From TheUnChoice.com -- an evidence-based Elliot Institute campaign to raise awareness about unwanted abortions, post-abortion issues and maternal deaths, plus help, hope and healing. ... The UnChoice. Unwanted. Unsafe. Unfair. 

Planning Calendar:

Events, Opportunities and Supporting Evidence-Based Resources 
 

Incorporate the Elliot Institute's holistic pro-woman/pro-life evidence-based resources and project ideas into your education and outreach plans this year ... and next!
 

The Elliot Institute continues to document and share important information about abortion. This includes human rights abuses related to abortion; the risk of abortion; and exploitation of the rights, welfare and lives of babies, mothers, fathers and families. Our research is published in scholarly journals and presented in America's courtrooms, classrooms, the halls of Congress and in other influential decision- and policy-making arenas -- here and internationally, too.
 

We have distilled this information into user-friendly materials that you can use to reach others and transform conventional thinking about abortion.
 

Upcoming opportunities include: pro-life State Fair booths this summer and fall; Suicide Prevention Week and media discussions about suicide throughout September; Signature Ads and other annual right-to-life events and outreach in October and January; and Thanksgiving, Christmas and other holiday season education/outreach opportunities.

July through November: Voter Education
What Every American Needs to Know postcards or flyers, and Forced Abortion in America fact sheets, flyers or 26-page report,  expose "pro-choice" rhetoric by showing America's anti-choice reality, while also exposing abortion's heartbreaking, even deadly, abuses and the aftereffects for mothers, dads and families.

 

August: State Fair Booth Outreach and Other Opportunities

State Fair Booth Education/Outreach Materials will help you present a holistic, evidence-based pro-woman/pro-life perspective that shows how abortion endangers the rights and lives of both the unborn and women.
 

September: Suicide Prevention Focus
Several national and international organizations participate in suicide awareness and outreach in September, including Suicide Prevention Week (Sept. 9-15), World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept. 10) and similar events. This means that the suicide issue will be in the media, so it's a good time to seek media coverage.
 

Share information about the heartbreaking reality of unwanted, coerced or forced abortions in America and elsewhere, and the risk of suicide after abortion for teens, women and men. Learn more and share materials from our Suicide page, Teens at Risk page and Men Abortion and Suicide. See sample PR tips and tools. (See more September ideas and resources.)

Back-to-School Education, Lesson-Planning and Outreach Opportunities
Teach, inspire and reach out to youth; warn parents about teens at risk; donate books to school libraries; and share other research and resources in lesson plans, civic outreach, and more. You can help save lives today while you also educate, encourage, transform and inspire tomorrow's leaders.
 

You'll find a wealth of well-cited, user-friendly, evidence-based information at TheUnChoice.com, AfterAbortion.org (the Elliot Institute's main site), AbortionRisks.org, (a wiki-style clearinghouse with information about abortion's harm, abuse and risks to teens, women and others) and StopForcedAbortions.org (legislative initiatives) to use in essays, speech contests, lesson planning, youth group and civic activities, social outreach, and more.

October and January: 40th Anniversary Right-to-Life Events
Share pro-woman/pro-life Signature Ads, other ads and educational materials, rally signs and posters, and hats and other apparel (to wear at rallies or anytime). Update and refresh the debate during this tragic 40th anniversary. October is also Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This is a great time to educate people about the irony of unwanted, coerced and forced abortions -- evidence that exposes abortion's abuse of women's rights and renders "pro-choice" rhetoric meaningless. (See the main calendar for links and resources.)

 

November and December: Holiday Outreach
Share Thanksgiving-through-New Year's Holiday Season ads/flyers and Christmas ads/flyers to educate the public and save lives (the lives of both unborn babies and their mothers and fathers who are at risk for suicide or death).

 

2013: Two Anniversaries, One with a Silver Lining
Sadly, this year marks the 40th anniversary of abortion-on-demand in America. The lives lost -- including babies and mothers -- have reached unfathomable and often uncounted proportions. But this year also marks the 25th "Silver Anniversary" of the Elliot Institute. For 25 years, our research, education and outreach have documented and shared abortion's tragic legacy and impact. 
 

This dual anniversary year is a good time to use our "40 Years Too Long" ad, flyer, Signature Ad and other resources to expose the lies upon which Roe v. Wade was based and abortion's tragic risks, reality and aftermath. And, if you support this information and materials -- which have been used in to change the culture in legal, medical, academic, social services and other education, outreach and policy-making arenas -- please keep it going by praying for us, joining us, and donating as one of our trusted partners!

April 2013: Church Awareness Project and Coerced Abortion Awareness Week
Our 3rd Annual Coerced Abortion Awareness Week is part of the Elliot Institute's Church Awareness Project. Sign up, join the outreach, and download materials and ideas from our blog. Share your ideas and results on our blog, and plan ahead to share the Jericho Plan and plan other events in your church.
 

Check our events calendar for ideas and links to these and other ideas. The calendar also features links to appropriate resources for education and outreach. Use this helpful planning tool to supplement or expand your existing events and activities.

Help Support Valuable Research, Education and Outreach 

The UnChoice Campaign is an evidence-based, pro-woman/pro-life education and outreach project of the Elliot Institute. The Elliot Institute's peer-reviewed academic research and other expertise and information is used in important legal, judicial, legislative, medical, social services and other policy-making arenas to document abortion's exploitation, injury and heartbreak to the rights and lives of both the unborn and mothers.

Our information and materials are also helpful in deterring today's abortions and saving lives of unborn children and mothers, while also encouraging various audiences and leaders to rethink their assumptions about abortion. 
 

Due to the urgency and potential of this message, we invite you to use our downloadable resources (like many of those above) free of charge. However, if you are able to make a donation, however small, it will save the lives of babies and mothers, and heal broken hearts while changing our culture, and supporting and speeding this work.
 

God bless you for your compassion and partnership in this work!

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