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January 24, 2024 By Alaska Right to Life

REPRESENTATIVE CATHY TILTON (R) WASILLA / FAIRVIEW

abortion funding committees

Abortion Funding Committees

The Speaker of the House assigns Members to Committee Chairmanship and Membership positions in the House. The House Finance Committee writes the Budget that either protects babies by prohibiting abortion spending, or funds abortions that take nearly 800 innocent lives.

The Speaker selected the Finance Committee Co-Chairs.
The Speaker selected the Planned Parenthood advocate Members.
The Speaker gave abortion advocates the majority of the Finance Committee votes.

Representative Tilton, if “personnel is policy,” then your House Finance Committee assignments demonstrate that forcing Alaskans to pay for babies to be killed is shamefully your policy.

In this Post-Roe era where the constitution does not recognize “a right to abortion” or abortion funding, your actions are beyond defensible.

Your actions and votes clearly advance the abortion industry’s agenda.
Your committee assignments have cost nearly 400 innocent lives.
Your Finance Committee assignments will fund nearly 1,600 babies’ deaths.

Urgent Need to Restructure the House Finance Committee for a Pro-Life Budget.

January 19, 2024 By Alaska Right to Life

50 YEARS TOO LONG

Urgent Need to Restructure the House Finance Committee

Speaker Tilton Must Act Decisively For a Pro-Life Budget.

URGENT NEED TO RESTRUCTURE

THE HOUSE FINANCE COMMITTEE

FOR A PRO-LIFE BUDGET

During a pivotal moment in Alaska’s Legislature, the recent resignation of Independent Representative Josiah Patkotak presents more than a mere reshuffling of committee members; it offers a profound opportunity to steer our state towards a future that fervently upholds the sanctity of life. This is not just a matter for our legislators; it is a clarion call to every Alaskan who values life.

Almost providentially, the transition falls on Sanctity of Human Life Week, opening the door for significant changes. Alaska Right to Life recently sent a letter to Representative Cathy Tilton recommending Representative David Eastman for the CCM. Representative Eastman’s steadfast commitment to protecting babies provides Alaskans waiting to be born a committed voice on the CCM.

Additionally, the one-member House Republican Caucus is the only Caucus currently without representation on the Committee on Committees.

The Bi-Partisan Majority Caucus consisting of Republicans and influential Planned Parenthood endorsed abortion advocates is heavily represented on the CCM, as is the Democrat led House Minority.

But Republicans who refuse to caucus with Democrats and Planned Parenthood’s abortion advocates will appreciate the representation on the Committee on Committees that only Representative Eastman can provide.

It’s likely that Representative Patkotak’s seat on the CCM provided his region of the state with a voice on the CCM, and that replacing him with Representative Eastman could raise concerns about geographical or regional representation. In that case, Representatives Vance, Carpenter, and Tomaszewski have all made strong public declarations of their commitment to protect innocent human life from conception to natural end of life and should be considered as Representative Eastman’s alternate.

The CCM membership is based on the House Speaker’s sole discretion to appoint members to the committee. Shortly after being elected last year, Speaker Tilton appointed the following members to the CCM:

Representative Tilton (R), Chair

Representative C. Johnson (R)

Representative D. Johnson (R)

Representative Patkotak (N)

Representative Schrage (D)

Those members, along with Speaker Tilton, then structured and staffed every House Committees in what’s called the Committee on Committees Report.

The CCM Report is then ratified by a majority vote of the House. Last year’s CCM Report was approved by at 39 to 1 vote.

Every bill that was either passed, stalled, or killed in a committee is directly linked to that 39 to 1 vote January 19, 2023. Every baby’s death with taxpayer funds ultimately has the sanction of the 39 members who ratified the CCM Report that placed the House Finance Committee in the hands of Planned Parenthood’s abortion advocates.

The current composition of the House Finance Committee disproportionately favors abortion advocacy and abortion funding in our State Operating Budgets. Instead of a balanced representation of all Alaskans, the House Finance Committee resembles a skewed scale needing urgent recalibration. This isn’t just an administrative or even a legislative issue; it’s a moral imperative that echoes through every part of Alaska.

Consider for a moment that exactly one year ago, on January 19, 2023, the House voted 39 to 1 to staff the House Finance Committee as the most powerful abortion advocacy committee in the House, possibly the whole Legislature.

As you can see, the current composition of the House Finance Committee disproportionately favors abortion advocacy and abortion funding in our State Operating Budgets. Instead of a balanced representation of all Alaskans, the House Finance Committee resembles a skewed scale needing urgent recalibration. This isn’t just an administrative or even a legislative issue; it’s a moral imperative that echoes through every part of Alaska.

Remember that exactly one year ago, on January 19, 2023, the House voted 39 to 1 to staff the House Finance Committee as the most powerful abortion advocacy committee in the State of Alaska.

The battle for the House Finance Committee is critical for at least two reasons:

The House Finance Committee essentially writes the Legislature’s budget after reviewing the Governor’s Budget Proposal.
Approximately 70% of all legislation must pass the House Finance Committee.

This is a crucial time for protecting babies from abortion. Considering the 2022 Dobbs v Jackson opinion which rightly overturned Roe v Wade, we’re standing on the edge of a completely new era. The shadow and specter of a federal ‘right to abortion’ have been tossed on the trash heap of history – and with it goes any claim to a “right” to abortion and abortion funding in Alaska’s Constitution. This isn’t time for caution and indecision, but decisive action.

Now, more than ever, your voice is crucial. Representative Tilton once told me, “If I could save just one life, it would all be worth it.” While this sentiment resonates with each of us, influencing committee assignments and public policy has the force of saving hundreds, thousands, and even tens of thousands of babies from being murdered by abortion.

A state budget that loudly proclaims the sanctity of human life will no longer be violated will shine as a beacon of our shared commitment to life.

Finally, we must recognize the difficulties ahead. The Senate is currently controlled by a pro-abortion bi-partisan caucus. Beyond the Senate, any budget that prohibits abortion funding must make it through the joint Conference Committee. Each of these challenges – and there are more in the courts are but hurdles in this race for righteousness.

Near the end of his life, John Quincy Adams was challenged on his abolitionist stance in Congress. He stood alone for years – decades, calling for the abolition of slavery in America. He was called a failure, ineffective, and blamed constantly for the lack of progress towards abolition. When asked if he felt like a failure, he responded that while the duty to act was his, the results – abolition – belonged to God.

We share in that duty today – and the freedom to act knowing that God is sovereign in the outcome.

This is not a time for silence or passivity. Alaska Right to Life encouraged Speaker Tilton to rise to this occasion with the courage and resolve it demands. Will you rise with her?

Send Speaker Tilton your own encouragement – click the button and send her your own encouragement to restructure the House Finance Committee so that it will produce a state budget that loudly proclaims the sanctity of human life will no longer be violated.

Alaskan Moms at a Crossroads

December 27, 2023 By Alaska Right to Life

Alaskan moms are at a crossroads

MINISTRY TO MOMS

Picture this: a young woman, in her late teens or early twenties, is at a crossroads in her life.

She’s pregnant at a point in her life where nobody wants her to have a baby. The baby’s father left has disappeared and her family turned their backs on her. Out of school, and out of work, she’s couch surfing, feeling alienated, and abandoned.

To call this a crossroads is a bit of an understatement. From her point of view, every option – every direction leads downhill, fast.

If she keeps the baby, she’ll be all alone. She’ll become another statistic: a single mom working menial jobs, dependent on government handouts just to get by.

Or she can go through with the abortion. She knows what that means. And if she does, she’ll be haunted by the guilt and shame for the rest of her life.

Standing at the crossroads of life and death for her baby, she looks right at you, a Pro-Life Counselor, and yells from across Planned Parenthood’s parking lot, “Baby Daddy left and my parents kicked me out. What can you do for me?” Her voice trembles, a shaky mix of a tough, protective front and bone-shaking fear.

And right there, when she’s feeling most vulnerable, right there at the crossroads, you’re able to offer her another option. A real choice. A lifeline.

I didn’t make this up. It’s real, I’ve experienced it, and it happens outside every Planned Parenthood in Alaska.

But we need it to happen more – you – need to experience it. And if you can’t, then we need your help recruiting, training, and deploying hundreds of Pro-Life Counselors outside every Planned Parenthood every day they’re open for business. Day in, day out, giving these women another choice, a bit of support, and that tiny spark of hope. A lifeline at a crossroads.

And you know what? It actually works. Meaning, 8 out of 10 women end up choosing life for their babies when they get the help and support they need to keep their babies.

We’re at a critically important crossroads ourselves. Your help right now could kickstart some big changes. We’re all in and committed to getting a full-time ministry leader set up in Anchorage to lead a team that’ll be there for women when they need it the most.

Your tax-deductible year-end donation is way more than just a gift. It’s like saying, “Hey, I’m with you, I care about you, and I’ll help you,” to those mothers at the crossroads of life and death for their babies… moms who feel pretty much alone in the world. Here’s where your kindness will go:

Getting a Full-Time Ministry Leader on board: Someone who’s always there, offering guidance and support.
Training and Resources: So our Pro-Life Counselors are super prepared to serve moms and save babies.
Saving babies, supporting moms: Whenever Planned Parenthood is open, our counselors are there, offering help that’s caring and private.
Shutting down more abortion facilities: When moms choose life, abortion facilities start closing their doors.

Our goal? $100,000 by the end of the year. We’re at a crossroads. Political solutions are years away, so big or small, your help is huge for these crucial moments.

Join us on this amazing journey. Let’s turn Alaska into a place where moms and their babies aren’t just safe but celebrated.

When she’s at those crossroads, scared, alone, and convinced there’s only one way out, you can show you care, you’ll help, and that she and her baby are safe and will be cared for.

It’s time. Be that change. Be that hope. Donate now.

Pro-Life Ministry at Abortion Businesses that Serve Moms and Save Babies
Statewide Outreach and Education that Protects the Family and What it Means to Be Human
Education That Protects Children from Abortion and Gender-Destroying Ideologies

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Pro-Life Ministry at Abortion Businesses that Serve Moms and Save Babies
Statewide Outreach and Education that Protects the Family and What it Means to Be Human
Education That Protects Children from Abortion and Gender-Destroying Ideologies

Tax Deductible

P.S. Thank you for standing with us for life! Remember – to have your gifts count for year-end tax deductions, please ensure your mailed donations are postmarked by December 30^th and your online gifts are submitted by December 31^st.

If you prefer to contribute by mail, please click HERE to print out a CONTRIBUTION FORM and mail it to:

Alaska Right to Life

PO Box 201134

Anchorage, AK 99520.

Alaska Right To Life

Alaska Right To Life understands how hard it is to save a single life. We continue to build coalitions with other ministries, churches, and other advocacy and political groups so that we can protect innocent human lives in any and every way possible.

We have helped tens of thousands of Alaskans get involved, serve in ministry, save babies, influence elections and legislation, and save lives since 1973.

A Lifeline For Babies and Their Moms

December 23, 2023 By Alaska Right to Life

A Lifeline for Babies & Their Moms

FULL-TIME MINISTRY TO MOMS

“Baby Daddy left, what can you do for me” were the first words out of her mouth as she walked towards the Anchorage Planned Parenthood abortion facility. “I’ve been couch surfing for three months, and I’m getting kicked out again. You got a place for me and my baby?”

She talked tough, and she looked tough. But inside she was a scared young woman, barely 20 years old.

She was alone in her struggle. Her baby’s father disappeared – left the state. She was alienated from her family. Nobody would help her them beyond a couch to sleep on for a few nights.

Thankfully, she wasn’t talking to an abortion advocate, but a Pro-Life Counselor just outside of Planned Parenthood. She was on her way into the abortion facility for her first abortion appointment when the two Pro-Life Counselors called out to her before she went inside.

After a few minutes of showing they cared about her and her baby, and that they could help her, she agreed to skip her abortion appointment and visit the local Pro-Life Pregnancy Resource Center where they affirmed her decision to keep and parent her baby.

Not all the women we talk to outside Planned Parenthood change their minds and choose life for their babies like this, but 8 out of 10 pregnant moms who meet with Pro-Life Counselors like this mother did, choose LIFE for their babies!

Over the years we’ve deployed teams of Pro-Life Counselors outside of every Planned Parenthood abortion facility in the state. Alaska Right to Life members and friends celebrated the Soldotna Planned Parenthood closure in May of 2022 after three years of serving mothers and protecting babies.

It’s time to take our ministry to pregnant moms and their babies to the next level. Sure, we closed a Planned Parenthood abortion facility. Sure, we’ve served thousands of moms. Sure, we’ve seen countless babies saved over the years.

We’re at a crucial point and it’s time to go all in for babies and their moms.

A POLITICAL SOLUTION TO ABORTION IS YEARS AWAY

A political solution to abortion is still years away. Babies and their moms don’t have years. Every second matters and these families are counting on us.

We’re not going to let them down. We’re recruiting for a full-time ministry leader in Anchorage to train and organize an army of men and women to serve moms and their babies when and where they most desperately need it: as they approach Planned Parenthood’s abortion facilities.

For thousands of pregnant moms, an abortion at Planned Parenthood is the only option they know of. We must be there to meet them at their most desperate moment.

Please join us in serving moms and protecting babies with a full-time ministry outside Planned Parenthood by making a year end gift to Alaska Right to Life. No gift is too small and no gift is too large. Your tax-deductible gift will help us reach moms, their babies, and our end of year fundraising goal of $100,000.

A LIFELINE

Your year-end gift is more than a donation – it’s a lifeline. In those critical moments outside Planned Parenthood when moms and their babies are facing their darkest hour, your support can make all the difference. Your gift will help us:

Hire and train a full-time ministry leader that will ensure moms and babies are never alone in their darkest moments at Planned Parenthood.
Equip Pro-Life Counselors with the training, materials, signs and tools they need to reach moms as they approach Planned Parenthood for their abortion appointments.
Increase our advertising effectiveness to reach families that are vulnerable to abortion through local churches, Google Ads, social media, and other innovative technologies.

Together we can reach abortion vulnerable moms and their babies when they most desperately need our help, save them both from abortion and make Alaska a better, safer place for babies for generations to come.

Life At Conception Act | Equal Protection & Justice from Conception
Prohibit Abortion Funding and Spending by Alaska’s Government
Protect Children From Dangerous Abortion, Gender, and Sexual Indoctrination in Schools

Pro-Life Ministry at Abortion Businesses that Serve Moms and Save Babies
Statewide Outreach and Education that Protects the Family and What it Means to Be Human
Education That Protects Children from Abortion and Gender-Destroying Ideologies

Tax Deductible

Pro-Life Ministry at Abortion Businesses that Serve Moms and Save Babies
Statewide Outreach and Education that Protects the Family and What it Means to Be Human
Education That Protects Children from Abortion and Gender-Destroying Ideologies

Tax Deductible

Life At Conception Act | Equal Protection & Justice from Conception
Prohibit Abortion Funding and Spending by Alaska’s Government
Protect Children From Dangerous Abortion, Gender, and Sexual Indoctrination in Schools

If you prefer to contribute by mail, please click HERE to print out a CONTRIBUTION FORM and mail it to:

Alaska Right to Life

PO Box 201134

Anchorage, AK 99520.

Alaska Right To Life

We have helped tens of thousands of Alaskans get involved, serve in ministry, save babies, influence elections and legislation, and save lives since 1973.

Dobbs Unfulfilled in Alaska

December 13, 2023 By Alaska Right to Life

THE PROMISE OF DOBBS

REMAINS UNFULFILLED IN ALASKA

The US Supreme Court affirmed in the Dobbs v Jackson opinion what we’ve been saying for over 50 years, that there has never been a constitutional right to abortion in either the Federal or any State Constitution.

In plain, simple English, the book – or the US Constitution – is closed to the idea that there can ever be a right to kill babies.

“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision…”

^{Majority Opinion, Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health, June 24, 2022}

The hope – the PROMISE of Dobbs is that it profoundly changed the legal landscape, cleared judicial obstacles, and opened a more direct route to protecting babies.

Dobbs affirmed that there is no right to abortion in the US Constitution.
Dobbs made it clear that the “right” to abortion cannot be inferred or interpreted.
Dobbs gets rid of the specter of pro-abortion judicial overreach that has haunted Pro-Lifers for 50 years: the right to abolish abortion “belongs to the people and their representatives.”

The PROMISE of Dobbs recognized and reinforced the Constitutional Authority and Duty to Abolish Abortion without judicial interference.

Unfortunately, the PROMISE of Dobbs lies unfulfilled in Alaska. Ending abortion can seem just as elusive today as it was before Dobbs overruled Roe v Wade.

The PROMISE of Dobbs recognized and reinforced the Constitutional Authority and Duty to Abolish Abortion without judicial interference.

Unfortunately, the PROMISE of Dobbs lies unfulfilled in Alaska. Ending abortion can seem just as elusive today as it was before Dobbs overruled Roe v Wade.

Alaska’s activist courts and “abortion rights” legal precedents remain unchallenged even though Dobbs thoroughly dismantled every argument for a “right to abortion.”
Dobbs affirmed our Governor’s Constitutional authority to “restrain violations of constitutional… right[s] by any officer or… political subdivision,” but abortion continues unchecked.
Alaska’s Legislature has the authority to make laws and spend money. Dobbs affirmed the Legislature’s authority to prohibit funding abortions, paying for abortions, and to abolish abortion. For now, Alaska’s Legislature seems to be bound to Roe instead of the US and Alaskan Constitutions.

DOBBS UNFULFILLED

THE STATE OF ABORTION IN ALASKA

Planned Parenthood and their allies are working harder than ever to entrench abortion into every part of our lives.

While that sounds a little over the top, the numbers don’t lie. In addition to Planned Parenthood’s control over Alaska’s Courts, their advances in the Legislature, and in addition to their near total control over the budget process, Planned Parenthood is rapidly expanding their abortion business as well.

One of Planned Parenthood’s most significant expansions has been the RU-486 Chemical Abortion protocol. Planned Parenthood targets babies up to 9 weeks of life (13 weeks gestation) for Chemical Abortions.

CONCEPTION TO 9 WEEKS OF LIFE

Photo Credit: From Conception to Birth: A Life Unfolds, Alexander Tsiaras

Chemical Abortions are essentially a take home, Do-It-Yourself (DIY), or Self-Managed Abortion in which the baby’s mother takes two pills over the span of a couple days.

The first pill, Mifepristone, kills the baby over a grueling 48-hour period in which the baby is essentially starved, suffocated, and poisoned. The second pill, Misoprostol, initiates the excruciating contractions that will deliver his lifeless body.

602 babies were killed at home by Self-Managed Chemical Abortions in 2022

Nearly one half of Alaskan abortions are Self-Managed Chemical Abortions.

Planned Parenthood is increasing the number of nurses distributing Self Managed Chemical Abortion Kits.

Despite the significant increase in Self-Managed Chemical Abortions, surgical abortions are not going away. If anything, they are increasing – dramatically.

With earlier stage, Self-Managed Chemical Abortions being distributed by nurse-practitioner abortionists, it seems Planned Parenthood’s abortion physicians are expanding their 2^nd Trimester Dilation & Evacuation (D&E) Abortions to staggering levels.

HUMANITY OF LIFE IN THE WOMB

Photo Credit: From Conception to Birth: A Life Unfolds, Alexander Tsiaras

Sadly, most D&E abortions target babies between 10 and 20 weeks of life. Regardless of the baby’s age – from conception to natural end of life –God declared the sanctity of human life when He created man – male and female – in His image. Shedding innocent blood – murder – is condemned and prohibited from Genesis to Revelation 22.

Dilation and Evacuation (D&E) Abortions have skyrocketed to 128 later term surgical abortions in the same period,

a 700% increase in 2^nd trimester surgical abortions.

I realize that none of this is easy to read. It might even be downright discouraging, but I’m not going to lie to you. The reality of abortion is horrifying.

Fulfilling the PROMISE of Dobbs – fighting to end abortion demands we know and share, and pursue the truth.

And the truth is ugly. Very ugly.

We live in a state where anyone convicted of murdering an unborn baby will be fined up to $500,000 and go to jail for up to 99 years, but we license abortionists to kill babies legally.

The only meaningful difference between somebody who will be fined and go to jail for killing an unborn baby, and somebody who the State will pay for the same crime is the abortionist’s license, contract, and the source of payment.

Perhaps one of the worst ironies of all is that abortionists must pass a criminal background check before they can start killing babies.

OUR HOPE IS IN GOD

NOT IN GOVERNMENT

But there is hope.

First, our hope is in God. And since He has made Himself abundantly clear on His purpose for government from Genesis through Revelation, We must not be silent.

In quick flyover fashion, let’s consider a few points regarding God’s purpose for government. These are certainly not exhaustive, but only serve the purpose of helping us understand legislation offered to protect innocent human life in the greater context of God’s design for government, chiefly to:

Protect innocent human life and punish murderers.

“Whoever sheds man’s blood, by man his blood shall be shed, for in the image of God He made man.” Genesis 9:6

Administer justice by the wisdom of God.

When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice. 1 Kings 3:16

Bring God glory

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I raised you up, to demonstrate My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed throughout the whole earth.” Romans 9:17

Worship God.

“Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; Take warning, O judges of the earth. Worship the LORD with reverence And rejoice with trembling. Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him!” Psalm 2:10

Reward good behavior and punish evil.

rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. Romans 13:3

Since God is not silent on His purpose for government, nor is He silent on the taking of innocent life, He has not left us without the means to protect children and reform our government: Dobbs is very clear: the Constitution does not recognize a “right to abortion.”

“Abortion rights” cannot exist in the US or Alaska’s Constitutions.
“Abortion rights” are not recognized by the Constitution.
“Abortion rights” cannot be inferred or interpreted from any part of the Constitution.

Babies waiting to be born have positive, expressly recognized rights to life, to equal protection, and equal justice. Dobbs removed the judicial obstacles that once prevented action and opened direct routes to protecting babies. The Constitution compels our Governor and Legislature to protect innocent human life.

With your support, we’re not waiting another 50 years for Alaska’s Courts to correct their deadly errors. Our call to action is simple and direct:

Alaska’s Governor is authorized – compelled – by the Constitution and affirmed by Dobbs to protect babies from being killed by abortion. While he has many options, the first, most direct action available for his administration is to refuse to pay for a single baby to be killed.

Yes, Planned Parenthood and the abortion lobby will protest and sue. Isn’t that what we want – a direct challenge to Alaska’s pro-abortion precedents, armed with the Dobbs opinion that overruled Roe v Wade?

Yes, babies will be saved. If taxpayer money is what makes an abortion possible, then taking that money away from Planned Parenthood will save hundreds of babies’ lives.

Whether the Governor acts or not, the Legislature is armed with the Constitution and the Dobbs opinion and empowered to pass laws that protect innocent human life from conception to natural end of life.

This is how we start Fulfilling the PROMISE of Dobbs.

As “the people’s representatives,” Alaska’s Legislature is also authorized – compelled – by the Constitution and affirmed by Dobbs to make and pass budgets that prohibit funding and paying for babies to be killed.

But we do not stop there. The PROMISE of Dobbs is that every Alaskan baby deserves equal protection and equal justice. Dobbs is clear: the right to abolish abortion “belongs to the people and their representatives.”

With your support, this is how we Fulfill the PROMISE of Dobbs.

While Fulfilling the PROMISE of Dobbs relies on a political solution to the worsening problem of killing babies in Alaska, we are not limited to political solutions.

The problem of abortion is not limited to elections, laws, and courts.

FULFILLING THE PROMISE

BEYOND THE POLITICAL ARENA

Fulfilling the PROMISE of Dobbs and protecting children requires action beyond the political arena.

Alaska Right to Life’s work outside the political arena spans from Unalaska to Utqiagvik to Junea, and everywhere in between.

Alaska Right to Life spreads the Pro-Life message in churches, schools, at the State Fair, and we’ve even crashed a Planned Parenthood rally or two!

More than 10,000 people receive the Pro-Life message every year through thousands of flyers, brochures, books, and DVDs.

We collected more than 7,000 petition signatures and nearly 2,000 members joined the movement for the first time this year.

Alaska Right to Life invests tens of thousands of dollars and countless thousands of staff and volunteer hours into outreach activities all over the State, but nothing has the lifesaving impact like our work at Planned Parenthood’s abortion facilities.

When two or more pro-lifers are outside Planned Parenthood, the abortion no-show rate increases by as much as 70% – many of those pregnant mothers never even park their cars!
When pregnant mothers learn that free, confidential, and completely nonjudgmental help is available, many pregnant mothers at least postpone their abortion appointments and explore their options and alternatives.
When pregnant mothers explore the free and confidential help and services we offer outside Planned Parenthood, many of them ultimately choose life for their babies.

Abortion appointment no-shows, postponements, and those life choices are made possible by faithful pro-lifers’ presence outside Planned Parenthood, reaching out to mothers struggling with unplanned pregnancies, and offering them the help and support they need to choose life for their babies.

God gave us a great victory after three years of faithful ministry in Soldotna by Alaska Right to Life members and friends. Planned Parenthood’s Soldotna facility was losing so much money that they closed their doors for good on May 31^st, 2022.

VICTORY

MAY 31, 2022 SOLDOTNA PLANNED PARENTHOOD CLOSED

As important as closing that Planned Parenthood was, the daily impact our Alaska Right to Life members and friends made was even more important in the lives of the babies and women that Planned Parenthood was trying to destroy.

This work is so important because even the most normal and routine difficulties in life are multiplied when the shock of an unplanned pregnancy hits. The fears, doubts, and pressures can be crushing.

When young mothers are alone in their most desperate moments, they’re vulnerable to Planned Parenthood’s lies and deceptions.

Mothers struggling with unplanned pregnancies shouldn’t be abandoned to struggle through their pregnancies alone.

And they won’t be.

When the baby’s father walks out, Pro-Life counselors step in.

When family and friends ostracize her for her unplanned pregnancy, Pro-Life Counselors approach, welcome, and protect her.

Ministry to pregnant mothers as they approach abortion facilities is one of the best ways to serve pregnant mothers and save their babies.

Serving mothers in their most desperate moments at the abortion facility has many benefits:

Pregnant mothers get the help and support they need to choose life for their babies and parent those children successfully.

Eight of ten pregnant mothers that meet with pro-life counselors choose life for their babies according to Pregnancy Resource Centers.

And when enough pregnant mothers choose life for their babies and cancel their abortion appointments, Planned Parenthood goes out of business and closes its doors. For good.

To repeat the victories we had in Soldotna – on a much larger scale – we need more than just volunteer time. Effective, continuous outreach that meets the challenges we’ll face in Anchorage requires dedicated, full-time leaders. The ministry must transition from part-time volunteers to full-time, paid leadership positions.

Your support will help us recruit, train, and deploy a small army of caring, loving counselors armed with resources for unplanned and crisis pregnancies, a broad support network, and most importantly, the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Your support today will help us continue our critical and lifesaving advocacy, legislative, and outreach work while adding this critical ministry that can save babies lives every day that pregnant mothers are lured to Planned Parenthood abortion facilities.

Will you consider making your very best one-time gift or a monthly contribution today?

Every dollar brings us closer to serving vulnerable mothers, protecting babies, seeing God put another Planned Parenthood out of business, and bringing an end to abortion in Alaska.

Your donation to Ministry and Outreach efforts in the GREEN section below is a tax-deductible donation that supports ministry to pregnant mothers at local abortion facilities as well as statewide education programs. Supporting our Ministry and Outreach efforts is a great option for end-of-year tax-deductible donations. You will receive a tax-deductible donation report at the end of the year for your taxes.

Your donations supporting Advocacy and Action for Life in the BLUE section below allow the greatest flexibility to direct efforts to advocacy, education, and ministry efforts. If you’ve ever signed a petition, gave legislative testimony, or attended a rally, those efforts were funded HERE. You will receive a donation report for the year for your records.

Your generosity is the lifeblood of our organization, and we are grateful for your commitment to the cause of life here in Alaska.

Thank you for standing with Alaska Right to Life and defending life.

Pro-Life Ministry at Abortion Businesses that Serve Moms and Save Babies
Statewide Outreach and Education that Protects the Family and What it Means to Be Human
Education That Protects Children from Abortion and Gender-Destroying Ideologies

Tax Deductible

Life At Conception Act | Equal Protection & Justice from Conception
Prohibit Abortion Funding and Spending by Alaska’s Government
Protect Children From Dangerous Abortion, Gender, and Sexual Indoctrination in Schools

Life At Conception Act | Equal Protection & Justice from Conception
Prohibit Abortion Funding and Spending by Alaska’s Government
Protect Children From Dangerous Abortion, Gender, and Sexual Indoctrination in Schools

Pro-Life Ministry at Abortion Businesses that Serve Moms and Save Babies
Statewide Outreach and Education that Protects the Family and What it Means to Be Human
Education That Protects Children from Abortion and Gender-Destroying Ideologies

Tax Deductible

If you prefer to donate by check, this downloadable donation form has everything you need.

HB 205 LIFE AT CONCEPTION ACT 2023

December 12, 2023 By Alaska Right to Life

THE BASIC FACT IS SIMPLE:

LIFE BEGINS... AT CONCEPTION

Ashley Montague, Geneticist and Professor at Harvard and Rutgers Universities

May 16, 2023

The last bit of snow in my yard melted on Mother’s Day and now the trees are budding and sprouting leaves while the grass comes back to life day by day.

The nine trees we lost in last winter’s storms are off the lawn and the last of the wind blown debris is gone as well.

We are beyond the cold and dark days of winter – and the early morning and late evening light bring a new sense of hope and optimism for a bright and sunny spring and a warm, productive summer for our gardens, fish, and wildlife.

Part of the optimism I feel today is the Life At Conception Act was introduced in the House today.

the basic fact is simple:

LIFE... BEGINS AT CONCEPTION.

Ashley Montague, Geneticist and Professor at Harvard and Rutgers Universities

May 16, 2023

The last bit of snow in my yard melted on Mother’s Day and now the trees are budding and sprouting leaves while the grass comes back to life day by day.

The nine trees we lost in last winter’s storms are off the lawn and the last of the wind blown debris is gone as well.

Part of the optimism I feel today is the Life At Conception Act was introduced in the House today.

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The LIFE At Conception Act is a comprehensive bill that guarantees equal protection from the moment of conception without exception to the child’s age, level of development, sex, nature of conception, or any other distinguishing characteristic.

The LIFE At Conception Act protects all innocent human life from conception to natural death by addressing several points in Alaska’s Constitutional and Statutory Laws:

Recognizes every child’s Constitutional Rights to life, liberty, equality, equal rights, and equal protection as seen in Article 1, Section 1 of Alaska’s Constitution.

Eliminates abortion access from the right to privacy, by defining privacy to exclude the right to kill a child in accordance with Article 1, Section 22 of the Alaska State Constitution.

Defines children in the womb from the moment of conception as ‘natural persons.’

Defines conception as the beginning of the biological development of a human organism, when the sperm and egg fuse.

Defines abortion as any action taken before or during the birth of a child with the intent to kill the child.

Repeals Alaska’s abortion laws and statutes, primarily Alaska Statute 18.16.

Provides legal protections to medical professionals who, despite their best efforts to save the life of both mother and child, are unable to preserve the life of a child in emergency medical situations.

Provides criminal penalties for any intentional killing of a child at any age equivalent to negligent homicide, murder, or any other intentional killing of a person.