August 18, 2010

By Jacki Ragan

Good evening and thanks for reading TN&V and National Right to Life News Today. Part Two celebrates the signing into law of a pro-life bill in South Carolina. Part Three analyses a pro-abortion PAC's attack on Sarah Palin. Over at National Right to Life News Today (www.nationalrighttolifenews.org), we discuss an ingenious, if faulty, attempt to exonerate pro-abortion President Barack Obama for the plight he finds himself in. Please send your comments on Today's News & Views and National Right to Life News Today to daveandrusko@gmail.com. If you like, join those who are following me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/daveha.

Lawrence Garvey (2nd from right) was a 2001 Proudly Pro-Life Honoree. Here Mr. Garvey is shown with leaders of  Louisiana Right to Life. Left to Right: Bob Winn,  Sharon Fontenot, Sharon Rodi, Mr. Garvey, and Peg Kenny.

The right to life movement and unborn children lost a real friend and hero this week when Lawrence D. Garvey passed away. For more than 30 years, he had been deeply involved in supporting and promoting the work of crisis pregnancy centers; pro-life education through national television, radio, and newspaper advertising; the work of local and state right to life organizations; and many important projects of the National Right to Life Committee and its Educational Trust Fund.

Mr. Garvey's involvement in the Right to Life Movement has helped build many of the organizations whose work has sharply decreased the number of abortions in the United States in recent years.

On April 25, 2001, the National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund was proud to honor Mr. Garvey with the distinguished Proudly Pro-Life Award. His support, dedication, and belief in both Louisiana Right to Life and National Right to Life were both constant and generous. He worked closely with Mary Reilly Hunt, former director of development for NRLC; David N. O'Steen, Ph.D., NRLC executive director; and Darla St. Martin, NRLC co-executive director, and made it known to National Right to Life that he believed in what we were doing as well as how we were getting the job done.

Mr. Garvey was a founding partner of Radiofone, Inc., a cellular paging communications company, operating primarily in the Southeastern United States. Mr. Garvey, with his brother Donald, founded the company in 1958 and remained active in management until March 2000.

Mr. Garvey and his wife, Marla, had been married for over 50 years and have three children and several grandchildren. This modest, humble, giant of a man will be missed by all.

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