American University Students for Life

Saturday October 23

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:26:00 +0000

Thursday October 21

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:26:00 +0000

Wednesday October 20

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:25:00 +0000

Tuesday October 19

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:25:00 +0000

PRO-LIFE DAY OF SILENT SOLIDARITY!

Monday October 18

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:24:00 +0000

Sunday October 17, 2010

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:21:00 +0000

Hope to see all of you there!

LIFE WEEK OCTOBER 17-23!

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:20:00 +0000

Welcome Back AU!

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:01:00 +0000

Hello pro-life Eagles!!

Hope the school year is going great! Students for Life is looking forward to an AWESOME year and we hope that you are too!!

Some upcoming events :

Come celebrate birthdays-decorate your own cupcake!

It may not be your actual birthday on the 10th, but life is always a celebration, so come decorate your own cupcake and celebrate the day you were born with us! From 5:00-7:30 in MGC 200! We look forward to see you there!

Student Involvement Fair!

Don’t forget to stop by the Students for Life table at the Involvement Fair on September 15 from 11:30-2:30!

Hope to see you there!

Students for Life Elections

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:15:00 +0000

On Saturday, April 24th at 2 p.m. (location TBD), we will be holding elections for the 2010-2011 school year. Any club member may run for President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, or Community Service Chair. You must be a dues-paying member in order to run.

This is an excellent way to get involved in the pro-life movement, meet some great people, and get some good experience.

Anyone interested in running should submit a candidate statement of no more than 300 words detailing your experience in the club/movement, why you are running, and your goals if elected.

All statements must be sent to americanustudentsforlife@gmail.com by 11:59pm on April 21st. At the elections, each candidate will be given 3 minutes for a speech, with an additional 2 minutes allowed for questions.

Stupak Stripped of "Defender of Life" Award

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:37:00 +0000

Susan B. Anthony List has stripped Bart Stupak of his "Defender of Life" Award. Click Here to find out why!!

Apparently, Neither the pro-life nor the pro-choice movements are pleased with Stupak: one says his decisions does too much, and another says his choice didn't do enough....

Statement from NRLC on Abortion "Deal" on Health Care Legislation

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:33:00 +0000

Here is a link to a statement made by the National Right to Life Committee on their view of the Bart Stupak situation and the deal made between him and President Obama.

The Executive Order from President Obama

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:30:00 +0000

As most of you know, Bart Stupak and some of his pro-life associates voted yes on the health-care bill in exchange for an executive order signed by the president that says that there will be no public funding for abortion. The link to the executive order is above in case anyone wants to read the actual language for themselves.

How Did Your Representative Vote?

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:24:00 +0000

Here is a link to the roll call from the House vote on the health care bill. As some of you might know, since the vote was done electronically, the Representatives did not have to vote aloud.

Here is your chance to see how your Reps. voted!

Getting Back on Track after Snowpocalypse

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:07:00 +0000

The Snow is Melting and AU Students for Life is back in action! We have rescheduled our events from the past few weeks and here's what is coming up:

Pro-Life Liberals and Feminists
Thursday, March 4th at 7 p.m.

Mary Meehan, a prolife Democrat and Feminist, will discuss why being Pro-life is not only a conservative issue, but one everyone should be concerned about. She will also be taking questions for those who would like to learn more about the issue and her stance.

My Life After Abortion: Voices of Abortion
Thursday, March 25th at 7 p.m.

Lisa Dudley, the National Director of Outreach for Operation Outcry, will be sharing her personal experience with abortion. Her moving testimony is one that will forever change how you think about abortion. For one night, join us as we drop politics to look at abortion from a completely personal standpoint.

Upcoming Events: February

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:41:00 +0000

Upcoming Events

General Meeting — Thursday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m., Anderson Conference Room

Join us at our general meeting for upcoming events, great discussion, free resources, and of course...free pizza! Come learn more about AU Students for Life, pay your dues, and share your ideas with us!

Pro-Life, Liberal, and Feminists — Thursday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m., MGC 247

Contrary to popular opinion, not every pro-lifer is conservative. And not every liberal is pro-choice. Mary Meehan is a life-long liberal feminist. Come hear her award-winning talk “Why Liberals and Feminists Should Support the Unborn.” Co-sponsored by AU College Democrats

Pro-Life T-Shirt Day — Monday, Feb. 15

Make a silent statement for the unborn by wearing a pro-life t-shirt. Don't have one? Send us an email and we can get you one. The new t-shirts will be in the first week of February and will be handed out at our February general meeting (details coming soon).

Diaper Drive — Saturday, Feb. 27, 1-4 p.m., Safeway in Tenleytown

For many women in D.C., choosing life was not easy. Now they struggle to provide everyday basics for their children, like diapers. Join us as we collect diapers in front of Safeway. We would appreciate your help! You can sign-up for a half-hour shift by emailing us at AmericanUStudentsforLife@gmail.com.

News and Information

Open E-Board Position

Interested in becoming more involved in the pro-life movement? We are looking for a new Volunteer Coordinator! The volunteer coordinator helps us set up diaper drives and volunteer trips to the Capitol Hill Pregnancy Care Center. You don’t need to have prior experience and we’ll help you get started! If you’re interested, send Katie Koch an email at
AmericanUStudentsforLife@gmail.com. We look forward to having you!

Great Music Video!!!

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:37:00 +0000

We showed this video at our last meeting for fun, but for those who couldn't make it or those who want to see it again...here it is! It's an awesome video, and the song is really cool!

VIDEO: Attacks on CPCs Unwarranted

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:39:00 +0000

Here is a great report from CBN News on the battle being waged against Pregnancy Care Centers

Supporting TRUE Choice

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:11:00 +0000

AU Students for Choice defied all decency last week, holding an event called, "Exposing Fake Clinics." By fake clinics they did not mean abortion clinics that consistently fail to meet health standards, but pregnancy resource centers. Here is a response from AU Students for Life President Katie Koch:

Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) serve a critical role in helping low-income mothers and women facing unplanned pregnancies. One of the main reasons women cite as a motivating force for getting an abortion is that they feel they have no support. According to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group affiliated with Planned Parenthood, 73 percent of women polled said that they sought an abortion because they could not afford a baby right now.

CPCs seek to help women who want to keep their children but feel they must have an abortion for financial reasons. They provide free diapers, free baby clothes, free maternity clothes, free parenting classes, and some even provide housing for pregnant women who have been abandoned by their boyfriends, husbands or families. Their support for women making a choice other than abortion is invaluable.

As for women who are unsure if they are pregnant or who are still deciding between abortion and continuing their pregnancy, pregnancy care centers provide a welcoming and judgment free alternative to abortion clinics. They offer free pregnancy tests (and some offer free HIV testing as well).

Unfortunately, these clinics have been maligned by pro-abortion groups. While groups (including AU Students for Choice) will claim that CPCs scare women and hide information from them, they do no such thing. AU Students for Life works closely with a the Capitol Hill Pregnancy Care Center, a CPC in the D.C. area. At this center, volunteer peer counselors are not allowed to tell a woman that abortion is evil, but they will present her with facts about the procedure that an abortion clinic will not.

For example, CPCs will not hide emotional side effects like abortion clinics will. AUSC and abortion providers have made a devastating error in claiming that emotional side effects are non-existent. I know many post-abortive women and I have heard countless others speak and their pain is real. These women are telling their personal stories, and pro-abortion groups should not be so quick to call them liars.

The clinics in D.C. (including the Capitol Hill Pregnancy Care Center) do not pretend to be more than they are. They do not offer medical services and would never claim to. Do they offer information about all choices? Yes. They will not turn away a women considering abortion and they cannot tell her that abortion is wrong for her. CPCs simply show women another choice.

If Students for Choice was truly pro “choice” they wouldn’t be attacking these centers for providing women another option than abortion. Planned Parenthood may claim that they offer neutral information about each option, but this isn’t true. They are the largest abortion provider in the nation (over 300,000 abortions each year) and cannot be neutral when they stand to make millions of dollars each year on the procedure.

CPCs fill a critical social role and they will help women find medical care through referrals. They are not “clinics,” do not claim to be and do not falsely advertise. It doesn't matter if you are pro-choice or pro-life: the centers help women exploring different options and that's the bottom line.

Another Year Begins...

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:33:00 +0000

Hey AU Students!

Welcome back to another great year of school and pro-life activism! We had our kick-off meeting last night and it was great meeting our new members. We also had lots of people stop by our table during today's student activities involvement fair.

If you are not on the email listserv, send us an email at AmericanUStudentsForLife@gmail.com.

We have some really exciting events coming up this year, including a panel discussion on abortion and the health care debate! Plus, we're getting some pretty cool shirts this year. Check 'em out!

Pregnant and Don't Know Where to Turn?

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:30:00 +0000

You are not alone! There are so many resources available to you. Whether you need materinity clothes, baby supplies, a place to live, or simply a friend to listen - local pregnancy care centers are there to help you do what is best for YOU. Please feel free to contact these pregnancy care centers, toll free and confidentially. Or you can always visit www.optionline.org

Northwest Pregnancy Care Center
2702 Ontario Road, NW
Washington, DC 20009
(202)483-7008

Capitol Hill Pregnancy Care Center
713 Maryland Ave., NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202)546-1019

Welcome to AU Students for Life!

noreply@blogger.com (AU Students for Life) — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 04:19:00 +0000

Hey there! Welcome to the blog for American University Students for Life. Here you will find all the information you need about the pro-life group at AU. Check out all our links, interesting pro-life articles, and our calender of events.

IF YOU ARE PREGNANT AND LOOKING FOR HELP, there are many organizations that can provide you with more information and can help you. See the post below for contact information.

ARE YOU SUFFERING AFTER AN ABORTION? You are not alone. There are millions of women just like you and they are there to offer you comfort and support. We have listed the contact information for these fantastic organization below.

If you are in need of help at American University, please let us know and we will glady work with you to get you the resources you need. Feel free to send us an email at . . .

AmericanUStudentsForLife@gmail.com