British Columbia Parents and Teachers for Life

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British Columbia Parents and Teachers for Life (BCPTL) is a pro-life (anti-abortion and anti-euthanasia) group of parents, teachers, and other residents and former residents of British Columbia who have a common interest in the education of youth. The group seeks, in its own words "to promote a positive attitude towards human life and to have schools support universally applicable principles of morality."

BCPTL promotes the rights of parents as "the prime educators of their children." It shares with similar organizations a commitment to use only non-violent methods in the pursuit of its objectives. BCPTL has a website and publishes a free e-mail bulletin, a newsletter for members, and a yearly "Parents' Alert". The organization is independent, but has co-operated with a large number of groups with common interests and similar philosophies.

BCPTL started about 1985 as British Columbia Teachers for Life," an informal group of teachers drawn together by their common attitude towards human life and their concern about the issue of teachers’ organizations officially supporting abortion. After operating for some years with a steering committee, they organized on a more formal basis in 1990. The first president of British Columbia Teachers for Life was Lila Stanford. In March of 1998, in recognition of parent support, and in view of the fact that its leaders felt it was already active in supporting parents’ rights, the organization became “British Columbia Parents and Teachers for Life.”

Membership in BCPTL is open to any resident or former resident of British Columbia nineteen years of age or over who supports the purposes of British Columbia Parents and Teachers for Life.