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 Location in Stafford Countyand the state of Virginia | |
| Successor | Life Amendment PAC American Life Lobby |
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| Founded | April 1, 1979 (1979-04-01) |
| Tax ID no. | EIN: 52-1238301 |
| Focus | Anti-abortion |
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| Area served | United States |
| Products | Literature |
| Key people | Judith "Judie" A. Brown, President |
| Revenue | $5,022,739 (2012) |
| Expenses | $4,991,338 (2012) |
| Website | All.org |
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American Life League, Inc. (ALL) is an American Catholic activist organization which opposes abortion, all forms of contraception, embryonic stem cell research, and euthanasia. Its current president is co-founder Judie Brown and its headquarters is in Stafford, Virginia.
Projects and resources
Projects that American Life League sponsors include:
- Celebrate Life Magazine is a bi-monthly 32-page magazine on topics including abortion, contraception, euthanasia, infertility and cloning.
- Marian Blue Wave is a call to Catholics across America to pray a weekly Rosary with the specific intentions of ending all surgical, pill, contraceptive and IVF abortion and shutting down every Planned Parenthood facility in the United States.
History
American Life League was founded on April 1, 1979 by Judie and Paul Brown, Gary Bauer, Focus on the Family’s James Dobson, and six other anti-abortion 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
In 1994 ALL filed suit to challenge the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. In American Life League v. Reno, 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 the claims. 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 "legend".
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. As of 2019, the non-profit charity evaluator Charity Navigator gave American Life League an 83.42 out of 100 for Finance. This score represents Form 990 data from 2019, the latest year published by the IRS. Its fundraising efficiency was 10/10, spending $.06 to raise $1 in charitable contributions. To calculate a charity's fundraising efficiency, Charity Navigator divides its average fundraising expenses by the average total contributions it receives, calculating the charity's average expenses and average contributions over its three most recent fiscal years.
See also
Notes
- "Pro-Life Organizations". About.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2007. Retrieved April 29, 2007.
- "Michigan Planned Parenthood Closure is Focus of National Prayer". Dexter, MI Patch. May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- "Founded". Archived from the original on March 30, 2014. Retrieved March 30, 2014.
- http://www.clmagazine.org/article/index/id/MTM1NDE Archived May 2, 2014, at the Wayback Machine A saintly influence: Pope John Paul II's impact on American Life League—and me. Judie Brown. Celebrate Life Magazine.
- ^ "Right Wing Watch - American Life League". People for the American Way. Wayback Machine. April 2006. Archived from the original on October 11, 2006. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- Smith, Peter (May 6, 2013). "Catholics Bid Farewell to Pro-Life Lion Howard Phillips". National Catholic Register. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- American Life League v. ACLU appeal at Findlaw
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pfawwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - Smith, Leef (September 1, 1995). "Disney's Loin King? Group Sees Dirt in the Dust". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- "Take Off Your Clothes!". Snopes. August 19, 2007. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- "The Aroused Minister". Snopes. August 20, 2007. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- "Sex in The Lion King". Snopes. August 19, 2007. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- "American Life League". Charity Navigator. Archived from the original on July 4, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- "2007 CEO Compensation Study". Charity Navigator. 2007.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - "Charity Navigator - Rating for American Life League". www.charitynavigator.org. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
