Abortion

---Victoria Woodhull, first female US Presidential candidate, Equal Rights Party, 1872. (Found by me on Carolyns Abortion Page.)

Though feminist web sites and pro-life web sites are both abundant, web sites that combine the two are rather hard to come by. Here are some I have dug up and my opinions on each.

Feminists For Life http://www.serve.com/fem4life/member.htm	This web site is produced by the national group Feminists For Life. On the pro side, it is chock full of pro-life quotes from historic feminists and it has stories written by women who have experienced abortion in numerous ways. It offers a link to a pregnancy crisis counseling site, which I consider a big plus. How can you fight abortion if you're not offering a real solution to oppose the pseudo-solution that abortion offers? Another strong point in the way of prevention is the FFLs College Outreach Program, which supplies kits to college pro-life groups to help fight abortion on campus, where the biggest problem is. The site also has a section dealing with the safety issues of abortion, which to me isn't all that important. You shouldnt have to scare people into joining your side. There is a suggested reading list of pro-life literature, but very few links to other pro-life sights and no links to other feminist sights, which seem more practical to me. If people are already there, theyre more likely to go to other sights rather than to a bookshelf. The site also offers a lot of literature, to be ordered through the mail with payment to FFL, and of course information on joining Feminists for life. The site is quite informative, but it is very unattractive, and kind of a pain to explore.
The Ultimate Pro-Life Resource List http://www.prolife.org/ultimate/	This site is not a necessarily feminist site, but it must be noted simply for its massive list of links. The links are handily separated by national organizations, religions, colleges, local and state groups, political party, etc. Very easy to find the pro-life group into which you fit the best and is easiest for you to become actively involved with. The site also provides a snail mail address listing of the organizations so that you can get in touch with those in your area. Another intriguing feature of this site is Life Sites of the Week. This feature links you to four different outstanding life promoting sites each week, and you can access past winners, too. This site also offers counseling for pregnancy, as well as for post-abortion trauma. There are links to adoption resources, in yet another attempt at prevention. Well done. There are News, Health Info and Politics sections to keep visitors updated on the fight for life. Lastly, there are tons of articles to be perused and printed for general abortion information and statistics. The articles are under clear headers so its very easy to find what youre looking for. This truly is the ultimate resource site for pro-life information.
Carolyn's Abortion Page http://www.gargaro.com/noabort.html	This is by far the best pro-life feminist site I found. I can do nothing but sing its praises. The page is attractive and easily accessed. It is enhanced by pro-life quotes from famous feminists in the margins to get you thinking. The "What is a Pro-Life Feminist?" article by Carolyn Gargaro, the site's owner, is an excellent description of what it means to be a pro-life feminist, and how abortion oppresses women rather than liberating us. Aside from that, there are links to counseling and alternatives to abortion sites, clearly stated facts and statistics about abortion. There is a section that outlines the current laws governing abortion. The site provides stories from women who have handled unwanted pregnancies from all angles. There are stories from women who opted for adoption, women who aborted, and women who kept their children. Resources include several good links to liberal pro-life sites that break down the stereotype of conservative, bun-headed pro-life women. This site is great. It is definitely the easiest to work with and the best organized of the ones I looked at. Also, because it is maintained by an individual and not an organization, there are none of the necessary but annoying advertising or pleas for money so often included in sites maintained by organizations. I returned to this site over and over during my research. It was extremely helpful. I suggest it be your first stop if you are looking for pro-life feminist or just pro-life info.
R.E.A.L. Women http://www.getset.com/realwomen/	A Canadian group of pro-life women, who dont claim the title feminist, but who share many of the same objectives of feminists. Its a dull, miniature web page which houses basically just the groups mission statement (quality enough) and some opinions of the group. No outstanding or helpful features really. It's a site that's okay to read through once, but you're not compelled to return.
Women Who Choose Life http://www.priestsforlife.org/choselife.html	Not even a real site of its own, but a tiny heading on the Priests For Life page. However, several other sites linked directly to this useless page, giving the impression by the title, that it would fit my two criteria: feminist and pro-life. It fits neither successfully. It houses two stories from women faced with abortion and a link to e-mail Priests For Life. Thats it. Nothing worthwhile, from a feminist or pro-life point of view. Ugh.
Pro-Life Feminists http://members.aol.com/prolifefem/prolifefem.htm	Another waste of cyberspace. The page is dull and lifeless. It provides a decent definition of pro-life feminism and it advertises a book that I didn't even get the name of because I was so turned off by the site overall. Dont bother.
Kansas Feminists For Life http://members.aol.com/fem4lifeks/index.html	A page by the Kansas chapter of Feminists For Life. More lifeless than the National FFL page. The site offers a few poorly organized facts, and once again that annoying recommended reading. The site links ONLY with the National FFL site, which is at least a little more help than this site, but still tied down just by being an organization.
Indiana Feminists For Life (?) http://copper.ucs.indiana.edu/~ljray/lifelink/plfem.html	I think this is the Indiana FFL page, but I cant be sure. It had a few good arguments on the myths and realities of abortion, but nothing else. It was extremely dull. No graphics at all and the only link was to FFL, hence my suspicion that the two are connected.
Susan B. Anthony List http://www.sba-list.org/	This site contains similar downfalls to those of all the pages run by groups. There is a section that lists the names of the employees and an invitation to join for a price. It does list pro-life women who are currently in National political offices and some information on them, which I thought was important and I couldnt find it anywhere else. So there's its redeeming quality. It only had one link that was to a measly list of sources. The idea of the list is great, but the web page definitely needs work.
National Womens Coalition for Life No Address	I could never find the address on this one. I could only connect through some other site and it would never tell me how to get here on my own. Which isn't such a bad thing. The site consists of a list of women's anti-abortion groups' addresses and a wonderful mission statement at the bottom. Unfortunately, the site is useless unless you know exactly what organization you wish to write to, and the only link is back to Feminists For Life.