How to actively get involved as a Defender of Life.
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DEFENDER OF LIFE: Activist
- Pray.
- Educate yourself on the issues concerning life and abortion then share that information with others, especially your pastor.
- Find and support your local Pregnancy Resource Centers.
- Come alongside others in their efforts defending life.
- Contact your state and federal legislators about supporting pro-life legislation.
- Pray for organizations and people who are defending life. Pray for women facing unplanned pregnancies.
- 40 Days for Life organizes prayer outside of abortion offices. www.40daysforlife.com
- Students for Life outlines the development of babies in the womb from conception to birth. www.studentsforlife.org/fetaldevelopment/
- Learn the facts about what really happens in an abortion. www.abortionprocedures.com
- Charlotte Lozier Institute provides news, science, and statistics for life. www.lozierinstitute.org
- Live Action has news and resources for education on life. www.liveaction.org
- Life Education and Action, on Facebook and YouTube, has Rich DeOtte’s videos on the Biblical reasons for defending life www.tinyurl.com/LEAplaylist
- Students for Life offers information and apologetics www.studentsforlife.org/pro-life-apologetics/
- Life Issues Institute is a pro-life education organization. www.lifeissues.org
- Care Net offers very informative pro-life classes. https://resources.care-net.org/free-resources
- Abort73.com features the Case Against Abortion with a wealth of information on life. www.abort73.com
- Do an internet search of “Pregnancy Resource Center” and put in the name of your city. research the center and then contact them to offer your help.
- Choice42 uses professional videos to “educate the public and encourage people to boldly speak out about the human rights violation of our time.” They also provide emotional and practical support to women to empower them to choose life. www.Choice42.com
- Susan B Anthony List provides information on federal legislation and office holders. www.sba-list.org
DEFENDER OF LIFE: Financial Support
- Pray.
- Research the work they do.
- Look at how they spend their money.
- Pray for God’s leading on which organizations and people to support. Once you get actively involved you will identify organizations that are being effective. Support them.
- For political and legislative organizations look at the bills they actively support. Look at the politicians they support. Look at what other organizations they work with.
- Human Coalition partners with pregnancy resource centers to connect with women who are online searching for an abortion and offer them help in overcoming the obstacles to having their baby. www.humancoalition.org
- Embrace Grace helps women with unplanned pregnancies find a place of belonging in church through judgement-free support groups that offer love and a healing relationship with God. www.embracegrace.com
- Center for Medical Progress is David Daleiden’s organization that exposed the selling of tissue from aborted baby bodies for profit. www.centerformedicalprogress.org
- Thomas More Society is a law firm that has a prolife mission. They are defending David Daleiden in court. www.thomasmoresociety.org
DEFENDER OF LIFE: Available Help
- Locate pregnancy resource centers for referral.
- Have facts on the dangers of abortion.
- Have facts on the development of the baby.
- Have the information on chemical abortion reversals.
- Have a list of resources that meet needs beyond the pregnancy
- Care Net offers information and a nationwide Pregnancy Resource Center search tool. www.care-net.org
- Pregnancy Decision Line offers information and links to Pregnancy Resource Centers. www.pregnancydecisionline.org
- Option Line is a directory of Pregnancy Resource Centers. www.optionline.org 800-712-HELP (4357)
- Students for Life includes resources on the dangers of abortion. www.studentsforlife.org/abortionrisks
- Abortion Pill Rescue connects women who want to reverse a chemical abortion to medical professionals who can help. www.abortionpillreversal.com 877-558-0333
- National Maternity Housing Coalition provides a directory of Christ-centered maternity homes. www.natlhousingcoalition.org/
- Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) 13,000+ service sites provide comprehensive health services regardless of ability to pay. www.findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov
- HeartBeat International has a searchable worldwide “Pregnancy Help Organizations” list. www.heartbeatinternational.org/worldwide-directory
- Safe Haven Laws (Baby Moses Laws) Various versions enacted in all 50 states decriminalize the leaving of an unharmed infant to become a ward of the state. Listed at https://lozierinstitute.org/safe-haven-laws-an-invitation-to-life/
- Many Pregnancy Resource Centers offer coordination of care through government assistance programs. In Texas the Alternatives to Abortion program that offers this service. https://www.hhs.texas.gov/services/health/women-children/alternatives-abortion