About the Southwest Coalition for Life

Help God end abortion in the Borderland

In September of 2014, the pro-life community of Las Cruces, NM, was shocked to learn that an abortion center was opening in their City of the Crosses. The consensus was unified and immediate: If this facility is working full-time to harm the women and children in our community, how can we as a church only respond part-time?

The Coalition for Life of Las Cruces was organized in 2015 as a new independent nonprofit with a mission of seeing God end abortion in Las Cruces, peacefully and prayerfully. Relying entirely on private donations and a leap of faith, the Coalition hired founder Mark Cavaliere as their full-time Executive Director in May 2016, who sought guidance and on-site training from notable pro-life champions in Houston, Austin, and College Station, Texas, as well as from St. Louis, Missouri.

Only eight months later, the Coalition for Life was honored to announce the permanent closure of the local abortion facility in January 2017 — in spite of the fact that New Mexico is one of the most abortion-friendly states in the nation and is infamous as the late-term abortion capital of the world.

With an updated name and regional focus, the Southwest Coalition for Life is now focused on uniting the pro-life community of El Paso and Southern New Mexico to work together in actively building the culture of life across the Southwest. Together, the Borderland community has now witnessed God close three abortion centers in just over three years.

This full-time, innovative, and highly-focused organization is dedicated to the mission of seeing our entire Southwest region become abortion free — by helping moms be heroes and connecting women to the free, quality, and life-affirming care they need to choose life — and you have an opportunity to be a part of it!

The Meaning Behind Our Logo

Christ's Love & Divine Mercy

Our logo was updated in 2017 from a heart with three crosses which represented our original focus in Las Cruces, NM — the City of the Crosses — to the current logo which is meant to reflect Christ's love and Divine Mercy to every person considering or harmed by abortion.

Our Programs

Her Care Connection

Connecting abortion-vulnerable women and couples to the care they need to choose life.

Mobile Unit + Outreach Interns

Our staffed interns reach out with love, compassion, and mercy to educate and empower women with local pregnancy help resources, including our own state-of-the-art Medical Ultrasound Bus.

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40 Days for Life

A global movement engaging local communities in 40 days of prayer, fasting, and peaceful vigil.

Prayer Volunteers

The backbone of our movement is our biannual 40 Days for Life campaigns each Spring and Fall, which unites the pro-life community across denominational and partisan lines.

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Community Engagement

Educating and empowering YOU to be a part of God's solution to the local violence of abortion.

Training & Presentations

We are available to give presentations to churches, youth groups, or any gathering about the reality of abortion and exactly what you can do to take action. We also help train other cities on effective sidewalk outreach and starting new Coalitions.

A Growing Movement

Many cities are seeing the need and value of having a full-time focused organization dedicated to strategically ending the violence of abortion at the local level, peacefully and prayerfully, by mobilizing their communities and connecting abortion-vulnerable women to the care they need to choose life. Each Coalition for Life is a separate independent organization. There is no national charter or affiliation, but we are one in name and mission, networking and collaborating to help one another and share best practices. If you are interested in learning how to start a Coalition for Life in your city, please contact us to schedule a call with our Executive Director.