This article is a list of
anti-abortion
Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life or abolitionist movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in respons ...
organizations in the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
. Individual organizations on this list may either be primarily oriented towards anti-abortion activism, or have adopted anti-abortion positions while not actively campaigning.
National organizations
Physicians' associations
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American College of Pediatricians
The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) is a socially conservative advocacy group of pediatricians and other healthcare professionals in the United States. The group was founded in 2002. In 2005, it reportedly had between 150 and 200 memb ...
(ACPeds), a small group of conservative doctors
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Association of American Physicians and Surgeons
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is a politically conservative non-profit association that promotes conspiracy theories and medical misinformation, such as HIV/AIDS denialism, the abortion-breast cancer hypothesis, ...
(AAPS), a politically conservative non-profit association aimed to "fight socialized medicine and to fight the government takeover of medicine."
Political party-affiliated organizations
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American Solidarity Party
The American Solidarity Party (ASP) is a Christian-democratic political party in the United States. It was founded in 2011 and officially incorporated in 2016. The party has a Solidarity National Committee (SNC) and has numerous active state ...
(ASP), supports a
consistent life ethic
The consistent life ethic, also known as the consistent ethic of life or whole life ethic, is an ideology that opposes abortion, capital punishment, assisted suicide, and euthanasia. Adherents oppose war, or at the very least, unjust war; some adh ...
, opposing abortion,
euthanasia
Euthanasia (from el, εὐθανασία 'good death': εὖ, ''eu'' 'well, good' + θάνατος, ''thanatos'' 'death') is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering.
Different countries have different eut ...
,
assisted suicide
Assisted suicide is suicide undertaken with the aid of another person. The term usually refers to physician-assisted suicide (PAS), which is suicide that is assisted by a physician or other healthcare provider. Once it is determined that the p ...
, and
capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...
.
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Constitution Party, a conservative political party opposing abortion, suicide, and euthanasia.
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Democrats for Life of America
Democrats for Life of America (DFLA) is a 501(c)(4) American political advocacy nonprofit organization that seeks to elect anti-abortion Democrats and to encourage the Democratic Party to oppose euthanasia, capital punishment, and abortion. DF ...
(DFLA), a tax-exempt political advocacy nonprofit organization that seeks to elect anti-abortion Democrats and to encourage the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to:
*Democratic Party (United States)
Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to:
Active parties Africa
*Botswana Democratic Party
*Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
*Gabonese Democratic Party
*Demo ...
to espouse a consistent life ethic view.
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Libertarians for Life
Libertarians for Life (LFL, L4L) is a nonsectarian group expressing an opposition to abortion within the context of libertarianism. Based in Wheaton, Maryland, Libertarians for Life believes abortion is not a right, but "a wrong under justice".
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, a nonsectarian group expressing an opposition to abortion within the context of libertarianism and adheres to the belief that abortion is not a right, but "a wrong under justice".
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Prohibition Party
The Prohibition Party (PRO) is a political party in the United States known for its historic opposition to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages and as an integral part of the temperance movement. It is the oldest existing third party ...
, a political party that supports
prohibition
Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic ...
and a consistent life ethic.
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Republican National Coalition for Life
The Republican National Coalition for Life (RNCL), often stylized as RNC/Life, is an organization formed to maintain the commitment of the Republican Party of the United States to anti-abortion principles. Its current executive director is Colleen ...
(RNCL), an organization formed to maintain the commitment of the
Republican Party to anti-abortion principles.
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Republican Party
Other organizations
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40 Days for Life
40 Days for Life is an international organization that campaigns against abortion in more than 60 nations worldwide. It was originally started in 2004 by members of the Brazos Valley Coalition for Life in Texas. The name refers to a repeated pat ...
, an anti-abortion activist group, named for the pattern of several
biblical
The Bible (from Koine Greek , , 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. The Bible is an anthologya compilation of texts of a ...
events lasting 40 days.
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Alliance Defending Freedom
Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF, formerly Alliance Defense Fund) is an American conservative Christian legal advocacy group that works to curtail rights for LGBTQ people; expand Christian practices within public schools and in government; and ...
(ADF, formerly Alliance Defense Fund), a conservative nonprofit organization with the stated goal of "defending the right to hear and speak the Truth through strategy, training, funding, and litigation."
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Alpha Center
Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ; grc, ἄλφα, ''álpha'', or ell, άλφα, álfa) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter aleph , whic ...
, a nonprofit agency also founded by Leslee Unruh (also its CEO) whose stated goal is to provide positive alternatives with practical support to women and men involved in an unplanned pregnancy.
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American Center for Law & Justice
The American Center for Law & Justice (ACLJ) is a politically conservative, Christian-based legal organization in the United States. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and associated with Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach, ...
(ACLJ), a politically conservative social activism organization founded to protect constitutional and human rights worldwide, and which generally pursues constitutional issues and conservative Christian ideals in courts of law.
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American Coalition of Life Activists
The American Coalition of Life Activists was an anti-abortion advocacy group that was the subject of controversy for its series of wanted-style posters.
History
During a 1995 meeting, the group unveiled a "wanted" poster that listed the name ...
(ACLA), a now-defunct advocacy group which made controversies surrounding their use of
Wanted-style posters to target abortion providers.
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American Family Association
The American Family Association (AFA) is a Christian fundamentalist 501(c)(3) organization based in the United States. (AFA), a nonprofit organization that opposes abortion, pornography, and same-sex marriage.
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American Vision
American Vision is a United States nonprofit organization founded in 1978 by Steve Schiffman. It operates as a Christian ministry, and calls for "equipping and empowering Christians to restore America’s biblical foundation." The organization ...
, a nonprofit organization which operates as a Christian ministry and calls for "equipping and empowering Christians to restore America’s biblical foundation."
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Americans United for Life
Americans United for Life (AUL) is an American anti-abortion law firm and advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1971, the group opposes abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, embryonic stem cell research, and certain contraceptiv ...
(AUL), an anti-abortion public interest law firm and advocacy group which calls for protection of human life at all stages of life, from conception to death, and is involved in the related issues of health and biotechnology.
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Arlington Group, a coalition which unites the leaders of prominent Christian conservative organizations in the United States.
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Bound4life, a grassroots nonprofit organization whose major goal is to train and multiply the number of Christians that pray regularly for the ending of abortion.
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Care Net
Care Net is an evangelical Christian network of crisis pregnancy centers operating primarily in the United States. As an anti-abortion organization, its centers seek to persuade women not to have abortions. Headquartered in Northern Virginia, it ...
, an operator of
crisis pregnancy center
A crisis pregnancy center (CPC), sometimes called a pregnancy resource center (PRC) or a pro-life pregnancy center, is a type of nonprofit organization established by anti-abortion groups primarily to persuade pregnant women against having an ab ...
s in the United States.
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Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, an organization generally promulgating
right to life
The right to life is the belief that a being has the right to live and, in particular, should not be killed by another entity. The concept of a right to life arises in debates on issues including capital punishment, with some people seeing it as ...
views which uses graphic images of aborted fetuses.
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The Center for Medical Progress (CMP), an organization founded in 2013 by activist
David Daleiden
David Robert Daleiden (born 1989) is an American anti-abortion activist who worked for Live Action before founding the Irvine, California-based Center for Medical Progress in 2013.
Early life and family
Daleiden says he is the "child of a cri ...
also known for its undercover video sting operation in a Planned Parenthood clinic with the accusation that the reproductive health service provider sells fetal body parts and tissues for profit.
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Choose Life, Inc., an advocacy group based in
Ocala, Florida
Ocala ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Marion County within the northern region of Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city's population was 63,591, making it the 54th most populated city in Florida.
Home to ...
that created the concept behind the "Choose Life" specialty license plate that promotes an anti-abortion message: to choose
adoption
Adoption is a process whereby a person assumes the parenting of another, usually a child, from that person's biological or legal parent or parents. Legal adoptions permanently transfer all rights and responsibilities, along with filiation, from ...
over abortion.
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Christian Coalition of America
The Christian Coalition of America (CCA), a 501(c)(4) organization, is the successor to the original Christian Coalition created in 1987 by religious broadcaster and former presidential candidate Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson. This US Christian ...
(CCA), an interdenominational Christian advocacy group.
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Concerned Women for America
Concerned Women for America (CWA) is a socially conservative, evangelical Christian non-profit women's legislative action committee in the United States. Headquartered in Washington D.C., the CWA is involved in social and political movements, t ...
, a politically conservative Christian women's activist group whose stated mission, "is to protect and promote Biblical values among all citizens — first through prayer, then education, and finally by influencing our society — thereby reversing the decline in moral values in our nation."
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Eagle Forum
Eagle Forum is a conservative interest group in the United States founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 and is the parent organization that also includes the Eagle Forum Education and Legal Defense Fund and the Eagle Forum PAC. The Eagle Forum has ...
, a conservative interest group that uses grassroots techniques to promote conservative women's and family issues in public policy.
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Elliot Institute, an advocacy group founded by electrical engineer and anti-abortion activist David Reardon, which studies "the effects of eugenics, abortion, population control, and sexual attitudes and practices on individuals and society at large."
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Faith and Freedom Coalition
The Faith and Freedom Coalition is a conservative political advocacy 501(c)(4) non-profit organization in the United States.
Organization History
The organization was founded and officially incorporated on May 14, 2009, by Christian Coalition f ...
, an ecumenical nonprofit organization which opposes abortion and same-sex marriage, and supports limited government, lower taxes, education reform, free markets, a strong national defense, and Israel.
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Family Research Council
The Family Research Council (FRC) is an American evangelical activist group and think-tank with an affiliated lobbying organization. FRC promotes what it considers to be family values. It opposes and lobbies against: access to pornography, emb ...
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Feminists for Life
Feminists for Life of America (FFL) is a non-profit, anti-abortion feminist, non-governmental organization (NGO). Established in 1972, and now based in Alexandria, Virginia, the organization publishes a biannual magazine, ''The American Feminist'', ...
, a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that promotes anti-abortion views
on the basis of feminism.
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Focus on the Family
Focus on the Family (FOTF or FotF) is a fundamentalist Protestant organization founded in 1977 in Southern California by James Dobson, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The group is one of a number of evangelical parachurch organizations ...
(FOTF or FotF), whose stated mission is "nurturing and defending the God-ordained institution of the family and promoting biblical truths worldwide."
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Justice House of Prayer (JHOP), a neocharismatic organization which focuses on prayer for issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage, and humanism,
and also regularly practices fasting.
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Life Chain, one of the largest anti-abortion social movement organization in America.
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Life Dynamics Inc., an organization whose stated motto is, "Pro-Life: without compromise, without exception, without apology".
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Live Action
Live action (or live-action) is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live-action with animation to create a live-action animated film. Live-action is used to define film, video ga ...
, a nonprofit organization that is best known for its undercover video sting operations on
Planned Parenthood
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. (PPFA), or simply Planned Parenthood, is a nonprofit organization that provides reproductive health care in the United States and globally. It is a tax-exempt corporation under Internal Reve ...
clinics, which was co-founded by anti-abortion activist
Lila Rose.
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March for Life March for Life may refer to:
* March for Life (Washington, D.C.), an annual anti-abortion gathering held in Washington, D.C.
* March for Life (Paris), an annual demonstration held in Paris protesting abortion
* March for Life (Prague), an annual ...
, an annual event held in Washington D.C. on or around the anniversary of ''
Roe v. Wade
''Roe v. Wade'', 410 U.S. 113 (1973),. was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States conferred the right to have an abortion. The decision struck down many federal and s ...
'', organized by the March for Life Education and Defense Fund.
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MassResistance
MassResistance is a group that promotes anti-LGBT and socially conservative positions. The group is designated an anti-LGBT hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, in part for claims linking LGBT people with pedophilia and zoophilia, and ...
, a
Waltham, Massachusetts
Waltham ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, and was an early center for the labor movement as well as a major contributor to the American Industrial Revolution. The original home of the Boston Manufacturing Company, th ...
-based group that promotes socially conservative positions on issues relating to homosexuality, abortion,
anti-bullying,
gun control
Gun control, or firearms regulation, is the set of laws or policies that regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use of firearms by civilians.
Most countries have a restrictive firearm guiding policy, with on ...
, the
transgender
A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through tr ...
community and same-sex marriage.
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Missionaries to the Preborn, an advocacy group founded by Rev. Matthew Trewhella in 1990 in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...
.
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, founded in 1993 which aims in "developing a network of life-affirming ministries in every community across the nation in order to achieve an abortion-free America."
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National Pro-Life Religious Council
Frank Anthony Pavone (born February 4, 1959) is an American anti-abortion activist and laicized Catholic priest. He is the national director of Priests for Life (PFL) and the chairman and pastoral director of its Rachel's Vineyard project. He ...
(NPRC), a coalition representing numerous Christian anti-abortion denominations and organizations in the United States.
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National Right to Life Committee
The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) is the oldest and largest national anti-abortion organization in the United States with affiliates in all 50 states and more than 3,000 local chapters nationwide.
Since the 1980s, NRLC has influen ...
, the oldest and largest national anti-abortion organization in the US,
which works through legislation and education to work against induced abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and assisted suicide.
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Operation Rescue (Kansas)
Operation Rescue (formerly Operation Rescue West or California Operation Rescue), the operating name of Youth Ministries Inc., is an anti-abortion organization in the United States. The organization originated in California and is now based in ...
(formerly Operation Rescue West or California Operation Rescue), engages in activities that it describes as "on the cutting edge of the abortion issue, taking direct action to restore legal personhood to the pre-born and stop abortion in obedience to biblical mandates."
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Operation Save America
Operation Save America (formerly Operation Rescue National) is a fundamentalist Christian conservative organization based in Concord, North Carolina, a suburb of Charlotte, that opposes human induced abortion and its legality, Islam, and ho ...
(formerly Operation Rescue National), which opposes
abortion
Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage or "spontaneous abortion"; these occur in approximately 30% to 40% of pregn ...
and
its legality, as well as same-sex marriage.
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Population Research Institute (PRI), a nonprofit organization whose stated goals are "to expose the myth of overpopulation" as well as "human rights abuses committed in population control programs, and to make the case that people are the world's greatest resource."
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Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians
The Pro-Life Alliance of Gays and Lesbians (PLAGAL) is a United States-based interest group opposed to legalized elective abortion and supportive of alternatives to abortion.
The group was founded by Tom Sena in 1990 in Minneapolis, Minnesot ...
(PLAGAL), an interest group opposed to legalized elective abortion and supportive of alternatives to abortion, which is inclusive of all
LGBT
' is an initialism that stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. In use since the 1990s, the initialism, as well as some of its common variants, functions as an umbrella term for sexuality and gender identity.
The LGBT term is a ...
people as well as straight allies.
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Pro-Life Action League
The Pro-Life Action League is an American anti-abortion organization founded by Joseph M. Scheidler in Chicago in 1980. The organization's sole mission is to end abortion. Joe Scheidler was the national director, his son, Eric Scheidler, is the e ...
, a Chicago-based activist group founded in 1980 currently led by Eric Scheidler.
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Secular Pro-Life
Secular Pro-Life (SPL) is an American secular anti-abortion organization. SPL argues against abortion and conducts advocacy, including on university campuses.
History
Secular Pro-Life was founded in 2009 by Kelsey Hazzard, who serves as th ...
(SPL), an all-volunteer organization which works both to end elective abortion and to incorporate
non-religious people into the U.S anti-abortion movement.
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Silent No More, an organization for people who regret that they or their partners had abortions.
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Stoneridge Group, a political campaign marketing firm based in
Alpharetta, Georgia
Alpharetta is a city in northern Fulton County, Georgia, United States, and is a part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. As of the 2020 US Census, Alpharetta's population was 65,818 The population in 2010 was 57,551.
History
In the 1830s, the Ch ...
.
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Students for Life of America
Students for Life of America (SFLA), also known as simply Students for Life (SFL), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, pro-life organization that has formed groups of high school and college students across the country. Currently, there are over 2,000 SF ...
(SFLA) or simply Students for Life (SFL), a tax-exempt nonprofit organization that seeks to end abortion, euthanasia, and infanticide by educating students about these issues and identifying anti-abortion student leaders and giving them the training, skills, and resources to effectively spread their message.
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Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust is a Christian American anti-abortion group based in California, founded by Jeff White. The group is best known for displaying graphic images of aborted fetuses in public locations. Survivors of the Abortion Ho ...
, a group which uses graphic imagery of aborted fetuses in protest against abortion.
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Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (formerly Susan B. Anthony List) is a 501(c)(4) non-profit organization that seeks to reduce and ultimately end abortion in the U.S. by supporting anti-abortion politicians, primarily women, through its SBA List ...
, a social welfare, nonprofit organization that seeks to reduce and ultimately end abortion in the United States by supporting anti-abortion politicians, primarily women, through its SBA List Candidate Fund political action committee.
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The Lord's Ranch, an outreach ministry for the poor located in
Vado, New Mexico; part of their ministry includes anti-abortion work.
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The Nurturing Network, an international charitable organization dedicated to relieving the many forms of abuse, neglect and exploitation that exist in a global world.
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TheCall, which practices prayer and fasting in protest against issues such as same-sex marriage and legal access to elective abortion.
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Thomas More Law Center
The Thomas More Law Center is a Christian, conservative, nonprofit, public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and active throughout the United States. According to its website, its goals are to "preserve America's Judeo-Christ ...
(TMLC), a conservative, nonprofit, public interest law firm promoting what it describes as Judeo-Christian heritage and moral values in defense against same-sex marriage and abortion.
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Thomas More Society
The Thomas More Society is a conservative Roman Catholic public-interest law firm based in Chicago. The group has been engaged in many "culture war" issues, promoting its anti-abortion and anti-same-sex marriage beliefs through litigation. The ...
, a Chicago-based conservative anti-abortion law firm.
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Traditional Values Coalition
The Traditional Values Coalition (TVC) was an American conservative Christian organization. It was founded in Orange County, California by Rev. Louis P. Sheldon to oppose LGBT rights. Sheldon's daughter, Andrea Sheldon Lafferty, was the execut ...
(TVC), a conservative organization preserving what they describe as "Bible-based traditional values", which include: "Defending human life from its earliest moments to natural death."
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United Families International
United Families International (UFI) is a United States nonprofit organization founded in 1978 by Susan Roylance. UFI works on an international scale to influence public policy toward "maintaining and strengthening the family". UFI has NGO status w ...
(UFI), a nonprofit organization that works on an international scale to influence public policy toward "maintaining and strengthening the family."
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Vision America
Vision America is a conservative American Christian organization founded in 1994 by Baptist pastor Rick Scarborough, which describes itself as formed to "inform, encourage and mobilize pastors and their congregations to be proactive in restori ...
, a politically conservative organization which describes itself as formed to "inform, encourage and mobilize pastors and their congregations to be proactive in restoring Judeo-Christian values to the moral and civic framework in their communities, states, and our nation."
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VoteYesForLife.com, a campaign whose executive director is anti-abortion activist Leslee Unruh.
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Women Exploited By Abortion (WEBA), an organization of women who regret having undergone induced abortion.
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Young America's Foundation
Young America's Foundation (YAF) is a conservative youth organization founded in 1969. In 2018, the ''Los Angeles Times'' called YAF "one of the most preeminent, influential and controversial forces in the nation's conservative youth movement. ...
(YAF), a conservative youth organization.
Religiously-affiliated organizations
Anglican
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Anglicans for Life
Anglicans for Life (AFL) is the anti-abortion ministry of the Anglican Church in North America and internationally associated with some members of the Anglican Communion, specifically of GAFCON. AFL educates and provides pastoral resources on the ...
(AFL), an anti-abortion ministry of the
Anglican Church in North America
The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) is a Christian denomination in the Anglican tradition in the United States and Canada. It also includes ten congregations in Mexico, two mission churches in Guatemala, and a missionary diocese in Cuba ...
.
Roman Catholic
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American Life League
American Life League, Inc. (ALL) is an American Catholic activist organization which opposes abortion, all forms of contraception, embryonic stem cell research, and euthanasia. Its current president is co-founder Judie Brown and its headquarters i ...
(ALL), a grassroots organization which has adopted a no-exceptions, no-compromise position against abortion and all forms of
contraception
Birth control, also known as contraception, anticonception, and fertility control, is the use of methods or devices to prevent unwanted pregnancy. Birth control has been used since ancient times, but effective and safe methods of birth contr ...
,
embryonic stem cell research
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are pluripotent stem cells derived from the inner cell mass of a blastocyst, an early-stage pre- implantation embryo. Human embryos reach the blastocyst stage 4–5 days post fertilization, at which time they consist ...
and
euthanasia
Euthanasia (from el, εὐθανασία 'good death': εὖ, ''eu'' 'well, good' + θάνατος, ''thanatos'' 'death') is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering.
Different countries have different eut ...
.
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(TFP), an organization of Catholic laymen that promotes traditionalist values, including opposition to abortion, assisted suicide,
LGBT rights
Rights affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty for homosexuality.
Notably, , 33 ...
(including
same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same Legal sex and gender, sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being ...
),
socialism
Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...
, and
communism
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
.
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Catholic Answers
Catholic Answers is a Catholic advocacy group based in El Cajon, California. It describes itself as the largest lay-run apostolate of Catholic apologetics and evangelization in the United States. It publishes ''Catholic Answers Magazine'', a b ...
, a lay
apostolate
An apostolate is a Christian organization "directed to serving and evangelizing the world", most often associated with the Anglican Communion or the Catholic Church. In more general usage, an apostolate is an association of persons dedicated to the ...
of Catholic apologetics and evangelization
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Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute
The Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) is a right-wing United States-based advocacy group, founded in 1997, in order to affect policy debate at the United Nations and other international institutions. It was formerly known as the Cathol ...
, a research institute and think tank that seeks to monitor and affect the policy debate at the
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...
and other international institutions.
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CatholicVote.org
CatholicVote.org is a conservative, non-profit political advocacy group based in the United States. While the organization acknowledges the authority of the Magisterium, it is independent of the Catholic Church.
Structure
CatholicVote.org is di ...
, a nonprofit political advocacy group that acknowledges the authority of the Church's Magisterium, but is technically independent of the Church.
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EWTN
The Eternal Word Television Network, more commonly known by its initials EWTN, is an American basic cable television network which presents around-the-clock Catholic-themed programming. It is not only the largest Catholic television network in ...
, a Catholic television network.
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Knights of Columbus
The Knights of Columbus (K of C) is a global Catholic fraternal service order founded by Michael J. McGivney on March 29, 1882. Membership is limited to practicing Catholic men. It is led by Patrick E. Kelly, the order's 14th Supreme Knight. ...
(K of C), the world's largest
Catholic
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
fraternal service organization, whose advocacy typically deals with Catholic
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
and
anti-abortion
Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life or abolitionist movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in respons ...
issues. The Order has adopted resolutions advocating a
culture of life
A culture of life describes a way of life based on the belief that human life at all stages from conception through natural death is sacred. It opposes the destruction of human life at any stage, including abortion, euthanasia, capital punish ...
.
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Priests for Life
Priests for Life (PFL) is an anti-abortion organization based in Titusville, Florida. PFL functions as a network to promote and coordinate anti-abortion activism, especially among Roman Catholic priests and laymen, with the primary strategic goa ...
(PFL), a group of Catholic priests working to end abortion and euthanasia.
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Sisters of Life Sisters of Life is a female Roman Catholic religious institute, following the Augustinian rule. It is both a contemplative and active religious community, dedicated to the promotion of anti-abortion causes. The abbreviation S.V. stands for Sorores ...
(S.V.), a contemplative and active Catholic religious institute under the Augustinian rule, devoted to the promotion of anti-abortion causes.
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United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States. Founded in 1966 as the joint National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United States Catholic Conference (US ...
(USCCB)
United Methodist
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Taskforce of United Methodists on Abortion and Sexuality, an organization committed in reversing the
United States Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...
decision ''
Roe v. Wade
''Roe v. Wade'', 410 U.S. 113 (1973),. was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States conferred the right to have an abortion. The decision struck down many federal and s ...
'', "by first providing theological leadership within the church, which will set an example that political, legal and cultural forces will follow."
State and local organizations
Arizona
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Center for Arizona Policy (CAP), an
Arizona
Arizona ( ; nv, Hoozdo Hahoodzo ; ood, Alĭ ṣonak ) is a state in the Southwestern United States. It is the 6th largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is part of the Fou ...
-based nonprofit conservative lobbying group.
California
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SaveCalifornia.com, a nonprofit organization founded as part of Campaign for Children and Families (CCF), which is active in influencing public policy on various social issues.
Colorado
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Colorado Right to Life (CRTL), a
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
-based advocacy group which believes all human beings not convicted of a capital crime have a right to life from the moment of fertilization until natural death.
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Colorado Family Action, a lobbying organization founded in 2007 that opposes same-sex marriage and adoption, birth control access, and abortion.
Connecticut
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Family Institute of Connecticut
The Family Institute of Connecticut is an interdenominational, conservative 501(c)(3) non-profit advocacy organization founded in 1989. Its stated goal is to encourage and strengthen the family as the foundation of society and to promote Judeo-Ch ...
, an interdenominational, conservative tax-exempt nonprofit organization whose stated goal is to encourage and strengthen the family as the foundation of society and to promote Judeo-Christian ethical and moral values in the culture and government of
Connecticut
Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...
.
Georgia
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Georgia Right to Life
Georgia Right to Life (GRTL) is a 501(c)(4) anti abortion organization that is non-profit, non-partisan, and non-sectarian. It was incorporated in 1971 by Jay and Cheryl Bowman. In 1973, it became the state affiliate of the Washington, D.C.-based ...
(GRTL), a
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
-based nonprofit advocacy group organized for activities in the areas of education, legislation, and political action to oppose legalized abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning and artificially produced genetic transformation.
Illinois
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Illinois Family Institute
The Illinois Family Institute (IFI) is a Christian organization based in Tinley Park, Illinois. Founded in 1990, its stated mission is "upholding and re-affirming marriage, family, life and liberty in Illinois", and it is affiliated with the Ame ...
(IFI), a Christian nonprofit organization opposed to abortion,
separation of church and state
The separation of church and state is a philosophical and jurisprudential concept for defining political distance in the relationship between religious organizations and the state. Conceptually, the term refers to the creation of a secular sta ...
, "
activist judge
Judicial activism is a judicial philosophy holding that the courts can and should go beyond the applicable law to consider broader societal implications of its decisions. It is sometimes used as an antonym of judicial restraint. The term usually ...
s", the "
marriage penalty
The marriage penalty in the United States refers to the higher taxes required from some married couples with both partners earning income that would not be required by two otherwise identical single people with exactly the same incomes. There is a ...
",
civil union
A civil union (also known as a civil partnership) is a legally recognized arrangement similar to marriage, created primarily as a means to provide recognition in law for same-sex couples. Civil unions grant some or all of the rights of marriage ...
s, same-sex marriage, gambling and drug legalization based in
Illinois
Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its largest metropolitan areas include the Chicago metropolitan area, and the Metro East section, of Greater St. Louis. Other smaller metropolita ...
.
Minnesota
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Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL), the oldest and largest right-to-life organization in Minnesota founded in 1968 to resist the legalization of abortion, as well as euthanasia, assisted suicide and embryonic stem cell research.
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Minnesota Family Council (MFC), a Christian organization founded to work against the teaching in schools of tolerance for homosexuals and is also opposed to abortion, stating that: "human life is sacred from conception to natural death and must be protected by government".
Missouri
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Missouri Family Policy Council,
conservative Christian lobbying organization that seeks to regulate
strip clubs
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Places
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* Caprivi Strip, narrow strip of land extending from the Okavango Region of Namibia to ...
, abortion, and same-sex marriage.
Nebraska
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Nebraska Family Alliance
Nebraska Family Alliance (NFA) is a fundamentalist Christian organization based in Lincoln, Nebraska. It is a 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1988. It most prominently lobbies against LGBT rights, such as same-sex marriage and LGBT adoption. T ...
, a
Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United Sta ...
lobbying group that advocates for traditional
gender roles
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and
conservative Christian views on
public policy
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.
New York
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Conservative Party of New York State
The Conservative Party of New York State is an American political party founded in 1962 following conservative dissatisfaction with the Republican Party in New York. Running on the Conservative Party line, James L. Buckley won election to the U ...
* New York State Catholic Conference
* New York State Right to Life Committee
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New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms
New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms is a non-profit Christian conservative political advocacy group in the State of New York. The organization was founded in 1982. As of January 2018, Rev. Jason J. McGuire is the organization's Executive D ...
Ohio
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Citizens for Community Values
Citizens for Community Values (CCV) is a lobbying organization focused upon implementing conservative Christian sexual morality in public policy. It operates primarily in the US state of Ohio and is the Family Policy Council (a Focus on the Fami ...
, an
obscenity
An obscenity is any utterance or act that strongly offends the prevalent morality of the time. It is derived from the Latin ''obscēnus'', ''obscaenus'', "boding ill; disgusting; indecent", of uncertain etymology. Such loaded language can be use ...
censorship group founded in 1983 that has expanded to other matters of
conservative Christian sexual morality
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in public policy.
Texas
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Texas Alliance for Life, a nonprofit organization committed in "protecting the fundamental right to life of all innocent human beings," which opposes abortion (except to preserve the mother's life), infanticide, euthanasia, and all forms of assisted suicide.
Virginia
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Virginia Society for Human Life
The Virginia Society for Human Life (VSHL) is a non-profit organization advocating an end to abortion in Virginia and the United States. VSHL is the Virginia affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee. It was founded in 1967 and is the olde ...
(VSHL), a nonprofit organization advocating an end to abortion in
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
; it is the oldest anti-abortion organization in the US.
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Family Foundation of Virginia
Family Foundation of Virginia is a Social_conservatism, socially conservative and Christian fundamentalism, Christian fundamentalist lobbying organization headquartered in the United_States, US city of Richmond, Virginia. It was focused originally ...
, a lobbying organization focused originally on opposition to
sex education
Sex education, also known as sexual education, sexuality education or sex ed, is the instruction of issues relating to human sexuality, including emotional relations and responsibilities, human sexual anatomy, Human sexual activity, sexual acti ...
that has expanded to opposition to abortion, same-sex marriage, and the
Equal Rights Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex. Proponents assert it would end legal distinctions between men and ...
.
See also
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List of abortion-rights organizations in the United States
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anti-abortion organizations in the United States
Anti-abortion movement in the United States
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