Anglicans for Life
Joseph M. Harte | |
Location | |
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Key people | Georgette Forney, Vicky Hedelius |
Affiliations | Anglican Church in North America, Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans |
Website | anglicanforlife.org |
Anglicans for Life (AFL) is the
History
From 1983 to 1996 NOEL operated from Fairfax, Virginia. It published newsletters and educational resources to present their
In 1994, the Episcopal Church was the first church member of the Anglican Communion to fully support legal abortion at the 71st General Convention, expressing its "unequivocal opposition to any... action... that [would] abridge the right of a woman to reach an informed decision about the termination of her pregnancy, or that would limit the access of a woman to a safe means of acting upon her decision."[2]
In 1996 the NOEL headquarters moved from Virginia to Sewickley, Pennsylvania. In 1998 the board appointed Georgette Forney as the fifth president of NOEL, a position formerly named "executive secretary" and "executive director".[5]
NOEL changed its name to Anglicans For Life in 2006 as its ministry expanded to the wider
Campaigns
See also
- Abortion debate
- Right to life
- Silent No More
References
- ^ "Anglicans for Life Canada". Archived from the original on 22 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ a b c "Abortion: Where Do the Churches Stand?". Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ Bishop Joseph M. Harte Biography Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Anglicans For Life, "Our History."
- ^ Georgette Forney, Anglicans for Life official website Archived July 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Life Leaders and Churches
- ^ "Silent No More Awareness Campaign". Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ^ Silent No More at Anglicans for Life Official Website Archived September 3, 2013, at the Wayback Machine