March for Life

Adoption and Pregnancy Resource Centers

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Adoption and Pregnancy Resource Centers

 

Care Net supports more than 1100 affiliate pregnancy centers across North America.  Our affiliate pregnancy centers are faith-based organizations with deep roots in their communities.  Each center empowers women and men facing unplanned pregnancies with practical help, emotional support, and information about their pregnancy options.

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Heartbeat International works to inspire and equip Christian communities worldwide to rescue women and couples from abortion through the development of neighborhood pregnancy help centers, maternity homes, and adoption services. These ministries provide life-saving help in a truly life-changing way by assisting women who are at risk for abortion with the life-affirming, practical support they need to choose life, then prepare them to parent or to place for adoption.

Need to locate a pregnancy resource center?  Check out OptionLine to find the nearest center.

 

Human Life Coalition is a compassionate, technology-driven non-profit organization committed to rescuing children and families from abortion.  The core focus of Human Life Coalition is to reach at-risk women and men in their deepest time of need and introduce them to local life-affirming organizations where love and information can be shared in a compassionate, nonjudgmental way.

 

The National Council for Adoption’s iChooseAdoption.org provides resources on adoption and an adoption agency search.  The site also is home to many powerful and personal stories of adoption:

 

Additional Resources:

Adoption Journey

AdoptUSKids

Adopted and Loved

Bethany Christian Resources

Catholic Charities

Covenant Care Adoptions

Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute

Christian Alliance for Orphans

Heart Gallery of America

iCareAboutOrphans.org

National Council for Adoption

Sally’s Lambs

 

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Hill Briefing on Adoption

 

On Tuesday, September 10, along with Representative Steve Stockman (R-TX-36), the Radiance Foundation, the National Council for Adoption and Alliance Defending Freedom,  the March for Life Education and Defense Fund co-hosted a briefing on adoption titled: Promoting the Adoption Option – Myths, Obstacles and Solutions. 

Below is a summary of some of the social media highlights from the briefing, as well as some educational resources on adoption.  Furthermore, the theme for the 2014 March for Life is “Adoption: A Noble Decision.”  Stay tuned for more educational information as well as annoucements on the March for Life rally speakers!

 

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Citizen Lobbying

Get American Taxpayers Out of the Abortion Industry!

The March for Life Education and Defense Fund encourages Marchers to reach out to their elected officials concerning life issues.  While you are in town for the March for Life, take the opportunity to visit your Congressman or Senator’s office to advocate for an important piece of pro-life legislation, H.R. 7 (information below).

Back at home, be sure to call, write, email, or use social media to contact your elected officials.  They need to hear from you!

H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, was introduced by Pro-life Caucus Co-Chairs Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Dan Lipinski (D-IL) and would establish a government-wide permanent prohibition on funding for elective abortion and insurance coverage that includes elective abortion.  It would also close abortion-funding loopholes created by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), prohibit tax-preferred status for abortion through health savings accounts (and other similar arrangements) and itemized deductions.

No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act would not affect either the ability of an individual to pay for an abortion (or for abortion coverage) through private funds, or the ability of an entity to provide separate abortion coverage.  H.R. 7 does not affect funding for family planning services.

At the end of Title I of the U.S. Code, the legislation would add the Hyde Amendment that now covers programs funded through the Labor/Health and Human Services appropriations bill, the Act also would make permanent such laws as the Helms Amendment (no funds for abortion as a method of family planning overseas) and the Smith Amendment (no funds for health plans covering elective abortions for federal employees).

Statistics bolster the argument that direct federal funding for abortion increases the number of abortions performed.

  • In 1993, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated that the Federal Government would pay for as many as 675,000 abortions annually were the Hyde Amendment and other measures not in place to prevent taxpayer funding of abortion in government supported programs.
  • According to a 2007 Guttmacher report, the Hyde Amendment ban on federal funding for abortion has prevented between “18-35%” of women from having an abortion. In other words, unrestricted federal funding for abortion will increase the number of women obtaining an abortion by an average of 25%.
  • Researchers at the Charlotte Lozier Institute found that Obamacare will lead to 71,000 to 115,000 more publically funded abortions per year.

Regardless of one’s views on protecting life in the womb a large majority of Americans agree taxpayers should not be paying for abortions. 

Abortion, plain and simple, is the taking of an innocent life and is opposed by a large majority of Americans.  H.R. 7 gets the federal government out of directly funding the abortion industry and should be passed immediately.  

 

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Citizen Lobbying

There are many ways you can be a “citizen lobbyist” on behalf of the sanctity of life at the local, state, and federal levels.  For the time being, encourage your congressional representatives and senators to participate in the March for Life!

Contact Your Legislator

The March for Life Education and Defense Fund calls on Marchers to reach out to their elected officials concerning life issues.  We have provided guidelines to follow when writing letters, sending e-mails, or making phone calls to your legislators.  Read more HERE.

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Marching On

After the March for Life, we want you to keep “marching on” for life in your community!  One person can make a difference, and there are so many different ways to do this – we have provided a list of suggestions below.  You might also want to check out 15 Pro-Life Resolutions for 2014 from the Human Life Alliance.  We also want to hear your #MarchingOn stories – email us at info@marchforlife.org and your story could be featured on our website!

Support your local pregnancy center (PRC)

Pregnancy resource centers are on the front line of caring for women who are faced with an unexpected pregnancy.  Consider sponsoring a diaper drive for you local PRC, volunteering, or supporting financially.

You can read more about these centers on our educational resources.

Care Net, with its affiliate pregnancy centers, and through the Pregnancy Decision Line, helps prevent forced, coerced and otherwise unwanted abortions by promoting positive life choices. 

Heartbeat International works to inspire and equip Christian communities worldwide to rescue women and couples from abortion through the development of neighborhood pregnancy help centers, maternity homes, and adoption services. 

Pray

Bound4LIFE is a grassroots prayer mobilization movement focused on the ending of abortion through public stands of silent prayer wearing Life Tape in front of courthouses and abortion centers around the nation.

40 Days for Life is a community-based campaign that draws attention to the evil of abortion through the use of a three-point program of prayer and fasting, peaceful vigils, and community outreach.

Counsel

Sidewalk Advocates for Life seeks to train, equip, and support local communities across the United States in “sidewalk advocacy”: to be the hands and feet of Christ, offering loving, life-affirming alternatives to all present at the abortion center, thereby eliminating demand and ending abortion.

Start a pro-life group at your school

Students for Life of America trains and equips college, high school, medical, and law school students so that they can defend unborn children and help their mothers on their campuses.  

Movie Screening

Screen a movie with a pro-life message such as “Bella,” “October Baby,” or “It’s a Girl,” for friends, family, your church, or your community and hold a discussion afterwards.