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The Weight of Unplanned Pregnancy
Hi, my name is Annabel, and after I heard that this week was going to be about abortion, I felt God tugging at my heart to share my story. So I’m going to do my best as this is still a very fresh, emotional journey for me.
Two pink lines. A positive pregnancy test. I’m 17. Senior in high school and living the best days of my life. On the high school dance team with an upcoming dance scholarship for college that I was so excited about.
What Comes Next? A Look Inside Where the Pro-Life Movement is Now
By Sammie Gallo, AFL Coordinator of Ministry & Youth Outreach At last year’s March for Life, pro-life...
Recent Legislation Impacts Women and Children
In a recent article entitled, “Providing or Depriving Women of Resources,” from the Life Issues Institute, Bradley Mattes discusses recent legislation from various states and highlights how some states are working hard to provide much-needed resources for women and children, while other states deprive them.
Why Do Our Churches Stay So Silent?
A few years ago, my wife and I were serving on a clear Saturday morning with around a dozen other volunteers in a 40 Days for Life prayer vigil outside an abortion clinic. Catholic churches had sent the most representatives, including one who graciously asked, “Where are the Protestants?” I wondered the same, as well as why the sidewalk wasn’t filled with more Christians from any church.
Canon G: AFL Topics
Often when I talk to people about Anglicans For Life, I list the five main topics we address; Abortion, Abstinence, Adoption, Euthanasia, and Bioethical Research. Recently, in the midst of telling a group of people the five topics that AFL covers, I realized sharing the five subjects doesn’t capture the breadth and depth of the many issues we teach, preach and counsel on!
Proposed UDDA Revisions Expand Law That Allows Euthanasia of Organ Donors
In August of 1968, an ad hoc committee of physicians at Harvard Medical School wrote a landmark paper that defined people in irreversible coma as dead. This utilitarian pronouncement was made to skirt the ethical and legal issues involved in procuring organs from people who were biologically alive (i.e., have a beating heart, respiration, blood circulation, and other signs of life). In 1981, the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) codified into law the Harvard committee’s recommendations.
Resurrection Requires Death
AFL’s ministry is all about life and death, but over the years I have found that people much prefer to talk about life rather than death! But as we celebrated Lent this year, I was reminded that you can’t have a resurrection without first experiencing death, and this truth is really beautifully illustrated by the story of Lazarus in the Gospel of John.
Uprooting Lies and Planting the Truth
Why is pro-life relationship education an important effort of Anglicans for Life and the larger Church, especially when it comes to the next generation?
Adoption Update
As God’s adopted children, we have a wonderful opportunity to share His heart for children, and for adoption, by helping children find their forever families.
New Data Show a Large Decline In Abortions Post-Dobbs
Yesterday, the #WeCount project of the Society of Family Planning released new data on the number of abortions that have been performed in the United States since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision.