LIFE’s Vision, Mission and Values

Vision

LIFE looks forward to a world in which:

The rights and dignity of each person are afforded the utmost respect, in law and in practice, from fertilisation (conception) until natural death;
Women who are faced with a crisis pregnancy are given as much practical, financial and emotional support as is necessary to help them bring their pregnancy to term; and are supported for as long afterwards as necessary;
Our young people are given a true sense of their self worth and a full appreciation of the importance of loving, stable and faithful relationships;
Medical science, in seeking to overcome and cure debilitating illnesses and diseases, pursues research that demonstrates the utmost respect for human life from fertilisation (conception) until natural death.

LIFE’s mission is to uphold the utmost respect for human life from fertilisation (conception) until natural death.LIFE fulfils this mission by:

Offering non-directive counselling and information on pregnancy, pregnancy loss and abortion;
Offering practical and emotional support to help women continue their pregnancy; and supporting them for as long afterwards as necessary;
Offering counselling and support for women and men damaged by abortion;
Offering counselling and support for women and men suffering as a result of pregnancy loss;
Offering information and support on adoption;
Providing a nationwide network of supported accommodation for pregnant women and/or mothers of small children;
Educating the public, but most importantly young people, about the rights and dignity of each person;
Offering fertility treatment for married couples and women’s healthcare and natural fertility management for all;
Acting as an advocate at national and international level for the rights and dignity of each person from fertilisation (conception) until natural death and challenging governments and policy makers to adopt policies which reflect and uphold the utmost respect for human life from fertilisation until natural death.

The values that inspire our work are:

Compassion: Confronted by so many practices that compromise the rights and dignity of each person from fertilisation (conception) our most fundamental response is compassion for those who suffer, particularly women and their children.
Justice: Justice demands that the rights and dignity of each person are afforded the utmost respect from the very beginning of human life, the moment of fertilisation (conception) until natural death.
Truth: We strive to promote the truth about the rights and dignity of each person and about the nature and consequences of practices that do not demonstrate the utmost respect for each person.
Hope: We believe that we can and do make a difference to the lives of women, men and children. There are people alive today who would not be here if it were not for the work of LIFE. Change is happening, lives are being transformed and we can look to the future with optimism and real hope.