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Rescue those who are unjustly sentenced to death; don't stand back and watch them die (Proverbs 24:11, TLB).
From the Supreme Council homepage:
The Knights of Columbus champions life from conception to natural death. The Order conducts education programs for its members and the public, provides financial assistance to national and local right-to-life groups, and prays for the protection of life. As part of an orderwide program, hundreds of K of C units have constructed memorials to innocent unborn children killed through abortion. Since 1990 the Knights of Columbus has donated some $8.8 million to the U.S. bishops' pro-life education and public information campaign, plus $1 million in in-kind services. In spring-summer 1996, the Order conducted a postcard campaign to ask U.S. members to urge their representatives in Congress to override the presidential veto of the partial-birth abortion ban act. Some 2.5 million cards were distributed. The Knights of Columbus files friend-of-the-court briefs in important cases on life issues argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, most currently on assisted suicide. The Order prints and distributes millions of pieces of pro-life literature at no charge. Its most recent publication is a study guide to Pope John Paul II's pro-life encyclical, Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life).
The following was excerpted from Priests For Life’s You Can Save Someone's Life Today: Pray daily for an end to abortion, for women tempted to have abortions, for doctors and nurses, for legislators, for clergy, for those who work in the pro-life movement, and for those who do not realize how wrong abortion is.
Any woman who is pregnant and in need can turn for help to the pro-life movement. She never has to feel that abortion is the only option.
Helpful phone numbers, where help is available from anywhere in the country, any time of the day or night:
This web page was updated on Friday, October 19, 2001 by the Newsletter Committee.