National Pro-Life Religious Council
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The National Pro-Life Religious Council (NPRC) is a Christian coalition representing numerous Christian anti-abortion denominations and organizations in the United States.
Its goal is to promote the view that Christianity is an anti-abortion faith "which acknowledges Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and is called to affirm and witness to the Biblical standard of the value, dignity, and sanctity of human life".[1] The organization was started in opposition to the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC) and similar organizations.
The NPRC seeks to educate Christians on what they believe to be the biblical basis of the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death, also opposing euthanasia and stem-cell research. Its current president is Father Frank Pavone, who is also the National Director of Priests for Life; its board meets quarterly in Washington, DC. The NPRC sponsors educational conferences and funds the publication of anti-abortion books which promote the Christian anti-abortion message. It publishes a quarterly newsletter Uniting for Life.
Membership[]
The organization's current members are:[2]
- Anglicans for Life
- Catholics Called to Witness
- CEC for Life, the anti-abortion wing of the International Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Church
- Conservative Congregational Christian Conference
- Family Research Council
- Lifewatch, Taskforce of United Methodists on Abortion and Sexuality
- Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
- Lutherans for Life International
- National Clergy Council
- NIFLA (National Institute of Family and Life Advocates)
- National Right to Life Committee
- Priests for Life
- Presbyterians Pro-Life
- The Issachar Imperative
Books[]
The NPRC has also published the following books which explain its position on abortion (by date):
- Stallsworth, Paul, ed., The Church and Abortion. Nashville, TN: Abington Press, 1993
- Stallsworth, Paul, ed., The Right Choice. Nashville, TN: Abington Press, 1997
- Stallsworth, Paul, ed., Thinking Theologically about Abortion. Anderson, IN: Bristol House, 2000
- Gorman, Michael, J. & Ann Loar Brooks, Holy Abortion? A Theological Critique of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2003
- Di Mauro, Dennis R, A Love for Life: Christianity's Consistent Protection of the Unborn. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2008
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
- Anti-abortion organizations in the United States
- American Christian political organizations