Arizona Right to Life
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| Arizona Right to Life | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | Phoenix, Ariz. |
| Type: | 501(c)(3) |
| Year founded: | 1974 |
| Website: | Official website |
Arizona Right to Life is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit nonpartisan and non-sectarian organization that aims to oppose abortion in Arizona.
Mission
According to its website:[1]
| “ | Arizona Right to Life's mission is to equip the AZ pro-life community through education and to empower that community to engage the culture with an impactful, life-affirming message.[2] | ” |
Background
According to its website, Arizona Right to Life was founded in 1974.[1]
Work
Arizona Right to Life is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that is non-sectarian and nonpartisan and aims to build support for opposing abortion through education and building relationships in the community.[3][1]
With its Healthy Options Through Preventative Education (H.O.P.E.) program, Arizona Right to Life tries to engage "public school students with life-affirming information and options before they find themselves in bad relationships and a crisis pregnancy situation where they might choose abortion." The organization also reaches out to local schools with anti-abortion literature and videos with a three-fold goal:[4][5]
- Talk with students about the science of fetal development.
- Talk with students about the physical and emotional consequences of abortion.
- Talk with students about the services that are available when facing a crisis pregnancy.
Arizona Right to Life sponsors a petition asking Arizona officials to sever any public ties with Planned Parenthood.[6]
The organization coordinates with churches across Arizona through Project Gideon, which encourages participants to pray for the anti-abortion cause, host seminars in churches and recruit volunteers to spread the message of the group.[7]
With 40 Days For Life, a prayer and fasting vigil, Arizona Right to Life seeks to show "local communities the consequences of abortion in their own neighborhoods and for their own friends and families."[8]
Issues
In January 2016, Arizona Right to Life listed the following positions regarding questions of life and abortion on its website:[9]
- Abortion — Arizona Right to Life "opposes abortion because it unjustly takes the life of a developing human being and does not support abortion as an adequate solution to pregnancies that are unplanned, unwanted, or the result of rape or incest." It also states that "when pregnancy complications threaten a mother’s health, it is the responsibility of doctors to treat the complication and to not kill an innocent child" and if "the pregnancy threatens the mother’s life, doctors should do their best to save both mother and child."
- Stem Cell Research — Arizona Right to Life "supports adult stem cell and other forms of research" but not embryonic stem cell research because it believes such research "unjustly destroys a human being in the embryonic stage of development in order to further medical science."
- Violence — Arizona Right to Life "is opposed to the use of violence as a means to end the abortion conflict."
- Euthanasia — Arizona Right to Life "opposes 'mercy killing,' as a means to combat chronic pain or terminal illnesses."
- Assisted Suicide — Arizona Right to Life "denies the validity of the so-called 'right-to-die.'"
- Contraception — Arizona Right to Life "does not take a position on the morality of non-abortifacient contraception," but opposes "the use of medications that cause abortions as either a primary or secondary effect."
Lobbying
Arizona Right to Life had registered lobbyists with the Arizona Secretary of State between 1995 and 2012.[10]
Finances
The following is a breakdown of Arizona Right to Life's revenue and expenses for 2012-2014:
| Annual revenue and expenses for Arizona Right to Life, 2012-2014 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tax Year | Total Revenue | Total Expenses |
| 2014[11] | $7,853 | $7,132 |
| 2013[12] | $31,329 | $37,860 |
| 2012[3] | $49,074 | $53,621 |
Top influencers by state
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In 2016, Ballotpedia identified Arizona Right to Life as a top influencer by state. We identified top influencers across the country through several means, including the following:
- Local knowledge of our professional staff
- Surveys of activists, thought leaders and journalists from across the country and political spectrum
- Outreach to political journalists in each state who helped refine our lists
Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Arizona Right to Life, "About Us," accessed January 28, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 GuideStar, "Arizona Right to Life IRS Form 990-EZ (2012)," accessed January 27, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Right to Life, "H.O.P.E.," accessed January 28, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Right to Life, "School Outreaches," accessed January 28, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Right to Life, "Planned Parenthood," accessed January 28, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Right to Life, "Project Gideon," accessed January 28, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Right to Life, "40 Days For Life," accessed January 28, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Right to Life, "Issues," accessed January 28, 2016
- ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Arizona Secretary of State Lobbyist System," accessed January 27, 2016
- ↑ GuideStar, "Arizona Right to Life IRS Form 990-EZ (2014)," accessed January 27, 2016
- ↑ GuideStar, "Arizona Right to Life IRS Form 990-EZ (2013)," accessed January 27, 2016
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