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    Advocates for Life at Virignia Law (AFL)

    Description
    Advocates for Life at Virginia Law (AFL) brings together law students eager to protect the fundamental right to life of innocent human beings, and fosters balanced and open discussion about the fundamental right to life in the legal community. Its purpose is to educate and train law students about the jurisprudence of a pro-life ethic, the attacks on the right to life, and the best strategies to protect women and children from abortion, and to protect the vulnerable from assisted suicide and euthanasia. By building a culture of courage and support among pro-life law students and lawyers, AFL will promote a legal environment that values and upholds the dignity of innocent human life.
    Mission Statement
    AFL seeks to promote the principles that all human beings have an unalienable right to life from the moment of conception; that an essential end of government is the protection of human life; and that every law and policy decision must uphold, affirm, and safeguard this fundamental right. Members of AFL will work to promote the above principles and to further their application through education, advocacy, and scholarship. Members of AFL will be a part of a national network of pro-life law students and lawyers, educated to defend the human rights of all human beings, and to engage an often hostile or uninformed legal environment, both within law school and society at large. AFL will achieve its goals through education, advocacy, fellowship, and public service. It will sponsor educational events, including lectures and debates on various legal issues that affect the sanctity of human life; it will engage the community in order to advocate for laws and policies that uphold the dignity of human life; it will connect pro-life law students with other pro-life law students here at the law school, with pro-life law students across the country, with pro-life practicing attorneys, and with pro-life speakers, educators, and activists; and it will give back to the community by serving those who are working to promote a pro-life society. AFL is the Virginia Law chapter of Advocates for Life, the national, non-partisan association of pro-life law students. The national organization is an initiative of Americans United for Life, a pro-life public interest law firm and the oldest national pro-life organization.
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    Chris Schandevel - President