Christian Science Monitor

Mike Stack, an ultrasound technician in Royal Oak, Mich., was volunteering at an antiabortion pregnancy crisis center about three years ago when he had a rude awakening. While reading a special interest newsletter, he learned that the company handling his investments was a contributor to abortion provider Planned Parenthood. That got him wondering about his mutual funds: Did they own shares in companies with links to abortion practices? "I thought, ‘Jeez, I’m doing all this work to try to end abortion, and my money is supporting it,’ " says Mr. Stack, a devout Roman Catholic. Within a few months, he was working with an antiabortion financial planner who helped him build an investment portfolio consistent with his beliefs. Socially conservative activists believe the nation is full of people ready to have an awakening like Stack’s. "Morally responsible" or "val­ues based" investing, they say, has been an underutilized tool in their quest to rid society of abortion, pornography, and domestic-partner benefits for homosexual couples. It’s a tool whose time has come, they say…

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