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The next Stand Up for Religious Freedom Rally is still more than a month away, and this week our list of cities taking part reached 101!

The number of cities already on board for June 8 shows that the massive turnout seen at the first Nationwide Rally on March 23 wasn’t just a one-time thing.

Opposition among the American people to the HHS Mandate’s assault on religious freedom is intense—and getting stronger!

From Portland, Maine to Portland, Oregon and all the way out to Honolulu, Hawaii, Americans of all ages are sending a message that we will not stand idly by while the federal government forces all employer health plans to provide free contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortion-inducing drugs, regardless of any moral or religious objections.

Check out the Locations Page to see all the cities taking part and find a Rally near you.

Nine years ago, American Life League came up with a simple idea: they asked pro-lifers of all ages to wear a Pro-Life T-Shirt for one day in April.

They called it “National Pro-Life T-Shirt Day”.

Since then, the Day has gotten bigger and bigger each year. In fact, it’s so big that National Pro-Life T-Shirt Day has now become National Pro-Life T-Shirt WEEK!

The great thing about wearing a pro-life T-shirt at your school, at work, or wherever, is that it gets people talking about the humanity of the unborn child and the violence of abortion — which a lot of people never think about.

Imagine how many people’s minds can be changed — and babies’ lives can be saved — when we give this witness for 7 straight days from April 24th through 30th!

There’s more information here.

To participate, you can wear one of the official NPLTW shirts (available here), or any other pro-life shirt.

I hope you’ll join me in participating in National Pro-Life T-Shirt Week. Just by wearing a pro-life T-shirt and being out there in public, you’ll be helping to build a Culture of Life!

This Friday, March 23, you have a chance to be a part of history.

The Nationwide Rally for Religious Freedom is being held this Friday, March 23 at noon, local time, outside federal buildings, Congressional offices and historic sites all across the country.

The theme for the Rally is “Stand Up for Religious Freedom—Stop the HHS Mandate!”

Thousands of Americans of all faiths and of all ages will be participating in these peaceful rallies — organized by our parent organization, the Pro-Life Action League, along with Citizens for a Pro-Life Society — to oppose the new mandate from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that requires all employers provide free contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortion-inducing drugs through their health plans, even in violation of their consciences.

There is going to be a very strong youth representation at the more than 100 Rally sites across the country, and I hope you’ll be a part of it!

You can find the site nearest you here.

We recently received an email from 15-year old Angela Kim, president of the Teenage Life Club, who asked us to promote a very ambitious project their club is sponsoring: the 2012 Pro-Life Letter Campaign.

We’re happy to help!

Here is Angela’s letter:

The Teenage Life Club is hosting The 2012 Pro-Life Letter Campaign, and we need your help, participation, and prayer. We are a small, national group of six teenage girls in five different states. Our goal is to have 1 million letters sent to the White House and the Supreme Court during the month of March.

Why are we doing this and why should you participate? Abortion has been in this country long enough, and The Teenage Life Club has decided to help bring it to an end. 1 million letters won’t stop abortion, but it will make an impact in the pro-life movement. As elections approach, we want to remind this nation that abortion is still present. It is deadly, it is wrong, and we still care. (more…)

A few months ago, we received a call from Mary Beth Vernau, a high school senior from South Carolina, who requested that we send some of our pro-life materials to distribute at the South Carolina Catholic Youth Rally for Life on January 14.

Needless to say, we were more than happy to do that!

Earlier this week, we heard back from Mary Beth, who wrote to tell us that the youth rally was a great success.  Total attendance was nearly 1,000 — double the size of last year’s event!

She also sent along several testimonials from teens who attended the rally. The one that jumped out at me the most was this one, from Josh R., age 14: (more…)

There’s an article in the current issue of the Catholic New World — the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Chicago — highlighting four strong pro-life clubs at Chicago area high schools: St. Patrick and Mother McAuley High Schools in Chicago, Regina Dominican High School in Wilmette, and The Willows Academy in Des Plaines.

All of these clubs have either used our Pro-Life Curriculum, or had members attend our TeenSpeak conferences over the past few years — or both — and based on personal experience, I can assure you that they’re all doing great work!

You can read the article here.

“Phenomenal!” “Absolutely fantastic!” “I loved it!”

These are just some of the comments that sum up the reaction of the more than 140 teens and adults who attended TeenSpeak 2012 on January 28 at the Doubletree Hotel in Oak Brook, Illinois—the largest crowd we’ve ever had at a TeenSpeak conference!

The day began with an engaging and enthusiastic talk entitled “Making Abortion Unthinkable: The Art of Pro-Life Persuasion,” by Right to Life of Central California’s Josh Brahm. Drawing from his experience as one of few pro-life speakers who has formally debated leaders from “pro-choice” organizations like Planned Parenthood and NARAL, Josh emphasized the need to “focus like a laser beam” on the humanity of the unborn child when talking with someone who sees nothing wrong with abortion.

The audience loved Josh’s talk. High school student Sadie Huddleston remarked, “It was so informative! This talk truly brought out the issue of abortion and clearly informed me of ways to approach and how to answer pro-choicers.” (more…)

The National Catholic Youth Conference was HUGE. Total attendance was over 22,000!

This was our second time going to an NCYC, and we’re so glad we came! We had a booth in Victory Park, and we were thrilled at the response we got from everyone who stopped by.

Our “YOUR MOM Chose Life” pins were a huge hit! We gave away nearly all of them by the end of Day 2 of the 3-day conference, along with 500 “I’m Pro-Life. Ask Me Why!” buttons provided by Students for Life of Illinois.

We also gave out hundreds of pro-life stickers provided by Stand True, and pieces of pro-life literature provided by Human Life Alliance. We also had some great conversations with several teens who are interested in starting their own pro-life clubs.

We’re already looking forward to being at the next NCYC in 2013. And next time, we’ll know to bring a lot more buttons and stickers!

We’re getting ready to head to Indianapolis later this week for the 2011 National Catholic Youth Conference.

We’ll be at booth 267 in the Victory Park, and we’ll be giving away lots of pro-life literature, stickers, and buttons.

If you’re one of the 20,000+ teens who will be there, I hope you’ll stop by and see us!

Two of the most exciting things going on the pro-life movement right now are:

1. The exploding pro-life youth movement
2. The expanding ties among pro-lifers internationally

These two dynamic forces are coming together next week at the first-ever International Pro-Life Youth Conference, November 11-13 in Los Angeles.

The conference is being hosted by Survivors, Ireland’s Youth Defence and Students for Life, with the sponsorship of such cutting-edge pro-life groups as Live Action, Stand True Ministries, Human Life Alliance—and Generations for Life’s parent organization, the Pro-Life Action League.

I’m proud to be one of the speakers at the IPLY Conference, along with such pro-life “rock stars” as:

• Lila Rose of Live Action
• Bernie Smyth of Ireland’s Precious Life
• Jill Stanek, the Queen of pro-Life bloggers
• Bryan Kemper of Stand True
• Troy Newman of Operation Rescue
• . . . and more!

Student registration is a mere $35 for the whole weekend, but registration closes November 9th—so act now if you want to attend. You can get more information here or go straight to the registration page here.

This historic conference will motivate, educate and equip pro-life youth to end abortion in their lifetimes. It is not to be missed!

Tuesday, October 18 is the eighth annual Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity.

For one day, people all over the world will give up their voices in solidarity with babies who have had their voices silenced by abortion.

It’s a little over a week away, and already, students from over 1,300 schools—along with over 140 homeschools, 50 businesses & ministries, and over 460 individuals/non-students—in 47 countries have registered to participate!

Stand True Ministries, which sponsors the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity, is dedicating this year’s Day to the memory of Students for Life of America’s Kortney Blythe Gordon and her unborn daughter Sophy, who were tragically killed in a car crash this past weekend.

Are you willing to give up your voice for a day for those who will never have a voice?

For more information and to register, go here.

Crusaders for Life — the club responsible for starting the recent pro-life flash mob phenomenon — is hosting LIFEapalooza 2011, and you’re invited!

Here is the trailer:

LIFEapalooza 2011 will be held on Sunday, September 25 from 12:00 noon until 8:00pm at Madison Meadows Park in Lombard, Illinois [see map here].

More details are posted on the LIFEapalooza Facebook page. You can also e-mail the Crusaders at babiesmaketheworldgoround@gmail.com.

When I first heard about National Pro-Life Chalk Day, I thought to myself: “This is a GREAT idea!”

On Thursday, September 8, Rock for Life and Students for Life of America are inviting pro-life students everywhere to take part in this very simple, yet very impactful event.

The idea is simple:

1. Pick up some sidewalk chalk
2. Find an area that has a lot of foot traffic
3. Use your chalk to write pro-life messages

If you chalk pro-life messages all around your school campus — or anywhere else — you’re sure to get a lot of discussions started about abortion!

You can find suggested chalkable pro-life messages and other tips on the National Pro-Life Chalk Day website.

I just got an e-mail from Jacque Cicchella, who is the moderator for the Geauga Catholic Teens for Life in northeastern Ohio. Jacque ordered a copy of our Pro-Life Curriculum for the club earlier this year, and I was eager to know what the club had been up to this summer.

Here’s what she wrote:

Geauga Catholic Teens for Life is AMAZING! I can’t begin to tell you what an incredible blessing these teens are in my life, our parish and the prolife movement. We have 25 teens in our group with 8-9 “regulars”. We meet weekly, we have officers and we’re very official. We meet for two hours each week and our meetings include a Gospel reflection, a spiritual warfare lesson a prayer activity (Rosary for Life, Stations for Life, etc.) and then a life topic lesson (A big thank you for providing the life curriculum!). I am amazed each week as the Gospel reading, the spiritual warfare lesson and then the life lesson are all intertwined with a common message. This part is totally unplanned. It’s all the Holy Spirit!

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19-year old pro-life activist Timmerie wrote on her blog recently about a Pro-Life Flash Mob she choreographed that was performed at Griffith Park in Hollywood and at Santa Monica Pier during Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust’s 14th annual Pro-Life Training Camp:

Excellent job!