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Is God calling you to become a peaceful witness for life at an abortion facility in your area? The Pro-Life Action League can help you answer this call.
To get involved in clinic prayer witness or sidewalk counseling, check this interactive map for contacts in your area. Just click on a blue marker for more information.
To navigate this map use the zoom and arrow controls on the upper left corner of the map, or grab and move the map with your mouse. Click on the blue markers for information about who you should contact. Locations on the map are approximate.
If you are involved in sidewalk counseling and your contact information is not on this map, or if your information changes or is in error, please contact us with updated information.
[Back to Top]Showing women considering abortion lawsuits against the clinic where they've scheduled their abortion can be a powerful tool in helping them see the risks and reconsider their decision. This section offers resources on how to find lawsuits against your local clinic and how to use the information you find.
Go to your county courthouse. Find the civil records division. Likely they'll have a computer there where you can look up lawsuits (usually there is staff available to help answer your questions, as well).
If you know the name of the abortionist you can search by name. If not, you can look by the name of the clinic. Search for that name as a defendant. If there are lawsuits, you will find them listed by case number and name.
Most courthouses have a form for you to fill out with your name and the number of the lawsuit you are interested in. Give this to the clerk. If it's a recent file, they may have it handy. If not, they may tell you they'll call you in a few days when the file comes in.
Once you have the file, make sure it's relevant. In some instances you may find an abortionist's name on failed gall bladder surgeries, and obviously you don't need or want that.
If you didn't know the name of the abortionist or their staff previously, you'll now have this information because they'll be listed as other parties in the lawsuit. Then you can go back to the computer and search again for them.
Make a copy of the entire complaint. This is what describes exactly what they are being sued for. Copies at courthouses can be expensive, but you want to make sure you have a copy of this available if questions are raised in the future.
After leaving the courthouse, you'll want to carefully read the complaint. Summarize the complaint into one paragraph, using first name and last initial for privacy reasons unless the woman involved died.
Be sure to use words like "charges" or "claims"—these are complaints that have been filed against the clinic, but the abortionist may or may not have been found guilty or the suit may have been dropped or settled out of court. Here are two samples from Family Planning Associates, a Chicago clinic where League staff regularly pray and counsel:
The Pro-Life Action League has produced this flyer, entitled "Pregnant? Worried?" to hand out to women considering abortion. The flyer is an editable PDF file that has spaces where you can fill in the locations of your local Pregnancy Resource Centers to direct women to the help they need.
The flyer also contains information on fetal development, the risks of abortion and other information that will help women choose life. Click the picture below to download the file:
