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"The Fight for the Right
to Life is a People's Fight for its Existence and its
Continuity" Part Three of Four Editor's note. The following is the Introduction Dr. Mildred Fay Jefferson wrote for the 1977 National Right to Life Convention book. Dr. Jefferson, who passed away Sunday, served as NRLC President from 1975-1978. Dear Friend For Life: We come together from all
parts of our land - we who are known as the right-to-life
people. We come rich and poor, proud and plain, religious and
agnostic, politically committed and independent. We can agree
only on our respect for life and our determination to defend the
right to life. Why does America and the world need the National Right to Life Committee? Because the millions of people in the right-to-life movement can be ignored if they cannot make their will felt by their elected representatives. The people affect the democratic process by controlling the political process. Political control depends on sound organization. The National Right to Life Committee is the only national right-to-life organization which provides for organizational representation of affiliates in all fifty states and the District of Columbia. We are the only one of our kind. Our objective is to establish the protection of life as the absolute priority of our society. Our corporate obligation is to promote respect for the worth and dignity of all human life, including the life of the unborn child from the moment of conception and to promote, encourage and sponsor such amendatory and statutory measures which will provide protection for human life. before and after birth, particularly for the defenseless, the incompetent, the impaired and the incapacitated. We are speaking for those who cannot speak for themselves; defending those who cannot defend themselves and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves. We will win the baffle for life because we must. But when we win, that victory will not be for ourselves - but for America, the world and all mankind. For life and for love, |