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PRO-LIFE AND HELPFUL
Thomas Glessner, founder and president of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA), will be honored for his work across the country in the pro-life movement at the 28th annual National Prayer Service on Friday at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington.
NIFLA represents more than 1,600 pregnancy centers and medical clinics nationwide.
“Pregnancy centers across the country have come under immense pressure and physical attacks since the Dobbs decision was leaked last spring. Yet they have tirelessly never ceased to do the work they intended to do, helping pregnant women, and stepping up to be the light these women need in dark places. Pregnancy centers are central to NIFLA’s vision of an abortion-free America,” Mr. Glessner said in a written statement shared with Inside the Beltway.
Mr. Glessner is an attorney and member of the bar for the states of Washington and Virginia and for the Supreme Court.
“I am humbled to receive recognition for the work that NIFLA and our amazing pregnancy centers have done throughout the past several decades leading up to the overturning of Roe v. Wade,” he said.
Others will be recognized at the event.
They are Margaret “Peggy” Hartshorn, chairman of the board of Heartbeat International; Denise Cocciolone, founder and president of the National Life Center; Christopher Bell, founder and president of Good Counsel Homes; Joan Andrews Bell, longtime pioneer in anti-abortion activism; Christopher Slattery, founder and president of Expectant Mother Care — EMC Frontline Pregnancy Centers; and Roland Warren, president and CEO of Care Net.