Educational Activities
Awarded 32 emergency grants ($34,198.45 total) to pregnant women in immediate financial crisis so they could choose life for their babies
Awarded $22,813.11 to 4 pregnancy centers to support the launch of two satellite centers, equip center leaders with national training, and purchase an exam table for an ultrasound room
Reached young Wisconsin women in all public and private high schools and universities with targeted pro-life messages by the Veritas Society – In all, our outreach grew by almost 8% over 2023
Held the Education Fund Dinner with special guest speaker Jordy Nelson
Published three editions of the Life Voice newsletter
Hosted renowned scholars for our inaugural quarterly educational webinar series, increasing outreach and educating those of all walks of life on pro-life topics
Hosted the Veritas Scientiae Conference: Exploring the Truth, Beauty, and Science of Life, a day-long event with nationally and internationally renowned scholars
Created free, pro-life, middle school resources for Catholic students, with non-Catholic materials in production
Valere Circle
Welcomed 7 new members to the Valere Circle, who are the families, foundations, and companies donating $5,000 or more annually, as well as donors who plan to make a gift of any size from their will or estate.
Teen & College Outreach
Continued the Teen Impact Box program, reaching over 600 teens with free, informative subscription boxes four times a year
Started college box program reaching over 100 college students
Awarded 10 grants to college students to start or continue Life on Campus groups at their colleges and universities
Held Teen Impact Camp with 19 campers
Held a college training event with 36 college students from various Wisconsin campuses
Chapter & Region Activities
Held local events to share more information on WRTL with Wisconsinites
Chapters participated in local parades, had booths at county fairs, and shared the message of life in local churches
Helped support pregnancy help centers in local communities
Reached thousands of pro-life advocates through our booth at Lifest Music Festival
Reached hundreds of pro-life advocates through our booth at Onefest
Educated hundreds of people about pro-life topics through our educational booth at the Wisconsin State Fair
Social Networking, Websites, & Emails
Posted compelling and educational updates for our followers on social media, including 16,271 Facebook followers and 1,782 Instagram followers
Attracted over 48,000 visitors to the Wisconsin Right to Life website, wrtl.org
Served over 15,528,000 digital commercials or impressions using social media and targeted display to our target audience offering them alternatives to abortion
Of those, we had 24,850 women click on our 123givelife.org website, helping them find resources to choose life for their baby
Teenbreaks.com attracted 58,000 visitors, with 44,000 of them coming through paid search
Published numerous blog posts, press releases, and news articles at wrtl.org/blog
E-mailed the Life Voice Online e-newsletter to thousands of subscribers each Monday morning
Participated in over 35 media interviews on behalf of WRTL and the pro-life message
Legal Activities
Joined with other pro-life groups in the state and filed as an “intervener” to prevent Planned Parenthood and Attorney General Kaul’s pursuit to find a “right to abortion” in the Wisconsin State Constitution
Attended the oral arguments on Wisconsin’s pro life law, s. 940.04, before the state Supreme Court
Election & Voter Education
Made 531,014 voter contacts using a combination of targeted phone banking, direct mail, digital advertising, and text messages
Employed new technology to reach 150,000 more voters with a 60% decrease in total cost per voter contact from last election cycle
Doubled our election volunteer force
Launched a first-time ballot chase program that yielded a 15% increase in early voting among registered pro-life voters
Legislation
Lead the effort to block Assembly Bill 975, which would have harmed the pro-life cause and weakened protections for life in Wisconsin
Continued the statewide effort to educate on the rising threat of chemical abortion, and the potential legislative response
Helped constituents make thousands of targeted emails and calls to their elected officials to prevent the passage of Assembly Bill 975
Issued 15 press releases
Participated in countless media interviews educating on the pro-life message
Operations
Conducted an audit of all finances and produced monthly financial statements and analyses for all entities of WRTL
Responded to thousands of information requests by mail, email, and phone
Leveraged technology to interact in-person and over the phone with registered voters
Wisconsin Abortion Numbers
The number of Wisconsin lives saved, cumulatively, from abortion since 1987 is over 234,205.
Abortions in Wisconsin were halted from June of 2022 to September of 2023.
Wisconsin’s birth rate increased by 2.5% estimating an additional 1,503 births during this time because of the Dobbs decision.
Wisconsin’s abortion ratio is 6 abortions for every 100 births (2022 data). The national abortion ratio is 19.8 abortions for every 100 live births (2020 data).
Sources:
https://docs.iza.org/dp16608.pdf
https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p45360-22.pdf