8 – 11:00 pm

Annual Meeting of the Association for Interdisciplinary Research in Values and Social Change

“Abortion and Rape: The Medical Facts”

with Donna Harrison, M.D.,
Obstetrics and Gynecology, Executive Director and Director of Research and Public Policy, American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG)

“Putting a Human Face on the Issue of Rape”

with Ryan Bomberger,
Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of The Radiance Foundation

“The Psychological Impact of Abortion on Women who have Abortions due to Hard Cases”

with Wanda Franz, Ph.D., 
Developmental Psychologist, Professor Emeritus of Child Development at West Virginia University

“The Argument for the Right to Life vs. Abortion in Cases of Rape”

with Rebekah Berg, B.S.,
Exercise Physiology, Victim of Rape

M.C.: Wanda Franz, Ph.D., President, Association for Interdisciplinary Research in Values and Social Change

The Program is Free and Refreshments will be served at 10 p.m.

 

 

 

10 – 11:30 AM – Opening General Session

“Created Equal: Our Duty to Protect Innocent Human Life”

with O. Carter Snead, JD

11:30 AM – 12:45 PM – Lunch  [on your own]

12:45 – 2:15 PM – Afternoon General Session

 ”The Danger of an ‘Undignified Bioethics’”

with Wesley J. Smith, JD

with introductory remarks from
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott

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2:30 – 3:45 PM – Workshops

Taking Advantage of the WWW to Attract New Members and Inform the Public on Right to Life Issues 
with Leo LaLonde                                 

If you want to attract the thirty something crowd to your organization the best way to do that is through your Website.  The younger generation looks to the World Wide Web for their information and you have an opportunity to provide what they need on the life issues.  The thirty something crowd have high standards when it comes to Websites.  If you can’t make a good first impression, they will leave and probably never return.  Therefore, appearance, content, and navigation are all very important.  Many of the Right to Life Websites have not been upgraded in years and a few states have no Website.  The building and maintenance of Right to Life Websites will be discussed as well as ways to improve them. 

 
The Social Injustice of Abortion
with Ryan Bomberger

Despite our culture’s embrace of “social justice”, the decimation of abortion is regularly ignored, especially as it impacts the black community.  Ryan Bomberger, Chief Creative Officer of The Radiance Foundation and creator of TooManyAborted.Com, talks about the human rights issue of our day and how to connect it with the rich history of civil rights in America.

 

Fund-Raising: Direct Mail, Telemarketing, and Prospecting ~ The Importance of Growing Your Base of Support
with Don Parker, Kevin Allen, Roger Stenson 

Speakers will provide information on the three key areas of fund-raising in general and offer specific ideas and techniques on building a strong, firm base of support for the Right to Life movement.  Proven ways of maximizing your fund-raising efforts and the best methods for finding new donors will be discussed.

 

Is Doctor Prescribed Suicide Coming to Your State Next?
with Tim Rosales,  Mary Hahn Beerworth, Jennifer Popik, J.D.                 

While assisted suicide is legal in only Oregon, Washington, and possibly Montana, the threat of assisted suicide coming to your state remains high.  With battles raging in several states, two states with recent fights on PAS will discuss their experiences.  This workshop will give back ground and break open the myths surrounding physician assisted suicide.  This session will discuss the current legal and legislative landscape, describe some different kinds of successful winning and losing strategies, and talk about what you can do in your own state.  It is more important now than ever that physician assisted suicide be stopped in its tracks.

 

Developments in Campaign Finance 
with James Bopp, Jr., J.D.                                       

Mr. Bopp will discuss recent federal and state campaign finance law developments after the  2010 Supreme Court case Citizens United v F E C.  In addition, he will discuss the importance of judicial elections to the pro-life movement, the First Amendment protections for judicial candidates in judicial elections, and recent developments regarding regulation of robo calls for political purposes.

 

Surviving Unplanned Pregnancies
with Lynda Bell, Ingrid Duran

A mother whose teen-age daughter unexpectedly became pregnant band a young mother who experienced teen-age pregnancy will tell their stories.  Learn from each of these two unique perspectives in this workshop.  Don’t miss this riveting session that deals with the importance of parental involvement in an abortion decision. 

 

Children First!  How School-Based Clinics Target the Young
with Mike Spence 

Attendees will learn the newest implications of School Based health Clinics from secret abortions to the implementation of Obamacare.  You will learn what you need to know and how to fight it.  With almost 6 million children enrolled in public schools this is a must attend workshop.

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4 – 5 PM – Workshops

Using Effective Public Speaking to Inform the Public and Expand Your Base
with Leo LaLonde     

How did you become active in the right to life movement?  You may have answers but 90% of the time it was because of someone who made an effective presentation.  In this workshop we will discuss key points for speakers and ways to make effective presentations.  We will show you how you can use multimedia presentations to underscore your words and how advance preparation makes it all easy. 

 

People as the First Principle: Challenging the Foundations of the Green Establishment
with Robert Gordon

The modern environmental movement is built in part on the notion that humans are a blight upon nature.  We must mount a challenge against the left’s anti-human world view in a principled manner.  The very first principle of such a challenge is that people are important, precious and unique.  Consequently, an environmental policy that is not good for people, is not a good environmental policy.  This first principle and seven more, provide for a well- grounded environmental vision consistent with individual liberty and limited government.

 

Margaret Sanger and Planned Parenthood ~ The Eugenics Connection
with Angela Franks, Ph.D.

This workshop will address the history of Planned Parenthood, going back to its founder.  Topics will include Sanger’s position on eugenics, the Institutionalization of these ideas in Planned Parenthood and population control movements, and the continuation of eugenic ideas today.

 

Pity the Post-Abortion Man: The Invalidation of Male Trauma in Our Culture
with Greg Hasek

Marriage and Family Therapist Greg Hasek will explain the hidden effects of abortion on men.  He will attempt to reframe how men are viewed in both the effect and the abortion decision, through a trauma lens.  In addition he will discuss the challenges of viewing men as victims of trauma in our culture.  He will share the “crazy cycle” of invalidation that seems to create the very thing that culture complains about in men.  He will also offer suggestions of what would need to happen in the socialization process of males in order to allow themselves to first have pain and then seek help for that pain.  Finally he offers a radical theory of ending abortion in our country through the lens of psychological theory with trauma between the genders as the client. 

 

Grassroots Action: The Key to Pro-Life Success 
with Mary Balch, J.D., Elizabeth Graham

This workshop examines the positive effect you can have on the legislative process if you know what to do, when to do it, and how to respond.  You will be given some simple tools to be an effective grassroots lobbyist.  Topics include the do’s and don’ts of lobbying and the vital need for effective grassroots lobbying to pass protective pro-life legislation.  

 

 

Dying of Thirst!  Medicine’s Intentional Killing Through Dehydration, and How to Protect the Vulnerable
with Brian Johnston

Throughout the nation, tens of thousands of vulnerable patients are at immediate risk of euthanasia by intentional neglect.  The procedure is simple and “effective” and its results are always the same ~ death.  But death is not due to an underlying illness or disease.  It is not the result of withdrawing extraordinary care and treatment such that the patient succumbs to the ravages of the underlying illness.  It is death by withdrawal of all sustenance – food and water – from the medically dependent patient.  It is not accidental, it is not “nature taking its course.”  It is intentional neglect and it is intentionally lethal.  What can be done to protect you and your loved ones?  How can you equip others to understand and take positive action in this era of Health Care Reform and cost-cutting?

 

The Escalating Struggle at the UN to Prevent Establishment of Abortion as a Fundamental Human Right Worldwide      
with Jeanne E. Head, R.N., Raimundo Rojas                 

Jeanne E. Head, NRLC’s Representative to the United Nations, and Rai Rojas, member of the NRLC Board of Directors and Director of Latino Outreach, will describe the ongoing battles in NY to prevent the establishment of Abortion as a fundamental human right worldwide and, in particular, the increasing threats to the unborn in the Latin American countries.

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5:15 – 6:15 PM – Workshops

How did a nation founded on the Declaration of Independence produce Kermit Gosnell?  What has so corrupted American liberty that it could give rise to the horrors of the culture of death?  A kingdom of life and love requires conversion of hearts, starting with my own.  We must be dedicated to the memory of the victims: to really see the victim, in their naked cry, “Don’t kill me!”  That cry must permeate our lives more and more.  I see the victim: I must change my life.  And solidary love requires that I help everyone else see this most urgent truth.  In our consumerist culture, desires are not cultivated towards the transcendence of self-gift, but are reflected back upon ourselves.  This secularist/libertarian/pro-choice deformation of desire gives rise to abortion and euthanasia.  Self-gift requires the setting aflame of desire in virtue.  Free government requires self-government.  Lincoln spoke of a nation conceived in liberty.  From such a conception, and with the memory of the dead in our hearts, must there not be a “new birth of freedom”?  The future of American liberty hinges on virtue, on pro-life conversion: starting with each of us, and radiating through the whole body politic. 

6:30 – 8 PM – Dinner  [on your own]

8 – 10 PM – Evening General Session

“Not Perfect, But Worth It!”

with Chet McDoniel

 

7:30 – 9:00 AM – Prayer Breakfast  [ticket required]

David Barton,
Founder & President of Wallbuilders

9:30 – 11:30 AM – Political General Session

Winning in 2014 for Life!

Sen. Ted Cruz

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM – Lunch  [on your own]

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12:30-1:30 PM – Workshops

 

The Right to Life and Social Media

Luis Zaffirini, Jonathan Rogers, Andrew Bair

An online network is essential today for any group or movement which seeks to enact social change; and the Right to Life movement is no exception.  This workshop will offer a comprehensive introduction in using platforms such as email, Facebook, Twitter, and web development to advance the pro-life message online.  We will also discuss some intermediate-level methods of promoting the right to life cause online. 

 

Umbert the Unborn: A Womb With a View

Gary Cangemi

Pro-Life cartoonist Gary Cangemi shares his creation, Umbert the Unborn with conference participants as Umbert tackles the most current issues confronting the pro-life movement with Gary’s signature sense of humor and philosophical insight.  In this updated version of Gary’s workshop, Umbert takes on Obamacare, the 40 year aftermath of Roe vs. Wade, Planned Parenthood and a host of other hot-button topics of the day from his pre-natal pulpit.  As always, Gary guides his audience in the creation of a new Umbert comic strip which will be featured in a national publication.  A game of Unborn Babies in Jeopardy and a few of Umbert’s pro-life parody songs will cap off an entertaining and inspirational session.http://www.umberttheunborn.com 

 

The Pro-Life Movement and Congress: 2013

Douglas Johnson

NRLC’s veteran Federal Legislative Director, Douglas Johnson, discusses NRLC’s work to advance the pro-life agenda and to resist the Obama abortion agenda in the current 113^th Congress.

 

Terri’s Legacy: Building a Network that Will Save Lives

Bobby Schindler, Brother Paul O’Donnell

It’s every family’s worst nightmare – a loved one is desperately ill and doctors refuse treatment on the grounds that care is “futile.”  Where do you turn?  Who do you call? Hospital ethics committees, family members who stand to gain financially, and promoters of the euthanasia movement are working together to end the lives of the medically vulnerable every day.  It is time for the pro-life movement to stand in the gap and do what it does best – advocate for life.  Find out how you can help the Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network build a nationwide network of medical and legal professionals willing to step in and advocate for the lives of those who are at risk.  The time to act is now – the lives you save could be closer to home than you ever thought possible. 

 

We Are The Sheep . . . Where Are The Shepherds?

NPRC Members

This workshop is an annual favorite and will address the basic question of how we can help our religious leaders speak out more directly on the abortion issue.  Experienced pro-life leaders and pastors from the National Pro-Life Religious Council will present practical suggestions on how to motivate and support your pastors and church leaders so they can make pro-life a highly visible issue in their churches.  Topics will include learning how to overcome fear of the issue; finding ways to overcome inertia by infusing new energy; developing strategies for handling criticism and reprisals from the congregation; and how to seek advice from other pro-life pastors in every denomination.  Handouts will include educational and organizational information from each of the member denominations represented at the session. 

 

IRS and Non-Profit Compliance

James Bopp, Jr., J.D.                              

Mr. Bopp will discuss how pro-life groups can comply with the IRS requirements for non-profit organizations and the new gift tax issue for large donations to organizations whose income is tax exempt under section 501©(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. 

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1:45-2:45 PM – Workshops

 

Confronting the Abortion of Children with Down Syndrome

Eileen Haupt

A tragically high number of babies diagnosed with Down syndrome, while still in the womb, are aborted.  New, non-invasive prenatal tests threaten to reduce the number of babies born with Down syndrome even further.  It is critical for pro-lifers to understand more about Down syndrome and the ramifications of using prenatal testing and abortion to eliminate babies with this condition.  Eileen will provide information and interesting facts about Down syndrome, the connection between prenatal testing and abortion, how new research may lead to treatment of cognitive impairment for individuals with Down syndrome, and will share the reality, including the joys, of having a child with this condition. 

 

Raising Money to Build Chapters

Kevin Allen, Michele Allen

Raising money and building chapters goes hand in hand.  Learn how relationships and trust in your organization bring in money, and activate volunteers to protect life.  In this workshop, we will discuss the rules of raising money, proven fund-raising techniques and the “how-to” of specific chapter fund-raisers.  You will learn to raise funds, build your volunteer base, and activate members.           (Internet in workshop and LCD Proj)

 

Adult Stem Cells: Saving Lives Now

David Prentice, Ph.D.

Adult stem cells, from bone marrow, umbilical cord blood, nasal tissue, and even fat tissue, are being used right now to improve health and save lives, without destroying the stem cell donor.  Over 60,000 people a year around the globe get adult stem cell transplants, and an increasing number of conditions are treated.  But embryonic stem cell research has not helped a single person, and requires the destruction of young humans.  Yet many people (including many physicians) do not know the difference between stem cells, or the lifesaving facts about adult stem cells.  Come learn the science and ethics of stem cell research and see living proof of the success of adult stem cells.

 

Avoiding the Mainstream Filter: Making Media Work for You

Cheryl Ciamarra, Derrick Jones, Pamela Rucinski

Even with the most effective press and media outreach, it can often be difficult to get your organization’s unfiltered message out to the general public.  From PSAs to viral videos, the speakers in this workshop will discuss first-hand efforts to create programming and other media vehicles to reach the public with the pro-life message.

 

Overcoming Pro-Abortion Opposition within a Congregation or Denomination

Tom Glessner Reverend John Brown  

Both speakers in this workshop are pastors who are working to establish a pro-life base in denominations that do not hold a pro-life position.  The presenters will review the process and acitvities they are pursuing to build pro-life support with pastors and members at a local level as well as coordinating efforts to pass pro-life resolutions at the denominations’ annual meetings.  Practical suggestions will be made by these experienced leaders on how best to begin the process of changing hearts and minds by being living witnesses of the Gospel’s message on life.

 

Denial of Treatment Against Your Will: The Battle We’re In Danger of Losing

Burke Balch, J.D. , Tony Lauinger, Elizabeth Graham, Kathy Ostrowski    

Over the past four decades, what was once called the “right to die” has become a “duty to die” enforced by doctors and ethics committees.  How can we fight for the right to life of those whose “quality of life” is deemed unacceptable?

 

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3:00-4:00 PM – Workshops

 

Internet Tips and Tricks: Reaching Your Audience via Facebook, Twitter, Etc.

Steven Ertelt

You’ve made a website for your pro-life organization or outreach, now, how do you reach people?  Learn the latest inside information on promoting your web site via search engines, keyword advertising, Facebook, Twitter and elsewhere.  Your pro-life message can reach thousands for little to no cost with these tips and tricks.

 

Abortion Statistics and Evidence for the Effect of the Pro-Life Movement

Gunter Franz, Ph.D.

A PowerPoint presentation and discussion of (1) abortion statistics over time, (2) the effect of repeat abortions, (3) demographic data, (4) the effect of passing pro-life laws on the state level, and (5) an estimate of the positive effect of the pro-life work as deduced from the abortion rate.

         

Using the Web to Fund-Raise

Luis Zaffirini, Scott Fischbach

Raising money for your group online is real work, but it does not have to be difficult.  We will lay out all the practical things you need to know to set your group up to take donations online and some best practices for expanding your donor base.  You will learn more about using websites, email, social media, and smartphones to promote your group and raise money.

 

Communications 201: Maximizing Your Communications Outreach

Derrick Jones, Jessica Rodgers

Once you’ve established a press outreach, it’s important to use it wisely to achieve maximum effectiveness.  Building on topics discussed in Communications 101, this workshop will cover a variety of topics including setting up and achieving maximum coverage of right to life events, press conferences or media campaigns.  Additionally, with limited budgets, this workshop will discuss how to effectively use limited resources to make the most out of any paid advertising campaign. 

 

Increasing Local Pro-Life Effectiveness in Pro-Life Religious Denominations

Reverend Frank Pavone, Rev. Kirk Van der Swaagh

The speakers in this session will focus on how working with pastors and pro-life leaders can increase the visibility of pro-life issues within denominations that hold an institutional pro-life position.  Practical suggestions will be given on how to plan and conduct projects and activities that complement the denominations’ established pro-life programs.  Handouts will include samples of pro-life projects and activities that have been used successfully within these denominations, as well as helpful hints on how best to conduct these activities.

 

 

 

The Myth of the “Unwanted” Child: Special Needs Adoption     

Joleigh Little

It’s the phrase that makes every single pro-lifer cringe.  “What about the unwanted children?” skeptics always ask.  First of all, there are no unwanted children . . . only children whose families haven’t yet been found.  Secondly, we’ll tell you what we’re going to do about the children other people might label “unwanted.”  We’re going to adopt them.  One at a time we’re going to bring them home and give them families.  Learn from two adoptive moms of children with special needs just how precious each and every life is.  If you’re curious about adoption, come listen and learn.  If you have felt a tug at your heart to consider adoption, let us tell you about our girls – but more importantly, let us tell you about the children just like them who still wait in their home country and in orphanages around the world.  Find out how you can pray and advocate for these children who wait – often in horrifying circumstances – abandoned simply because they have special needs.

 

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4:15-5:15 PM – Workshops

When They Say . . . You Say

Mary Spaulding Balch, J.D., Olivia Turner

A must-attend session every year, the speakers in this workshop give suggestions on how to respond in a positive manner when discussing abortion, including the hard-issue questions or situations.  They will explain how you can learn to speak in sound bites, provide specific tools for you to use to better promote the pro-life message, and give hints on how to get your pro-life message across to your friends, family and the public, generally.

 

Matching Volunteers, Leaders and Workers With Their Talents ~ Part 1

Kacie Miller, Joleigh Little

Our movement is made up of a wide variety of incredible people, each with his or her own unique set of talents and gifts.  Sometimes it can be a challenge to get everyone working together in harmony and truly maximizing their skills in order to save lives.  This workshop will explore the different personality types and highlight the most effective way to utilize each within the pro-life movement.  You will be taken through the basics and learn some ways in which each personality type is the most effective.

 

The Continuing and Escalating Struggle to Stop the UN from Establishing Abortion as a Fundamental Human Right Worldwide

Jeanne E. Head, R.N., Scott Fischbach                  

Jeanne E. Head, NRLC’s Representative to the United Nations, and Scott Fischbach, Executive Director of MCCL and MCCL Global Outreach, will describe the ongoing battles at the UN in NY and Geneva to prevent the establishment of Abortion as a fundamental human right worldwide and, in particular, the increasing threats to the unborn in African countries.

 

They Really Don’t Care

Carol Tobias, Mollie Z. Hemingway      

Abortion advocates present themselves as caring for women, arguing that to be pro-woman you must be pro-abortion.  This workshop explodes that myth by exploring recent situations and the complicit media cover-up.

 

Religious Outreach: Establishing a Pro-Life Presence in Community Churches

Ernest L. Ohlhoff,

The speaker in this workshop will provide hands-on, practical suggestions on how to build an effective pro-life committee in your local church.  The four key activities necessary to build and maintain an effective church pro-life committee – educational, identification, organization, and communication – will be emphasized.  Handouts will include reprints from the power point presentation that will be shown in this session, organizational guidelines, project guidelines and other valuable information.    

                  

Ideas to Motivate and Activate the Pro-Life Students on Your College Campus           Doreen Shirek, Melissa Pici

This workshop will provide information on working one on one with the pro-life youth on your college campuses. From training ideas, to funding the program, to describing projects that they can do to help the right to life movement in your state, to growing the idea and promoting it statewide, all ideas will be discussed and materials shared.

 

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5:30-6:30 PM – Workshops

The Church, The Media, and The State      

Reverend Frank Pavone, Ernest L. Ohlhoff, Steven Ertelt

One of our most fundamental and precious freedoms is the freedom of religion.  It is specifically provided for in the First Amendment of the Constitution.  This includes the freedom to speak out on social and moral issues facing society and to encourage members of the church to work for the good of the society’s social order.  The presenters in this workshop will share information and ideas about how to overcome the perceptions created by the media which prevents many pastors and churches from speaking out and taking action

 

Matching Volunteers, Leaders and Workers with Their Talents ~ Part 2

Kacie Miller, Joleigh Little

Now that you know and understand your personality, learn more about yourself and how you fit with all of the colors in the spectrum.  This workshop will focus on how to best implement YOUR color to make the biggest impact for innocent human life and will also help you work with other personality types and help them know where they fit in.  These sessions are not only enormously helpful in your day to day right to life activities but most entertaining as well!

 

Defending the Rights of the Disabled and Vulnerable: A Tribute to Brother Michael, fbp               
Brother Paul O’Donnell

This workshop will tell the inspiring life and death story of Brother Michael Gaworski, fbp, Founder of the Franciscan Brothers of Peace.  Because of Brother Michael, the Franciscan Brothers of Peace were on the forefront of the battle to save the life of Terri Schindler-Schiavo.  Brother Paul will share the experience of trying to protect their Founder from the Death Movement and its care rationing and euthanasia agenda.  The Brothers continue their efforts to protect the disabled and other vulnerable innocents today, through their own pro-life apostolate and their involvement with the Terri Schiavo Life and Hope Network. 

 

Planned Parenthood, the Abortion Industry, and Kermit Gosnell: What Did They Know, When Did They Know It, and What Did They Do?

Dave Andrusko

Understandably, pro-abortionists are keen to separate themselves from a man who stood trial on multiple counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of viable unborn babies aborted alive; and for third-degree murder in the death of a woman prosecutors said died from an overdose of Demerol and other pain killers administered by Kermit Gosnell’s untrained staff. Indeed, far from accepting responsibility, they have tried to blame pro-lifers! But were they unaware that Gosnell operated a “House of Horrors”? Did they have no clue that Gosnell’s Women’s Medical Society was “beyond redemption” and if they did, why did they not report him to authorities? Why was protecting women so low on their list of priorities?

 

Abortion Statistics: Seeing Where We Make A Difference

Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D.         

To many people, abortion rates, ratios, demographic data, surveys, etc., just offer a bunch of mind-numbing statistics.  But analyze the numbers more carefully, study the reasons behind the abortions, and you’ll not only get a clearer sense of the human cost behind the numbers, but a better idea of which pro-life strategies have worked, where we’ve made the biggest difference, and where there is still more work to be done.

 

Respecting Time: The Art of Managing Your Meetings       

Geline B. Williams, Don Parker

The speakers in this session will provide basic information on how to plan and run a smooth chapter meeting using basic parliamentary procedures and courtesies; what to include in the agenda; how to get the most from different (and maybe even difficult) personalities; keeping the focus on issues; and including an educational component at meetings.  The importance of communication as a way to strengthen your chapter and keep it growing and effective will also be discussed.

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FREE NIGHT – Go explore Grapevine, TX, and the DFW Area!

9:30 – 11:00 AM – Medical Ethics General Session

“Life-Saving Treatment: The Rights & Wrongs of Providing & Witholding It”

with Burke Balch, JD
& Jennifer Popik, JD

11:15 AM – 12:30 PM – Workshops

The Abortion-Breast Cancer Link: New Data Confirms Stubborn Facts

with Joel Brind, Ph.D. 

 

The abortion-breast cancer link (ABC Link) was proved by 40 years’ of published evidence followed by a decade of denial by the “mainstream” medical research establishment.  Ironically, the latest confirmation of the link has leaked through the establishment’s wall of denial from unlikely places like Iran and China.  The evidence of both the link and its cover-up are reviewed.

 

Cultural Changes in the Post-Abortion Healing Landscape

 

with Olivia Gans, Sister Patricia Barnette, Rachel Benda, Linda Shrewsbury

 

There are many cultural and sociological circumstances that have changed in America since the legalization of abortion.  This workshop will highlight the history of the post-abortion experience in our culture.  There will be in depth discussion of the effect of the post-abortion message as it relates to the larger Pro-Life debate in society as a whole.  Why after over 30 years there is still SO much resistance to accepting that abortion does hurt women, men and their families?  The speakers will discuss developments like the internet and new approaches to research about abortion.  The speakers will also address some of the more effective and important issues to consider when providing help to mother, fathers, and others after an abortion. 

 

From Tears to Triumph: Abortion Aftermath

 

with Anne Dierks 

 

A Project Rachel leader for the Diocese of Little Rock, Mrs. Dierks will address the overwhelming need to minister to aborted women and provide examples of how to help someone through the grieving process.  She will also address the stigma an aborted woman may place on herself and discuss a bitterness some aborted women may feel toward right to lifers.

 

Planned Parenthood: Politically Powerful and Pro-Abortion to the Core

 

with David N. O’Steen, Ph.D., Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D.

 

Though Planned Parenthood has carefully crafted an image of itself as a beleaguered but “trusted provider of women’s health care,” a closer look at their budget, “services,” and activities shows a rich, powerful organization fundamentally committed to the performance, promotion, and expansion of abortion in the United States.  That organization not only reported performing a record number of abortions in its latest annual report, but flexed its considerable political muscle in the last election with its phony but effective “war on women” campaign.  Dr. O’Bannon will relate the latest information on Planned Parenthood’s activities, including the building of giant abortion megaclinis and their development of web-cam abortions, while Dr. O’Steen will share new polling data from the latest election that shows how Planned Parenthood was able to demonize pro-lifers and drive votes to the camp of pro-abortion candidates. 

 

The Work of a Grassroots Organization and How To Do It                    

 

with Jonathan Rogers, Andrew Bair

Saving lives and changing hearts begins in YOUR neighborhood. The Right to Life Movement has always been a bottom-up, volunteer-driven institution, at its best when it is a local and organic part of a community. Whether the need is educating the public, reaching out to those in need, or public policy, Right to Lifers use many helping hands to build a life-affirming society from the bottom up. Find out how to organize your community for Life through a local chapter, how to plan and hold events, and how to use the many tools and resources at your disposable as an advocate for life. This workshop will help you save lives.

 

Death Panels Already a Reality in Texas   

with Elizabeth Graham

Involuntary euthanasia is a reality in the United States, but Texas law sanctions the practice through the Texas Advance Directive Law, aptly labeled as the “Futile Care Law.”  The law allows hospitals to deny medical care and treatment (including but not limited to ventilators, feeding tubes, and antibiotics) to patients whose quality of life is deemed to be insufficient.  Many of these patients are conscious; their families are united in the effort to protect their ailing loved one, and most patients are insured.  Still, an unelected body of medical professionals, affiliated with or paid by the treating facility, can override the patient’s or family’s expressed wishes and speed the death of the ailing patient – based on subjective quality of life judgments.  Attend this session and learn how to stop enactment of similar policies in your state.

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12:30 – 1:15 pm – Lunch

1:15 – 2:30 PM – Workshops

Lessons from Lincoln and the Civil Rights Movement for Pro-Life Strategy

with Burke Balch, J.D.

The film “Lincoln” has informed many about the difficult and very pragmatic struggle captained by Abraham Lincoln to secure approval of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery.  What can the pro-life movement learn from Lincoln’s strategy and that of the civil rights movement as it worked to overturn the “separate but equal” doctrine by which the U.S. Supreme Court justified segregation?

 

Pro-Life Concerns About the Girl Scouts  

 with Ann Saladin                  

Should pro-lifers – and parents – support the Girl Scouts?  Get the facts!  While the Girl Scouts (USA) says it “takes no stance” on sex, contraception, and abortion, former Girl Scouts and pro-life leaders say otherwise.  This workshop sorts fact from fiction, documents the problems, and tells why the Girl Scout controversy matters so much.

 

The Back-Bone of the Right to Life Movement: Chapters, State Affiliates and NRLC

with Rose Mimms, Jonathan Rogers

The local Right to Life Chapter is the backbone and building block of the pro-life movement, educating individuals and supporting pro-life legislation at the state and federal level.  State Affiliates and NRLC rely on chapters to strengthen the movement from the ground up one person at a time, and chapters depend on their state affiliates and NRLC to convey legitimacy, provide support and resources, and link each chapter to the movement as a whole.  This workshop will cover the ways chapters, state affiliates, and NRLC rely on and support each other.

 

Using the Media to Effectively Spread the Right-to-Life Message

With Doug Keck and Derrick Jones

 

NRLC’s Life and Leadership Camps: Give Them the Tools, They’ll Finish the Job

with Joleigh Little, Amanda Gilioli, Kacie Miller, Sarah Zagorski

Last year we told you that the camp program had gone national and we are here this year to give you an update on how it has gone and to encourage you to jump in and plan a camp for the youth in your area!  For years, right to life camps have been conducted by NRLC Affiliates around the nation.  Thousands of young people have been well equipped to carry the pro-life message to their school and communities ~ motivated to carry on as advocates for the unborn and medically vulnerable throughout their lives.  Come on it!  Join us.  We have done the work for you. 

 

Electing Pro-Life Candidates on the Local Level

with Mike Spence

Abraham Lincoln said that “The philosophy of the classroom today will be the philosophy of government tomorrow.”  Find out about the importance of electing pro-life candidates to the local level.  Learn how to elect them and what things can be done to help promote innocent human life.

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2:45 – 4:00 PM –  Workshops

Spreading Chemical Abortions Across America and Around the World

with Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D.

RU-486 started slowly in America but recent estimates show chemical abortifacients now used in at least a quarter of all abortions performed at nine weeks gestation or less.  In this workshop, Dr. O’Bannon will show that RU-486 was used, not only to alter the image of abortion, but to expand the reach of the abortio industry into communities in America where abortion was not offered before, recruiting new abortionists and employing technologies such as the web-cam, so that the doctor need not be within a hundred miles of his patient.  The ultimate aim of the abortion industry, however, is not American’s small towns, but countries around the world where abortion is not legal and abortionists are scarce.  These well-funded efforts are already in place, and we’ll see just how far the promoters of these chemical abortifacients have gone to push these deadly pills in the development world and see the danger these pose, not just to unborn children, but to their mothers.

 

Essential Elements for Successful Elections in 2014

with Darla St. Martin, David N. O’Steen, Ph.D., Karen Cross

Electing pro-life members to Congress is essential for the passage of lifesaving pro-life laws.  The speakers in this session will discuss what the pro-life movement must do now and in the coming months to prepare for a victory for unborn children in 2014.

 

Enhancing Your Social Media Presence

with Michelle Johnson, Luis Zaffirini, Andrew Bair

For those with existing experience in using social media, this workshop will offer more extensive knowledge in using social media to provide a pro-life voice online and in conjunction with existing grassroots organization.  Come to learn about, and share your experiences with running Facebook pages and Twitter handles, web design and integration, email campaigns, online videos, fund-raising, and much, much more. 

 

Unborn Pain: The Strategy, the Facts, and the Arguments

with Mary Balch, J.D., Burke Balch, J.D.        

Versions of NRLCs Model Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act have now been enacted in nine states.  Learn about its purpose and justification and how to rebut the claims of the unborn pain deniers.

 

Raising Money Through Major Gifts, Planned Giving and Special Events

with Don Parker, Jennifer Kistler  

Having and executing a plan for raising funds through major gifts are musts for a growing right to life organization.  The speakers in this workshop will address important aspects of major gift fund-raising, including planned giving and special events.  Getting to know your donors, knowing how much to ask for and how often to ask, and helping donors plan their gifts for their financial advantage are all important topics that will be discussed.  Other ways to donate, such as through wills, bequests and events, will also be discussed.

 

I Had An Abortion!  What Do You Say Next?

with Olivia Gans, Rachel Benda, Linda Shrewsbury

Just what is the right thing to say to someone that tells you they have had an abortion, or participated in one?  How can pro-lifers respond truthfully, yet compassionately to the sometimes shocking reality of a friend or relative’s abortion story?

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4:15 – 5:30 PM – Workshops

55 Studies and Breast Biology Confirm the Abortion Breast Cancer Link  

with Angela Lanfranchi, M.D.

Dr. Lanfranchi will review the 70 studies from 1957 to 2012, including 55 with a positive correlation and 33 which are statistically significant.  She will explain the breast biology that accounts for the Abortion and Breast Cancer Link.

 

Final Round of the Oratory Contest

with Michelle Fischbach

 

List Development and Maintenance: The Basics

with Andrew Sabak, Marjorie Higgins

Chapter volunteers work year round to gather names of pro-life supporters at the local level.  State offices rely on a variety of computer processes to keep those lists of names and addresses accurate.  Utilize the most effective computer processes to minimize the printing and postage expenses and to organize your lists into ready response teams for maximum impact on elected officials and local events.

 

Deadly Compassion: A Nurse and Patient Discuss Euthanasia 

with John Wayne Cockfield, Jeanne Head, R.N.

 

Are hospitals still a safe harbor for all patients, or are certain patients judged differently based on “quality of life” prejudices?  Nurse Debra Sturm and disabled veteran Wayne Cockfield discuss the challenges pro-life doctors and patients face when confronted with the medical culture of death. What can you do to protect yourself and your loved ones.                                     

 

Organizing a Successful Latino Outreach

with Rai Rojas

Latinos are the largest minority in the United States and a natural pro-life constituency.  The Latino Outreach of the National Right to Life Committee aims to work with those wanting to educate and work with Latinos on the life issues.

                  

Why Teens Abort: A Recipe for Future Failure

with Wanda Franz, Karen Cross

Dr. Wanda Franz, Professor of Adolescent Psychology will discuss the current scientific understanding about the short and long term damaging effects of abortion on teenage girls.  Mrs. Shrewsbury and Ms. Cross will comment on their own experiences as teenagers who had abortions, the effect on their families and their lives in general.

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5:30 – 6:30 pm – Religious Services

7:00 – 8:00 pm – Pre-Closing Banquet Social Hour

8 – 11 PM – Closing Banquet  [ticket required]

40 Years of Roe v. Wade is 40 Years Too Many

with Reggie LittleJohn,
Founder & President of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers

 

11:15 am – 12:30 – Workshops