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American Life League (ALL) - 250,000 members Founded on April 1, 1979, by five families, including that of the current president, Judie Brown.
ALL is opposed to
* abortion * cloning * comprehensive, medically accurate sexuality education * contraception * federal funding for family planning * fetal tissue/stem cell research * homosexuality * international family planning * living wills * organ donation * Planned Parenthood and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) * reproductive technology ? artificial insemination and in vitro fertilization * right to die * welfare reform
ALL falsely claims that emergency contraception, the Pill, Depo-Provera®, and Norplant® are unsafe abortifacients and abortion causes breast cancer and severe psychological trauma
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Americans United for Life (AUL) - AUL?s newsletter has a circulation of 17,000 AUL was founded in 1971, making it America?s oldest anti-abortion organization.
AUL is opposed to
* abortion * right to die
* public misinformation campaigns ? AUL falsely claims that abortion causes breast cancer
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Christian Coalition - 1.5 million supporters Founded in 1989 by the Reverend Pat Robertson.
Christian Coalition is opposed to
* abortion * Buddhism * campaign finance reform * comprehensive, medically accurate sexuality education * feminism * Hinduism * homosexuality * legalized gambling * National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) * New Age Planned Parenthood and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) * pornography * separation of church and state
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Concerned Women for America (CWA) - More than 500,000 members Founded by Beverly LaHaye in 1979
CWA is opposed to
* abortion * atheism * Beijing+5/ Cairo+5 (women?s rights conferences and declarations) * comprehensive, medically accurate sexuality education * drug and alcohol education * equal pay for equal work legislation * Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) * federal funding for child care * feminism * fetal tissue/stem cell research * gays in the military * hate crime legislation * homosexuality * insurance coverage of contraception * international family planning * Medicare * National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) * Planned Parenthood and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) * right to die * separation of church and state * teacher unions * Title X * U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) * United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) * universal health care * women serving in the military
CWA supports
* abortion bans * abstinence until marriage * abstinence-only sexuality education * creationism * higher defense spending * home schooling * Nicaraguan contras * Outcome Based Education and other non-traditional educational experiments * parental notification laws * privatization of Social Security * school prayer * state reporting of names of people with HIV to federal agencies
* public misinformation campaigns ? CWA falsely claims that abortion causes breast cancer and severe psychological trauma, and the IUD, Norplant, Depo-Provera, and the Pill are abortifacients
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Eagle Forum
Founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 as Stop ERA, 80,000 members
Eagle Forum is opposed to
* abortion * affirmative action * comprehensive, medically accurate sexuality education * Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ? Eagle Forum was instrumental in its defeat * federal funding for child care * federal spending on education/school-to- work programs * feminism * fetal tissue/stem cell research * gays in the military * gun control * hate crime legislation * international treaties, conferences, and executive agreements including the U.N. treaties on the Rights of the Child and Women * liberalism * Planned Parenthood and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) * statehood for the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico * Violence Against Women authorizes funding for sexual assault and domestic violence prevention, including sexual assault prevention training for judges, battered women?s services, state-based services for victims of domestic violence, and transitional housing for victims of domestic violence * women in the military
Eagle Forum supports
* abortion bans * abstinence until marriage * English as the official language of the United States * home schooling * school prayer * Strategic Defense Initiative ________
Family Research Council (FRC) Founded in 1983 by Gary L. Bauer. FRC merged with Focus on the Family from 1988-1992, then reorganized separately and incorporated in October 1992. 400,000 members
FRC is opposed to
* abortion * comprehensive, medically accurate sexuality education * contraception * feminism * fetal tissue/stem cell research * gays in the military * hate crime legislation * homosexuality * funding international family planning programs * needle exchange programs * Planned Parenthood and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) * pornography * right to die * separation of church and state * welfare * women in the military
FRC supports
* abortion bans * abstinence until marriage * anti-obscenity laws * censorship * HIV partner notification laws, national reporting and tracking of HIV, disclosure of HIV testing results to insurance companies * home schooling * parental notification laws * school prayer
* public misinformation campaigns ? FRC falsely claims that emergency contraception is an abortifacient, and that homosexuals are pedophiles
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Feminists for Life of America (FFL) Founded in 1972 by Catherine Callaghan and Pat Goltz. Callaghan is a retired professor of linguistics and Goltz is a former member of NOW, who left the group because of her anti-choice views. 5,000 members
FFL is opposed to
* abortion * capital punishment * fetal tissue research * Planned Parenthood and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) * pornography * right to die
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Focus on the Family Founded in 1977 by James C. Dobson
Focus on the Family is opposed to
* abortion * comprehensive, medically accurate sexuality education * fetal tissue/stem cell research * gambling homosexuality National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) * Planned Parenthood and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) * pornography * right to die
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Human Life International (HLI) Founded in 1981 by Fr. Paul Marx. In 1980, Marx was ousted from the Human Life Center he had founded at Minnesota's St. John's University and Abbey in 1972.
HLI is opposed to
* abortion * comprehensive, medically accurate sexuality education * contraception * feminism * homosexuality * international family planning * liberal dissent movement within the * church * New Age * Planned Parenthood and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) * pornography * right to die * United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) * voluntary sterilization
* public misinformation campaigns ? HLI falsely claims that contraception is an abortifacient and results in infertility and that abortion causes severe psychological trauma and breast cancer
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Life Dynamics Incorporated (LDI) Founded in 1992 by Mark Crutcher, a former car dealer and motorcycle racer. Crutcher dedicated himself to the anti-choice movement after his daughter's death, which was unrelated to abortion.
LDI is opposed to
* abortion * fetal tissue/stem * cell research * Planned Parenthood and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
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Missionaries to the Preborn
Missionaries to the Preborn started as a branch of Operation Rescue and was renamed in 1990. It was founded by Rev. Matt Trewhella, who has been among protesters convicted of arson, disorderly conduct, and trespassing. He also signed the "Justifiable Homicide" declaration...
Missionaries to the Preborn is opposed to
* abortion * contraception * gun control * Planned Parenthood and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
* public misinformation campaigns ? Missionaries to the Preborn falsely claims that the Pill, the IUD, Norplant, and Depo-Provera are abortifacients
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National Right to Life Committee (NRLC)
Founded in 1972 by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB)
The NRLC is opposed to
* abortion * Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) * fetal tissue/stem cell research * funding the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) * managed care health insurance plans * Planned Parenthood and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) * right to die
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Operation Save America (formerly known as Operation Rescue) Operation Rescue was founded in 1988 by Randall Terry, protégé of Joseph Scheidler of the Pro-Life Action League
Operation Save America is opposed to
* abortion * comprehensive, medically accurate sexuality education * feminism * fetal tissue/stem cell research * homosexuality * Planned Parenthood and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
Operation Save America supports
* abortion bans * capital punishment * civil disobedience * corporal punishment * militant activism * patriarchy * school prayer * "Biblical slavery" (as restitution for crime or debt reduction) * theocracy
* compares the right to choose abortion with the horrors of the Holocaust
________ Pro-Life Action League (PLAL) Founded by Joseph Scheidler in 1980 "with the aim of saving babies' lives through nonviolent direct action." PLAL was born when Scheidler convinced a small group of dissenters from the National Right to Life Committee to form their own group that supported more aggressive action.
Pro-Life Action League is opposed to
* abortion * birth control pills, Norplant, Depo-Provera and emergency contraception * fetal tissue/stem cell research * National Organization for Women (NOW) * Planned Parenthood and the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF)
* public misinformation campaigns ? PLAL falsely claims that that the Pill, Norplant, and Depo-Provera are abortifacients, and that abortion is more dangerous than childbirth
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