The Foundation for Life has many resources to help you start, facilitate or organize a successful SEAL team. Check out the resources below and ask God to help you be effective in reaching students for LIFE.
All big moments in your life are deepened when you value the fact that a woman first gave you a chance to enjoy and experience all things that matter to you because she chose LIFE. A letter to my 18-year old self.
All start-up SEAL teams will get a 2-disc DVD set "LIFE is best" by Scott Klusendorf from the Foundation for Life. This set features 13 discussion topics on matters of LIFE with a PDF study guide to use as a team meeting outline.
Topics included:What is it?, What the Bible says about Abortion, Exposing the Darkness, The Bodily Autonomy Argument, Men and Abortion, Human Value, Emotions, Maternal Objections, Baby Objections, Postmodernism and Abortion, Talking the Talk, The Gospel and Abortion, Do Something!
life_is_best_study_guide.pdf is a link to a pdf study guide file to go with the video discussions or to use for group discussions on 13 different topics from "life is best".
Topics included:What is it?, What the Bible says about Abortion, Exposing the Darkness, The Bodily Autonomy Argument, Men and Abortion, Human Value, Emotions, Maternal Objections, Baby Objections, Postmodernism and Abortion, Talking the Talk, The Gospel and Abortion, Do Something!
life_is_best_study_guide.pdf is a link to a pdf study guide file to go with the video discussions or to use for group discussions on 13 different topics from "life is best".
SPEAKERS
The Foundation for Life can help your SEAL team secure speakers to add perspective and expertise to the pro-life topics of your choosing.
Consider having a:
Consider having a:
- Pro-Life Advocate working at state level with legislators
- Spirit of Faith adoption agency staff member
- Sunshine Children Home staff member
- Teacher on Bio-ethics
- Silent No More after abortion testimony
- Local pregnancy center staff member
- Catholic Charities staff member
- Stork Bus visit
- Project Rachel abortion support staff member
- Foundation for Life staff or board member
- Culture Project representative
- Save the 1 representative
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The Life Training Institute website has resources at https://prolifetraining.com/resources/ which provides 21 5-minute pro-lifers discussion facts, pod-casts, articles, book reviews, interviews and images.
Case for Life
Case for Life http://caseforlife.com/oneissue.html has materials to read and then discuss. Some subjects include:
Only One Issue - What is the Unborn?
Scientific Case - the unborn are distinct, living and whole human beings.
Philosophical Case - SLED defense by Schwarz: size, development, environment and dependency.
Pro- Choice Mistakes - 5 common missteps when making a case for life.
Only One Issue - What is the Unborn?
Scientific Case - the unborn are distinct, living and whole human beings.
Philosophical Case - SLED defense by Schwarz: size, development, environment and dependency.
Pro- Choice Mistakes - 5 common missteps when making a case for life.
God values human life
Biblical Reference on Life
The Bible has a number of verses that support God's value of LIFE from the womb.
American Right to Life page on "What does the Bible say about abortion?" has additional reference materials.
American Right to Life page on "What does the Bible say about abortion?" has additional reference materials.
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PDF version of "Why Pro-Life" by Randy Alcorn. In this book there are factual answers to the central issues of the abortion debate in a concise, nonabrasive way. Randy Alcorn presents a solid case for defending both unborn children and their mothers.
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Ask a peer that believes in the right to abortion these questions and listen to their answers. Instead of you defending your beliefs, it asks them to defend and justify, or at least think through, their pro-abortion belief.
PRO-LIFE QUESTIONS FOR PRO-ABORTION PEOPLE (Note: Priests for Life engages in respectful dialog with those who disagree with us on abortion. We invite supporters of legal abortion to answer the following questions. If you write to us, we will respond to you, and will be glad to answer questions of your own. The following questions were taken from the 1990 Life Activist Seminars by Mark Crutcher.)
(1) "Pro-abortionists say that outlawing abortion would restrict a woman’s right to privacy. Is that right absolute? Does somebody’s right to privacy exceed another’s right to live?"
(2) "If what you say is true and the issue isn’t really abortion but a woman’s right to control her own body, why doesn’t your agenda include drugs and prostitution? Aren’t laws against those just as restrictive to a woman’s right to choose what she will and will not do with her own body, as laws against abortion are?"
(3) "Why is it that the very people who say the government should stay out of abortion are the same ones who want the government to pay for them?"
(4) "Abortion advocates say they are in business to help women. Other than offering to kill their children for them, what are you doing?"
(5) "Pro-abortionists say that the unborn child is part of the mother’s body. If that is so, why does it have a completely different genetic code and often a different blood type? How do you explain the fact that it has it’s own immune system? Why is it male about half the time?"
(6) "If we use the absence of brain waves to determine that a person’s life has ended, why shouldn’t we use the presence of brain waves to determine that someone’s life has begun?"
(7) "Since you say that your interest is in protecting women, what is your position on these at home, do-it-yourself, abortion kits now being offered by many abortion advocates? Also, do you feel it’s ethical for them to advise women to avoid the gynecologist’s office for not only these procedures, but regular check-ups as well?"
(8) "We are now seeing the unborn being treated for disease, given blood transfusions and even operated on. When a doctor does one of these procedures, who is the patient?"
(9) "Pro-abortionists try to justify their actions by saying that, while the unborn may be human, it’s not a ‘person’. Can you give a detailed description of the differences?"
(10) "Pro-abortionists base a significant part of their argument on the concept of viability. Can you give me a description of what it means for someone to be viable?"
(11) "Does it bother you that abortion is legal after the point where medical science has evidence that the unborn child feels pain?"
(12) "Why is it that abortion advocates say they want women to have all their options, but they then fight so hard against laws requiring totally informed consent?"
(13) "What rights do you feel a father should have in an abortion decision?"
(14) "Why is it that pro-abortionists fight so viciously to keep parents from having a say in whether their minor daughter has an abortion or not?"
(15) "If pro-abortionists are mainly concerned with the health and safety of women, why do they fight so hard against medical standards as legitimate out-patient surgery clinics?"
(16) "Let’s look at a hypothetical situation: two women become pregnant on the same day; six and a half months later woman A has a premature, yet healthy, baby; woman B is still pregnant; a week later each decides she doesn’t want her baby. Why should woman B be allowed to kill hers and not woman A?"
(17) "If it became absolutely clear to you that the unborn child is a living human being, would you then favor outlawing abortion?"
(18) "Why don’t we each look at the downside of our respective positions? Have you ever thought about what the ramifications are if you are wrong?"
(19) "When it was first discovered that the brain cells of aborted babies were a potential treatment for Parkinson’s Disease, the ABC NEWS program, NIGHTLINE, carried a story about a woman who’s father suffered with this malady. She wanted to be impregnated with the sperm of her father, for the purpose of creating a child, which would then be aborted, and it’s parts used to treat him. Do you see anything wrong with this?"
(20) "Should a woman be allowed to have an abortion for absolutely any reason, such as sex selection, selective reduction, or job promotion? If not, when not?"
(21) "I am going to take the liberty of characterizing your position, and then I want you to tell me where I’m wrong. You want abortion to be legal right up to the moment of birth, in other words for all nine months of pregnancy; for any reason whatsoever, for no reason whatsoever; for a minor girl of any age, without parental consent, without even parental knowledge; and if she can’t pay for it, you think the taxpayer ought to. Is there anything inaccurate about that statement?"
(1) "Pro-abortionists say that outlawing abortion would restrict a woman’s right to privacy. Is that right absolute? Does somebody’s right to privacy exceed another’s right to live?"
(2) "If what you say is true and the issue isn’t really abortion but a woman’s right to control her own body, why doesn’t your agenda include drugs and prostitution? Aren’t laws against those just as restrictive to a woman’s right to choose what she will and will not do with her own body, as laws against abortion are?"
(3) "Why is it that the very people who say the government should stay out of abortion are the same ones who want the government to pay for them?"
(4) "Abortion advocates say they are in business to help women. Other than offering to kill their children for them, what are you doing?"
(5) "Pro-abortionists say that the unborn child is part of the mother’s body. If that is so, why does it have a completely different genetic code and often a different blood type? How do you explain the fact that it has it’s own immune system? Why is it male about half the time?"
(6) "If we use the absence of brain waves to determine that a person’s life has ended, why shouldn’t we use the presence of brain waves to determine that someone’s life has begun?"
(7) "Since you say that your interest is in protecting women, what is your position on these at home, do-it-yourself, abortion kits now being offered by many abortion advocates? Also, do you feel it’s ethical for them to advise women to avoid the gynecologist’s office for not only these procedures, but regular check-ups as well?"
(8) "We are now seeing the unborn being treated for disease, given blood transfusions and even operated on. When a doctor does one of these procedures, who is the patient?"
(9) "Pro-abortionists try to justify their actions by saying that, while the unborn may be human, it’s not a ‘person’. Can you give a detailed description of the differences?"
(10) "Pro-abortionists base a significant part of their argument on the concept of viability. Can you give me a description of what it means for someone to be viable?"
(11) "Does it bother you that abortion is legal after the point where medical science has evidence that the unborn child feels pain?"
(12) "Why is it that abortion advocates say they want women to have all their options, but they then fight so hard against laws requiring totally informed consent?"
(13) "What rights do you feel a father should have in an abortion decision?"
(14) "Why is it that pro-abortionists fight so viciously to keep parents from having a say in whether their minor daughter has an abortion or not?"
(15) "If pro-abortionists are mainly concerned with the health and safety of women, why do they fight so hard against medical standards as legitimate out-patient surgery clinics?"
(16) "Let’s look at a hypothetical situation: two women become pregnant on the same day; six and a half months later woman A has a premature, yet healthy, baby; woman B is still pregnant; a week later each decides she doesn’t want her baby. Why should woman B be allowed to kill hers and not woman A?"
(17) "If it became absolutely clear to you that the unborn child is a living human being, would you then favor outlawing abortion?"
(18) "Why don’t we each look at the downside of our respective positions? Have you ever thought about what the ramifications are if you are wrong?"
(19) "When it was first discovered that the brain cells of aborted babies were a potential treatment for Parkinson’s Disease, the ABC NEWS program, NIGHTLINE, carried a story about a woman who’s father suffered with this malady. She wanted to be impregnated with the sperm of her father, for the purpose of creating a child, which would then be aborted, and it’s parts used to treat him. Do you see anything wrong with this?"
(20) "Should a woman be allowed to have an abortion for absolutely any reason, such as sex selection, selective reduction, or job promotion? If not, when not?"
(21) "I am going to take the liberty of characterizing your position, and then I want you to tell me where I’m wrong. You want abortion to be legal right up to the moment of birth, in other words for all nine months of pregnancy; for any reason whatsoever, for no reason whatsoever; for a minor girl of any age, without parental consent, without even parental knowledge; and if she can’t pay for it, you think the taxpayer ought to. Is there anything inaccurate about that statement?"
