Recommended BOOKS, VIDEOS and CD's
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Table of Contents
Books
A Civilization of Love: What Every Catholic Can Do to
Transform the World
A Love for Life
Abortion and the Conscience of a Nation
Abortion under State Constitutions: A State-by-State Analysis
Access: The Key to Pro-Life Victory
Am I Now Your Enemy for Telling the Truth?
Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Past & Present
Breast Cancer: Its Link to Abortion and the Birth Control Pill
Can a Catholic be a Democrat?
Catholic Bioethics and the Gift of Human Life
Catholics for a Free Choice Exposed
Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America
Deeply Damaged
Defending Life 2009: Proven Strategies for a Pro-Life America
Dehumanizing the Vulnerable: When Word Games Take Lives
Detrimental Effects of Abortion
"Dichiarazione Sull'Aborto Procurato"
Embryo
Faithful for Life: The Autobiography of Fr. Paul Marx
Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion
Four Steps to Healing
Giving Sorrow Words: Women's Stories of Grief after abortion
Her Choice to Heal
Human Genome, Human Person and the Society of the Future
Letters to Gabriel
Life is a Blessing
Lime 5
Making Abortion Rare: A Healing Strategy for a Divided
Nation
May it Please the Court: Arguments on Abortion
Men and Abortion: A Path to Healing
Not My Own: Abortion and the Marks of the Church
Politics for the Greatest Good: The Case for Prudence in the
Public Square
Population Control: Real Costs, Illusory Benefits
Post-Abortion Aftermath
Pro-Life 101: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Your Case Persuasively
Real Choices
Sharing the Heart of Christ
Short of a Miracle: Tina Torry's Story of Hope in the Midst of Tragedy
Standing with Courage: Confronting Tough Decisions about Sex
Supreme Deception
The Art and Practice of Lobbying
The Case for Life
The Centurion's Pathway: ...Ex-Abortion Providers or Facilitators
The Church and Abortion
The Cost of Abortion
The Culture of Life: Foundations and Dimensions
The Dignity of the Dying Person
The Emerging Brave New World
The Gathering of The Lambs
The Hand of God
The
Identity and Status of the Human Embryo
The Right Choice
The Right to Privacy (Bioethics & Culture)
Their Blood Cries Out
Thinking Theologically About Abortion
Victims and Victors
When Life and Choice Collide: Essays on Rhetoric and
Abortion
Women's Health After Abortion: The Medical and Psychological
Evidence
Won by Love
Video/DVD
22 Weeks
Abortion: The Inside Story
After the Choice
Blue Eyes Like Janey's
Christi's Choice
Defending Life
Euthanasia: False Light
Final Blessing
Harder Truth
Reversing Roe: The Norma
McCorvey Story
The Procedure: The Whole Truth about Partial-Birth Abortion
The Right Choice
You Can Stop Partial-Birth Abortion
CD's
BOOKS
The Four Steps to Healing
By Martha Shuping, M.D. And Debbie McDaniel, M.A. LPC
If you or someone you care about has experienced the pain of unresolved grief
after abortion, you know how hard it can be to find help. Magazines and talk
shows offer advice on nearly every topic, yet it’s rare to see a headline for
post-abortion recovery.
The Four Steps to Healing sheds new light on an issue
that has touched the lives of many but is talked about by few. The myth of
abortion as a “selfish” choice is dispelled here by illustrations of women who
chose abortion out of concern everyone’s needs but their own. Many who suffer
from post-abortion grief are, in fact, caring nurturers, helpers by nature who
take spiritual matters seriously.
In recognition of those who long to reconnect and go further in their faith, The
Four Steps to Healing is available in both Catholic and non-denominational
versions. Filled with practical suggestions, prayers and stories of hope, it is
a resource for those who want to be healed and for those who want to help.
Order the Catholic version at Amazon
Paperback: 136 pages
Publisher: Tabor Garden Press (April 13, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0972876928
ISBN-13: 978-0972876926
Order the Non-Denominational version at Amazon
Paperback: 120 pages
Publisher: Tabor Garden Press (April 11, 2007)
ISBN-10: 0972876944
ISBN-13: 978-0972876940
Population Control: Real Costs,
Illusory Benefits
by Steven Mosher
For over half a century, policymakers committed to population control have
perpetrated a gigantic, costly, and inhumane fraud upon the human race. They
have robbed people of the developing countries of their progeny and the people
of the developed world of their pocketbooks. Determined to stop population
growth at all costs, those Mosher calls "population controllers" have abused
women, targeted racial and religious minorities, undermined primary health care
programs, and encouraged dictatorial actions if not dictatorship. They have
skewed the foreign aid programs of the United States and other developed
countries in an anti-natal direction, corrupted dozens of well-intentioned
nongovernmental organizations, and impoverished authentic development programs.
Blinded by zealotry, they have even embraced the most brutal birth control
campaign in history: China's infamous one-child policy, with all its attendant
horrors. There is no workable demographic definition of "overpopulation." Those
who argue for its premises conjure up images of poverty - low incomes, poor
health, unemployment, malnutrition, overcrowded housing to justify anti-natal
programs. The irony is that such policies have in many ways caused what they
predicted - a world which is poorer materially, less diverse culturally, less
advanced economically, and plagued by disease. The population controllers have
not only studiously ignored mounting evidence of their multiple failures; they
have avoided the biggest story of them all. Fertility rates are in free fall
around the globe. Movements with billions of dollars at their disposal, not to
mention thousands of paid advocates, do not go quietly to their graves.
Moreover, many in the movement are not content to merely achieve zero population
growth, they want to see negative population numbers. In their view, our current
population should be reduced to one or two billion or so. Such a goal would keep
these interest groups fully employed. It would also have dangerous consequences
for a global environment.
About the Author
Steven W. Mosher is president of Population Research Institute and is recognized
as one of the leading authorities on population studies. He is the author of
several books and articles. His work has appeared in many publications including
The Wall Street Journal, The New Republic and National Review.
Paperback: 310 pages
Publisher: Transaction Publishers (April 17, 2008)
ISBN-10: 1412807131
ISBN-13: 978-1412807135
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www.amazon.com/dp/1412807131/
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The Right to Privacy (Bioethics & Culture)
by Janet E. Smith with foreward by Robert H. Bork
Janet Smith, well-known philosophy professor and writer, presents a critical
look at the meaning of the "right to privacy" that has been so often employed by
the Supreme Court in recent times to justify the creation of rights not found in
the Constitution by any traditional method of interpreting a legal document.
Smith shows how these inventions have led to the legal protection of abortion,
assisted suicide, homosexual acts, and more. As Judge Bork says it shows that
"morals legislation now seems constitutionally impermissible", and that the
counterfeit right to privacy belongs to the genre of the indecipherable and
incoherent that no one who wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights would
have contemplated. Foreword by Robert Bork
Hardcover: 105 pages
Publisher: National Catholic Bioethics Center, Ignatius Press (June 30, 2008)
ISBN-10: 158617259X
ISBN-13: 978-1586172596
Find this book on Amazon.com at:
www.amazon.com/dp/158617259X/
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Abortion under State Constitutions: A
State-by-State Analysis
by Paul Benjamin Linton
Whether a state constitution protects a right to abortion is significant for two
reasons: First, it may determine whether the State has the authority to enact
and enforce laws regulating abortion (e.g., laws mandating informed consent or
requiring parental notice or consent) within current federal constitutional
limits. Second, and more important, it will determine whether the State would
have the authority to enact and enforce laws prohibiting abortion, if the
Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade and returns the issue of abortion to the
States.
Abortion under State Constitutions is the first, full-length treatment of the
subject to appear in print. For each State, the author considers possible
sources of a right to abortion in the state constitution (privacy, due process
of law, equality of rights, equal protection, privileges and immunities, as well
as other provisions); state court decisions interpreting those provisions; the
relevant state constitutional history; pre-Roe prohibitions of abortion and
their interpretation by state courts; post-Roe regulations of abortion; and what
rights state law has conferred upon unborn children outside the context of
abortion.
Based upon the foregoing analysis, arranged topically within
each State for ease of reference, the author concludes that thirteen state
constitutions protect (or would be interpreted to protect) a state right to
abortion that is independent of the right to abortion recognized in Roe v. Wade,
while the supreme courts of the other thirty-seven States probably would not
recognize a state right to abortion. Likely to become a standard reference work
on the subject, Abortion under State Constitutions should be of interest not
only to lawyers who litigate state abortion rights claims and judges who decide
those cases, but to anyone on either side of the abortion debate who wants to
have a better understanding of the status of abortion under state constitutions.
Hardcover: 610 pages
ISBN-10: 1594606048
ISBN-13: 978-1594606045
Find this book on Amazon.com at:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1594606048/
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Women's Health After Abortion: The
Medical and Psychological Evidence (Second Edition, 2003)
by Elizabeth Ring-Cassidy and Ian Gentles
Based on the research and findings of more than 520 books and scientific papers,
Women's Health after Abortion (Second Edition) is a comprehensive, up-to-date
report of the physical and psychological impact of induced abortion on women.
Elizabeth Ring-Cassidy and Ian Gentiles have assembled a compelling account of
the research on post-abortion difficulties, both short and long term. Although
they often touch upon technical matters, they write with a humanity and clarity
that makes their conclusions readily accessible to the general reader. As this
book makes overwhelmingly clear, women who seek abortions in the United States
and Canada are not even told of the risk they are running. It is hard to see the
intentional withholding of such essential information as a contribution to
women’s ‘liberation’ much less their dignity and well being. - Elizabeth
Fox-Genovese
Price: $19.95
Paperback: 333 pages
Publisher: The deVeber Institute for Bioethics and Social Research; Second
Edition edition (September 10, 2003)
ISBN-10: 0920453244
ISBN-13: 978-0920453247
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Sharing the Heart of Christ: For Clergy,
Counselors and Laity in Post Abortion Ministry
By Kevin Burke, LSW, Theresa Burke, PhD, and Fr. Frank Pavone
There is a lot of pain in our midst…pain regarding the tragedy of abortion. We
as priests and deacons share in that pain, along with counselors and laity. We
are also called to address it. Dealing with it is an essential aspect of our
call to serve the needs of our people.
Sharing the Heart of Christ will help you preach and minister, in truth and
compassion, regarding what the United States bishops have called, “the
fundamental human rights issue of our day,” that is, abortion (Resolution on
Abortion, 1989). These reflections provide a springboard, a stimulus to
prayerful thought, from which you will then be able to build a fruitful ministry
of pro-life preaching and pastoral care adapted to the concrete situation in
which you serve.
Suggested Donation to Priests for Life: $10.00
Paperback: 44 pages
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The Emerging Brave New World
By Tom Glessner
In his classic novel Brave New World, English writer Aldous Huxley wrote of a
future where human beings are manipulated, abused and even killed for the
perceived good of society. Huxley envisioned a future where human life is
cheapened and easily disposed of for the benefit of a controlling elite.
Christian philosopher C.S. Lewis referred to such an elite as men without
chests. Indeed, in such a brave new world humanity itself is redefined to allow
for the elimination of those deemed inferior. Is Huxley’s ghoulish nightmare
about to descend upon America? Will we lose control over our destiny to an elite
comprised of men without chests? Thomas Glessner writes of the gradual
dehumanization on human beings that has invaded American culture and has
accelerated at a frightening pace since the 1973 Supreme Court decision of Roe
v. Wade. The subsequent dehumanization of unborn human beings and the emergence
of abortion on demand have opened the door to a culture where humanity is
redefined and those deemed of insignificant value are eliminated. This book
discusses the ongoing cultural battle between the traditional sanctity of life
ethic, which has been the foundation of Western civilization and American
culture for centuries and the modern quality of life ethic, which is
increasingly gaining control in academia as well as the hearts and minds of the
public. Glessner challenges the Christian church to respond to the current
cultural decline by placing priority upon efforts to restore the sanctity of
life ethic in our cultural institutions. Only through such monumental efforts
will the emergence of a brave new world be defeated. With foreword by Senator
Tom Coburn, United States Senate.
Paperback: 285 pages
Publisher: HighWay (July 1, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0981495737
ISBN-13: 978-0981495736
www.amazon.com/dp/0981495737/
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Politics for the Greatest Good: The Case
for Prudence in the Public Square
By Clarke Forsythe
With a level-headed voice, leading policy strategist Clarke Forsythe speaks
clearly into the fray of political striving. Here he campaigns for a recovery of
a rich understanding of the virtue of prudence, and for its application by
policymakers and citizens to contemporary public policy.
As Forsythe explains, prudence, in its classical sense, is the ability to apply
wisdom to right action. In this book he explores the importance of applying the
principles of prudence--taking account of limitations in a world of constraints
and striving to achieve the greatest measure of justice under current
circumstances--to the realm of politics, especially that of bioethics.
In particular, Forsythe applies these concepts to the ongoing debate among
pro-life advocates regarding gradual versus radical change as the most effective
way to achieve political and legislative goals. Drawing on the Bible,
philosophy, and the wisdom of historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln and
William Wilberforce, he makes a strong case for a strategy of seeking to achieve
the maximal change possible at a given time--or political prudence. As such, it
has broad implications for political scientists and strategists both within and
beyond the pro-life context.
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: IVP Books (June 2009)
ISBN-10: 0830829229
ISBN-13: 978-0830829224
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0830829229/
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Embryo
Robert George and Christopher Tollefsen
In Embryo, philosophers Robert George and Christopher Tollefsen deliver
an intellectual justification for the legal recognition of human embryos as full
and complete human persons. While this book does not center on the topic of
abortion per se, it nevertheless directly impacts the abortion debate. Why?:
Because if an embryo deserves full legal recognition as a person, then there can
be no legal justification for killing embryos in abortion – or in embryonic stem
cell research, for that matter. The fates of millions of human persons in the
embryonic stage depend upon the arguments presented in this book.
Embryo is not a light read; in fact, readers will benefit greatly from
some academic background in philosophy before opening this book. George and
Tollefsen delve deeply into various branches of philosophy and illustrate
powerfully how one’s choice of philosophy can determine one’s views on human
rights. Specifically they attack the dualism so deeply prevalent in pro-choice
circles, a dualism that most often manifests itself in the belief that if a
human can’t think or talk, then s/he doesn’t deserve human rights. This belief
doesn’t just apply to embryos: Think Terri Schiavo.
For university students and all those engaged in debate, Embryo is an
excellent source of information and reflection.
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Doubleday; 1 edition (January 8, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0385522827
ISBN-13: 978-0385522823
Price: $16.29
Amazon link
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Can a Catholic Be a Democrat?
David Carlin
David Carlin used to be loyal Democrat. He was even a Democratic Rhode Island
state senator for twelve years. But then something happened: The Democratic
Party began championing causes inimical to his deep Catholic faith, causes like
abortion, sexual license, militant secularism, and euthanasia. Now the
Democratic Party has given us a president with a radically extreme pro-abortion
voting record, and Carlin is asking himself: Is it possible to support the
Democratic Party without stepping on the Faith – even for the time it takes to
push a button in the voting booth?
In this excellent, thought-provoking book, Carlin discusses why the Democratic
Party abandoned the ideals of the Catholic working class and adopted those of
Hollywood. (Hint: Remember that he who pays the piper calls the tune.) He then
challenges all Catholics who retain a love and allegiance for the Democratic
Party to reexamine their political loyalties in the light of their loyalty to
the Faith. In the process, he ignites hope that if enough Catholics choose the
Faith over political affiliation, it may just be possible to witness the rise of
parties truly faithful to all values the Church holds dear.
Paperback: 220 pages
Publisher: Sophia Institute Press (August 30, 2005)
ISBN-10: 1933184191
ISBN-13: 978-1933184197
Price: $10.17
Amazon link
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A Civilization of Love: What Every
Catholic Can Do to Transform the World
By Carl Anderson
Like many pro-life authors, Carl Anderson knows that our current culture is in a
mess. Unlike some, however, Anderson recognizes that more energy should be
devoted to fixing the problem than to worrying about the problem. It should come
as no surprise, then, that Anderson sees the solution to our present societal
ills in a return to personal responsibility. Government alone will not make
society pro-life, it will only become pro-life insofar as every individual takes
responsibility for living the Gospel of life upon him or herself. In other
words, Anderson challenges the reader to live up to a sobering realization: The
pro-life movement starts with me.
Price: $10.97
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: HarperOne (May 5, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0061335320
ISBN-13: 978-0061335327
Amazon link
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A Love for Life
By Dennis Di Mauro
The National Pro-life Religious Council (www.NprCouncil.org), of which Fr. Frank
Pavone serves as President, commissioned Dennis Di Mauro, one of its Board
members, to put together an updated review of denominational positions on
abortion. The fruit of that effort is the book A Love for Life.
The following is an excerpt from a review at ChristianBookReviews.net:
Beginning with the most ancient sources, DiMauro mines both Scripture and
Christian tradition to bring together all the elements of a view on life that
challenged the “culture of death” existing in the pagan Roman Empire and
triumphed over it. The author points out how the pro-life position was the
consistent Christian view throughout the patristic, medieval, and Reformation
periods among all Christian traditions and only weakened in recent times as some
within the Church have forsaken the historic morality of Christendom for one
more amenable to the newly emerging “culture of death” of our own times.
The author also points out that the division among Christians on this issue is
much overplayed. Most of the “pro-choice” support is within the rapidly
disappearing “mainline” churches of the West. It is elsewhere that Christendom
is on the rise and there the pro-life position is dominant. Given the mainline
churches retreat on a whole host of issues, it can be effectively argued that
they merely represent the lapsed faith of dying churches.
It might be helpful if every pro-choice politician read A Love for Life
before commenting on the “diversity of opinions” within Christianity on the
abortion issue. It will probably not change their minds – their views are
clearly formed without any Christian source – but it might give them pause
before they make clearly insupportable claims. Whatever may be their reasons for
supporting abortion, they cannot blame it on Christ.
Paperback: 178 pages
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers (June 2008)
ISBN-10: 1556358288
ISBN-13: 978-1556358289
Price: $18.00
Amazon link
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Defending Life 2009: Proven Strategies for a Pro-Life America
Defending Life is a legal guide produced annually by Americans
United for Life as a comprehensive reference source for pro-life legislators
and activists. It provides research-based, nonpartisan information on the
history and relative effectiveness of pro-life legislation both on the national
level and in each of the fifty States as well as in-depth analysis of all
current and future legislative challenges. Senator Tom Coburn writes the
forward.
The book is divided into sections on abortion, the legal recognition of unborn
and newly born children, bioethics and biotechnology, end-of-life issues,
healthcare rights of conscience, and state report cards.
As a key reference book for in the pro-life movement, Defending Life is
unique and irreplaceable. In its comprehensiveness, thoroughness and
reliability, it is ideally suited for state legislators and politically astute
and active individuals and organizations.
Find more information on the
Americans United for Life website.
Paperback: 1056 pages
Publisher: Americans United for Life; 4th edition (March 1, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0977720454
ISBN-13: 978-0977720453
$39.95
Click here to order on Amazon
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The Case for Life
by Scott Klusendorf
Scott Klusendorf’s The Case for Life delivers a clarity on the
abortion issue that all pro-life advocates must be able to appreciate and then
deliver in order to change the nature of the current abortion debate. That
clarity centers on one fundamental question: What is a pregnant woman pregnant
with?
The answer to that question determines the debate. Because if pregnancy does not
involve an unborn human being, then everything the pro-choice movement advocates
is true: The pregnant woman should be entirely free to dispose of her pregnancy
however she wishes. If, however, her actions infringe upon the rights of another
person, namely the embryo or fetus inside her body, then the answer becomes
totally different.
Klusendorf’s arguments concerning abortion are logically solid, and the
techniques he advocates for debate are effective.
Scott Klusendorf is a committed evangelical Christian and the final part of his
book concerns the relationship between the pro-life position and evangelical
Christianity as well as interreligious dialogue on abortion.
Find more information on
http://www.caseforlife.com
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Crossway Books
ISBN-10: 1433503204
ISBN-13: 9781433503207
$15.99
Order The Case for Life at
Crossway
Books or on
Amazon.
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Supreme Deception
By Sybil Fletcher Lash
Published in 2002, this book chronicles the life of Sandra Cano, the "Mary
Doe" of the Supreme Court's Doe vs. Bolton abortion decision (the
companion case to Roe vs. Wade). This book exposes the lies told to the
Supreme Court Justices which completely ignored Sandra's wishes.
ISBN Number 0-9718831-0-6
Published in 2002 by Sentinel Productions, PO Box 1509, Lawrenceville, GA
30046-1509; Phone: 770-978-2350; Fax: 770-736-7830.
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Men and Abortion: A Path to Healing
By C.T. Coyle, Ph. D.
Men are hurt by abortion, and need healing from it. This book is based on
research on case studies, from which a program of healing has been developed.
The book is useful for post-abortion men, their families, and those who counsel
them.
ISBN Number 1-894169-87-5
Published in 1999 by Essence Publishing, 44 Moira Street West, Belleville,
Ontario, Canada K8P 1S3; Phone: 1-800-238-6376; Fax: 613-962-3055; Email:
info@essence.on.ca; Web: www.essence.on.ca
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Thinking Theologically about Abortion
Edited by Paul T. Stallsworth
In 1998, the National Pro-life Religious Council held an ecumenical
conference for pastors on the topic "Building a Ministry for Life." This book
contains the texts of four of the presentations made that day.
ISBN Number 1-885224-30-3
Published in 2000 by Bristol House, LTD,PO Box 4020, Anderson, IN 46013-0020.
Phone 765-644-0856, 1-800-451-7323; Fax 765-622-1045
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The Right Choice
Edited by Paul T. Stallsworth
This collection of sermons and talks brings together an outstanding array of
advocates for the pro-life position from many denominations. It will help
pastors who want to preach about abortion bur don't know how to begin. The
editor and a number of the contributors belong to the National Pro-life
Religious Council.
ISBN Number 0-687-05079-0
Published in 1997 by Abingdon Press, PO Box 801, 201 Eighth Ave. South,
Nashville, TN 37202-0801
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The Church & Abortion
Edited by Paul T. Stallsworth
Is much of American Protestantism out of step with historic Christian
teaching on abortion? The contributors to this book, while writing from the
vantage point of United Methodists, provide valuable theological and pastoral
perspectives for all Christians.
ISBN Number 0-687-07852-0
Published in 1993 by Abingdon Press, 201 Eighth Ave. South, Nashville, TN
37203
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Not My Own: Abortion and the Marks of the Church
by Terry Schlossberg and Elizabeth Achtemeier
This book provides a challenge to Christian churches that have grown lax in
their opposition to abortion. It shows that our pro-life convictions are not an
optional "add-in," but rather are rooted in the very nature of the Church.
ISBN Number 0-8028-0875-1
Published in 1995 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, Co, 255 Jefferson Ave. S.E.,
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
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Deeply Damaged: An Explanation for the Profound Problems Arising from
Aborting Babies and Abusing Children
by Philip Ney
This is a detailed and fascinating account of untold psychological harm
caused by abortion, and a unique analysis of the mutual causality between
abortion and child abuse.
ISBN Number 0-920952-10-0
Published in 1997 by Pioneer Publishing Co., LTD
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Letters to Gabriel
by Karen Santorum
Karen tells the story of her medically complicated pregnancy and her child
whose life was so short. She and her family loved their child in his frailty in
the womb, at the very time when her husband, Senator Rick Santorum, was
defending the lives of all such children in the Senate's debate on partial-birth
abortion. Describing the birth of Gabriel, Karen writes, "As sad as it was, the
time with you gave us a chance to love and care for you."
ISBN Number 1-56814-528-4
Published in 1998 by CCC of America, 6000 Campus Circle Dr., Irving, TX
75063; Phone 972-751-1915
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Catholic Bioethics and the Gift of Human Life
by William May
This book gives a detailed overview of Catholic teaching on major bioethical
issues, including contraception, abortion, reproductive technologies,
experimentation, euthanasia, assisted suicide, organ transplantation, and the
definition of death.
ISBN Number 0-87973-683-6
Published in 2000 by Our Sunday Visitor, 200 Noll Plaza, Huntington, IN 46750
Phone 1-800-348-2440; Email
osvbooks@osv.com; Website www.osv.com
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The
Identity and Status of the Human Embryo: Proceedings of the Third Assembly of
the Pontifical Academy for Life
This book, just
published in English at the Vatican, contains the papers of Vatican Officials,
bishops, and various experts on the status of the human embryo.
ISBN Number 88-209-2470-6
Published in 1998 by Libreria Editrice
Vaticana, 00120 Vatican City State, Phone 39-06-6988-5003, Fax 39-06-6988-4716
(If calling from the US, add 011 before dialing).
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Human Genome, Human Person and the Society of the Future: Proceedings of the
Fourth Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life
ISBN Number 88-209-2645-8
Published in 1999 by
Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 00120 Vatican City State, Phone 39-06-6988-5003, Fax
39-06-6988-4716 (If calling from the US, add 011 before dialing).
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The Dignity of the Dying Person: Proceedings of the Fifth Assembly of the
Pontifical Academy for Life
ISBN Number 88-209-2874-4
Published in 2000 by
Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 00120 Vatican City State, Phone 39-06-6988-5003, Fax
39-06-6988-4716 (If calling from the US, add 011 before dialing).
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The Culture of Life: Foundations and Dimensions: Proceedings of the Seventh
Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life
ISBN Number 88-209-7221-2
Published in 2002 by
Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 00120 Vatican City State, Phone 39-06-6988-5003, Fax
39-06-6988-4716 (If calling from the US, add 011 before dialing).
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Victims and Victors
Speaking out about their Pregnancies, Abortions, and Children Resulting from
Sexual Assault
By David C. Reardon
In this book, read the testimonies of 192 women who reveal that most pregnant
sexual assault victims don't want abortion, and those who do abort only suffer
more. This is the most comprehensive study published on this theme.
ISBN Number 0-9648957-1-4
Published in 2000 by Acorn Books/Elliot Institute, PO Box 7348, Springfield,
IL 62791-7348
Phone 1-888-412-2676, 217-525-8202; Website
www.afterabortion.org
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Giving Sorrow Words: Women's Stories of Grief after abortion
by Melinda Reist Tankard
This book includes the personal accounts of 18 women, and draws on the
experiences of over 200 others. Learn how they suffer the lack of adequate
counseling and informed consent, and pressure from partners, families, and
society. This is the first book telling the stories of Australian women grieving
after abortion.
ISBN Number 1-875989-67-6
Published in 2000 by Duffy & Snellgrove, PO Box 177, Potts Point NSW 1335
Australia; www.duffyandsnellgrove.com.au
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Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation
by President Ronald Reagan
This is the only book written by a sitting US President, and one to whom no
moral issue was of greater importance than the sanctity of human life.
Published in 2000 by New Regency Publishing, Sacramento,CA. Phone 1-800-266-5639; Website www.nrpub.com
***
Culture of Death: The Assault on Medical Ethics in America
by Wesley Smith
In this book, Wesley Smith shows how American health care, as well as our
courts and legislators, have been convinced by an elite group of bioethicists to
trade the ethic of the inherent equal dignity of all human lives for one of
utilitarianism and cost-benefit analysis. Smith calls for a reassertion of the
enduring principle of the sanctity of life.
ISBN Number 1-893554-06-6
Published in 2000 by Encounter Books, 116 New Montgomery St., San Francisco,
CA 94105. Phone 415-538-1460; Fax 415-538-1461; Website:
www.encounterbooks.com
***
Breast Cancer: Its Link to Abortion and the Birth Control Pill
by Chris Kahlenborn, MD
This book lays out the evidence that both induced abortion and use of the
birth control pill are independent risk factors for the development of breast
cancer.
ISBN Number 0-9669777-3-4
Published in 2000 by One More Soul, 1846 North Main Street, Dayton, OH 45405. Phone 1-800-307-7685; Email: omsoul@omsoul.com; website: www.omsoul.com
***
May it Please the Court: Arguments on Abortion
by Stephanie Guitton & Peter Irons
These are live recordings and transcripts of the oral arguments in eight
Supreme Court cases on reproductive rights.
ISBN Number 1-56584-233-5
Published in 1995 by The New Press, New York
***
Life is a Blessing: A Biography of Jerome Lejeune
by Clara Lejeune
Dr. Lejeune's daughter writes this masterful account of a man who knew how to
be a father as well as he knew how to be a scientist. He discovered the genetic
origin of Down Syndrome, but more importantly, he was able to articulate a
Christian vision of the human person far beyond the sum of his or her genes and
chromosomes.
ISBN Number 0-89870-812-5
Published in 2000 by Ignatius Press, PO Box 1339, Ft. Collins, CO 80522
Phone 1-800-322-1531; Fax 1-800-278-3566; Website
www.ignatius.com
***
Forbidden Grief: The Unspoken Pain of Abortion
by Theresa Burke, Ph.D, with David C.Reardon
This book demonstrates that grief after abortion is neither expected nor
permitted in our society. Drawing from their vast experience of post-abortion
counseling, the authors illustrate some of the ways that this "disenfranchised
grief" eats away at the personality, and results in harmful and bizarre
behavior.
ISBN Number 0-9648957-8-1
Published in 2001 by Acorn Books/Elliot Institute, PO Box 7348, Springfield,
IL 62791-7348. Phone 217-525-8202, 1-877-412-2676; Website
www.afterabortion.org
***
The Gathering of The Lambs
by Fr. Norman Weslin
No matter what you may think of its controversial author, this book contains
528 pages of history and spirituality that all who are concerned about abortion
should read. It traces how today's disciples have laid down their freedom for
their unborn brothers and sisters, inspired by a spirituality of the
"victim-soul."
Published in 2000 by Fr. Norman Weslin, 12203 E. Ilif, Unit L, Aurora, CO
80014. Phone 1-877-299-9459; Fax 303-751-6815
***
Detrimental Effects of Abortion
by Thomas Strahan
This book is the only publication to list, all in one place, all the major
statistically significant studies on abortion. It includes brief descriptions of
the findings of the studies. Topics include abortion decision-making, standard
of care, adolescents and abortion, and the physical, psychological, and social
effects of the procedure.
ISBN Number 0-9648957-0-6
Published in 2001 by Acorn Books/Elliot Institute, PO Box 7348, Springfield,
IL 62791-7348. Phone 217-525-8202; Website
www.afterabortion.org
***
Catholics for a Free Choice Exposed
by Brian Clowes, Ph.D
As the US bishops have declared, "Catholics for a Free Choice" is not
Catholic. This book analyzes the group's aggressive program of infiltration and
subversion, and its goal of the legalization of abortion worldwide.
ISBN Number 1-55922-047-3
Published in 2001 by Human Life International, 4 Family Life, Front Royal, VA
22630. Phone 540-635-7884; Fax 540-636-7363; Email
hli@hli.org; Website www.hli.org
***
Their Blood Cries Out
by Troy Newman and Cheryl Sullenger
This brief book gives the Biblical basis for the doctrine of "Bloodguilt."
Abortion is not only a sin; it is our sin. The first spiritual
response we need to have to abortion is to repent of it ourselves,
because innocent blood shed on the land implicates every person on the land.
Published in 2001 by Restoration Press/Operation Rescue West PO Box 601150,
Sacramento, CA 95860. Website
www.operationrescue.org
***
Am I Now Your Enemy For Telling You The Truth?
by Troy Newman & Cheryl Sullenger
This book, in question and answer format, is a sequel to Their Blood Cries
Out.
Published in 2002 by Restoration Press/Operation Rescue West, PO Box 601150,
Sacramento, CA 95860; Website
www.operationrescue.org
***
The Art & Practice of Lobbying
by William Pierce, Ph.D.
After forty years of nonprofit lobbying, Bill Pierce gives the reader
confidence that he/she can lobby effectively, with a clear understanding of what
should be expected and how to achieve it.
Published in 2001 by Pierce Group International, PO Box 1253, State College,
PA 16804; Phone 814-364-2449
***
Short of a Miracle: Tina Torry's Story of Hope in the Midst of Tragedy
by Crystal Pitrois
Tina Torry had an abortion, but it didn't work. Her daughter Heidi survived!
Here's the story of this miracle of life.
ISBN Number 1-889893-69-3
Published in 2002 by Ambassador Emerald International, 427 Wade Hampton
Blvd., Greenville, SC 29609
***
Standing with Courage: Confronting Tough Decisions about Sex
by Mary-Louise Kurey
Discover this dynamic young woman, Miss Wisconsin 1999, who bears witness to
the Gospel of Life and the message of chastity nationwide!
ISBN Number 1-931709-03-3
Published in 2002 by Our Sunday Visitor, 200 Noll Plaza, Huntington, IN 46750. Phone 1-800-348-2440; Email osvbooks@osv.com; Website
www.osv.com
***
Pro-Life 101: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Your Case Persuasively
by Scott Klusendorf
This small book gives you a complete presentation of how to succinctly answer
the questions about abortion that you are likely to get from friends and
enemies.
ISBN Number 1-930836-06-6
Published in 2002 by Stand to Reason Press, 1438 East 33rd St., Signal Hill,
CA 90807. Phone 1-800-2-Reason; Website www.str.org
***
Her Choice to Heal: A guide
to Post-Abortion healing
by Sydna Masse and Joan Phillips
Both authors had
abortions and address this book directly to the post-abortive woman.
Available from Ramah International, PO Box
173, Ramah, CO 80832-0173; Phone and Fax (719) 573-7707; E-Mail: Sydna@aol.com.
-- Online Order form for Her Choice to Heal
***
The Centurion's Pathway: A Description of the Difficult Transition for
Ex-Abortion Providers or Facilitators
by Philip G. Ney, MD, FRCP(C), MA, Rpsych, and Marie A. Peeters, MD.
What leads someone who has been trained to heal and cure to begin using
his/her skills to kill babies by abortion? How does such a person come to leave
the abortion industry? What does all this have to do with the powerful concept
of the "scapegoat"? Find the answers to these and other fascinating questions in
this book.
Available from The Society of Centurions, PO Box 27103, 750 Goldstream Ave,
Victoria, BC V9B 5S4, Canada.
*** "Dichiarazione Sull'Aborto Procurato"
This book on
procured abortion has been published from the Sacred Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith. The volume presents to the Church once again the 1974
Declaration on Procured Abortion (in Italian and Latin), and also
contains documents on abortion issued by eight Episcopal Conferences from around
the world: Italy, Rhodesia, the United States, Canada, Germany, Mexico, Brazil,
and Australia. The book carries an introduction by His Eminence Joseph Cardinal
Ratzinger.
It is published by Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 00120 Vatican City
State, Phone: (from US) 011-3906-6988-5003; Fax: 011-3906-6988-4716.
***
Won
By Love
by Norma
McCorvey, with Gary Thomas.
This is the story of how the "Jane Roe" of Roe vs.
Wade was used by the abortion movement for their purposes, and then was
surprised by the Lord Jesus, who claimed her as His own.
Paperback: 264 pages
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers (December 30, 1997)
ISBN-10: 0785286543
ISBN-13: 978-0785286547
$16.98
Click here to order on Amazon.
*** The Hand of God
Dr. Bernard Nathanson tells the
story of his journey from abortion to salvation.
Available from Regnery Press,
Washington DC., 1-888-219-4747.
***
Access: The Key to Pro-life Victory
by Mark Crutcher.
In this brief booklet,
filled with quotes from abortion providers, you will learn how the pro-life
movement is winning without even having to overturn Roe vs. Wade. The legality
of abortion without access to the abortion procedure is more and more the
picture of America. Contact Life Dynamics Incorporated, PO Box 2226, Denton, TX
76202 (940-380-8700).
***
Lime 5,
Exploited by Choice
by Mark Crutcher.
This book destroys the lie that legal abortion is "safe." Available
from Life Dynamics Incorporated,
PO Box 2226, Denton, TX 76202.
www.ldi.org
*** The Cost of Abortion
by Lawrence Roberge.
Using
government sources, this book analyzes the impact of legal abortion on our
society, our economy, and even our national security!
Order at 1-800-552-1098.
*** Faithful for Life: The Autobiography of Fr. Paul Marx
Available from Human Life International, 4 Family Life, Front Royal, VA 22630,
1-800-549-LIFE, Email publications@hli.org
***
Real Choices
by Frederica Mathewes-Green.
This book
explores why women choose abortions, reversing some common myths. (1994, Questar
Publishers, PO Box 1720, Sisters, Oregon 97759).
*** Post-Abortion Aftermath
Edited by Fr. Michael Mannion
A collection of scholarly essays on post- abortion trauma and healing.
(1994, order from Sheed & Ward at 1-800-333-7373).
*** When Life and Choice Collide: Essays on Rhetoric and
Abortion.
Edited by David Mall
A collection of scholarly essays on
language and the abortion controversy. (1994, Kairos Books, PO Box 708,
Libertyville, IL 60048).
*** Dehumanizing the Vulnerable: When Word Games Take Lives
by William Brennan
The language used to dehumanize the preborn has been used
before to dehumanize other classes of people. (1995, Loyola University Press,
3441 North Ashland Ave., Chicago, Ill 60657.)
*** Making Abortion Rare: A Healing Strategy for a Divided
Nation
by David Reardon.
This book is about developing a comprehensive
strategy which re-emphasizes our commitment to being both pro-woman and
pro-life, and integrating post-abortion efforts into pro-life strategy.
Available from Acorn Books, PO Box 7348, Springfield, Ill. 62791. Phone 1-888-412-2676; 217-525-8202;
www.afterabortion.org
*** Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: Past & Present
by Dr. J.C.Willke, MD
et al
(1998) available from Hayes Publishing Co., 6304 Hamilton Ave.,
Cincinnati, OH 45224.
VIDEOS
22 Weeks
"22 Weeks" has the images and sound effects of a horror flick, but it isn't one.
Instead, it's based on a true account of a woman who sought a late-term abortion
but found herself living a nightmare.
In the 25-minute featurette, Angela, played by Natalie Wenninger, wakes up in
her motel room covered in blood. She rushes to the clinic where she had been
injected with a needle the day before to abort her baby 22 weeks into her
pregnancy. She’s bleeding profusely and is having contractions but is left alone
in a dirty room at the clinic. Something is wrong.
Earlier in the film, we find a much different Angela at the EPOC Clinic in
Orlando, Fla., as she is midway through the second trimester of her pregnancy.
There, Angela is presented with two options: the suction method or an injection
to the baby's heart.
She chooses the latter, convinced by employees that the procedure will not cause
the baby any pain. She would simply have a stillborn birth the following day. To
her, the suction method is a monstrous act.
After the procedure, she is met by a group of pro-life advocates outside the
clinic. When one Christian tries to convince her to save the baby, Angela
replies, "God was never raped."
While there a several uncomfortable moments when Angela experiences some
complications, the shocking scene near the end comes as she has given birth to
her baby on a toilet.
"He's alive!" Angela screams, shocked that the baby was not dead like the
employees had assured he would be when born.
But the mother is even more horrified when the employees, who respond slowly to
her cries, deny the baby is living, do not help her and lock her in the
bathroom.
"He's alive and they won't help me!" Angela tells her friend on the phone. "I
don't want this anymore ... I made a mistake! Call 911!"
As Angela waits for help, she holds the baby close to her, telling her son, "I'm
so sorry" and "I love you so much," and wishing she had another chance.
When the ambulance arrives at the clinic, the employees try to turn them away,
insisting that no one placed a 911 call.
"22 Weeks" is based on an article by World Net Daily, which published the true
testimonies of the real mother, Angele, in 2005. And while what was depicted in
the film was horrifying enough, Angele said what actually happened was even
worse.
The baby, whom Angele had named Rowan, died 10 minutes after the 911 call by her
friend due to negligence. The doctor, Jim Perper, who administered the
injection, was not prosecuted.
Angele, who has not released her last name, attended the free screening of the
film at Union Station's Phoenix Theaters in Washington, D.C. as another way of
going public with her experience.
…Excerpt of a review by Lillian Kwon taken in the online edition of The
Christian Post at http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090122/abortion-film-22-weeks-disturbs-exposes/index.html
(January 22, 2009)
Blue Eyes Like Janey’s (DVD)
Blue Eyes Like Janey’s is a profoundly moving music video, produced in 2008, and
featuring a song written by Bobby Rennert and performed by David Huff. The song
is narrated from the perspective of a teenage boy suffering from post-abortion
grief. This young man pressured his pregnant girlfriend into aborting their
unborn baby girl. After coming face to face with abortion’s violence and grief,
both the young narrator and his teenage girlfriend become involved in the
pro-life movement, trying to dissuade others from making the same tragic
decision.
To order your copy, go to
www.PuretyProductions.com.
You Can Stop Partial-Birth Abortion
This is a brief video produced
to inform the public about Partial-Birth Abortion and show them how they can
help to stop it. The NCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities and the National
Committee for a Human Life Amendment in cooperation with Stepstone Productions
made the video. Call 202-541-3070 for details.
*** The Procedure: The Whole Truth about Partial-Birth Abortion
Produced
and directed by Dan Donehey, this video gives an honest look at Partial-Birth
Abortion, including the testimony of Brenda Pratt Schafer, who is a witness to
the procedure. Call 1-888-437-7558 to order or
click here to order online.
***
Reversing Roe: The Norma
McCorvey Story
"Jane Roe," the plaintiff in
the Roe vs Wade Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, has abandoned her
support of abortion. Find out how Norma McCorvey discovered the truth of the
Gospel. Contact Dan Donehey, 509 Breezewood Drive,Fredericksburg, VA 22407.
*** Harder Truth
This video is less than 10 minutes and shows an abortion
and aborted babies. It is meant to change the way people feel toward
abortion. Order from Center for Bioethical Reform, 1-800-959-9775.
*** Abortion: The Inside Story
In November, 1994, former abortionists
spoke out at a conference hosted by Joseph Scheidler of the Pro-life Action
League. This video combines their testimony with that of other former
abortionists from previous conferences. Order through Priests for Life,
888-PFL-3448.
*** The Right Choice
Produced under the sponsorship of the US Bishops Pro-Life Committee, this
video helps convince young people not to choose abortion.
***
Defending Life - Since 1995,
Fr. Frank Pavone has taped thirteen half-hour television shows on abortion each
year. These are aired across the world on the Eternal Word Television Network
(EWTN) and are made available from Priests for Life on videocassette. Order at
www.priestsforlife.org/store
*** Christi’s Choice
This video from Life Dynamics shows
how an abortion decision ruined the life of the woman who made it. This is
personal evidence that "legal" does not mean safe.
Click here to
order from Amazon ***
After the Choice
Hear the stories of 16 women who
have had abortions and tell in their own words what comes after the choice.
Order from Concerned Women for America, P.O. Box 65453, Washington, DC 20035.
Tel. 202-488-7000
***
Euthanasia: False Light
This 15-minute video
contains moving testimony both from medical experts and people who resisted the
false solution of euthanasia. Order from
IAEFT, PO Box 760,
Steubenville, OH 43952.
***
Final Blessing
A one-hour video and discussion guide on
the spiritual dimension of terminal illness, can be ordered from the US Catholic
Conference, 800-235-8722.
CD
Life Issues Institute is making available two CD's of brief
commentaries on pro-life issues by Dr. Jack Willke. The CD's, called Life
Jewels, each have about 60 spots on them. They are available from Life
Issues Institute, 1721 W. Galbraith Rd., Cincinnati, OHIO 45239, Phone (513)
729-3600; Fax (513) 729-3636; Email LifeIssues@aol.com
Available in Spanish!
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