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The largest pro-life organization in the United States, the American Life League, or ALL, opposes all forms of abortion, birth control, stem cell research, and euthanasia. Its current president is Judie Brown, who is sometimes called the grandmother of the pro-life movement, and its headquarters are in Stafford, Virginia.[1] Stafford is a community of about 1600 people in the northern part of the U.S. state of Virginia, located 10 miles north of Fredericksburg. ...
Mission
The American Life League, which claims to have 300,000 members, aims to persuade Americans and Catholics about its views on abortion, birth control and euthanasia. ALL is involved with issues pertaining to the sanctity of life, with an emphasis on abortion. The League describes themselves as "pro-life—without exception, without compromise, without apology." ALL's mission is to end all forms of abortion without any exceptions made for the life and health of the mother, rape, or incest. According to its president, "Abortion is never necessary to save a mother's life."[1] Birth control is a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman becoming pregnant or giving birth. ...
Euthanasia (from Greek: ευθανασία -ευ, eu, good, θανατος, thanatos, death) is the practice of terminating the life of a person or an animal because they are perceived as living an intolerable life, in a painless or minimally painful way either by lethal injection, drug overdose, or by the withdrawal of life support. ...
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Contrary to popular belief, ALL is not a political front group, as it has yet to endorse any candidate for any level of office. It is a spin-off of the National Right to Life Committee, with a grass-roots orientation.[2]
Projects The American Life League sponsors several projects, including: - Crusade for Life in which pro-lifers travel about the country and give speeches in parishes.
- Crusade for the Defense of Our Catholic Church [3] in which ALL seeks to persuade Catholics about its views on abortion, as well as expose pro-abortion Catholic politicians who, they claim, knowingly defy Church doctrine. In 2004, ALL published a full-page advertisement in USA Today urging Catholic priests and bishops to deny Communion to Catholic legislators who support abortion rights.[4] The League's slogan in this matter is "You can't be Catholic and pro-abortion."
- National Pro-Life T-Shirt Day is an annual event typically during April when pro-lifers are encouraged to wear a t-shirt that carries a pro-life message.
- Pro-Life Memorial Day falls on the first Monday of October, intentionally coinciding with the beginning of the US Supreme Court's fall term.
- Rock for Life [5] is the largest pro-life organization in America geared towards young people. Rock for Life's aim is to harness the popularity of rock music to spread its pro-life message. In doing this, Rock for Life supports pro-life musicians, distributes pro-life literature, and pickets at clinics that perform abortions.
- STOPP International is ALL's plan for stopping Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in America. Part of STOPP is the Ryan Report.
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Doctrine, from Latin doctrina, (compare doctor), means a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system. ...
USA Today is a national American newspaper published by the Gannett Corporation. ...
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T-Shirt A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a shirt with short or long sleeves, a round neck, put on over the head, without pockets. ...
Planned Parenthood is the collective name of organisations worldwide who are members of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF). ...
Attitude American Life League is often accused of being controversial and divisive within the larger pro-life community. Of particular interest is separate, and often competing events during the weekend of the annual March for Life. In fact, American Life League was formed after Judie Brown disputed with other members of the National Right to Life Organization. Furthermore, ALL often runs advertisements in national newspapers campaigning for policy change and against certain bishops of the Catholic Church. Many Catholics consider this irreverant and disrespectful, and this seems have caused ALL to some lose credibility among Catholics.
ALL helped to establish the “rescue” movement, which made the use of aggressive tactics to disrupt abortions and related services. These tactics, adopted and popularized by ALL, include sidewalk counseling, clinic blockades, and providing post-abortion support for greiving mothers. According to Brown these activities are free speech, and in 1994 ALL filed charges. In American Life League v. Reno, ALL lost in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court refused to hear the case.[6]
Affiliations The American Life League is also affiliated with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Pro-Life Secretariat. In keeping with the membership and leadership of the American Life League—which is more representative of Catholics than evangelical Christians—opposition to contraception is also motivating principle. The group is opposed to the "Plan B" emergency contraceptive pill on the grounds that it causes blood clots and other health problems.
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