Life Hub
What does it mean to be pro-life? Why be pro-life? When does life begin? What are the best ways to engage in conversation about the difficult topics of abortion and euthanasia? Where can a woman turn when she faces an unplanned pregnancy and needs support?
This list of current videos, testimonies, quotes, and presentations from experts offers excellent resources to become more knowledgeable about life issues and better equipped to talk about them. The list is just a start—-the excellent resources available are endless!
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE PRO-LIFE:
At its core, being pro-life is believing in the equality of all human beings and believing that every human being has value, dignity and inestimable worth at every stage from conception to natural death.
What's the best Pro-Life Argument-Josh Brahm -2 min. https://youtu.be/4r-YwkGUAJs
The Anti-Abortion Position -6 Minutes-Stephanie Gray https://youtu.be/AJS0oeatkXw
PRENATAL:
When Does Life Begin (Stephanie Gray) https://youtu.be/8ia5O57nZbw
The Magical Birth Canal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNgwsT295G8
The Miracle of Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnOb4o4l-Dk
9 Months in the Womb https://youtu.be/WH9ZJu4wRUE
Small Beginnings https://www.chooselifeniagara.com/smallbeginnings
"For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made." Psalm 139: 13&14
ABORTION
Abortion facts https://www.chooselifeniagara.com/abortion
Abortion statistics Abortion Statistics — Choose Life (chooselifeniagara.com)
Pregnancy Help: https://www.chooselifeniagara.com/pregnant
Abortion Recovery: Support After Abortion
“...I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live…” Deut 30:19
HOW TO TALK ABOUT ABORTION:
What Would You Say? Answering the tough questions.
Is an Embryo a Person? https://youtu.be/RlTUevPlWPg
Does a preborn child have a right to their mother's body. https://youtu.be/gskSX-szBJs
Personhood is not defined by Size, Level of Development, Environment or Dependency (SLED Argument) https://youtu.be/9GG52dxWKvI?si=7ohIyYdqvU_PCSCA
Make the pro-life case in 60 seconds https://youtu.be/uEnokKiwtkA
I Don’t Like Abortion, but Should it be Illegal? https://youtu.be/6OGhYYA41RU
My Body My Choice-Live Action- 4 min. https://youtu.be/FcZ6IOjNbi0
Choice, Personhood, and Back-Alley Abortions: Common Objections to the Pro-Life Position https://youtu.be/CVOEx6L8TBM
If abortion becomes illegal, won’t women die after seeking back-alley abortions?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1s9WOBihWU&t=32s
Abortion is Healthcare https://youtu.be/1JOXoEv3fS0
For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
STORIES
Megan's story: "https://www.youtube.com/embed/n5sk2Ra8kic" 4:06
Felicia's story: "https://www.youtube.com/embed/aZO-tNSpj5Y" 3:59
More Stories- Choice42 https://www.choice42.com/stories
Hannah-The Missing Project Canada- 4 min. https://youtu.be/z2mNOvLWWro
Samuel - The Missing Project Canada -5 min https://youtu.be/IQsweuYwR48
Despite Michael's Disability, His Life Is Valuable - 5 min. https://youtu.be/KUrN_ple_Nw
Why Men Are Also Responsible for Abortion-9 min. https://youtu.be/qijSoXet56U
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart” Jeremiah 1:5
EUTHANASIA
"Protecting the equality and life of people with disabilities and other chronic conditions is about recognizing that we live in solidarity with others. Caring for and protecting others is based upon recognizing that each human being has equality which cannot only be recognized by words but by actions. Death is truly dignified when it is shared with those who care about that person until their natural death." Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition.
“John Paul II wrote that ‘the world of human suffering unceasingly calls for, so to speak, another world: the world of human love.’ Suffering unleashes love, it demands our creative response, and a response to alleviate suffering, but never to eliminate the sufferer. Our duty to the suicidal is suicide prevention, and even in the face of a terminal prognosis or incurable condition, never to ‘quit’ on someone and give into suicidal despair. Rather, we must work to relieve unbearable suffering and apply our creativity and imagination to improve quality of life, even when it is in short supply, even in a person’s darkest moments or final days.” from (A Guide to Discussing Assisted Suicide by Jonathon Van Maren and Blaise Alleyne)
Who gets suicide assistance and who gets suicide prevention?When the debate is framed that way it becomes difficult to give anyone suicide assistance—which is the point. If we believe in human dignity and equality then everyone inclined to suicide should get suicide prevention, not suicide assistance. (A Guide to Discussing Assisted Suicide by Jonathon Van Maren and Blaise Alleyne)
Seven(Suicide(MAID) is not a death with Dignity) -9 minutes https://youtu.be/ux5d2V0c6pQ
Cardinal Collins: comments on the introduction of Bill C-7 (2020) -5 min https://youtu.be/V4ZqxDMtuNQ
Doctors Speak About Physician Assisted Suicide-Maid2Mad https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQeVO2vF8PxB6maU6dlN2gw
Euthanasia in Canada https://www.chooselifeniagara.com/euthanasia-and-assisted-suicide
Assisted Suicide is Compassionate? 6 minutes https://youtu.be/in7beQhsveA
Liz's testimony "My life isn't mine to take, it's mine to give." https://www.youtube.com/embed/0nf_rb2qkbE
Fatal Flaws Documentary on euthanasia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdrcz888flY 55 min.
“Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you....for God’s temple is holy and you are that temple.” I Corinthians 3:16&17
“Come to me all you who labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28
CURRENT LIFE ISSUES - In the News
Normalizing Death as “Treatment” in Canada: Whose Suicides do we Prevent and Whose do we Abet? This excellent article, published in the World Medical Association Journal (WMAJ), gives a concise overview of the expansion of medically assisted suicide in Canada since euthanasia became legal in 2016. It explains how the push for increased access to lethal injection death is leading the most vulnerable Canadians toward opting for medical death, not because they don’t want to live, but because our society has failed them.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qkfdGSExkFhl9cb04XjDRsCI5UwvEUQ6/viewHOW CAN I GET INVOLVED?
https://www.chooselifeniagara.com/volunteer
Contact Choose Life Niagara for more information: info@chooselife.caNATIONAL MARCH FOR LIFE CANADA 2024:
Thursday, May 9, 2024
PROLIFE FILMS/VIDEOS
The Procedure: This short animated film portrays the true story of an ultrasound technician who witnessed a second trimester abortion. WARNING: Very Disturbing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd_9y1-L60c
Crescendo: This short film (15 min) has won 15 film festival awards and raised more than $5 million for vulnerable women with crisis pregnancies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CafJJNETvqM&t=28s
Sing a Little Louder: Inspired by the true story of an elderly man who in his youth witnessed the horrors of the Jewish Holocaust from the pews of his Church, Sing a Little Louder provides a stunning message for the twenty-first century. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofcs9Y7qL4s 11:30 min
Interview with Crescendo and Sing a Little Louder Producer Jason Jones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymxphf0r7Gc
The Dropbox: After finding an abandoned infant on his doorstep in the winter, a pastor builds a special drop box to keep any future foundlings safe. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_RmuUH8EiI&list=PL-SOr_6GS-bmAA6PxcyOr-GgXs7YdP-2n
The 180 Movie- Reaching minds, changing hearts by understanding history so we don’t repeat mistakes of the past. Caution: contains disturbing images. https://youtu.be/_2ByXvyVMHE