Pro-Life Resources

This page is for the compilation of Orthodox pro-life resources. There is a lot of information elsewhere on the web. Let's keep this page as Orthodox-specific as possible.

Orthodox speakers

• Frederica Mathewes-Green
• Vera Faith Lord

Orthodox organizations

• Zoe for Life, an Orthodox initiative providing care for pregnant women in northeastern Ohio (including ZOE house and ZOE Women's Center)
• Wichita Tree House, Orthodox maternity home for pregnant women in need of support in Kansas
• Saints Martha and Mary House, an Orthodox maternity home in the Chicago area
• Association for the Protection of the Unborn Child (Greek: Σύλλογος Προστασίας Αγέννητου Παιδιού)
• Orthodox Christians for Life
• OC-Life Chicago
• Oklahoma Orthodox Christians For Life
• Zhizn - The Medical Educational Pro-Life Center "LIFE" ("ZHIZN") Moscow, Russia

Other internet resources

• OCA Sanctity of Life Resources, including Service for Abortion Victims and March for Life liturgical music
• Orthodox Christians are Pro-Life - from AGGreen.net

Articles, essays, and books

• Abortion: An Orthodox View by Mary Pier (Jan. '01)
• Many Orthodox have signed the Building a Culture of Life statement sponsored by the Family Research Council.
• Frederica.com - Contains numerous pro-life essays
• The Sacred Gift of Life: Orthodox Christianity and Bioethics by Rev. John Breck, 1998.
• The Foundations of Christian Bioethics by H. Tristram Engelhardt, 2000.
• Harakas, Father Stanley. For the Health of Body and Soul: An Eastern Orthodox Introduction to Bioethics, 2002.

See also

• Orthodox Pro-life ethic
• Abortion
• Contraception
• Stem cell research
• Human cloning