American Life League

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American Life League, Inc. (ALL) is an American Catholic grassroots pro-life organization. The group opposes abortion under any circumstance and opposes all forms of contraception, embryonic stem cell research, and euthanasia. Its current president is cofounder Judie Brown and its headquarters is in Stafford, Virginia.

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Projects and resources

Projects that American Life League sponsors include:

Celebrate Life Magazine is a bi-monthly 32-page magazine on pro-life topics, including abortion, contraception, euthanasia, infertility and cloning.
Crusade for the Defense of Our Catholic Church in which ALL seeks to persuade Catholics about its views on abortion, as well as name pro-choice Catholic politicians who knowingly defy Church doctrine and statements by church officials,. In 2004, ALL published a full-page advertisement in USA Today urging Catholic priests and bishops to deny Communion to Catholic legislators who support abortion rights. The League's slogan in this matter is "You can't be Catholic and pro-abortion."
STOPP Planned Parenthood International is an organization developed to teach parents, grandparents, and school administrators about what Planned Parenthood discusses when it goes into schools.
American Life League Report is a video series on pro-life topics.
ALL Speakers Bureau lists ALL staffers who are available to speak about pro-life topics.
ALL Associate Program is a network of organizations around the world who are "dedicated to the sacredness of human life."
Defund Planned Parenthood Action Center includes a petition against government funding of Planned Parenthood. It also includes news and updates about Planned Parenthood.
The Pill Kills discourages people from using contraceptive medication, using statements about its effects on a woman's body.
The American Life League site provides visitors with pro-life resources and educational literature.

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History

American Life League was founded on April 1, 1979 by Judie Brown and nine other pro-life Americans after a schism with the National Right to Life Committee. Within less than a year of its founding, ALL had 68,000 members and received assistance founding ALL from Howard Phillips, publicity from Heritage Foundation co-founder Paul Weyrich, and membership lists provided by right-wing direct mail specialist Richard Viguerie.

Street tactics

ALL helped to establish the "rescue movement", which utilizes several tactics against abortion and related services. These tactics, adopted and popularized by ALL, include sidewalk counseling and offering abortion alternatives to abortion-seeking patients. According to Brown these activities are free speech, and in 1994 ALL filed suit to challenge the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. In American Life League v. Reno [1], ALL lost in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court refused to hear the case.

Disney boycotts

In March 1995, the American Life League boycotted the then-owners of Miramax, The Walt Disney Company, over the film Priest, in which a Roman Catholic priest deals with a variety of issues including his own homosexuality. Subsequently, ALL charged that Disney had concealed subliminal sexual messages in the animated films The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, and Aladdin. Disney denied all claims made by American Life League. Snopes states the ALL claims about both Aladdin and The Little Mermaid are false. However, their claim about The Lion King is listed by the site as "undetermined".

Spending

As of 2012, the non-profit charity evaluator Charity Navigator gives ALL a ranking of 2 out of 4 stars for financial accountability and transparency. In 2005, ALL was on Charity Navigator's list of highest paid CEOs, with one-third of its income spent on fundraising and administrative expenses and $699,857 (almost 9% of its income) paid out to its CEOs.