Action right to life for all

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The organization Aktion Lebensrecht für Alle (ALfA) is a nationwide operating group of the life rights movement organized in the legal form of a registered association . It is based in Augsburg and, according to its own information, has around 11,000 members. The ALfA, founded in 1977, is considered to be one of the oldest groups in Germany.

activity

Together with the organizations Doctors for Life and Meetings of Christian Right to Live Groups, the association publishes the quarterly magazine LebensForum , which is exclusively devoted to legal, political and medical questions of the right to life. In addition, the quarterly newsletter “ Lebenszeichen” reports on the work in the local chapters.

The association also operates and finances the VitaL advice hotline - there are alternatives .

In order to support women in difficult economic circumstances after giving birth, the association organizes donation and sponsorship programs.

organization structure

The association is divided into a federal association with a federal executive board as well as state and regional associations, whose regional focus is Bavaria , Baden-Württemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia . The youth organization “Youth for Life” is affiliated with it. ALfA is a member of the umbrella organization Bundesverband Lebensrecht (BVL).

The federal chairwoman has been Cornelia Kaminski since May 2019. Before that, she was chairwoman of the Hesse State Association of Christian Democrats for Life . Her younger sister Claudia Kaminski was chairwoman of the campaign for the right to live for all from 1996 to 2016 and, independently of that, she was on the foundation board of the Yes to Life Foundation for many years . In 2001, the doctor Claudia Kaminski was also a founding member of the Bundesverband Lebensrecht , whose chairwoman she was until 2009. In 2016, Alexandra Maria Linder became federal chairwoman of the ALfA after Claudia Kaminski no longer stood for election. Cornelia Kaminski from Fulda was Deputy Federal Chairwoman during this time. The first deputy federal chairman is Holm Schneider . Further members of the Executive Board since 2016 have been Hans-Peter Reiche (Federal Treasurer) and Maria Schmölzing (Federal Secretary).

Criticism of positions

In its information material, the association takes the view that abortion leads to the so-called post-abortion syndrome . According to their own information, 80% of women who have had an abortion are affected by this clinical picture, and according to the former chairwoman of the BVL, Claudia Kaminski, there are "hundreds of thousands, if not millions of traumatized women". The "post-abortion syndrome" is not recognized by the majority of medical professionals: A systematic review by the American Psychological Association , which examined all studies on post-abortion syndrome published in English since 1989, shows that the risk for the The occurrence of psychological problems in women after an abortion is no greater than in women who carry their child to term after an unwanted pregnancy.

However, there are also scientific studies that support the ALfA's position. The American Psychological Association itself published a catalog of 17 risk factors associated with abortion in 2008.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Eike Sanders, Ulli Jentsch, Felix Hansen (apabiz eV): “Germany is drifting away!”. Organized "protection of life", Christian fundamentalism, anti-feminism . Münster 2014, ISBN 978-3-89771-121-1 , p. 63 f.
  2. ↑ The right to life for all campaign | We introduce ourselves | ALfA. In: The Action Right to Live for All. Accessed December 27, 2019 (German).
  3. ↑ Cornelia Kaminski is the new chairwoman of “Aktion Lebensrecht für Alle” , Idea , news from May 20, 2019.
  4. ^ BDK: Mechthild Löhr presents anthology on abortion , 2013
  5. ↑ Federal Executive Board - ALfA. In: www.alfa-ev.de. Retrieved July 23, 2016 .
  6. ↑ https://www.alfa-ev.de/ueber-uns/bundesvorstand/
  7. ^ A b Oda Lambrecht and Christian Baars: Mission Gottesreich: Fundamentalist Christians in Germany . Ch. Links Verlag , Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86153-512-6 , p. 86 f.
  8. ↑ Saveone Europe: Scientific studies on the topic of Post Abortion Syndrome and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder after an abortion , July 31, 2017
  9. ↑ American Psychological Association Task Force on Mental Health and Abortion (Ed.): Report of the task force on mental health and abortion. Washington DC 2008.