Undercover at Planned Parenthood

With Sanctity of Human Life Sunday coming up on January 24, 2010, I'll be doing some more blogs focusing on prolife topics. Before I get to today's blog and video—which you won't want to miss—the EPM staff asked me to include a short word about my book Why Pro-Life?:

Why Pro-Life? is perfect for churches celebrating Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. EPM is offering case quantities (60 books or more) of Why Pro-Life? to churches and prolife organizations for only $1.00 per copy! Click here to order from EPM, or to access free resources ...

Pregnancy Resource Centers: Serving Unborn Babies and Their Mothers

Recently the Pregnancy Resource Centers of Greater Portland celebrated their 25th anniversary, and they asked me to record a short message for their celebration, which I was happy to do. What a great ministry they have. Since 1984, Portland's PRCs have helped more than 160,000 women and teens who were unprepared for pregnancy, or who faced the possibility of a pregnancy.



(Click here if you're unable to view the video.)

I thank God that today in virtually every part of the United States, there are abortion alternative centers that provide free pregnancy tests, free counseling, and free ...

The Manhattan Declaration

Today marks the public release of the Manhattan Declaration, which Chuck Colson invited me to sign several weeks ago. After reading it, I gladly agreed to do so.

I am posting only the Preamble below, as well as a part of the Declaration about life, in the hopes that it will interest you in reading the full statement, posted at www.manhattandeclaration.org. If you read and agree with it, you may sign on with us if you so choose.

I do not participate in many things like this, but both the content and the tone of this statement is ...

The Federal Healthcare Reform Bill and Its Impact on the Lives of Unborn Children and Their Moms

I don't often address political issues in my blog, but in light of the impact this bill could have on the prolife movement, I felt it was important to share. My friend Larry Gadbaugh, CEO of Pregnancy Resource Centers of Greater Portland, sent the following email to their constituents explaining the impact that the current federal healthcare reform bill could have on the lives of countless unborn children and their moms, and the pregnancy resource centers who serve them. Here's what he wrote:

This is the bottom line: Abortion must be explicitly excluded from the healthcare bill, or ...

The Rise of Child Abuse as a Result of Abortion

Before I get to today's blog, I need to clarify something that causes confusion. Periodically someone runs across something written by "Randy Alcorn" and assumes that could only be me. But there are other Randy Alcorns, and one of them is a columnist for The Daily Sound in Santa Barbara, California. I've read a few of his articles I agree with and others I definitely don't.

Recently "the other Randy Alcorn, writer" produced a column entitled "Abortion is pro-life." The logic is twisted, to say the least. Those who oppose abortion are made out NOT to be ...

Some Thoughts on the Killing of Abortionist George Tiller

Across the nation, everyone's talking about the killing of George Tiller, the infamous abortionist who ran the late-term abortion clinic in Wichita, Kansas. On Sunday May 31, 2009, Tiller was shot to death while serving as an usher at the Sunday morning service at his church. His clinic is one of only three nationwide which provides abortions after the 21st week of pregnancy. He specialized in late term abortions that even most abortionists cannot stomach doing, partly due to the obviously human body parts that must be removed after the abortion.

Certainly my heart goes out to Tiller's ...

Dr. Oz on Oprah: "the stem cell debate is dead"

My friend Denny Hartford, director of Vital Signs Ministries, brought this video to my attention on his blog. Denny writes, "Wouldn't it be nice if we could get a clear, concise and persuasive presentation of adult stem cells as being the only valid hope for Parkinson's, diabetes, and other diseases on a popular national TV program like Oprah?"

Well, it happened. Dr. Mehmet Oz, health expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show, appeared on the show earlier this month and during a segment with Oprah and actor Michael J. Fox announced that due to advances in adult stem cell ...

Scott Klusendorf’s The Case for Life

Scott Klusendorf's new book, The Case for Life: The Case for Life: Equipping Christians to Engage the Culture , releases today.

After I was sent the prepub manuscript of this book, and asked to endorse it, I wrote, “Scott Klusendorf has produced a marvelous resource that will equip pro-lifers to communicate more creatively and effectively as they engage our culture. The Case for Life is well-researched, well-written, logical, and clear, containing many pithy and memorable statements. Those already pro-life will be equipped; those on the fence will likely be persuaded. Readers looking to speak up for those who cannot speak ...

Communicating the prolife message, and a 12-year-old shows how it's done (video)

Here's a great video well worth watching that one of you blog readers let me know about.

Lia, 12 years old, prepared and delivered a prolife speech for her 7th grade class.

Following the video I share some thoughts on how to best communicate the prolife message.



Here are some suggestions about sharing the prolife message:

1. Tailor your presentation to your audience so that you’re speaking to them, not to yourself.

Realize the vested interests, denial and rationalization surrounding this issue.

Realize the average person’s saturation and indoctrination with media propa­ganda.

2. Do your homework ...

Lincoln's logic on slavery extends to all human rights

Happy birthday to my favorite president, Abraham Lincoln. While he still held to some racist stereotypes, he managed to rise above the worldview of his era and affirm the wrongness of slavery and the rights of all people.

What Lincoln wrote below applies not only to slavery and racism, but to other human rights issues such as sexism and abortion:

You say A. is white, and B. is black. It is color, then; the lighter, having the right to enslave the darker? Take care. By this rule, you are to be slave to the first man you meet, with a ...