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By Patrick B. Craine

CALGARY, Alberta, October 7, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A leading Canadian pro-life organization is aiming to “raise the bar” for pro-life activism in the country with the launch of a new website geared to training our multimedia generation in pro-life arguments and strategy.

“We want the site to be a must-stop location for anyone who wants to know about abortion in Canada,” explained Jose Ruba, co-founder of the Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform (CCBR).

The site features an in-depth and brand-new Pro-Life Classroom with a series of four-to-six-minute video clips illuminating the sound science, philosophy, and reasoning undergirding the pro-life view.  The videos are complemented by written explanations, in basic and advanced form.

“There’s nothing like [the classroom] yet in Canada, in terms of going through systematically all the arguments for the pro-abortion position and showing why that doesn’t make sense,” said Ruba.

CCBR is an educational pro-life organization based in Calgary that aims to “make abortion unthinkable.”  They are known in particular for the use of graphic images of aborted babies to highlight the humanity of the unborn.  Presentations by Ruba and CCBR co-founder Stephanie Gray on university campuses have sparked controversies that put them at the centre of the recent free-speech debate in Canada.

The site includes a detailed section on pro-life strategy, and a teaching section explaining CCBR’s approach to social change.  It also features free, downloadable resources, tools and recommended reading for those facing an unplanned pregnancy or dealing with a past abortion.

Mark Harrington, executive director of the Center for Bioethical Reform’s affiliate in the US Midwest, said, “This is the best website of its kind; and represents one of the biggest contributions of on-line resources to the pro-life movement thus far.”

“We’re actually raising the bar in terms of pro-life training and teaching in Canada,” said Ruba, adding that they hope other pro-life groups will be “proud” of the site.

“We need as pro-lifers – not to compromise our principles – but to be ready to change our presentation as our culture changes,” he said.  “So this is a tool that will be perfect for this generation, this multimedia-online generation.”

The Canadian Centre for Bioethical Reform’s brand-new website can be found here.