. "Motivated by our Christian calling to establish justice, to expose evil injustices, to minister to the needy and helpless, and to extend love to every human person, Abort73.com aims to expose the practice of abortion as an injustice of historic proportions."
Africa Christian Coalition offers ten arguments against abortion
Americans United for Life (AUL). Founded in 1971 as the first national pro-life organization in the United States, Americans United for Life (AUL) is a nonprofit, public-interest law and policy organization whose vision is a nation in which everyone is welcomed in life and protected in law.
"We bring the pro-life message into mainstream America’s living rooms, offices, and schools, AUL attorneys work tirelessly across the country to help legislators write common-sense laws that protect human life at every stage, and to defend those laws against court challenges." Stay informed! Learn how you can help! Get life updates by email!
Bethany Christian Services. "The goal of pregnancy counseling at Bethany Christian Services is to ensure that every client facing an unplanned pregnancy receives accurate and complete information about options for her and her child. We want every client to make a fully informed decision that is the best one for the expectant parents and their child.There are no fees to you for pregnancy counseling services. There are no hidden costs. We are here to listen and provide help and guidance. We can also help with medical and living expenses."
Care Net. Care Net and our network of more than 1,100 pregnancy centers offer hope to women facing unplanned pregnancies by providing practical help and emotional support. In the words of TIME magazine, pregnancy centers are the "kind, calm, nonjudgmental" face of the pro-life movement. Free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, abortion information, parenting classes, and material assistance are just some of the many services offered that empower women to choose life. As an umbrella organization, Care Net seeks to promote, prepare, and plant pregnancy centers across North America.
Heartbeat International. Heartbeat International works to inspire and equip Christian communities worldwide to rescue women and couples from the agony and violence of abortion through the development of neighborhood pregnancy help centers, maternity homes, and adoption services.
Just the Facts. View the amazing facts of life before birth.
LifeNews.com is an independent news agency specifically devoted to reporting news that affects the pro-life community. With a team of experienced journalists and reporters, LifeNews.com reaches more than 250,000 pro-life advocates each week via its web site, email news reports, and weekday radio program.
Live Action. "We are a youth led movement dedicated to building a culture of life and ending abortion, the greatest human rights injustice of our time. We use new media to educate the public about the humanity of the unborn and investigative journalism to expose threats against the vulnerable and defenseless."
The National Council for Adoption is a research, education, and advocacy organization whose mission is to promote the well-being of children, birthparents, and adoptive families by advocating for the positive option of adoption.
National Institute of Family and Life Advocates. "Founded in 1993, the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) provides life-affirming Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRCs) with legal counsel, education, and training. NIFLA has dramatically grown and now represents approximately 1,200 member PRC’s across the country.
The National Pro-Life Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan coalition of more than 650,000 pro-life Americans united by a single mission: ending the horror of abortion-on-demand. The Alliance's endeavor is to extend full legal protection to every pre-born baby in this country by changing the political landscape and the laws which currently allow so many to be slaughtered mercilessly.
The National Pro-life Religious Council is a Christian coalition which acknowledges Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and is called to affirm and witness to the Biblical standard of the value, dignity, and sanctity of human life.
National Right to Life. The ultimate goal of the National Right to Life Committee is to restore legal protection to innocent human life. The primary interest of the National Right to Life Committee and its members has been the abortion controversy; however, it is also concerned with related matters of medical ethics which relate to the right to life issues of euthanasia and infanticide.
Pinckney Pro-life. At Pinckney Pro-Life we value all life, including the lives of those who disagree and oppose us. For over seven years, our members have posted billboards, marched, witnessed, educated, and prayed for peaceful solutions to the violent ending of life through abortion.
Prolife Across America. Since 1989 PROLIFE Across AMERICA's Media Mission is to reach out through billboard, TV, radio and newspaper ads to people who may not be reached in any other way. Totally educational, (non-profit and non-political), PROLIFE Across AMERICA is committed to bringing positive, persuasive messages offering information and alternatives - including adoption - and post abortion assistance to those in need. All ads feature our 800# Hotline for Help.
Pro-Life Action League. Through prayer vigils outside abortion facilities and sidewalk counseling, we reach out to abortion-bound women and couples with abortion alternatives, confidential counseling, access to pregnancy resources and other help, and witness to the value of the lives being destroyed inside.
Pro-Life Actions Ministries is an interdenominational, Christian organization dedicated to publicly defending the sanctity of human life, and saving lives from abortion, infanticide and euthanasia through peaceful direct-action and educational projects.
Pro Life Communications. We invite you to join the thousands of others that have already made the switch and are supporting the sanctity of human life via their telephone services. Simply by doing something you do each month, paying your Telecommunications bill, you will be supporting the pro-life efforts in your community. What a concept! Saving money on your communications services while contributing to pro-life efforts!
Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity. Learn how you can participate.
Pro-Life Web Ring links sites together that promote the pro-life viewpoint and contain pro-life information.
SaveOne: Hope for men and women who have had an abortion. Our mission is to reach men and women who are suffering in silence after an abortion. Our passion is to help men and women reclaim and restore their peace of mind and self-worth. Email us to learn how you can set up a chapter in your community. And join the SaveOne Facebook Group to stay up on what is happening!
Special Interest Pro-Life Groups
The American Association of Pro Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Our purpose is to reaffirm the unique value and dignity of individual human life in all stages of growth and development from fertilization onward.
Association of Prolife Physicians. The vision of the Association of Pro-life Physicians (APP) is being successfully implemented one doctor at a time, one patient at a time, one county at a time. When we have a list of pro-life physicians in a community, we work to educate the community on who the local pro-life physicians are so that patients can make educated choices to prefer like-minded, pro-life doctors.
Democrats for Life of America exists to foster respect for life, from the beginning of life to natural death. This includes, but is not limited to, opposition to abortion, capital punishment, and euthanasia.
The National Association of Pro-life Nurses (NAPN) . NAPN is a not-for-profit organization uniting nurses who seek excellence in nurturing for all, including the unborn, newborn, disabled, mentally and or/physically ill, the aged and the dying.
National Pro Life Action Center on Capitol Hill. The mission of the National Pro-Life Action Center is to give the Justices of the Supreme Court, their high level staff, members of the federal judiciary, members of the US Senate and other public policy makers the information, education and inspiration they need to better form their consciences so they will make better decisions.
Priests for Life. The mission of Priests for Life is to unite and encourage all clergy to give special emphasis to the life issues in their ministry. It also seeks to help them take a more vocal and active role in the pro-life movement, with predominant emphasis on the issues of abortion and euthanasia. Priests for Life exists in order to show the clergy how to fight the culture of death.
The Republican National Coalition for Life, founded by Phyllis Schlafly, works to protect and defend the Republican Party's principled commitment to legal protection for all innocent human beings, from conception until natural death. In addition, we will work to hold Republican lawmakers accountable to the pro-life principles in our platform. It is our desire to see those principles translated into public policy and law. Further, we encourage Republican Party officials to enthusiastically support pro-life candidates and policies consistent with our platform.
Association of Prolife Physicians. The vision of the Association of Pro-life Physicians (APP) is being successfully implemented one doctor at a time, one patient at a time, one county at a time. When we have a list of pro-life physicians in a community, we work to educate the community on who the local pro-life physicians are so that patients can make educated choices to prefer like-minded, pro-life doctors.
Democrats for Life of America exists to foster respect for life, from the beginning of life to natural death. This includes, but is not limited to, opposition to abortion, capital punishment, and euthanasia.
The National Association of Pro-life Nurses (NAPN) . NAPN is a not-for-profit organization uniting nurses who seek excellence in nurturing for all, including the unborn, newborn, disabled, mentally and or/physically ill, the aged and the dying.
National Pro Life Action Center on Capitol Hill. The mission of the National Pro-Life Action Center is to give the Justices of the Supreme Court, their high level staff, members of the federal judiciary, members of the US Senate and other public policy makers the information, education and inspiration they need to better form their consciences so they will make better decisions.
Priests for Life. The mission of Priests for Life is to unite and encourage all clergy to give special emphasis to the life issues in their ministry. It also seeks to help them take a more vocal and active role in the pro-life movement, with predominant emphasis on the issues of abortion and euthanasia. Priests for Life exists in order to show the clergy how to fight the culture of death.
The Republican National Coalition for Life, founded by Phyllis Schlafly, works to protect and defend the Republican Party's principled commitment to legal protection for all innocent human beings, from conception until natural death. In addition, we will work to hold Republican lawmakers accountable to the pro-life principles in our platform. It is our desire to see those principles translated into public policy and law. Further, we encourage Republican Party officials to enthusiastically support pro-life candidates and policies consistent with our platform.