Pro-Life Websites

Children of God for Life
Websitewww.COGforLIFE.org
Description: Offers information about various vaccines that are derived from tissues of aborted babies and ethically acceptable alternatives. Various educational pamphlets are available, including Vaccines from Abortion: The Hidden Truth. Links to finding Pro-Life doctors in your local area and how to file a Catholic Religious Exemption. Stem-cell & fetal tissue research, human cloning, and bioethics news and articles.

 

Diocese of Arlington – Office of Family Life
Phone: 703-841-2550
Websitehttp://arlingtondiocese.org/familylife/family_life.php
Description: “Offers resources…dealing with marriage preparation [including NFP] and enrichment [including Retrouvaille – for hurting marriages], family life, local abortion statistics, church documents on life issues, and a fact sheet on the Supreme Court Roe vs Wade ruling. Advanced Medical Directives (Living Wills) are also available. Encompasses respect life activities, including Respect Life Masses throughout the Diocese and a newsletter. [Encourages] education and advocacy [about]…legislation that supports…families and human life…” Gabriel Project and Project Rachel are part of the Office of Family Life.

 

Family Research Council – Defending Family, Faith, and Freedom
Phone: 202-393-2100 (Washington, D.C.)
Websitewww.frc.org
Description: “The Family Research Council (FRC) champions marriage and family as the foundation of civilization, the seedbed of virtue, and the wellspring of society. FRC shapes public debate and formulates public policy that values human life and upholds the institutions of marriage and the family. Believing that God is the author of life, liberty, and the family, FRC promotes the Judeo-Christian worldview as the basis for a just, free, and stable society. FRC also offers a “Vote Scorecard”for…Congress. The…Scorecard demonstrates how Members of Congress voted on pro-life and pro-family issues…”

 

Knights of Columbus – Fr. Francis J. Diamond Council #6292
Contact Email: Mr. Mike Purtill – mpurtill@netzero.net
Websitewww.6292.kofcva.org
Description: “Membership in the Knights of Columbus is open to practical Catholic men in union with the Holy See, who shall not be less than 18 years of age on their last birthday. A practical Catholic is one who lives up to the Commandments of God and the Precepts of the Church. Application blanks are available from any member of the Knights of Columbus…” Our local Knights participate in fund-raising activities and prayer services in front of the local abortion clinic, in order to build a culture of life in our society and throughout the world.

 

Life Decisions International
Phone: 1-540-631-0380
Websitewww.fightpp.org
Description: “A charitable, nonprofit organization that concentrates on challenging the deadly agenda of Planned Parenthood. Its chief project includes a boycott of Planned Parenthood’s corporate supporters.” LDI offers subscriptions to The Boycott List, The Caleb Report, and Special Reports, as well as email updates.

 

National Catholics Bioethics Center
Phone: 1-215-877-2660
Websitewww.ncbcenter.org
Description: “The National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) has long history of addressing ethical issues in the life sciences and medicine. Established in 1972, the Center is engaged in education, research, consultation, and publishing to promote and safeguard the dignity of the human person in health care and the life sciences. The Center is unique among bioethics organizations in that its message derives from the official teaching of the Catholic Church.” “The Center publishes two journals,Ethics & Medics and The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly.”

 

National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) Congressional Scorecards
Websitewww.ncbcenter.org
Description: Offers “…scorecard[s] for the important pro-life roll call votes in the U.S. Senate or U.S. House of Representatives for any Congress beginning with the 105th Congress (1997-98), up through the current 110th Congress (2007-08).”

 

Priests For Life
Phone: 1-888-PFL-3448
Websitewww.priestsforlife.org
Description: “Priests for Life was started in 1991 to do one of the most important tasks in the Church today…to help priests around the world spread the Gospel of Life to their people.” Priests For Life offers information on various topics, such as “prayer resources, news and commentary, Church teachings, contraception, capital punishment, euthanasia, educational resources, personal testimonies, alternatives to abortion, Q & A on abortion, and what you can do to end abortion…” This website also offers voting guides.

 

Tepeyac Family’s Network Real Estate Referral Program
Contact: Tepeyac Title & Settlement, LLC, 35 Fourth St., Suite A, Warrenton, VA 20186
Phone: 1-540-222-8398
Description: “When you use Tepeyac Family’s Network Real Estate Referral Program for your real estate needs, you can financially support the Tepeyac Family Center. We are a network of totally pro-life real estate professionals, including agents, loan officers, and settlement officers. When you use the services of a network professional, we will make a donation of up to $1,150 to Tepeyac Family Center.”

 

The Culture of Life Foundtion
Websitewww.culture-of-life.org
Description: “A social policy research institute dedicated to [educating the public with] the facts and science related to the culture of life [such as]…bioethics, the family, marriage, popular culture, and the dignity of the human person.”

 

The Family Foundation of Virginia
Websitewww.familyfoundation.org
Description: Offers “Voter Guides” and “Report Cards” on the Virginia General Assembly representatives, so you can see how your representatives have voted on current and past pro-life/pro-family issues. “The Family Foundation is Virginia’s oldest and largest pro-family public policy organization.”

 

The Second Look Project
Websitewww.secondlook.org
Description: A new campaign called the “Second Look Project” is attempting to challenge Americans to take another look at the way of thinking that made Roe vs. Wade a law. The campaign is from the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and has been aired on the radio and appeared on Metro trains and buses. They have a wonderful and informative website that is worth a look.

 

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Phone: 202-541-3000 or 1-866-582-0943
Websitewww.usccb.org
Description: Latest news and publications. Link to topics: “Abortion, Bioethics & Reproductive Technologies, Captial Punishment, Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide, National Prayer Vigil for Life, and Respect Life Programs.” Various educational pamphlets are available, including, “Roe Reality Check,” which provides the facts about the Supreme Court decisions that legalized abortion nationwide and what can be expected to happen to legal abortion if Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton are overturned.

 

The Virginia Catholic Conference
Websitewww.vacatholic.org
Description: The Conference represents the mutual public-policy interests of the Commonwealth’s Catholic bishops and their dioceses, offers members of the Arlington and Richmond dioceses their bishops’ perspective on critical state and federal policy issues, timely action alerts, and valuable materials to foster advocacy within parishes, schools, and other Church organizations. The VCC has created a new e-mail advocacy network for anyone who wishes to contact their state legislators about respect-life, social-justice, family, and education issues and who would like to receive regular alerts on measures considered during the 2006 Virginia General Assembly session (from mid-January until mid-March) and throughout the year.

 

Virginia Society for Human Life, Inc.
Websitewww.vshl.org
Description: Political information and updates about pro-life legislation, including ways to contact your representatives. Archives of past and present pro-life legislation decisions. Educational articles about related topics (i.e. human cloning, stem-cell and fetal tissue research, euthanasia, etc.).