"The Catholic Church is a Pro-Life Church,"  Text  Pamphlet
a pamphlet describing the history of the Church's teaching on abortion

"Respect for Unborn Human Life: The Church's Constant Teaching,"  Text  Pdf
the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities, August 29, 2008

Basic Abortion Facts

• Current Abortion Statistics
  
• ABORTIONS OCCUR AT THE FOLLOWING GESTATIONAL TIMES
• WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD ABORTIONS CITE THE FOLLOWING REASONS

• Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA)
  
  
• Abortions in Military Hospitals
  
  
• Abortion Non-Discrimination/Conscience Rights
  
  
• Born-Alive Infants Protection Act
  
  
• International Abortion Policies
  
  
• Parental Rights (Child Custody Protection Act of 2000)
  
  
• Partial-Birth Abortion Ban
  
  
• Women and Abortion

• Cardinal Rigali Urges Respect for Human Life, Opposition to the "Freedom of Choice" Act
  September 30, 2008
• Pope Benedict XVI & USCCB on Life Issues, April 2008
• Amicus Briefs: Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General v. Leroy Carhart, et. al
• Cardinal Welcomes Supreme Court Decision Upholding Federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban
  April 18, 2007
• Letter to the Editor - 10/21/06 No Contraception Link
• Fact Sheet: Greater Access to Contraception Does Not Reduce Abortions
  
• Fact Sheet: The Supreme Court Takes a Second Look at Partial-Birth Abortion
  
• Fact Sheet: Emergency Contraception Fails to Reduce Unintended Pregnancy and Abortion
  
• RU-486: Fact Sheet on Mifepristone/Misoprostol Abortion
  
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Life Issues Forum:

• Free for Me, But Not for Thee? by Richard Doerflinger, September 19, 2008
• Reducing Abortions by Promoting Abortions?, by Tom Grenchik, September 5, 2008
• Agenda-Driven Science, by Susan E. Wills, August 22, 2008
• A Shepherd’s Patient Endurance, by Tom Grenchik, June 13, 2008
• Christ Our Hope in Defense of Life, by Deirdre A. McQuade, May 2, 2008
• Mary and Women’s History Month, by Deirdre A. McQuade, March 7, 2008
• Supreme Court Out of Touch with the Mainstream on Abortion,
  by Deirdre A. McQuade, January 25, 2008
• Of Rosaries and Skateboards, by Tom Grenchik, January 11, 2008
• Ah, the Humanity!, by Susan E. Wills, December 28, 2007
• The Mexico City Policy: Protecting the Most Fundamental Right, by Ryan J. Dwyer, November 16, 2007
• Lying about “Safe” Abortions, by Richard M. Doerflinger, October 19, 2007
• Amnesty International Sells Out, by Deirdre A. McQuade, August 24, 2007
• In the Interest of the Child, by Richard Doerflinger, July 27, 2007
• The Resolution to the Resolution, by Tom Grenchik, July 13, 2007
• Abortion – The First Human Rights Abuse, by Ken Ong, June 15, 2007
• Profiting from Death at Any Cost, by Mary Jaminet, June 1, 2007
• Blessed is the Fruit of Your Womb, by Deirdre A. McQuade, May 18, 2007
• A Court That Has Begun to See, by Richard M. Doerflinger, April 20, 2007
• Who Belongs to "Us?", by Tom Grenchik, April 5, 2007
• Easter: A Season for Life, by Deirdre A. McQuade, March 23, 2007
• Protecting the "Pro-Life" Label, by Mary E. Jaminet, February 9, 2007
• Woman and Abortion, by Gail Quinn, March 10, 2006
• An Encounter with the Suffering Christ, by Maureen Bailey, April 7, 2006
• Abortion, Non-Violence and the Black Community, by Deirdre A. McQuade, June 16, 2006
• Why "Plan B" Won't Reduce Abortions, by Deirdre A. McQuade, August 25, 2006
• Counting Down to Partial-Birth Abortion, by Deirdre McQuade, October 20, 2006
• Lost in a Labyrinth of Deception, by Susan E. Wills, Esq., November 20, 2006
• Lessons from the Swaddling Clothes, by Deirdre A. McQuade, December 15, 2006
• The Impact of One Little Life, by Tom Grenchik, December 28, 2006
• Never Too Late for a Legal Abortion, January 28, 2005
• Shrouded in Secrecy, April 21, 2005
• Mario's Musings, by Gail Quinn, Life Issues Forum, August 12, 2005
• The Last Abortion Clinic?, by Maureen Bailey, Life Issues Forum, November 18, 2005

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