Joseph Scheidler, Pro Life Action Network, March 2006
Succeeded in keeping Ireland Abortion-Free
Maintaining a pro-life majority in Ireland by informing a huge portion of the population as to the reality of abortion through our educational work
Giving a voice to this majority, through public demonstrations and organised campaigns
Keeping the next generation pro-life by educating, training and activating young people and bringing them to the pro-life movement
Preparing and publishing a water-tight, non-compromisory wording for a pro-life referendum
Attracting more than 5,000 members to Youth Defence within a nationwide branch-structure
Organising hugely successful National Pro-Life Information Roadshows, reaching at least 22 towns every year
Bringing thousands together every year for the All-Ireland Rally for Life; a shared initiative with our sister organisation Precious Life
Ensuring, through target picketing and focused lobbying, that abortion legislation has not been enacted
Organising Ireland's first nationwide pro-life advertising campaigns, which included bus advertising, billboards, radio ads and booklets.
Providing counselling outside abortion referral agencies on a regular basis
Holding conferences, media courses and training weekends to produce articulate and confident pro-life activists
Organising public meetings to educate those who have not yet heard the pro-life message
Establishing an effective pro-life presence in colleges, and giving multimedia presentations and talks in secondary schools
Designing and publishing leaflets, cards, booklets, posters, stickers and other materials for distribution
Contributing comprehensive, well-researched submissions to the Green and White Paper Committees on Abortion and further reports to similar committees since then
Defending the right to life of the unborn child in the infamous 'C' case
Designed Ireland’s first pro-life website and now maintaining six others, including educational websites in seven different languages
Assisting the foundation of Precious Life in the North of Ireland and Youth Defence Australia, who are putting abortion back on the agenda in their own countries
Training young pro-lifers from organisations right across the world
Founding Youth Defence International to form an international movement of young people dedicated to re-establishing a pro-life culture