Abortion - Organisations and information

Some useful links to organisations that deal with the issue of abortion and pregnancy (listed alphabetically).

If you are looking for help or support - whether pregnant or needing counselling following an abortion - please visit our Care and Counselling page for groups you can contact for support.

Australia

ACT Right to Life
The ACT Right to Life group has updates on what is happening in the ACT and elsewhere.

Human Rights for Unborn Children - justice begins in the womb
A new grass roots advocacy group supporting life and opposing abortion.

Life Ministries (WA)
Life Ministries publish a Journal, provide counselling and support for pregnancy and write articles on a wide range of issues affecting the family.

New South Wales Right to Life
Covers life issues, particularly those in Australia.

Open Doors 
Melbourne - counselling and support.

4teenz
Website by Open Doors for teens - about sex and relationships and postponing sexual activity.

The Choices of Life
Bruce Coleman runs a program for schools, where he presents information on life issues to school students. He answers the questions young people ask, prompted by a young woman's statement 'I wish someone told me'.
The program is described as "An interactive school presentation on the facts and choices surrounding the beginnings of human life". The website describes the schools program.
Bruce is in NSW but is currently training people to take the program into schools across Australia. Contact him at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Right to Life Australia (located in Melbourne)

Pro-Life Victoria

Youth 4 Life
Youth pro-life organisation led by Prue Neiberding.

International

Facing Life Head On
A great pro-life TV program in the USA.
It screens on a range of cable and other TV stations - the program is now in Season 4.

All the programs can be purchased on DVD - Seasons 2 to 4 can also be watched online - each episode is about 85-90 MB.

The program is encouraging and uplifting - it show families coping with tough issues such as a Down syndrome or spina bifida child, breast cancer, using adult stem cell transplants to overcome paraplegia and a family having sextuplets even though their doctor suggested 'selective reduction' (that mean aborting some of the babies).

After Abortion
This website from the Elliot Institute provides stories from women who have suffered after having abortions.

Breast Cancer and Abortion
This site provides all the latest research on the link between abortion and breast cancer. The principal researcher is Prof. Joel Brind.

Life Site Canada
Pro-life and pro-family group in Canada. They have an excellent daily news service - you can subscribe from their site.

Life UK
Large pro-life group in the UK. Resources, information and articles. Pro-life advocacy and practical help for the pregnant woman and new mother.

National Right to Life (USA)
National USA pro-life organisation - site provides information, resources and articles.

Hope After Abortion
Help, support and resources for woman who are suffering after having an abortion.

Project Rachel
A caring ministry, run through churches, helping women cope with post-abortion trauma.
It originally started with the Catholic Church, but now also runs through various Christian denominations.
Rachel's Vineyard Retreats are held.  
Project Rachel operates in Australia - click here for information on the Australian retreats.

Society for the Protection of Children (SPUC, UK)
Large UK pro-life group with excellent resources and free daily news service.

Stand Up Girl
A great website providing support for girls who are pregnant.

Information sources...

Abortion TV
They claim to be "The Internet's #1 abortion information source".
This site contains some confronting images and films of abortion. But abortion is confronting.
Please be careful as you visit this site.
But if we didn't tell you about what abortion really is then we would be remiss and not telling the 'whole truth'.

Clinic Quotes
A website - written by a former 'pro-choice' advocate - that reveals what abortionists say about abortion, stories of former abortionists and so on.
There are photos of developing babies.
The "Abortion Pictures' show photographs of aborted babies - confronting but truthful.
If you really want to know the shocking truth about abortion, visit this website.