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Abortion

Facts & Statistics

• 2006 Abortion Fact Sheet (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
• Florida Abortion Statistics 2002-2005 (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
• US Abortion Map (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
• Life Insight
• Silent No More
• Second Look Project
• Partial Birth Abortion Procedure (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
• RU 486 Facts
• Fetal Development
• USCCB Pro-Life Activities Office
• Life Chain
• Feminists for Life
• Abortion Research: www.abortionresearch.net
• Breast Cancer Prevention: www.bcpinstitute.org
• Life Desisions International www.fightpp.org
• "I Want to Live video" www.rightmarch.com/iwanttolive-alerts.htm

Roe vs. Wade

• www.overruleroe.com

Abortion Alternatives

Pregnant?	In need of support?
	Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Diocese of Orlando Centers (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required) America’s Pregnancy Helpline Safe Baby Stations (pdf in English, Spanish and Creole - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required) English Creole
	Abstinence: It’s Great to Wait Abstinence Clearinghouse Love Matter Natural Family Planning: USCCB NFP Diocesan Family Life Office (their website)

Post Abortion Hope and Healing

Project Rachel (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required) Hope after Abortion The Elliot Institute Post Abortion Healing Cards (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required) Hurting After Abortion? (pdf) Florida Memorial for the Unborn

Partial Birth Abortion

Abortion/Breast Cander

Outreach

Madonna with Child
The Gabriel Project

Bishop Statements:

34th Anniversary of Roe vs. Wade

Resources:

USCCB Word of Life

Prayer Warriors

	The very presence of people praying can save babies. Many times a scared mother will ask for a sign, and seeing caring people praying outside of an abortion clinic may be the answer she needs. Click on the banner to see the list of abortion sites and the current prayer schedule.
	Helpers of God's Precious Infants - click on the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe for the complete schedule.

Capital Punishment

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• Church Teaching (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
• Catholic Perspective (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
• Death Penalty Information Center
• Cardinal Dulles Article on Capital Punishment
• USCCB Capital Punishment Campaign
• Death Penalty Study Guide (pdf)
• Penalty Prayer Service (pdf)

Bio-Ethics

• Science and the Catholic Church (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
• Center for Health Care Ethics
• National Catholic Bioethics Center
• Cryobanks International
• Translife Organ Donation
• Children of God for Life

Cloning

• Call to Ban Human Cloning (pdf in English and Spanish - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
  • English
  • Spanish
• Americans to Ban Cloning

Stem Cells

• Church Teaching (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required) (pdf file)
• Stem Cell Research
• What You Should Know About Stem Cell Research (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
• Embryonic Stem Cell Research: Is It Ethical (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
• The Case Against Funding Human Stem Cell Research
• Stem Cell Bulletin Inserts (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
• Stem Cell Video
• Stem Cell Seminars - Host a one hour seminar in your parish by contacting the Respect Life Office.  All seminars are FREE and will be scheduled to accommodate your parish.” Contact: Respectlife@orlandodiocese.org. Click here to download the flyer.
• National Catholic Bioethics Center
• Cardinal Rigali urges Senate to reject stem cell legislation promoting destruction of human life and the full text of the cardinal's letter here...

Euthanasia/Assisted Suicide

• Statement on Euthanasia (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
• Life at Risk
• International Task Force on Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

Catholic Living Wills

• Catholic Living Will Document (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)
  • English
  • Spanish
• How to Host a Living Will Forum at Your Parish (pdf file - Adobe Acrobat Reader Required)