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Generations for Life empowers teens to be effective pro-life leaders by inspiring and helping them to establish lively pro-life clubs within their own high school communities and youth groups.

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Generations for Life is on the leading edge of a growing youth movement to transform the culture and usher in an era of reverence for all human life from conception to natural death � a culture in which all people, whatever their age, ability, background or physical condition, are treated as members of one human family and children of God.

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*Join Us at NCYC! - Generations for Life Nov 16, 2009, 12:15 pm

We’re getting ready to head to Kansas City later this week for the 2009 National Catholic Youth Conference. We’ll be at booth 500 in the Thematic Park, and we’ll be giving away lots of pro-life literature, stickers, and Precious Feet pins. If you’re one of the 20,000+ teens who will be there, I hope you’ll stop by and see us!

*An Act of Love - Generations for Life Nov 12, 2009, 10:43 am

The story of Abby Johnson’s decision to leave her job at Planned Parenthood and become pro-life continues to get a lot of media attention. Just yesterday, on Jill Stanek’s blog, I found out about a particular act of love by a teenage girl that ended up playing a role in Abby’s conversion: As a teen Elizabeth often prayed in front of Abby’s mill, and she tried to befriend Abby. Once Elizabeth even brought Abby flowers. Abby’s friends inside the mill dissuaded her fro

*40 Days for Life Saves Lives, Changes Hearts - Generations for Life Nov 3, 2009, 2:39 pm

40 Days for Life ended this past Sunday, and the results were amazing. This was the fifth ever 40 Days for Life campaign. Before it started on September 23, more than 1,561 babies had been saved by abortion at 40 Days for Life vigil sites. Now that number is over 2,000. In addition, eight workers in the abortion industry quit their jobs—including Abby Johnson, the former director of the Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Bryan, Texas! Her story is amazing, because her conversion start

*Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity a Great Success - Generations for Life Oct 23, 2009, 12:37 pm

If you participated in the Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity on Tuesday, you were one of over 200,000 people in 25 countries who gave up their voice for those who will never have a voice. The next day, my friend Bryan Kemper of Stand True, which sponsored the Day, wrote this: I know that I am going to hear about babies being saved every year, but I still get choked up as I start to read the stories. I am writing this report about 24 hours after getting the first stories back and we have already

*Why Is Planned Parenthood Trying to Expand in Aurora? - Generations for Life Oct 15, 2009, 12:13 pm

In a development that reopens the whole controversy surrounding their deceptive arrival here, it has recently been disclosed that Planned Parenthood is planning an expansion at their Aurora site. They are seeking permission from the City of Aurora to boost their parking by a whopping 27 spaces, an increase of nearly 40%. I'll go on and explain the entire situation—including the deception going on here—in a moment, but first let me deliver this urgent action item: Please call and e-mail the a

Vampires and Sex 180 - Generations for Life Oct 6, 2009, 6:22 pm

Recently, I finally broke down and read Stephanie Myer’s Twilight. Around the same time I started reading Sex 180: the next revolution by Chip Ingram and Tim Walker. Strangely enough, they combine to show important things about our culture and sex. According to Sex 180, Hollywood’s way of finding love starts with the physical, goes to emotional, next to social, then to psychological, and lastly to the spiritual. In Twilight, Bella and Edward’s relationship starts out with t

*'Do You Support a Woman's Right to Choose?” - Generations for Life Oct 2, 2009, 12:03 pm

This morning as I was waiting to catch the train to get to work, I was approached by a guy named Robert Marshall, who is planning to run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Roland Burris. He asked if I would sign a petition to put his name on the Democratic primary ballot. So I asked him the first question I ask anyone who tells me he’s running for office: Do you support a woman’s right to choose? The first question I used to ask was: “Are you pro-life?” But I soon rea

*Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity 2009 - Generations for Life Sep 30, 2009, 12:57 pm

Tuesday, October 20 is the sixth 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 still nearly three weeks away, but already, students from over 2,200 schools—along with over 130 homeschools, over 50 businesses & ministries, and over 600 individuals/non-students—in 21 countries have registered to participate! Are you willing to give up yo

*Obama: Health Care = Abortion - Generations for Life Sep 24, 2009, 2:59 pm

This two and a half minute video is one of the simplest and clearest explanations I’ve seen of why President Obama’s (and the entire “pro-choice” movement’s) vision for health care reform includes taxpayer funding for abortion—even if he never uses the word “abortion”:

*40 Days for Life - Generations for Life Sep 21, 2009, 1:01 pm

This week, a great pro-life event begins in over 200 cities across the country: the 40 Days for Life prayer campaign. From September 23rd through November 1st, 40 Days for Life prayer vigils will be held outside abortion clinics in 212 cities in 45 American states and five Canadian provinces. This will be the fifth ever 40 Days for Life campaign, and the results of the first four have been amazing: MORE THAN 70,000 PEOPLE of all ages have come out to abortion clinics to pray At least 1,561 BABI

*Don't Give In, Girls! - Generations for Life Sep 15, 2009, 1:24 am

Sometimes, girls will lose their boyfriends because they will not give in to their sexual advances. They may cave in so that they will not “lose” their boyfriends. But this is a terrible mistake. An out of print book I own called The Catholic Youth’s Guide to Life and Love (copyright 1960) contains good advice for girls in this plight. The book’s author, the Very Reverend Monsignor George A. Kelly, wrote: “Boys have always respected the girl who retains her purit

*The Call - Generations for Life Sep 13, 2009, 2:31 am

“Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying: Master we would see a sign from you. Who answering said to them: An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign: and a sign shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.” (Matt 12:38-39) This is the Gospel; these are the words of Jesus to a generation that asks Him for a sign. Because for them, He Himself is not a good enough sign. So how is this related to the pro-life movement? What do we find here that is fa

*Take a Stand Against Abortion This Tuesday - Generations for Life Sep 4, 2009, 12:58 pm

In solidarity with our friends at the pro-life youth organizations Stand True, Students for Life of America, and Survivors, we join them in calling all students to take a stand against abortion in a special way this Tuesday, September 8. On that day, President Barack Obama will address America’s returning students in a speech welcoming them back to the classroom. This Tuesday, we’re asking pro-life students to wear plain T-shirts with “Abortion Is Not Health Care” written

*Open your eyes. Open your mind. - Generations for Life Aug 31, 2009, 2:36 pm

Fletcher Armstrong of the Center for Bioethical Reform sent me this interesting photo from a recent Genocide Awareness Project event in Knoxville, TN. Check out the banners on the Knoxville Museum of Art behind the GAP crew. They read “Open your eyes” and “Open your mind.” This is precisely the message of this kind of display of graphic abortion images: open your eyes to the reality of abortion and thereby grasp the tremendous injustice being done to unborn children. Amer

*It's That Time of Year - Generations for Life Aug 25, 2009, 2:26 pm

With the new school year right around the corner, we've heard from a number of students recently who are looking for assistance in getting pro-life clubs started at their high schools. These are the requests we especially love to get, since helping get new pro-life clubs up and running is one of the main reasons GFL exists. It’s for this reason that we created our Pro-Life Curriculum, which is designed as a manual for forming and maintaining an effective pro-life club. Before I worked fo

*Should We Treat Them Differently? - Generations for Life Aug 18, 2009, 12:24 pm

Just put out by Justice for All, this is one of the best pro-life videos I’ve seen in a while: [HT: Jill Stanek]

*'How Far is too Far?” - Generations for Life Aug 12, 2009, 2:24 am

“How far is too far?” That’s one of the most commonly asked questions by Christian and Catholic teens. Recently, I found one of the most interesting answers to this troubling question in the book Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry by Lisa Bevere (2002, Thomas Nelson Publishers). This is a book to help women reclaim the femininity this sex-saturated world has stolen from them, and describes how to hold out for God’s best by living a pure lifestyle. When Mrs. Bevere was g

*Discrimination? - Generations for Life Aug 11, 2009, 5:02 pm

There is an interesting article on LifeSiteNews this week about Belmont Abbey, a North Carolina Catholic college that’s been accused of sexual discrimination by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) because it refuses to provide insurance coverage for contraception for its employees. In other words, a Catholic college is being accused of discrimination for applying the teachings of the Catholic Church. Whatever happened to the separation of church and state? Thankfully,

*Aloha from New Guest Blogger - Generations for Life Aug 10, 2009, 3:43 pm

Aloha Everyone! My name is Kara, age 17, and I am a home-schooled student living in Hawaii with my parents and younger brother. I’m honored to have been asked to be a guest blogger for Generations for Life! I hope to mostly contribute to issues regarding chastity, Euthanasia, and Abortion, including some of my reflections on these topics. My hobbies include reading (when I have time!), knitting, freelance writing, poetry, photography, cake decorating, apologetics, watching movies, music

*Wash for Life 2009 - Generations for Life Aug 4, 2009, 5:00 pm

When I talk with members of pro-life clubs, one of the most common questions I hear is, “How can we get more involved?” One of the suggestions I make is to organize a fundraising event for a local pregnancy resource center. Not only does this help a pro-life club become a greater part of the local pro-life community, but it also provides much-needed money for a place that offers lifesaving help to women who are pregnant, scared, and don’t know where else to turn. As for parti

*Face the Truth Recap - Generations for Life Jul 20, 2009, 12:59 pm

Our Face the Truth Tour last week went great! We had big crowds of pro-lifers at all our sites, and on two sites on the last day we had enough volunteers to hold all 88 of our large signs. Before the Tour, we realized we only had a few thousand Face the Truth brochures left, so we had another 10,000 printed. It’s a good thing we did, because we now have only a few hundred left—everything else was distributed to drivers and people walking by our display who wanted to know more about

*Who Keeps an Eye on Abortion Clinics? - Generations for Life Jul 7, 2009, 3:46 pm

For years, pro-lifers have been talking about how dangerous the abortion industry is, due in no small part to the fact that it has fewer regulations governing it than legitimate areas of medical practice. This lax oversight is what allows many abortionists to actually break the law — and although some do get caught, many don’t. It’s also what allows abortionists like Leroy Carhart to set up shop in some really dingy places (something pro-choicers don’t like to be reminded

*Face the Truth Tour 2009 - Generations for Life Jul 2, 2009, 4:03 pm

Hi All! I’d like to invite each of you to join me on this summer’s Face the Truth tour conducted by the Pro-Life Action League (parent group of Generations for Life). As someone who's taken part in it for several years, I must say that it's an amazing experience, and has always been the highlight of my summer! Please come and participate! Where: Greater Chicagoland area, itinerary with specific locations here: http://prolifeaction.org/truth/tours.htm When: July 10 - 18

*Live Action in Alabama - Generations for Life Jul 1, 2009, 3:19 pm

Just released, here’s the sixth installment of The Mona Lisa Project, a series of undercover investigative videos from UCLA student Lila Rose and Live Action: From Live Action’s press statement announcing the video’s release: A Planned Parenthood counselor in Birmingham was caught on hidden camera telling an alleged 14-year-old statutory rape victim that the clinic “does sometimes bend the rules a little bit” rather than report sexual abuse to state authorities. T

*Have You Prayed for an Abortionist Lately? - Generations for Life Mar 10, 2009, 10:49 am

Carol Everett. Anthony Levatino. Beverly McMillan. Joan Appleton. Joy Davis. McArthur Hill. What do these people have in common? All of them used to work in the abortion industry. Doctors Levatino, McMillan, and Hill used to perform abortions themselves. Joan Appleton was an abortion clinc nurse. Carol Everett and Joy Davis were abortion clinic administrators. Along with many other former abortion providers, they have all spoken out publicly about how they came to be pro-life.

*Planned Parenthood's 'Teen Talk”: New Look, Same Bad Advice - Generations for Life Jun 3, 2009, 12:45 pm

**Warning: This post includes graphic language from a Planned Parenthood website.** For years, pro-lifers have been warning about the dangers of teenwire.com, Planned Parenthood’s website for teens. (Pro-life blogger Dawn Eden wrote one of the best articles on why Teenwire is so bad in the Christian magazine Touchstone a few years back.) But now, Teenwire is no longer Teenwire. It’s now Teen Talk, according to teenwire.com’s Facebook page: Basically: new look, same content. B

*Killing Is Not the Answer - Generations for Life Jun 1, 2009, 4:55 pm

When I found out yesterday that late-term abortionist George Tiller had been shot and killed, I was shocked. Generations for Life and our parent organization, the Pro-Life Action League, join the entire pro-life movement in condemning this act of violence. You can see our response here. It had been more than ten years since the last shooting of an abortionist. The attacks from the pro-choice side that we pro-lifers are violent were sounding more and more false. Now we can expect to hear these at

*Survivors Pro-Life Training Camp - Generations for Life May 27, 2009, 2:51 pm

Our friends at Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust are asking us to spread the word about their 2009 ProLife Training Camp, and we’re glad to help. Here’s their promo video: Here are the details: The Survivors ProLife Training Camp takes place every summer in Southern California, a location that provides endless opportunities for exciting and effective activism. However, before you begin any activism, you will participate in four days of workshops and training sessions taught by ex

*New guest blogger - Generations for Life May 22, 2009, 5:38 pm

Hi All! The GFL staff has kindly offered to let me blog here, and I'm most grateful for the opportunity! I'll try to keep my posts concise, informative, and interesting. To give you an inkling of an idea of what I'm like, and a picture of who I am, please do read on! My name is Ava, and I'm an 18 year old avid pro-lifer, who has grown up in the Chicagoland area. I'm also a proud Roman Catholic papist, as well as a true feminist who loves to laugh, sing, debate, read, bike, kayak, play t

*What Does 'Common Ground” Really Mean? - Generations for Life May 21, 2009, 5:05 pm

In his speech at Notre Dame Sunday, President Obama called for an effort to reach “common ground” on the abortion issue, and said, “let us work together to reduce the number of women seeking abortions.” President Obama assumes here that he is offering a goal we can all agree to strive for. But can we? Of course, every abortion that is averted is a victory for life. Even in the face of more than 3,400 abortions per day, we rejoice at the news of even one “save”

*Abstinence Education Doesn't Work. Or Does It? - Generations for Life May 11, 2009, 3:01 pm

If you asked 100 people at random if they believed abstinence education is effective, most of them would probably say no. Most would probably say that teaching abstinence is “unrealistic”, that it doesn’t work, and that schools should instead be teaching so-called “comprehensive” sex education. A big part of the reason why so many people believe abstinence education is ineffective is because its opponents — which include Planned Parenthood, NARAL, NOW, and oth

*Join Us at Notre Dame - Generations for Life May 4, 2009, 12:00 pm

On May 17, our parent organization, the Pro-Life Action League, and Citizens for a Pro-Life Society are teaming up for a massive protest of President Obama’s commencement address at the University of Notre Dame. The protest day will include two components: 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m: A Face the Truth Tour will be held off campus along Angela Boulevard and Michigan Street in the hours leading up to commencement. 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.: Protesters will join the prayer vigil taking place on campus du

*National Pro-Life T-Shirt Week - Generations for Life Apr 13, 2009, 4:48 pm

Six years ago, our friends at Rock for Life came up with a simple idea: they asked pro-lifers of all ages to wear a Pro-Life T-Shirt on the last Tuesday in April. They called it “National Pro-Life T-Shirt Day”. Since then, National Pro-Life T-Shirt 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 whereve

*Get Your Head Out of the Sand! - Generations for Life Apr 2, 2009, 5:26 pm

We got an e-mail yesterday from our friends at Human Life Alliance about a new poster and publication they’re offering, and we’re glad to pass it along here: Request copies of this captivating poster to put up around your church or school. Next week Human Life Alliance will be releasing a new version of Imposed Death. This new information packed publication is a must have for anyone that won’t be living forever! Use this poster to pique curiosity about the issues surrounding e

*This Is Justice? Part II - Generations for Life Mar 24, 2009, 3:00 pm

Last month I wrote about the case of Pastor Walter Hoye, who was facing charges of “unlawfully approaching patients” at an abortion clinic in Oakland, CA for holding a sign saying “Jesus loves you and your baby. Let us help you!“, and asking women, “May I talk to you about alternatives to the clinic?” At a hearing on Friday, Pastor Hoye was given a choice: he could either go to jail for 30 days, or else he could avoid jail by being part of a sheriff’s wo

*Tell Notre Dame to Disinvite Obama! - Generations for Life Mar 23, 2009, 11:26 am

You may have already heard that President Barack Obama is scheduled to give the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame’s class of 2009. I’m including here the article that appeared Friday on the homepage of our parent organization, the Pro-Life Action League: League Calls on Notre Dame To Disinvite President Obama On March 20 it was announced that President Barack Obama is scheduled to give the commencement address to the Class of 2009 at the renowned Catholic Universi

*Why Go Out There? - Generations for Life Mar 17, 2009, 11:45 am

Hi again, everybody! Whew, I’ve been away from here awhile. I’m totally immersed in the awesome 40 Days for Life Campaign! It is indeed wonderful and powerful, and it looks like truly the beginning of the end of abortion. So today I’m going to talk about something that is very much a part of 40 Days for Life, and something that I’ve been talking about a few times lately to people getting involved with the 40 Days. I’d title it, “Why Go Out There?” I thin

*The Red Envelope Campaign - Generations for Life Feb 26, 2009, 4:00 pm

I’m not know exactly where this idea originated, but I keep hearing more and more about it — and now hundreds of thousands of pro-life Americans are getting on board. In case you somehow missed it, I thought you’d like to know about it, too: the RED ENVELOPE campaign. The idea is to swamp the White House mail room with red envelopes that represent babies killed through abortion. Each envelope is empty, representing the life we never had the chance to know. Here are the simple

*Planned Parenthood 'Violations Map” - Generations for Life Feb 13, 2009, 1:16 pm

We’ve posted several entries over the past year highlighting the amazing undercover investigations carried out by Live Action Films, led by UCLA student Lila Rose. Just this week, LAF unveiled its “Violations Map”, highlighting Planned Parenthood’s repeated failure to report statutory rape, along with other disturbing practices. Check out the map here.

*Here's an Ad You Won't See During the Super Bowl - Generations for Life Jan 30, 2009, 1:37 pm

Check out this great ad: Too bad it won’t be shown during the Super Bowl, because “NBC and the NFL are not interested in advertisements involving ‘political advocacy or issues.'”

*The March - Generations for Life Jan 23, 2009, 5:29 pm

If I could only pick one word to describe the 2009 March for Life, it would be: Huge. I was helping to hold the Generations for Life banner, so I wasn’t able to take any pictures during the March itself, but I was able to take a few before and after. I’ll try to have more up next week once I get them from others, but I’m posting these below for now: Yesterday’s massive turnout at the March for Life is the good news. On the other hand, today’s bad news &mdas

*A Problem of Not Enough Food? - Generations for Life Jan 13, 2009, 7:10 pm

You’ll probably remember me posting a blog in response to an article that came out in the sping of last year, and the article was titled, “Want to Help the Environment? Don’t Have Children”. Time Magazine printed it. The blazing hypocrisy and stupidity of the article was almost mind boggling, and I was just fuming. I’m still fuming. Every time that article comes to mind, I just can’t take it! I think that it was an excellant example of the Culture of Death us

*Our Lady of Guadalupe - Generations for Life Dec 27, 2008, 1:12 am

I hope that you all had a very wondeful and blessed Christmas, and that you will have a happy New Year! I think this is a wonderful time to talk a little about Our Lady of Guadalupe, our special Patroness and Protectress! I love Our Lady of Guadalupe! I love her because of her special patronage of the pro-life movement; because of her incredible compassion, mercy, and love for all the people so devastated by today’s tragic evils and wrongs; and I love her especially because of the real Im

*In Rememberce of Ken Crocco - Generations for Life Dec 13, 2008, 10:54 am

I would like to offer my prayers and condolences to Sarah Crocco and her family. � Sarah’s dad, Ken Crocco, passed away last Sunday, December 7, after a battle with cancer. � He was only 56. � Ken, his wife, Jean and his family were pro-life activists through and through. I first met the Corcco’s at the Pro-Life Action League’s Face the Truth Tour. � That was also when I first met Sarah. � She was only about 8 then. � Now Sarah runs H.A.L.T. - Harvard Area Life Teens. � She was

*Indiana Planned Parenthood Covers Up Sexual Abuse of 13-Year Old Girl - Generations for Life Dec 3, 2008, 11:15 am

Just released this morning, here’s the first installment of The Mona Lisa Project, a series of undercover investigative videos from Lila Rose and Live Action Films: Indiana Planned Parenthood Covers Up Sexual Abuse of 13-year Old From Live Action’s press statement announcing the video’s release: Planned Parenthood, a tax-exempt nonprofit, made over $100 million in profits last year and has a billion-dollar budget, nearly a third of which comes from taxpayers through governmen

*Bright Lights in a Dark Night - Generations for Life Nov 5, 2008, 8:34 pm

Whew! Last night (election night) wasn’t easy. And I’ve found myself saying a certain prayer many times recently: God have mercy on America! But despite the darkness, there’s lots of hope and lots of new energy for even more pro-life activism. John and Annie have some terrific recent posts on this; thank you both! I was really upset and really SAD last night. I find it hard to accept that America could so happily elect Barack Obama President. The most liberal candidate ever to

*Now What? - Generations for Life Nov 5, 2008, 3:44 pm

We now have a president-elect who said he doesn’t know when human beings should be given human rights, who promised to sign the Freedom of Choice Act—which would have a devastating effect on existing pro-life laws—and who voted to support legalized infanticide. South Dakota’s effort to ban most abortions failed. California’s effort to pass a commonsense parental notification law for minor girls seeking abortions failed. Michigan voters approved a state constititut

*This Video Won't Last Long on YouTube - - Generations for Life Oct 30, 2008, 12:50 pm

Whenever a video of undercover footage exposing the truth about what really happens inside an abortion clinic is posted on YouTube, it’s usually yanked soon after for no reason. So I’m sure this shocking video, just released by Students for Life of America, won’t last long either: (If it’s no longer available on YouTube, you can also see it here on Eyeblast.) Here’s the press release Students for Life issued about the video: Tax-Funded Planned Parenthood Staffer o

*Troubling Times - Generations for Life Oct 22, 2008, 12:11 pm

I think that we’re all now really concerned about this year’s presidential elections! Of course they haven’t happened yet, so we can still have lots of hope. But what is frustrating me so much is the apparent easy acceptance of the American people for Barack Obama. He is the most liberal presidential candidate ever to run this race in U.S. history, but yet America seems to be fast falling for him, without much problem at all. What’s going on?! I believe in America and in

*Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity 2008 - Generations for Life Oct 14, 2008, 12:43 pm

One week from today—Tuesday, October 21—Stand True is sponsoring the fifth 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. So far, students from over 3,200 schools—along with over 200 homeschools, over 60 businesses & ministries, and over 700 individuals/non-students—in 21 countries have registered to participate! Are you willing to giv

*You Gotta Hear This One on Pro-Life Politics! - Generations for Life Oct 5, 2008, 2:55 am

Hi again, everybody! Very sorry about my long absence from this blog. I’m leading two 40 Days for Life Campaigns over here, and whew! I’ve been busy! But it has all been a TOTALLY AWESOME experience, and I’m really happy about it all! So wonderful! I’m getting the hands-on leadership experience that I so much wanted, and I’m learning a very lot of things very fast. I need to be sure and post some of my 40 Days for Life experiences on this blog. But for now, I’

*40 Days for Life Starts Wednesday - Generations for Life Sep 23, 2008, 5:37 pm

Tomorrow, 40 Days for Life begins in 179 cities in 47 American states, the District of Columbia, two Canadian provinces, and American Samoa: If you live near one of the 40 Days for Life sites, you won’t want to miss the chance to take part in this historic pro-life prayer campaign. You can find the site nearest you here.

*Win $2000 - Students for Life of America Video Contest - Generations for Life Sep 19, 2008, 6:01 pm

Recognizing the importance YouTube is playing in our culture and media, Students for Life of America is launching the first-ever pro-life video activism contest this fall. First prize - $2,000 Second prize - $1,500 Third prize - $1,000 Honorable Mentions - $500 The pro-life videos must focus on one of the two categories: De-funding Planned Parenthood or Pro-Life Voting in the 2008 Election. Project Guidelines Who Can Enter Groups or individuals may enter the contest. Multiple entries will be

*Abortion-Supporter Tells the Truth About Abortion! - Generations for Life Sep 12, 2008, 8:57 pm

Yes, it’s true! Just read this article. I’m still a little in shock. So I guess we finally ran into a pro-abortion person who actually admits what she really supports! Why did it take so long? Why aren’t they all as proud to face up to abortion as we are to face up to life? I tell you, it is so easy to be on the pro-life side in this battle! It’s easy to argue in support of the truth, because it’s all real, it all does really exist. What gets hard is arguing in supp

*So Much for 'Safe, Legal, and Rare” - Generations for Life Sep 12, 2008, 12:40 pm

For years, many people who call themselves “pro-choice” have said that abortion should be “safe, legal, and rare”. Many pro-lifers have pointed out how strange it is that abortion advocates would want abortion to be “rare”, because, after all, if abortion is supposedly “safe”, and if it isn’t actually the killing of an innocent human person (and therefore is the moral equivalent of having a tooth pulled), why does it matter if abortion is

*Students For Life is starting up again at DCHS!!! - Generations for Life Sep 8, 2008, 2:19 am

Students For Life at the DCHS is going to be meeting Fridays and Lunch, there are no official positions but Aly is basically the leader, they’re taking a slightly different approach to the club this year and placing a high emphasis on fundraising. They all so want to meet up once a month with the AVC Students For Life (which we need to start up A.S.A.P), and are going to have some sort of fun activity every month. Again this year they are making it a non-official free club. And they’

*A Great Story on Pro-Life Politics! - Generations for Life Sep 2, 2008, 6:43 pm

I am very interested in this year’s elections and how they are going to turn out, and I am trying to do as much as possible to help see to it that we elect pro-life politicians, especially the President. So when I was at my local fair this summer, helping tend the pro-life booth there, I jumped at the opportunity to approach the people who were tending the Democrat booth, and ask them if they knew, and were comfortable with, the extreme pro-abortion views of Barack Obama. This was definite

*Upcoming Illinois Conference - Generations for Life Aug 30, 2008, 9:47 am

On October 4, Students for Life of Illinois will host their second annual pro-life conference, entitled “The Time is Now” at Northwestern University’s beautiful Evanston Campus. All college/university students and high school seniors are invited and encouraged to attend. Keynote speakers include Star Parker, nationally-syndicated columnist and pro-life activist! � Register today!

*McCain's VP Pick - Generations for Life Aug 30, 2008, 9:57 am

We in the pro-life movement are pretty excited about John McCain’s choice for a running mate - Sarah Palin. � She’s solidly pro-life and is loved by the people of Alaska whom she governs. � But that’s not all, folks. � She’s a pro-life witness to boot. When Sarah was pregnant with her last child, Trig, she was told that he had Down Syndrome. � This sort of news alone can be difficult to embrace, but her doctors went on to encourage her to abort. � Sarah and her husband re

*Two Teens Arrested - Generations for Life Aug 29, 2008, 4:17 pm

On Wednesday, August 27, police officers brutally arrested two teenage girls, ages 15 and 17, near Senator Obama’s Denver hotel. � � The young women, Julia Giacopuzzi and Jayne White, were writing messages in sidewalk chalk on the public sidewalk when the police officers rushed in and violently arrested the girls without warning or provocation. The girls are members of the pro-life youth organization Survivors, and were in Denver during the Democratic National Convention to call attention

*A Worthy Bishop! - Generations for Life Aug 26, 2008, 7:48 pm

Please take a moment to read this sweet article on the elections! Wow! Obama’s VP choice, Senator Joseph Biden, is not an exemplary Catholic, but his bishop is not only an awesome Catholic but also a worthy bishop! Sweet, sweet, sweet! Obama may have chosen a Catholic VP in order to appeal to conservatives, but it’s all going to backfire on him because Senator Biden’s bishop is seeing to it that he dosen’t get away with abusing the Catholic Faith. A true spiritual father!

*Tennessee Teens Raise $4,000! - Generations for Life Aug 21, 2008, 1:51 pm

The members of Teens Against Abortion, a pro-life club in Chattanooga, TN, heard that a new abortion business might be coming to their city, they decided they had to do something about it. Last week they held a car wash and raised over $4,000 to oppose the new abortion business and to help women find alternatives to abortion. � And, several individuals and churches have yet to send in their donations to the project, so the club is still hoping to be able to meet their goal of $20,000 before the

*The Pain of Abortion - Generations for Life Aug 19, 2008, 2:16 am

The pain of abortion. The meaning of that phrase is almost incomprehensible in its immensity, in the millions upon millions of people that it covers. You’ve most probably seen me write about how I believe that every last one of us is touched in some way, however small, by abortion. But every now and then, I really begin to think about how far-reaching the affects of even one abortion can go, and it is totally overwhelming! And see, one of the most frightening things about the affects of a

*Meet the Abortion Providers - Generations for Life Aug 14, 2008, 1:32 pm

Carol Everett. Anthony Levatino. Beverly McMillan. Joan Appleton. Joy Davis. McArthur Hill. What do these people have in common? All of them used to work in the abortion industry. Doctors Levatino, McMillan, and Hill used to perform abortions themselves. Joan Appleton was an abortion clinc nurse. Carol Everett and Joy Davis were abortion clinic administrators. But they all changed their minds and became pro-life. In 1987 — before many of you were even born! — our parent or

*Wanted vs. Unwanted - Generations for Life Aug 9, 2008, 6:15 pm

That’s a scary title, isn’t it? It’s scary if you know that I am using it as it is applied to people by our culture, which I am. Wanted or unwanted: which are you? Who’d like to be asked such a question? And yet our culture asks that question of every one of us. Our culture asks that question of us many times in our lives, beginning at our conception. Wanted or unwanted: which are you? And on what, I ask our culture, does our wantedness or unwantedness depend? On human o

*No Question Left Behind - Generations for Life Aug 8, 2008, 3:20 pm

We got an e-mail this week from Maureen Wittmann, former moderator of the Homeschoolers 4 Life Club in Lansing, MI. She wrote to tell us about a great new blog by teens and for teens called No Question Left Behind. Originally, No Question Left Behind was supposed to be a book, but those plans fell through. So now, it’s a blog. In the introduction, Maureen — the editor of the book-turned-blog — writes: It is my hope that the No Question Left Behind blog is a help to the many te

*Pro-Life Tattoo - Generations for Life Aug 7, 2008, 10:13 am

Human Life Alliance has a pretty neat tattoo - as you can see. � But even neater, is the concept behind it. � The tattoos have been available at participating pro-life booths at county fairs and concerts. Here’s how it works. � If someone wants a tattoo, they can’t just take it and walk away like they can with a piece of pro-life literature. � They have to have it applied at the booth. � While it is being applied, which takes a little time, the pro-lifer who is applying the tattoo ha

*Serious and Urgent - Generations for Life Aug 5, 2008, 12:45 pm

I’m seriously concerned about this year’s presidential elections. I guess I’m realizing more and more how much we simply cannot afford to have the new President be pro-abortion. Besides all the evil that a pro-abortion President could do here in America, there is a ton of evil that he could do in other countries too, America being such a powerful and influential country on the world scale. He could also influence the United Nations’ views and actions concerning abortion.

*The Latest from Planned Parenthood - Generations for Life Jul 29, 2008, 10:34 am

We’ve heard before how bad Teenwire is. Now, Planned Parenthood has a new website aimed at teens, and American Life League looks at it in the latest ALL Report. Use your own good judgment to decide if you want to watch the ALL Report, and keep in mind ALL’s disclaimer: While our report does NOT present the nasty stuff, please use great discretion when viewing the contents of the site, and be sure not to watch any of the videos with kids around. For those in the “pro-choiceR

*Face the Truth Recap - Generations for Life Jul 21, 2008, 4:58 pm

Our Face the Truth Tour last week went great. We had the biggest crowds we’ve seen in years—at three sites in particular (including one where it rained almost the entire time) we had enough volunteers to hold all 84 of our large signs. We handed out so much literature we nearly ran out halfway through the Tour and had to have another 10,000 copies printed. Most police we dealt with were very cooperative, with only a few exceptions, just like last year. We returned to Libertyville, w

*Animal Rights Before Human Rights? - Generations for Life Jul 20, 2008, 9:24 pm

This animal-rights-before-human-rights stuff is old hat for us, but I had to say something about a recent article that I came across about the State of Hawaii becoming enraged at the torturous death of a green sea turtle. Article here. Of course it’s good and proper for the states to take measures to see that their animals are respected and protected; we’re totally in support of this. But what we want to know is why the states aren’t also taking measures to protect the smallest

*Good Stuff Happening. - Generations for Life Jul 12, 2008, 1:26 pm

For some time now, Planned Parenthood has been scheduled to build a new, large abortion facility in Portland, Oregon. And if I have it right, this is going to be their regional headquarters. One especially disgusting thing about this particular Planned Parenthood is that it is being built right on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, and in a heavily black neighborhood! We’re sure that they are specially trying to target poor black people. Sick!! My family and I go to church in Portland, Holy Rosa

*Margaret Sanger Interview, 1957 - Generations for Life Jul 8, 2008, 5:54 pm

Check out this eye-opening interview of Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger conducted by Mike Wallace in 1957. Here’s an excerpt: WALLACE: What are your religious beliefs, Mrs. Sanger? Do you believe in God in the sense of a Divine Being — who rewards or punishes people after death? SANGER: Well, I have a different attitude about–the divine–I feel that we have divinity within us, and the more we express the good part of our lives, the more the divine within us ex

*One Dead, Two Wounded. - Generations for Life Jul 7, 2008, 2:34 pm

You’ve most probably seen the pro-life slogan that runs, “Abortion: One Dead, One Wounded.” I think that this slogan is wonderful for exposing the ruin that abortion brings to both mother and child, and it is a beautiful expression of our compassion for the mothers who are victims of abortion and not just the babies. But you know, while I see it as truthful and beautiful, I also see it as incomplete. Every abortion does kill a baby, and every abortion does wound a mother, but i

*Face the Truth 2008 - Generations for Life Jul 3, 2008, 11:35 am

Our ninth annual Face the Truth Tour starts Friday, July 11 and runs through Saturday, July 19. If you’re anywhere near Chicago, join us! If not, please say some prayers for us—and, even more importantly, pray that many people’s hearts will be changed by seeing the ugly reality of abortion. See the complete 2008 Tour schedule Watch the Pro-Life Action League’s “Face the Truth” video See our “Answering Common Objections to Face the Truth” page

*When Shepherds Lead. - Generations for Life Jun 30, 2008, 2:58 pm

We all know the importance of having our bishops and priests be actively involved in the pro-life movement, leading us in helping to end abortion in America. The power that these spiritual leaders have, being the ones that we trust and depend on in our spiritual lives, is frankly amazing! I have seen some wonderful instances of them leading their people in pro-life work, and I am always surprised at what they can bring about, even by giving only a little encouragement to their people. It’

*'Is This What You Mean?” - Generations for Life Jun 26, 2008, 2:30 pm

Fr. Frank Pavone at Priests for Life has a very ingenious new pro-life political project going, called, “Is This What You Mean?” The details about it can be read here. Simply put, it is an effort to challenge pro-abortion politicians on their abortion stance, describing abortion procedures to them in the words of abortionists, and then asking them, “When you say you support abortion, is this what you mean?” Such a challenge could be used in any town hall meeting that any

*Sarah's Law - Generations for Life Jun 25, 2008, 1:41 pm

This November in California, voters will have the chance to pass Sarah’s Law, which would require parental notification if a minor girl under the age of 18 wants an abortion. The vast majority of Americans support parental notification laws—even many who call themselves “pro-choice”—and states that have passed these laws have seen a reduction in abortions among minor girls [PDF]. Christina at Real Choice summed it up: If it’s about “choice”, there&

*A Baffling Situation. - Generations for Life Jun 23, 2008, 2:02 am

Recently there was this news article about some teenage girls at Gloucester High School in Massachucetts who supposedly made a “pact” to get pregnant together! One article about this can be read here. I have not heard about anything like this before, and am surprised. I wondered what made them do this. It’s true that there have been quite a few actresses and singers who have been having babies; perhaps the girls wanted to have babies too! I was thinking that it is beneficial to

*Pro-Life Boot Camp - Generations for Life Jun 18, 2008, 4:23 pm

If you’re in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, you have a chance to attend a great pro-life event next month: Pro-Life Boot Camp 2008 will be held July 25-30 at the University of Dallas. It’s open to high school age students 14 and up, and is sponsored by the Catholic Pro-Life Committee of North Texas. Get more information here.

TeenSpeak Update - Generations for Life Jun 11, 2008, 2:27 pm

We’ve just been informed that Alvida King, the niece of Martin Luther King, Jr., will be speaking at TeenSpeak 2009 along with Bryan Kemper from Stand True. � We hope to see you at the Westin in Lombard, IL on Saturday, January 31 for this amazing event!

*Showing the Truth - Generations for Life Jun 10, 2008, 1:01 pm

Since their school year was already finished, a group of local pro-life teens, including Dolores and Patty Weber and Nate and Sam Scheidler decided last week to take graphic abortion pictures and stand outside one of their local public high schools (Batavia High School in Batavia, IL) on its last day of school. As soon as they set up their signs, a security guard from the school told them that they would have to move across the street, or else he would call the police. Since these pro-life teen

*Save the Date! - Generations for Life Jun 5, 2008, 9:36 am

Mark your calendars for TeenSpeak 2009 which will take place on Saturday, January 31 at the Westin in Lombard, IL. Bryan Kemper from Stand True will be speaking. More information to follow, so stay tuned . . . P. S. There are still CDs available from this past year’s TeenSpeak conference featuring former abortionist Anthony Levatino and pro-life speaker Scott Klusendorf. Due to a generous grant we were able to order more CDs after giving out over 30 sets so far. Order yours today!

*An Update on the Pro-Life Students at Anthony Wayne High School - Generations for Life Jun 3, 2008, 2:29 pm

A little over a month ago, I wrote about a group of pro-life students at Anthony Wayne High School in Whitehouse, OH who got into a lot of trouble with their administration for doing nothing more than wearing shirts to school that read, “Abortion Is Homicide”. A local news station reported on the controversy, and word quickly spread nationwide about the pro-life students’ grossly unfair treatment by the school administration. One of the pro-life students involved, Jamie Pellek,

*'Let no one have contempt for your youth - ” - Generations for Life May 26, 2008, 3:54 pm

“Let no one have contempt for your youth, but set an example for those who believe, in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.” 1 Timothy 4:12 Odds are you’ve heard these words before. Though the Apostle Paul was speaking to Timothy when he said this, I have always seen this bit of scripture as powerful and motivational words to encourage the youth of the pro-life movement. Some people may be condescending and spiteful toward you simply because you are young and interested in

*A Key to the Popularity of Harry Potter Books. - Generations for Life May 25, 2008, 9:29 pm

Whew! J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books are popular! With tens, maybe hundreds, of millions of these books being sold, we’re wondering what is the key to the immense popularity of this series. I came across a very interesting article that I believe gives at least one key to why Harry Potter is such a hit with my generation. And given the fact that our times are immersed in the Culture of Death, the article made a lot of sense to me. This article can be read here, and is titled, R

*Unborn Children Really Are Human - Generations for Life May 23, 2008, 2:13 pm

One of the speakers at our TeenSpeak 2008 conference was Scott Klusendorf, who is one of the best pro-life speakers I’ve ever heard. The main reason why he’s so good is that he’s able to explain why abortion is wrong in a simple, convincing, and logical way by focusing on just one single question. In an article titled “A Short Defense of the Pro-Life Position”, Scott writes: Pro-life advocates contend that elective abortion unjustly takes the life of a defenseless h

*'I Felt Sad Just Thinking about an Abortion” - Generations for Life May 20, 2008, 4:54 pm

There was an article this weekend in a Los Angeles area newspaper about Korin Cuico, a San Pedro teenager and a highly recruited softball player who became pregnant and decided — at the last minute — against having an abortion. Instead, Korin chose to let one of her cousins (who had just found out she was unable to have children) adopt her baby: “In my mind, I was thinking about an abortion,” Cuico said. “But I didn’t want to because the baby was already movin

*'Important Discovery” from the Culture of Death. - Generations for Life May 16, 2008, 7:38 pm

Sometimes, things seem to be getting stranger and stranger. I always wonder what those who promote the Culture of Death are going to come up with next. What will be their next “ingenious” attack on human life and dignity? I just read an article from Time Magazine that really was an “ingenious” attack on human life and dignity! I really can’t believe what I read sometimes. Our pro-life position seems so terribly sensible and simple compared to some of the Culture of

*Trying (and Failing) to Look More Respectable - Generations for Life May 14, 2008, 3:48 pm

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you might remember the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health (ICAH). In partnership with Planned Parenthood, ICAH is part of a coalition called the Illinois Campaign for Responsible Sex Education. (ICAH and the ICRSE apparently operate out of the same office, as they have the same mailing address.) The Campaign’s goal is to strip all funding of abstinence education for Illinois schools and instead require them to use so-called comprehensive se

*'The Voice of One Crying Out in the Desert” - Generations for Life May 8, 2008, 5:46 pm

We just got an update from one of the newest GFL-affiliated pro-life clubs, Students for Life at Desert Christian High School in Lancaster, California. SFL’s president, Ben Andrews, wrote to tell us: Things are going pretty well in our club. We’ve got a Pro-Life trip to Knott’s/boycott of Grad Nite to send a message to Disney to stop funding Planned Parenthood coming up on May 10th (more info on the SFL blog). We raised almost 200 dollars at our last Bake Sale. A couple of stud

*Student Senator Vandalizes Pro-Life Display at UWSP - Generations for Life May 7, 2008, 2:12 pm

Hundreds of crosses that were part of a Cemetery of the Innocents pro-life display at the University of Wisconsin at Steven’s Point were torn out of the ground by a rampaging pro-abortion student May 1. Members of the campus pro-life group, Pointers for Life, caught the entire incident on video: /span>The vandal, sophomore Roderick King, is a student senator who has since been suspended by the Student Government Association, according to Kristen Carlson, a student senator who submitted co

*It Gets People Talking - Generations for Life May 6, 2008, 10:18 am

We recently heard from our friends at Human Life Alliance about a lively campus-wide conversation that started at Purdue University after the Purdue Students for Life inserted 17,500 copies of HLA’s sleek pro-life publication Trapped… into the student newspaper The Exponent. It’s interesting to see how very different the types of comments were from the “pro-choice” students compared to those of the pro-life students in the The Exponent’s letters to the editors

*A Report On Our Pro-Life Tour. - Generations for Life May 4, 2008, 11:58 pm

The pro-life tour across Washington State with Show the Truth was absoutely great! We went from Olympia to Spokane over a period of five days, stopping at abortion mills, colleges, and universities along the way and holding signs and passing out literature. There were seven of us teenagers along on the tour, and each of us had a wonderful time and really loved every bit of it! It was very inspiring to see all these kids taking time off school and work in order to dedicate some time and energy to

*20 Pro-Life Activities To Do This Summer - Generations for Life May 1, 2008, 10:05 am

One of the most recent e-mail updates from Stand True included a list of pro-life activities to do over the summer. � The list will be helpful for clubs that continue to meet over the summer and individual teens who are looking for ways to keep up with their pro-life conviction if they’re club is not meeting over the summer or do not yet belong to a club. The list is in no particular order and there are lots of different activities for what ever commitment level you can make. � I’ve

*The Majority? - Generations for Life Apr 30, 2008, 4:24 pm

'We are the majority.” We have all heard this one on the side of abortion proponents. Regardless of the huge- and growing- amounts of people taking a stand for life, like at Saturday's rally in Aurora, pro-lifers are constantly labeled as a 'small but vocal minority.” However, with every abortion protest, or rally for life, or vote for a pro-life politician, that 'small but vocal” label begins to change. For example, read Planned Parenthood Aurora's response to Saturday's rally. Along w

*Strong Pro-Life Showing in Aurora - Generations for Life Apr 28, 2008, 4:28 pm

There’s a full report on Saturday’s rally in Aurora, IL here. Despite the nasty winds and unseasonably cold temperatures, over 400 pro-lifers came out to protest at the site of the largest currently operating abortion clinic in the U.S. One of the features of Saturday’s rally was a “Cemetery of Choice” consisting of tombstones with the names of women who have lost their lives due to abortion: Many pro-lifers offered prayers for these women and their babies and

*Taking A Stand for Life - Generations for Life Apr 28, 2008, 1:22 pm

Some students at Anthony Wayne High School in Whitehouse, OH have made a bold move in standing up for their pro-life beliefs. A local news station reports: They wanted to send a strong message about the sanctity of life, but some local high school students say they were punished for their beliefs…. The T-shirts read, “Abortion is homicide.” The students wore the shirts on April 21… “We were told we could take the shirts off, turn them inside out or face a two-day

*One Million Rosaries for the Unborn - Generations for Life Apr 28, 2008, 12:39 pm

On May 3, Saint Michael the Archangel Organization is hoping to have one million rosaries said for the unborn. � Please consider participating in this event. � Just go to their site to learn more and to register. � Thanks!

*Video Invite to Saturday's Rally — Bring Your Camera! - Generations for Life Apr 23, 2008, 10:49 am

We're only a few days out from the big rally at Aurora Planned Parenthood this Saturday, and Jeff Eschbach has just posted this video invitation: Post your video response! Let's show America what peaceful, effective pro-life activism looks like. Bring your camcorder on Saturday and shoot some footage of the event, then post your video on YouTube as a response to Jeff's. Find more information on Saturday's rally, including some of the activities taking place and where to park, see here.