A Coalition for Effective Advocacy

Good intentions don't end injustice.
Effective strategy does.

The Pro-Life Advocacy Alliance unites the organizations focused on changing culture about abortion — through rigorous apologetics, principled use of victim imagery, and persuasion strategies measured by real outcomes, data-driven tactics, and historical lessons.

The movement has heart. It needs strategy.

The pro-life movement has hundreds of well-meaning organizations. Most are sincere. Many aren't strategic. And almost none can tell you, with data, how many minds they have actually changed.

A small group of organizations has quietly built something different: persuasion programs that work, measured in percentage-point shifts in opinion after real conversations with real pro-choice people. Not awareness. Not reach. Conversion.

This alliance exists to give that model a public voice — to hold up what works, share it openly, and help the next generation of leaders build organizations that actually end abortion rather than merely protesting it.

01 / MORAL CLARITY

A human rights argument.

We oppose abortion because it violates the fundamental human rights of another person — not because of religious, political, or tangential reasons. The case stands or falls on the equal dignity of the unborn human being.

02 / PERSUASION

Minds, not just margins.

Culture can change — and history proves it has, on the most entrenched injustices of every era. We intend to do the same with abortion, one mind at a time.

03 / MEASUREMENT

Outcomes, not activity.

We track conversions, not impressions. If a program doesn't move hearts and minds, we redesign it. The unborn deserve that level of seriousness.

Three pillars of PLAA membership.

The PLAA is not a directory. Members share a rigorous commitment to a specific model of advocacy — the one we believe actually ends abortion. Joining means aligning with all three.

I.

Effective, proven persuasion.

Strategies built on what actually changes minds — grounded in the human rights of the unborn.

II.

Dialogue-driven outreach.

Real conversations in public spaces. Minds change in dialogue, not monologue.

III.

Ethical use of victim imagery.

Showing the reality of abortion — honestly and strategically — the way every human rights movement before us has.

What you get inside the alliance.

Membership is lightweight in structure, heavy in substance, and always free. No merger, no new bureaucracy, no dues — just the four things serious leaders have told us they need, and the founding members can actually deliver.

i

A private Slack workspace of peers.

Direct access to the leaders, strategists, and operators behind the most effective pro-life advocacy programs in North America. Ask questions. Compare notes. Borrow what works. Avoid what doesn't.

Ongoing · Members-only
ii

Quarterly strategy convenings.

Four times a year, member leaders meet for deep presentations, case studies, and candid strategy discussions on what's working in the field. At least one convening each year is held in person.

Quarterly · In-Person & Virtual
iii

The shared resource library.

Ad templates, outreach scripts, apologetics guides, imagery protocols, campaign playbooks, literature, training videos. Field-tested, continually updated, and free for members to adapt.

Growing archive
iv

A shared platform and a seat at the table.

PLAA amplifies member wins, provides national credibility for regional organizations, and positions the alliance as the thought-leadership voice for persuasion-based pro-life advocacy in the broader movement and the media.

Public advocacy & press

Our members are already changing minds.
The alliance is how that scales.

A snapshot of the kind of outcomes our members track and publish — not impressions or reach, but measurable shifts in opinion and engagement tied to specific advocacy work.

100+
Thousand
combined mind changes on abortion achieved by member organizations through dialogue-based outreach.
6
Independent Polls
and studies demonstrating the measurable effectiveness of our persuasion strategy.
10+
Thousand Advocates
trained in apologetics, winsome dialogue, and principled street-level engagement.
50+
Years Combined
of experience across the founding organizations building the persuasion model the alliance exists to scale.

The research behind the work.

These claims are not rhetorical. Each founding organization has commissioned, conducted, or published rigorous studies and impact reports demonstrating that persuasion-based, dialogue-driven, imagery-anchored advocacy produces measurable shifts in public opinion. The full reports are available below.

01
Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform Peer-Reviewed Study · 1,741 Respondents

A Statistical Analysis on the Effectiveness of Abortion Victim Photography in Pro-Life Activism

Dr. Jacqueline C. Harvey · Ph.D., Public Administration · Tarleton State University

An independently administered survey of 1,741 respondents before and after CCBR's 2015 imagery campaigns found a statistically significant 16.88% overall shift toward pro-life views, a 29.41% increase in those identifying as completely pro-life, and 91% of affected respondents reporting increased negative feelings toward abortion after seeing the imagery.

+16.88%Overall shift toward pro-life worldview (p=0.03)
+29.41%Increase in "completely pro-life" identification
91%Of those affected reported more negative feelings on abortion
Read the Full Study
02
Created Equal Impact Report · Summer 2025 Pilot

Make Abortion History — Summer 2025 Impact Report

Multi-phase persuasion pipeline · Ohio pilot regions · Pre/post polling with control

A three-phase Prepare / Persuade / Preserve campaign combining video advertising, grassroots canvassing, and principled imagery across two Ohio regions. Independent pre- and post-campaign polling against a control community showed substantial shifts toward pro-life positions on policy, perception, and personal identification.

+14.2%Net shift toward pro-life view on abortion by stage of pregnancy
+12.2%Shift toward supporting legal protections for preborn babies
+17%Shift among Trump voters toward banning abortion at all stages
Read the Full Report
03
Protect Life Michigan Impact Report · 2024 Pilot

Operation Zero — 2024 Impact Report

Prepared by Trevor Polo, Director of Strategy · Novi, Michigan pilot region

A six-month community-saturation pilot in Novi, Michigan combining deep canvassing, streaming video advertising, direct mail, and omnichannel messaging — benchmarked against control polling of the Detroit metro area and the state as a whole. Results show what a coordinated pro-life persuasion program can produce in a single community.

+7.96%Net swing in support for banning abortion in target community
2–5×More likely for those under 29 to change their view vs. older brackets
500+Verbally confirmed mind changes over the course of the pilot
Read the Full Report

Three organizations. One model.

The founding members of the Pro-Life Advocacy Alliance are responsible for stewarding the coalition. Each has spent years building the persuasion-based, dialogue-driven, measurement-focused model the alliance exists to scale.

Founding Member

Protect Life Michigan

Michigan, United States

Training thousands of students and young professionals across Michigan in winsome dialogue and strategic outreach — and changing pro-choice minds at a rate few organizations can match.

protectlifemi.org
Founding Member

Created Equal

Ohio, United States

A national advocacy organization built around campus outreach, the Justice Ride, jumbotron and overpass campaigns, and a rigorous commitment to the equal humanity of the unborn.

createdequal.org
Founding Member

Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform

Canada

The pioneering voice for the anti-abortion movement in Canada, combining principled imagery, street-level dialogue, and public education to end the killing of pre-born children.

endthekilling.ca

Does your organization fit the model?

If you're leading an organization built around persuasion, dialogue, and measurable mind-change, we want you in the alliance.

Apply for Membership
Member Organizations

Allied organizations building the model worldwide.

Independent organizations that have joined the alliance and committed to the three principles. Stewarded by the founding members.

※ MEMBERSHIP · BY APPLICATION

Lead with us.
Learn from us.

PLAA membership is open to organizations worldwide that share our three pillars and bring a track record of serious, measurable advocacy work. If that's you — or the organization you're building — we want to talk.