Foundations Pro-Life Curriculum (Sessions 1-6)

Session 1: Difficult Truth©, the first course in the Foundations pro-life curriculum, provides baseline knowledge about abortion and the issues that surround it. This course can be used as a stand-alone course, but is also included in the Foundations pro-life curriculum package.

What you’ll discover in Session 1:

• The six principles at the foundation of the Christian pro-life movement
• The Christian response to abortion
• The birth control-abortion connection
• Abortion procedures in each trimester (medical illustrations are used)
• Abortion survivors
• Disposal of fetal remains
• Commodification of fetal remains and the fetal parts trade
• Post-birth abortion/infanticide practices
• Messages of deception in the abortion industry
• A compassionate view
• Hope and healing

Session Details:

Session 1 is divided into three online modules. Each module includes approximately 20 minutes of content and a 10-15 minute quiz and discussion/reflection activity. Total Session 1 time is approximately 2 hours, with activities.

Session 2: Infiltration©, the second course in the Foundations pro-life curriculum, marks the beginning of a decade-by-decade journey to uncover the roots of the culture of death and the post-Christian transformation of America. Session 2 covers the 1900s – 1920s.

What you’ll discover in Session 2:

• The spiritual roots of the battle between life and death
• Three major underlying philosophies of the culture of death
• How these philosophies were brought to America, by whom, and why
• The specific blueprint used to transform America by breaking down the family
• Progressivism in education, government, and science
• Progressivism in the media, women’s rights movement, and the Church
• The history, planting, and growth of the eugenics movement
• The co-opting of the women’s rights movement
• Modernism in the Catholic church
• The Social Gospel in the Protestant church
• The social, cultural, legislative, and judicial strategies of the culture of death during the Progressive Era

Session Details:

This course is divided into three online modules. Each module includes approximately 20 minutes of content and a 10-15 minute quiz and discussion/reflection activity. Total Session 2 time is approximately 2 hours, with activities.

Session 3: Pioneer©, the third course in the Foundations pro-life curriculum, continues our decade-by-decade journey to uncover the roots of the culture of death and the post-Christian transformation of America. Session 3 covers the 1930s – 1940s.

What you’ll discover in Session 3:

• The life experiences, mentors, key influencers, and philosophies that impacted Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood, in her early work in the 1910s and 20s
• A four-part framework in which to understand Sanger’s life and work: Radical feminism, sexual liberation, eugenics, and racism
• An understanding of Sanger’s work in the context of American culture in the 30s and 40s
• How the roots of Planned Parenthood manifest today
• Birth control as a eugenic solution in the Black community, a debate in the Black church, and an exploitation of poverty and injustice
• The advancement of Progressivism in America in the 30s and 40s, in government, education, science, the media, the women’s rights movement, and the Church
• The social, cultural, legislative, and judicial strategies of the culture of death during this time period

Session Details:

This course is divided into three online modules, available in our courseroom. Each module includes approximately 25 minutes of content and a 10-15 minute quiz and discussion/reflection activity. Total Session 3 time is approximately 2 hours, with activities.

Session 4: Manifestation©, the fourth course in the Foundations pro-life curriculum, continues our decade-by-decade journey to uncover the roots of the culture of death and the post-Christian transformation of America. Session 4 covers the 1950s – 1960s.

What you’ll discover in Session 4:

• The new face of the eugenics movement in the 1950s: population control
• Family planning as population control propaganda
• How secularization, situation ethics, moral relativism, and social revolutions transformed America in the 1960s
• The Black community’s efforts to expose birth control and abortion as “Black genocide,” the division that resulted, and the deliberate strategies used to silence them
• The Hegelian dialectic as a corruption of truth and a means to force change
• How the philosophies of the culture of death progressed and the strides that were made legally, politically, and culturally
• How the birth control pill impacted relationships, family, and God’s design for marriage and gender
• The Protestant and Catholic church’s responses to birth control legalization
• The second wave of feminism, its radicalization, and the Biblical perspective
• The reframing of abortion from a moral issue to one of mercy, health care, privacy, and women’s equality
• How the Church participated in the legalization of abortion

Session Details:

This course is divided into four online modules. Each module includes approximately 20-30 minutes of content and a 15-20 minute assessment and discussion/reflection activity. Total Session 4 time is approximately 3 hours, with activities.

Session 5: Deterioration©, the fifth course in the Foundations pro-life curriculum, continues our decade-by-decade journey to uncover the roots of the culture of death and the post-Christian transformation of America. Session 5 covers the 1970s, 80s, and 90s.

What you’ll discover in Session 5:

• The birth of bioethics in modern medical research and practice and its profound impact on healthcare
• Eugenics in radical environmentalism, the reproductive rights agenda, and rapidly advancing biotechnologies
• How the courts and the presidency were used to advance abortion legalization, infanticide practices, and medical neglect of the disabled
• The foundational principles of the modern pro-life movement and the split that occurred
• The silencing of the Black community’s efforts to expose birth control and abortion as “Black genocide”
• The continued destruction of the Black family by the birth control and abortion industries, through government policy and radical feminist influence
• Third-wave feminism; its intersectional ideology, strategies for change, and academic and political influence
• The Moral Majority and its impact on Christianity in America
• The pro-life rescue movement from the Catholic and evangelical perspectives and how the movement was silenced
• The moral and spiritual crossroads America faced at the dawn of the new millennium

Session Details:

This course is divided into four online modules. Each module includes approximately 45 minutes of content and a built-in 15-20 minute quiz and discussion/reflection activity. Total Session 5 time is approximately 4 hours, with activities.

Session 6: Awakening©, the sixth and final course in the Foundations pro-life curriculum, concludes our decade-by-decade journey to uncover the roots of the culture of death and the post-Christian transformation of America. Session 6 covers the 2000s and 2010s.

What you’ll discover in Session 6:

• The advancement of eugenics in biotechnologies, human genetics, nationalized healthcare, and radical environmentalism
• Transhumanism, emerging technologies, and future applications of eugenics
• How the courts and the presidency were used to advance the culture of death and undermine the right to life during this time period
• The rapid and visible expansion of the Black pro-life movement at the local and national levels
• Fourth-wave feminism, identity politics, and the new global sexual revolution
• Abortion advocates’ new PR strategies and how to counter them, including the bodily autonomy argument, abortion as a moral good, and denial of post-abortion trauma
• The Occupy and Tea Party movements, nationalism, and persecution of Christians in America
• The rise of the 21st-century personhood movement and calls to return to the biblical path to pro-life victory in politics and culture
• The Church’s response to life issues during this time period and the battle for life and death in a historical and spiritual context
• How the Church must respond to restore a culture of life amidst the current moral crisis in America

Session Details:

This course is divided into four online modules. Each module includes 30-40 minutes of content and a built-in 15-20 minute assessment and discussion/reflection activity. Total Session 6 time is approximately 4 hours, with activities.