Defending Life

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Note that we do not endorse specific candidates or political parties, but we do use our Gospel-motivated voices For Life to proclaim God’s truth about the sanctity of life from fertilization to forever, in the public square.

Prayer on the sidewalk across from Planned Parenthood – Several of us gather regularly through the year to pray across from the Tucson Planned Parenthood. We pray for:

  • Abortion-minded women, that God would grant them a change of heart that they would choose life for their babies
  • Women who are post-abortion, that God would bring them to repentance and grant them His forgiveness and healing
  • Abortion workers, that God would bring them to repentance, grant them His forgiveness and healing, and guide them to vocations that are pleasing to Him
  • An end to abortion in our country and around the world
  • Nonbelievers, that God would send His Holy Spirit on them to convert them, bring them to the Font and into His Kingdom, that they too might receive His gifts of forgiveness, life, and salvation and live eternally in His presence

Know that the mere presence of individuals praying may convince abortion-minded women arriving at the facility to choose life and turn their cars around!

The LCMS resource, 40 Prayers for Life, is very useful, and may be downloaded at https://resources.lcms.org/general/40-prayers-for-life/ (accessed 2 April, AD 2025).


Twice a year, in the spring (during Lent) and autumn (during the run-up to All Saints Day), the 40 Days for Life organization sponsors a time of increased prayer emphasis across from Planned Parenthood facilities around the world.

For more information, see https://www.40daysforlife.com/en/.

For details on the Tucson campaign, see https://www.40daysforlife.com/en/tucson (both accessed 2 April, AD 2025).


If you are interested in participating with us, please speak to Deacon Roni.


Center for Arizona Policy (CAP) – A “nonprofit advocacy group whose mission is to promote and defend the foundational values of life, marriage and family, and religious freedom.” The CAP website is a good source of information on pending bills in the Arizona Legislature, as well as other resources. You can also sign up to receive a weekly newsletter to your email inbox.

See https://www.azpolicy.org (accessed 2 April AD 2025).

Apologetics Forum

From the very beginning, the pro-life witness of the Church has been clear and unwavering.  We examined this in-depth at two sessions of our congregation’s Apologetics Forum: Part 1 addressed Abortion and Infanticide, and Part 2, Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide.  The handouts and recordings of the sessions are included.

Apologetics Forum Handout May 2021
Apologetics Forum Scripture May 2021


Apologetics Forum Handout June 2021
Apologetics Forum Scripture June 2021

The letter from Maggie Karner to Brittany Maynard referenced in the June 2021 forum may be accessed at https://www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/2015/09/a-genuine-profile-in-courage-maggie-karner-rip/ (accessed 9 July AD 2021).