By Jacki Ragan, Director, State Organizational Development Department Do you ever stop to think about what it really means to be pro-life? It is something worth doing occasionally. For me, it is a great reminder of the many reasons I am pro-life and how thankful and grateful I am that I can call myself a …
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By Jacki Ragan, Director, State Organizational Development Department and NRL Conventions Did you know that National Right to Life holds a convention every summer in order to equip and encourage grassroots pro-lifers as they promote and protect life? No? Well, lucky for you, we audio record every session and make them available at nrlconvention.com/audio. I urge you …
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By Jacki Ragan, Director, State Organizational Development Department I have always felt that summer is over when schools are back in session, although technically, I understand there is another couple of weeks before Autumn is fully upon us. And there are tons of activities for all chapters once Autumn arrives! I know many, if not …
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By Jacki Ragan, Director, State Organizational Development Department and NRL Conventions, Inc. The 52nd annual National Right to Life Convention is over, but the memories, the speakers, what we learned, what we shared, what we walked away with from Pittsburgh, PA with, is not. I learned many years ago that when the National Right to …
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By Jacki Ragan, Director, NRL Conventions Where were you when Roe v. Wade was overturned? I was in a hotel in Atlanta, Georgia at NRLC 2022, National Right to Life annual Convention. I was surrounded by Executive Directors, Presidents, and Directors of state right-to-life affiliates from all across the country. How fitting that these pro-life champions would be in …
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“A perfect little bud ~ clipped before she blossomed.”In memory of those lives lost through abortion By Jacki Ragan, Director, National Right to Life’s State Organizational Development Department On April 28, 1983, a baby girl was found, “legally aborted,” and tossed into a drainage ditch off Cantrell Road in Little Rock, Arkansas. She weighed 5 …
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By Jacki Ragan, Convention Director What are your early summer plans for this year? We hope you will consider joining us at the Hyatt Regency Hotel located inside the Pittsburgh, PA Airport on June 23, 24, 2023 for the 52nd annual National Right to Life Convention! If last year didn’t convince you that it is THE place …
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By Jacki Ragan, Director, NRL Conventions Where were you when Roe v. Wade was overturned? I was in a hotel in Atlanta, Georgia at NRLC 2022, National Right to Life annual Convention. I was surrounded by Executive Directors, Presidents, and Directors of state right-to-life affiliates from all across the country. How fitting that these pro-life champions would be in …
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By Jacki Ragan Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach, co-chair of the Pro-Life Caucus, presented Dr. David N. O’Steen, retiring executive director of National Right to Life, with the flag that was flown over the U.S. Capitol in honor of his 38 years of service to the unborn and the medically vulnerable. Dr. O’Steen was also the recipient …
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By Jacki Ragan Each year, National Right to Life sponsors a Pro-Life Essay Contest for students in grades 7-12. For 2023 the essay should address the question, Why are you pro-life? Essays should be submitted between January 1, 2023 and January 21, 2023. Essays must be postmarked by January 21, 2023. This is an excellent way to educate …
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By Jacki Ragan, Director, State Organizational Development DepartmentEditor’s note. This appears on page one of the November issues of National Right to Life News. Please be sure to send the issue along to pro-life family and friends. In the aftermath of the November 8th elections, so many things–thoughts, ideas, nonsense–take hold of my brain and runs …
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By Jacki Ragan, Director of State Organizational Development Department and Conventions, Inc. Editor’s note. This appears in the first post-Roe v. Wade issue on page one. Be sure to pass this along to pro-life family and friends. Some say that “unanswered prayers” are the greatest gift God can give us. I was reminded of that …
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