INTERNATIONAL

Feminists for Life is concerned for the rights of women worldwide.

Feminists for Life has been designated a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) at the United Nations. The Millennium Development Summit of world leaders gathered at the United Nations in September 2005 to evaluate progress of the Millennium Development Goals. The goals were designed to reduce the devastating impact of extreme poverty in the world by the year 2015. FFL shares its perspective on each of the Millennium Development Goals in light of the recent summit.

Abortion is promoted internationally as a "reproductive right" and legal abortion is falsely portrayed as "safe." But in every country and region of the world, abortion is a reflection that the needs of women have not been met. Women Deserve Better^® than abortion, no matter where they live.

FFL President Serrin Foster calls for a pro-woman, pro-life solution to worldwide violence against women in an issue of The American Feminist entitled Crimes Against Women Around The World. (Other articles in the issue include: "Six Billion's a Crowd?", "The Sex Industry Exposed," "In the Name of Honor," "Access Denied," and "Women's Work.")

The following topics and articles give FFL's perspective on issues affecting international debate on pro-life laws and legislation. To access many of the issues below you will first need to register by clicking here.

Pro-Life Feminism

Early feminists were adamantly opposed to abortion. In the words of Alice Paul, author of the original 1923 U.S. Equal Rights Amendment, "Abortion is the ultimate exploitation of women." Today's pro-life feminists continue their tradition by advocating for women and their unborn children.

• The Feminist Case Against Abortion
  FFL President Serrin Foster presents the true feminist case against abortion in her landmark speech. The modern women's movement abandoned the vision of the early feminists, who opposed abortion and proposed women-centered solutions. "The Feminist Case Against Abortion" has been recognized as one of twenty-two "Great Speeches in History" in an anthology on Women's Rights.

• You're a Feminist?
  Pro-woman answers to pro-choice questions about pro-life feminism.
  Coming soon!

• The Future of Feminism
  Feminists for Life members reflect on the history of feminism and FFL's continuing commitment to promote the core values of feminism?justice, nondiscrimination and nonviolence.

• Abortion: A Betrayal of Feminism
  The arguments used to justify abortion today were used to subjugate women in the past.

• Abortion: Women's Rights… and Wrongs
  Abortion is no substitute for a just society that respects and supports women.

• Feminists for Life: Who Are We?
  FFL receives its pro-woman, pro-life legacy from the earliest feminists and sees abortion as a symptom of women's problems rather than a solution to them.

• Cassandra's Fate: Why Feminists Ought to Be Pro-life
  In Greek myth, Cassandra was able to see the future, but no one would believe her when she tried to save others from impending disaster. Pro-life feminists often find themselves in a similar predicament.

• Impact of Suffragists Felt a Century Later
  FFL members reflect on the pro-life feminists who inspire them.

• Finding a Home in Today's Feminism
  A review of contemporary pro-life feminist writers shows a rich diversity of ideas and arguments.

What about Rape and Incest

Abortion advocates frequently use the tragedies of rape and incest to push for legalized abortion. FFL explores "Victory Over Violence" through first-hand accounts of victims and survivors.

• Journeys of Hope Born From Tragedy
  FFL talks with women who were impregnated through rape.

• You Are My Daughter: An Interview with Julie Makimaa
  Julie's life began as a result of rape. She talks with FFL about the circumstances of her conception and life with her mother today.

• The Rapist's Friend
  The writer shares her teen experience in a home for unwed mothers and challenges the notion that abortion is the answer for pregnancy caused by rape or incest.

• Abortion: The Second Rape
  A rape crisis center counselor describes abortion as victimizing the woman a second time and challenges others to offer life-affirming solutions.

• Incest and the Abortion Clinic
  A woman tells of her heart-wrenching experience at an abortion clinic when she was 12 years old.

• What if it was your daughter who was raped?
  Pro-woman answers to the tough questions of rape and incest. Coming soon!

After Legalized Abortion

In 1973 the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion on demand throughout pregnancy with few exceptions or restrictions. What has been the effect? What happens to women after an abortion? What happens to society?

• Were They Right?
  Abortion advocates promised that legal abortion would be the great liberator of women. Have their promises been fulfilled? Explore the lies that led to the legalization of abortion in the United States. (Temporarily unavailable.)

• Let's Not Go There
  The abortion industry's wall of denial about women's wellness and children's safety is explored through a series of lies and truths. (Temporarily unavailable.)

• The Aftermath of Abortion
  Women and men struggle to recover from their abortion experiences.

• Mourning Life Lost to Hasty Decision
  A woman recalls with regret her rush to abortion.

• Price of Body Parts
  The revelation that fetal body parts are being sold for medical research has raised questions about what this research costs women, and whether it's worth the price.

• Abortion and the Battered Child
  If parents have the option of disposing of their unwanted child for any reason before birth, could this subtle societal agreement quietly extend to the child who is already born?

Violence Against Women and Children

Violence against women is rampant. Abortion does not end violent abuse against women. It is another weapon men use to control and abuse women.

• Violence Against Women, in the Name of Honor
  Acid attacks, bride burnings, female genital mutilation: how these practices are alive and well throughout the world, and what women are doing to fight back.

• Domestic Violence: More Than a Private Matter
  The abused woman begins to see that what happens to her in private is a public concern.

• Violence Against Women Act: Round II
  The Violence Against Women Act II seeks to eliminate the causes of violence against women as well as offer support and resources.

• Who Stops the Violence?
  A survivor's look at social services available to women. Includes advice on how a woman can protect herself.

• Unborn Victims of Violence Act
  FFL President Serrin Foster testified before the U.S. Congress on the Unborn Victims of Violence Act. Her testimony includes a plea that pregnant women who survive an assault should demand justice for the death of their unborn children.

• Infanticide: Children as Chattel
  Has infanticide become more acceptable since legalized abortion started us on the slippery slope toward devaluing life?

Sex Trafficking

Women are treated as "commodities" to be bought, traded and sold. Trafficking is a modern-day slavery that violates women's basic rights.

• Stolen for Sex
  All over the world women are being lured or kidnapped into sexual slavery, and the lucrative sex trafficking business isn't going away any time soon.

• Peddling Flesh
  Prostitutes bear a pain few can comprehend. It's her body, but is it really her choice?

• The Sex Industry Exposed
  Legal prostitution and the burgeoning international sex trafficking industry: the connection and cost.

Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia

Abortion has caused demographic worries for many nations. Will suicide and euthanasia become the "solutions" for problems caused by the missing children of abortion?

• A Feminist Case Against Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
  If assisted suicide and euthanasia are sanctioned choices, how many women will feel pressured to choose them?

• Dignity and Burdens
  Lies and truths about suicide and euthanasia are revealed. (Temporarily unavailable.)

• Devaluing Disabled Life
  Disabled people need life care, not death care. The ultimate goal of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia is the removal of disabled lives.

Empowerment

What women really want and need: education, skills, training and equal access to jobs with equal pay.

• Access Denied: Education and Employment
  How and why women are prohibited from an education and paycheck.

• Telecommuting Talk
  New flexibility offered by the home office is helping to chip away at one of the root causes of abortion?the challenge of balancing motherhood and a career.