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About the Pro-Life Action League

[Stop Abortion Now]

The Pro-Life Action League was founded by Joseph M. Scheidler in 1980 with the aim of saving unborn children through non-violent direct action.

We are doing all we can to stop the killing and the exploitation. Some of our key activities are:

Abortion Clinic Presence

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.

We believe sidewalk counseling is the most important pro-life work God has given us to do. Praying outside abortion clinics is the first step in becoming directly involved fighting abortion.

Public Protest

We raise awareness of the injustice of abortion through marches, pickets, prayer vigils and especially Face the Truth Tours, during which we hold large abortion pictures on busy streets to show what abortion does to the unborn child.

Confronting the Abortionists

We confront the abortionists and abortion promoters wherever they are. We picket and demonstrate outside abortion facilities, pro-abortion events, the offices of abortion organizations like NOW and Planned Parenthood and even abortionists' houses. We infiltrate their meetings and groups.

Through our programs we've closed eight abortion clinics in Chicago alone and nearly a hundred across the country.

We expose the bias of the pro-abortion media and have blocked pro-abortion advertising. We put pressure on pro-abortion politicians and call abortion supporters within the church to change their ways and defend life.

We have converted abortionists. Their testimonies on how they got into and out of the dirty abortion business are collected on our Meet the Abortion Providers videos.

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Promoting and Defending Activism

The League helps pro-life activists organize effective programs, trains them to become successful pro-life leaders in their communities and saves lives through direct action. We provide training materials and conduct training workshops in many areas of pro-life activism.

A key resource is Joe Scheidler's book, CLOSED: 99 Ways to Stop Abortion. This invaluable pro-life manual has galvanized thousands of pro-lifers into activists and has bewildered the purveyors of abortion.

We have fought many court battles to defend our right to peacefully protest abortion, especially the landmark NOW v. Scheidler RICO case, securing rights for all pro-lifers.

Broadcasting the Pro-Life Message

We have appeared on Nightline, The McNeil Lehrer Report, The Phil Donahue Show, Crossfire, Oprah, Good Morning America and many other programs. Through press releases we comment on current life issues and inform the media of our activities.

We keep in touch with our supporters through a 24-hour Action News Hotline, with commentary on current pro-life issues and action alerts. Our Life-Update message keeps our supporters aware of current events and issues via e-mail. We publish a quarterly newspaper Action News on all our life-saving activities.

We conduct seminars and conferences, lecture before student groups, speak at pro-life rallies, and debate at leading universities.

Youth Outreach

We get young people involved in learning about the life issues and fighting abortion through our Generations for Life division. Generations for Life helps teens form vibrant pro-life clubs and trains them through a yearly Youth Leadership Conference. We also encourage teens to participate in pro-life activism.

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