Carol Tobias Right To Life Essay

President of the National Right to Life Committee (NRL), Carol Tobias says, “Protecting unborn children from abortion is the greatest civil rights battle of our time and should impact every aspect of society, including the election of men and women who make laws under which we live (An Unborn Child 1).” Before Carol Tobias was president of NRL she had a deep history of involvement in right to life organizations. Born and raised in North Dakota, her parents helped organize the North Dakota Right to Life (NDRL). After high school, she quickly became involved in her local Right to Life chapter and was then hired as executive director of NDRL. When she grew older she was convinced to leave her home town and assume the position of political director …show more content…
This public interest group has state affiliates in each of the 50 states, over 3,000 local affiliates nationwide, and over seven million total members. Since 1968, their group’s mission statement is, “to protect and defend the most fundamental right of humankind, the right to life of every innocent human being from the beginning of life to natural death.” Their lifesaving mission works through education, legislation, and political action to defend those who cannot defend themselves. Their main areas of concern include abortion, assisted suicide, infanticide, euthanasia, and killing of unborn children for their stem cells. In 1966, the national Conference of Catholic Bishops asked Fr. James T. McHugh to observe trends in abortion reform. Shortly after, The National Right to Life Committee was founded in 1967, as the Right to Life League to coordinate its state campaigns under the Catholic Church. However, later it was decided to move away from the Catholic Church and become an independent committee. With dedication to electing a pro-life government, there are a few immensely important current issues