Catholic Resources on the Internet
Pro Life sites
The following pro-life resources are not specifically Catholic, but are the sort of organization which ought to be supported by all right thinking Catholics.
Charities Bulletin An extremely useful site managed by SPUC (see below) which makes public the attitude to abortion, euthanasia, embryo research, etc. of almost every UK charity. Check that charity out before parting with your money!
The Good Counsel Network A very Catholic pro-life organisation. Their mission: through and with Mary, the Mediatrix of All Graces, to Mediate the Mission of Motherhood, in order to save as many babies as possible from abortion, using the most effective, morally acceptable means, to reach, inform and help women.
Human life International Information about this major pro-life organization, its programs and conferences as well as a very useful collection of articles on various issues such as abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide and planned parenthood. Political articles are related to US issues but some useful background for UK readers.
LIFE Pro-woman, pro-child, pro-life, the UK's premier pro-life charity.
One More Soul OMS is dedicated to spreading the truth about the blessings of children and the harms of contraception and was founded in 1993 by Steve Koob and Mary Ann Walsh. They were active pro-lifers who realized that the root cause of the high abortion rate was contraception. A modest site that does well in its clearly defined aim to give information about this important area. There is a guide to finding a doctor who will teach NFP and a section for medical vacancies. A challenge to develop something similar in the UK.
Priests for Life An officially approved association of Catholic Clergy who give special emphasis to the pro-life teachings of the Church. They offer ongoing assistance to the clergy in addressing the topics of abortion and euthanasia, and training and resources to the entire pro-life movement. It is such a pity that they have swallowed the liberal canard that the death penalty issue is in some contorted way inextricable from the abortion issue. To learn more about the orthodox teaching on capital punishment click HERE.
Pro-abortion Violence Visit this site to learn about the link between pro-choice and violence. Warning: you will need a strong stomach.
Pro- Life Action League A superb American pro-life organization with lots of wonderful resources for direct action.
ProLife Alliance A UK political party which fielded some 60 candidates in the 1997 general parliamentary election, and whose election-broadcast was banned by the BBC for showing film of an abortion. They also have a SE branch.
SPUC was launched in 1967 to campaign against the Abortion Act. As the first "right to life" lobbying and educational organization established anywhere in the world, the Society defends the human rights of the child in the womb. It also campaign against other threats to the right to life: especially euthanasia and human embryo experimentation. It promotes the welfare of unborn children and expectant mothers, and challenges the promotion of abortion as a means of population control - especially in China and the developing world.
UK LifeLeague The UK LifeLeague is the bare knuckle fighter among the UK pro-life organizations. Some of the more established groups, who sometimes seem more concerned with being respectable than being effective, look down their noses at the UK LifeLeague's in-your-face approach. However, if I was earning my living slaughtering unborn children, There is no doubt that it would be the UK LifeLeague that I would fear the most. It is rumoured that Jim Dowson, the founder of the UK LifeLeague, is very anti-Catholic. This is not inconceivable as he has Northern Ireland Protestant roots and probably took anti-Catholicism in with his mother's milk. Catholics need to be big enough to realize that this is totally irrelevant to his effectiveness as a pro-life activist. It is also true that many traditional Catholics work happily alongside Jim in the UK LifeLeague.