Stories tagged with: pro-life

• 'Unplanned' inspires pro-life candlelight vigils

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, April 10, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  National Pro-Life Action League photo

  CHICAGO (BP) -- Thousands of activists will attend pro-life prayer vigils outside Planned Parenthood clinics in 38 states Saturday (April 13), inspired by the movie "Unplanned," vigil organizers said.

  The Nationwide Pro-Life Candlelight Vigil is planned in 141 U.S. cities as of today (April 10), according to organizers the Pro-Life Action League, Citizens for a Pro-Life Action League and Created Equal. Read More

• Pregnancy center saving lives, reaching souls

  by Rudy Gray/Baptist Courier, posted Wednesday, January 23, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  SPARTANBURG, S.C. (BP) -- This spring, Alexia Newman will celebrate 30 years as director of Carolina Pregnancy Center in Spartanburg, one of the largest crisis pregnancy care centers in South Carolina.

  When she interviewed for the job in April 1989, she did not even know it was a pro-life ministry. "I had to ask before I would continue. I did not know anything about crisis pregnancies," she said. Since then she has become a seasoned veteran, heading a ministry that saves lives and reaches people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

  What has characterized her tenure at such a demanding post when the average stay of a director is less than three years? Read More

• Pro-life banners to greet drivers in 50 cities

  by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, June 21, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

  National Pro-Life Action League photo

  CHICAGO (BP) -- Pro-life advocates will hold banners on highway overpasses June 22 proclaiming "abortion takes a human life" to rush-hour motorists in 50 U.S. cities spanning 24 states.

  The first National Pro-Life Bridges Day is designed to use a non-confrontational statement to spark conversations on abortion among hundreds of thousands of Americans, event organizer Eric Scheidler of the Chicago-based Pro-Life Action League told Baptist Press. Read More

• 'Cemetery' displays collegians' pro-life stance

  by Brian Blackwell/Baptist Message, posted Wednesday, March 28, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

  Brian Blackwell photo

  PINEVILLE, La. (BP) -- Nearly 500 flags in a "Cemetery for the Innocent" covered a section of Louisiana College's quad as a memorial to the unborn on March 20.

  Each flag represented five of the lives aborted daily in the U.S.

  Chaz Morgan, president of the Louisiana College Students for Life, described the Cemetery for the Innocent as a visual picture of the battle that those who value life face daily in comments to the state convention's Baptist Message newsjournal. Read More

• Pro-life Rep. Murphy to exit amid mistress abortion scandal

  by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, October 05, 2017 (6 years ago)

  

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- U.S. Rep. Tim Murphy, a purported pro-lifer accused of having asked his ex-mistress to have an abortion, announced Oct. 4 he will not seek re-election when his eighth legislative term ends in January 2018.

  "After discussions with my family and staff, I have come to the decision that I will not seek reelection to Congress at the end of my current term," he said in an official statement at murphy.house.gov. "In the coming weeks I will take personal time to seek help as my family and I continue to work through our personal difficulties and seek healing. I ask you to respect our privacy during this time." Read More

• David Daleiden takes pro-life case to Supreme Court

  by Samantha Gobba, posted Wednesday, August 09, 2017 (7 years ago)

  

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- Lawyers for David Daleiden appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court last week over the ongoing litigation suppressing his undercover videos.

  During the 2014 and 2015 National Abortion Federation (NAF) annual conventions, the 28-year-old pro-life activist filmed undercover videos of Planned Parenthood workers allegedly discussing the illegal fetal tissue trade and late-term abortion procedures. In 2015, NAF filed suit, and Judge William Orrick issued a gag order to prevent the videos' release. Read More

• 'Life;' campaign saves 676 unborn babies, leaders say

  by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, November 07, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

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  RICHMOND, Va. (BP) -- At least 676 mothers were swayed from aborting their babies by volunteers on the 40 Days for Life international campaign and its concurrent bus tour that ended Nov. 6, according to the campaign's preliminary tally.

  As the campaign ended Nov. 6, major campaign sponsor Pro-Life Action Ministries (PLAM) of St. Paul, Minn., estimated 676 lives had been saved, based on reports from volunteers who conducted fasts and held prayer vigils outside 367 abortion facilities in 270 U.S. cities and more than 20 foreign countries. Read More

• 40 Days for Life U.S. tour runs through Nov. 6

  by Diana Chandler, posted Monday, October 17, 2016 (7 years ago)

  

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  ST PAUL, Minn. (BP) -- As Planned Parenthood marks its centennial, pro-life advocates are participating in the international 40 Days for Life campaign billed as the largest such mobilization in U.S. history.

  A 40 Days for Life United bus tour is a new addition to the 2016 campaign that will include vigils in 367 locations in 270 U.S. cities and more than 20 foreign countries, major campaign sponsor Pro-Life Action Ministries (PLAM) of St. Paul, Minn., said at 40daysforlife.com. Read More

• Pro-life rally held to 'do something' to end abortion

  by Southern Baptist TEXAN staff, posted Monday, September 28, 2015 (8 years ago)

  

  Photo by Adam Tarleton

  FORT WORTH (BP) -- Hundreds gathered for a multi-church, community-wide pro-life rally after six women decided they had to "do something" tangible to stand for life. The event, organized by the group Locals for Life, was hosted at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.

  The group, led by Ella Bullock and Rachel Miller of Birchman Baptist Church in Fort Worth, include stay-at-home moms, a first-grade ... Read More

• N.C. passes 72-hour abortion wait period

  by Courtney Crandell/WORLD News Service, posted Monday, June 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) -- North Carolina's state legislature approved a bill Wednesday (June 3) that extends the state's abortion waiting period to 72-hours, joining four other states that have passed similar legislation.

  The Senate approved the bill by a 32-16 vote after the House passed a version of the bill in April. Read More