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A Note From Our Founder
I am honored and humbled to be standing with life alongside many of my heroes. I began fighting the abortion industry at sixteen. I had no idea what I was doing, but I wanted a more complete picture of what takes place behind the closed doors and tinted windows of Planned Parenthood. What I found…
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Speak for the Voiceless
By Naghmeh Panahi Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy. — Proverbs 31:8-9 (NIV) I became known to the public when I was advocating for my then husband Pastor Saeed Abedini, who…
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Our NICU work in the Inner City
One of the biggest challenges to the pro-life mission is maintaining and providing resources to women in crisis who happen to be delivering babies in crime-ridden areas. These women generally do not have access to Pregnancy Resource Centers and, if they do, they do not have access to nearly as many supplies. When Abigail Wood…
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A Response to the Attacks in Israel
Stand With Life is deeply grieved by the recent terror attacks that have been perpetrated on Israel. As a pro-life organization, we firmly believe in the sanctity of every human life from the moment of conception onward. Thus, we wish to pay a special tribute to the innocent lives that have been lost. We find…
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The Gift of Life
by Danielle Blenis “Danielle is an undergraduate student at Cedarville University currently pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in the Science of Nursing. Having reached the senior level nursing student cohort, her clinical exposure has allowed her to see patients in the most vulnerable of places and engage in life-or-death decisions. In addition to her academic studies,…
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How We Stand
by Eva Nuegele “Eva is an undergraduate student at Cedarville University currently pursuing a degree in Elementary Childhood Education. Passionate about the gift of children, she uses her gifts and talents to foster a culture of life within the college sphere, inspiring other students to do likewise.” “The pro-life cause is the preeminent cause of…
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Equality for Some
by Kristen Stanciu I love big conversations. I always have. I grew up in a classical Christian school, meaning that I had big conversations every single day. “What is justice” wasn’t a question reserved for a special panel or guest speakers. It was a question that came right before lunch. I still love big conversations.…
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The Dangers of Dehumanization
by Abigail Wood “I knew with absolute certainty that small problems in a country could become immense tragedies if left unchecked. It started small in Germany. It even started small in Poland, long before the occupation. It started with a small group of people harassing and vandalizing and desecrating, and it ended with trainloads of…
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Intentionality in Involvement: How the Christian college student is called to join the fight for life
by Katie Rose Geer “Katie Geer is an undergraduate student at Liberty University currently pursuing a dual degree in Biological Psychological Sciences. Passionate about protecting life within the younger generation, she has dedicated her time and attention to starting two pro-life, nonprofits and regularly advocates for protecting life in the womb among the post-Roe generation. She is…
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Courage to Stand
Drawing Strength From Our Heroes By: Abigail Wood, President and Founder of Stand With Life Irena Sendler attended Warsaw University in Poland during the onset of the Nazi Occupation. While she foresaw catastrophic injustice, the depths of evil she would encounter plummeted below her worst fears. She opposed Jewish segregation, which resulted in a three-year…
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To the Woman Whose Hope is Gone
[The following was written by a pro-life advocate who encountered her own hardship during her pregnancy. It is meant to encourage the woman who has lost her hope.] “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God!” (Psalm 42:11) There are many different reasons people lose hope. I…
