Pro-Life This Week – October 30, 2026

Following the launch of American Life League’s newest project, Pro-Life Schools Week, ALL staff sent a survey to participating students and staff at Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic High School in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The survey results shed light on the success of the week and also on the critical importance of it.

We sent surveys to all 75 students and received results from about 50%. Of the 12 staff members who received the survey, 83% responded with feedback. These numbers and results allow us to measure how effective the week was and how we can improve future events. This is what we found:

• 60% of the students said it was their first pro-life event in school.
• 78% of the students said this week helped them understand what it means to be pro-life.
• 67% of the students said they now felt comfortable explaining a basic pro-life view to a peer.
• 55% of the students said they felt the events connected what it means to be pro-life to the Catholic faith.
• 87% of the staff gave the overall event a rating of 5/5.
• The staff rated the week 3/5 for how well they felt the event connected to the school’s culture-of-life mission.
• 78% of the staff said compared with other theme weeks or special events, they felt this week was much more worthwhile for students.
• 60% of the staff said students engaged in pro-life discussions or debates amongst themselves in the classroom that week in a constructive way.
• 100% of the staff said the school should run a similar event next year.

Our biggest takeaway from the event is how necessary this focus and education are for our Catholic schools. Sixty percent of the students said this was their first pro-life event in a school. With many of these students coming from Catholic or religious middle schools, this really highlighted the gap in Catholic education. Pro-Life Schools Week is a fantastic opportunity to present Catholic teaching on life topics, share no-exceptions pro-life education, and witness to our young people.

Overall, Pro-Life Schools Week is about planting seeds. We can present the information to these students, but we must pray and trust that the Holy Spirit will lead them to implement these values in their own lives and change the way they view those around them.

Vote Your Faith: Defend Life, Marriage, and the Family This Midterm Election

With Election Day just days away, American Life League is reminding its supporters to go out and vote this Tuesday. There are several candidates and ballot initiatives advocating for abortion, gender transitions for children, and redefining marriage in the state constitution. As Catholics and citizens of our country, it is our duty and obligation to vote in elections and to vote in accordance with the tenets of our faith.

For months now, ALL has worked to educate and encourage Christian voters specifically about the ballot initiatives in Virginia, Nevada, and Idaho, which are all seeking to codify abortion and contraception in their state constitutions or laws. Virginia’s additional ballot initiative also seeks to redefine marriage in its state constitution. This is why American Life League created free downloadable ballot flyers with information for voters in these three states; they can be viewed and downloaded here.

With its headquarters located in Virginia, American Life League also launched its Save Virginia Campaign this summer to help Christians, particularly churches, in Virginia encourage and educate their congregations to vote NO on Questions 1 and 2. The lives of preborn children and the future of the family are truly at stake and must be protected. More information about these amendments and what we can do to stop them from passing can be found here.

However, the most important thing we can do in these remaining days leading up to the election is pray to Our Lord and through the intercession of Mary, our country’s patroness, that the truth will prevail and these evil amendments and initiatives will be defeated.

Please share our resources on these amendments with your family and friends living in these states and join us in praying daily for our nation.

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