NRLC's Educational Tools.(National Right to Life News)(Brief Article)

As noted in the story on page 14, National Right to Life has an award-winning web site - - www.nrlc.org - - from which teachers, students, and parents can obtain wonderfully helpful resources.

With the new school year already in full gear, it's also important to know about the many educational tools NRLC has for use in the classroom which you can purchase inexpensively. NRLC's Educational Trust Fund has a number of fact sheets, mostly one-page, two-sided sheets, giving an overview of one particular topic, which are especially useful. Let me give you the highlights.

-First, we have a single-sided page, "Abortion Techniques," giving a quick description of the methods of abortion.

-For a quick primer, we offer "The Basics." This includes highlights of the milestones of fetal development, current statistics, the reasons women give for seeking abortion, and statistics on repeat abortions. (See the fact sheet on page 13.)

-"Abortion: Statistics and Trends" provides a yearly breakdown since 1973, along with an analysis of the overall decline in abortion numbers, rates, and ratios that has taken place in the years 1990-1997.

-For a provocative glimpse into what abortion has done to the American economy, we have "The Economic Impact of Abortion: What Do 40 Million Lost Lives Mean?" This fact sheet looks at the resulting shrinking labor force, the effect on future of Social Security and Medicare, and the high "cost" of tax-funded abortions.

-If you have forgotten about RU486 because other issues have dominated your pro-life "radar" in recent days, to refresh your memory, we have "RU486 - Risks and Dangers." This does an excellent job of helping the reader understand the real hazards this two-drug abortion technique poses to women (not to mention the lethal effects on the unborn child). There is also a lengthy "Question and Answer" section on RU486 on our web page, dealing with the history of the approval process, how the drug works, and a much more detailed discussion of side effects.