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February 23, 2021 By Mackenzie Ng Leave a Comment

Unmasking the Equality Act

In the next few days, Congress will vote on several important nominations and bills that will lay the foundation for abortion-related legislation across the board.

Cabinet Nominations

President Biden’s cabinet member nominees are awaiting confirmation votes by the Senate scheduled for the coming weeks. Right now, a few very problematic nominees are awaiting confirmation, including Neera Tanden for Director of Office of Management and Budget, Xavier Becerra for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and Rachel Levine for U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health.

All of these positions will be directly managing laws and policies related to abortion, conscience rights, and healthcare mandates. Unfortunately, all three of these nominees are abortion-extremists who have proven through votes, actions and words that they will aggressively attack, undo and/or undermine policies that protects the most vulnerable, the unborn.

For more information on these nominees and others, visit our March for Life Action website here.

The Equality Act

H.R. 5, otherwise known as the Equality Act, is one of the upcoming pieces of legislation that will set the tone for the Biden Administration’s abortion extremism if passed. Hidden behind a clever misnomer are policy changes that would require employers to provide abortion coverage in their healthcare packages, override conscience-rights protections for religious institutions, and consequently undo many pro-life protections currently written into law.

In this article from the Charlotte Lozier Institute which gives a deeper look at what the Equality Act means for the pro-life movement, Richard Doerflinger, M.A., summarizes the bill as such:

The “abortion as health care” campaign advanced by the Equality Act effectively defines the unborn child out of existence. It treats the child as merely a “physical condition” of the mother that health professionals are called on to address through corrective treatment. In a sense the Act also defines Americans who object to such taking of innocent human life out of existence as well, treating them as bigots who must be forced to comply with anti-discrimination policies accepted by all fair-minded citizens. The Act does not promote equality, as it further demeans vulnerable human beings who already have few rights — and denies the right of pro-life Americans, who make up about half the U.S. population, to live by their fundamental convictions. In no way should its enactment be the goal of a “presidency for all Americans.”

To find out how you can take action against this bill and others, join March for Life president, Jeanne Mancini, tomorrow for a special #EqualityActExposed Rally with Family Policy Alliance, where she will be speaking about the anti-life aspects of this bill.

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January 27, 2021 By Ann Clare Levy Leave a Comment

2021 Rose Dinner Keynote Speaker

Tim Tebow is a two-time national champion, first-round NFL draft pick and Heisman Trophy winner. In addition, he serves as a college football analyst for ESPN. Prior to joining ESPN Tebow played three years in the NFL for the Denver Broncos and the New York Jets. Currently, Tebow is currently pursuing a career in professional baseball as a member of the New York Mets organization.

Tebow is the author of three New York Times Best Selling books; Through My Eyes, which was named the #1 sports and religion book of 2011 and Shaken: “Discovering your True Identity in the Midst of Life’s Storms” which released in 2016 and won the 2017 Evangelical Christian Publishers Association Book of the Year. Tebow released his third New York Times bestseller, This Is The Day, in September of 2018.

Tim Tebow grew up the son of missionaries and has returned to the Philippines several times throughout his life to spread God’s word and do the Lord’s work by serving the needy.

The Tim Tebow Foundation was established in 2010 with the goal to bring Faith, Hope, and Love to those needing a brighter day in their darkest hour of need. The foundation fulfills this mission every day by making dreams come true for children with life-threatening illnesses, building Timmy’s Playrooms in children’s hospitals, providing life-changing surgeries to children of the Philippines through the Tebow CURE Hospital, sponsoring Night to Shine, a nationwide prom and worldwide movement for people with special needs, providing care for orphans in six countries and adoption aid grants for families who choose to adopt an international child with special needs.

Tim is married to Demi-Leigh Tebow (née Nel-Peters) who is a South African model and former beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2017. She was crowned Miss South Africa 2017, and is the second Miss Universe winner from South Africa.

For more information about the Virtual Rose Dinner Gala, go to marchforlife.org/annual-rose-dinner/

January 27, 2021 By Ann Clare Levy Leave a Comment

2021 Pro-Life Legacy Award: Carl Anderson

As supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, Carl A. Anderson is the chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the world’s largest Catholic family fraternal service organization, which has nearly 2 million members.

Mr. Anderson has had a distinguished career as a public servant and educator. From 1983 to 1987, he served in various positions of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, including special assistant to the President and acting director of the White House Office of Public Liaison. Following his service at the White House, Mr. Anderson served for nearly a decade as a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

From 1983 to 1998, Mr. Anderson taught as a visiting professor of family law at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome. In 1988, he became the founding vice president and first dean of the Washington, D.C., session of this graduate school of theology now located at The Catholic University of America.

He is the author of the New York Times bestseller, A Civilization of Love: What Every Catholic Can Do To Transform The World; co-author (with Msgr. Eduardo Chávez) of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mother of the Civilization of Love, also a New York Times bestseller; co-editor (with Livio Melina) of The Way of Love: Reflections on Pope Benedict XVI’s Encyclical Deus Caritas Est; co-author (with José Granados) of Called to Love: Approaching John Paul II’s Theology of the Body; and author of Beyond a House Divided: The Moral Consensus Ignored by Washington, Wall Street and the Media.

Mr. Anderson was the only Catholic layman from North America to serve as an auditor at the World Synod of Bishops in 2001, 2005 and 2008. In addition, Mr. Anderson participated as an auditor in the 2012 Synod of Bishops.

Pope John Paul II appointed Mr. Anderson as a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life (1998) and the Pontifical Council for the Laity (2002), and as a consultor to the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (2003). Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as a consultor to the Pontifical Council for Social Communications (2007) and as a member of the Pontifical Council for the Family (2008). In addition, he has served as a consultant to the Pro-Life Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) since 2002.

Mr. Anderson is a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Sylvester, a Knight of the Order of St. Gregory the Great and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

He serves as a member of the International Scientific Council of the Studium Generale Marcianum of Venice. In 1994, he was a member of the Vatican delegation for the Fifteenth Meeting of the International Jewish Liaison Committee held in Jerusalem.

Mr. Anderson currently serves on the Board of Trustees of The Catholic University of America and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. He has received honorary doctorates from The Catholic University of America, The Pontifical Theology Academy of Krakow and St. Vincent’s Seminary, Latrobe, Pa. Mr. Anderson is the recipient of many honors including the Imago Dei Award, Archdiocese of Denver (2005); the Canterbury Medal, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty (2007); Servant of Peace Award, Path to Peace Foundation (2007); Rector’s Award, Pontifical North American College, Rome (2008); The John Carroll Society Award (2009); the Lupa Capitolina Award, City of Rome (2009); the John Cardinal O’Connor Award (2009); and the Evangelium Vitae Medal (2015).

Mr. Anderson served as assistant supreme secretary and supreme secretary of the Knights of Columbus until he became supreme knight in October 2000. Prior to that, he served as the Order’s vice president for public policy from 1987 to 1997. He has been grand knight, district deputy, state advocate, state secretary and state deputy for the District of Columbia.

Since Mr. Anderson assumed the responsibilities of supreme knight in 2000, the Knights of Columbus has achieved new heights in charitable giving, providing in 2018 alone over $185.6 million directly to charity and more than 76 million hours in volunteer service.

In addition, Supreme Knight Anderson has overseen consistently strong growth in the Knights’ financial resources. In 2018, the Order’s insurance in force surpassed $109 billion.

Despite two serious market corrections during his tenure, the Knights has remained financially strong. Today, the Knights of Columbus is one of the largest and most respected insurance companies in North America.

Supreme Knight Anderson has also led the Knights in a variety of charitable endeavors including:

Establishing the Heroes Fund to provide immediate assistance to the families of first responders who lost their lives in the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001;
Establishing the $2 million Pacem in Terris Fund, the earnings of which are used to promote peace initiatives in the Holy Land and to assist the Latin Patriarchate in supporting the Christian community there;
Financially sponsoring the 2004 Papal Concert of Reconciliation;
In partnership with Project Medishare, establishing the Healing Haiti’s Children program, which has provided approximately 1,000 victims in Haiti with prosthetic limbs in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake that devastated that country; and
Launching the Christian Refugee Relief Fund, a charitable fund that has raised more than $25 million to benefit persecuted Christians in the Middle East. These funds are used for food, housing and other basic necessities for those in the region who have fled their homes.

Learn more about the accomplishments of the Knights of Columbus under the leadership of Supreme Knight Anderson.

Mr. Anderson holds degrees in philosophy from Seattle University and in law from the University of Denver. He is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia and is admitted to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court.

He and his wife, Dorian, are the parents of five children.

March for Life is honored to bestow the “Pro-life Legacy Award” to Carl Anderson, in recognition of his life-long commitment to upholding the profound dignity of the unborn child.

For more information about the Virtual Rose Dinner Gala, go to marchforlife.org/annual-rose-dinner/

January 23, 2021 By Ann Clare Levy Leave a Comment

March for Life Announces Congressional Speakers for the 48th Annual March for Life

“Life unites and calls people of goodwill to a common mission: respect for the inherent dignity of the human person, born and unborn, should unite all persons, regardless of political party.”

~ Jeanne Mancini, President of the March for Life ~

Washington, D. C. – Today, the March for Life Education and Defense Fund announced the congressional speakers for the 48^th annual March for Life’s virtual rally on January 29, 2021. Those speaking at the virtual rally include Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), a long-time pro-life champion in the U.S. House of Representatives; Representative Kat Cammack (R-FL), whose life was nearly lost to abortion and ran for public office in large part because of the life issue; Kentucky House of Representatives Minority Whip Angie Hatton, a Democrat who is currently serving her third term in the Kentucky House of Representatives, where she supported numerous bills to protect women and the unborn, as well as babies that survive an abortion; and Hawaii State Senator Mike Gabbard, a Democrat representing Hawaii’s 20^th Senatorial District who has a long history of defending life, including signing a letter asking the Democratic Party to reject abortion extremism. He is also the father of former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard.

Each of these congressional and state leaders fill critical roles in the public square because of their efforts to protect every human life. The theme for this year’s March for Life is Together Strong: Life Unites and it highlights the importance of each person in building a culture of life.

“We are honored to welcome such devoted public servants to speak at the 48^th annual March for Life,” said Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life who will emcee the virtual rally. “These leaders exemplify the diversity and strength of the pro-life movement. Life unites and calls people of goodwill to a common mission: respect for the inherent dignity of the human person, born and unborn, should unite all persons, regardless of political party.”

March for Life Virtual Rally Friday, January 29, 2021 | 12:00 pm ET

Speakers include:

S. Representative Kat Cammack (R-FL)

Jim Daly, author, broadcaster, president of Focus on the Family

Elizabeth Eller, student body president at Christendom College

Hawaii State Senator Mike Gabbard, a Democrat representing Hawaii’s 20^thSenatorial District and the father of former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard

D. Greear, pastor of The Summit Church, in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina and 62nd president of the Southern Baptist Convention

Cissie Graham Lynch, daughter of Franklin Graham and granddaughter of the late Rev. Billy Graham and currently serving as a senior advisor and ministry spokesperson for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse

Kentucky House of Representatives Minority Whip Angie Hatton (D)

Joseph F. Naumann, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kansas City, KS and Chair of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Pro-Life Committee

Lila Rose, founder and president of Live Action

S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ)

Tim Tebow, two-time national champion, first-round NFL draft pick and Heisman Trophy winner and currently pursuing a career in professional baseball as a member of the New York Mets organization. He is the author of three New York Times Best Selling books.

Benjamin and Kirsten Watson, authors, speakers, podcasters, movie producers, and parents of seven who are dedicated to the cause of family, justice and human dignity. Benjamin played 16 seasons in the NFL and won a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots.

Matthew West, the GMA Dove Award®-winning and GRAMMY Award®-nominated artist/songwriter, will be performing during the program.

The virtual rally for the 48^th annual March for Life, the world’s largest annual human rights demonstration, will be held on January 29, 2021. The March for Life will continue to share more information about the theme Together Strong: Life Unites and additional speakers leading up to the March for Life.

January 15, 2021 By Ann Clare Levy Leave a Comment

FAQs 2021 March for Life

How do I watch online?

The March for Life Rally and march to the Supreme Court will be broadcast online for you to join virtually. We invite you to join us online for the broadcast by RSVPing at https://marchforlife.org/2021-virtual-events/. On January 29^th, you will receive a link in your email inbox containing the link to watch the March for Life Rally and march.

How do I watch with my classroom?

The March for Life has created an instructional packet for classrooms and other groups to participate in the March for Life virtually. You can download the informational packet here: https://marchforlife.org/downloads/

We invite you to join the March for Life online by RSVPing at https://marchforlife.org/2021-virtual-events/.

Is the March for Life virtual from now on?

We look forward to being together in person next year. However, for the protection of all those who participate in the annual March for Life, we ask you to join us virtually. You can register for the online broadcast by RSVPing at https://marchforlife.org/2021-virtual-events/.

Is there a Rose Dinner this year?

Yes! This year we are airing the Virtual Rose Dinner Gala at 7 PM on January 29^th. We invite you to join us to hear from our keynote speaker, Tim Tebow, and Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, Carl Anderson, as he receives the Pro-life Legacy Award. Click here for more information and to register: https://marchforlife.org/annual-rose-dinner/

Is anyone marching this year?

The annual rally will take place virtually and we are asking all participants to stay home and to join the March virtually. We will invite a small group of pro-life leaders from across the country to march in Washington, DC this year. These leaders will represent pro-life Americans everywhere who, each in their own unique ways, work to make abortion unthinkable and build a culture where every human life is valued and protected. We invite you to join us online by RSVPing at https://marchforlife.org/2021-virtual-events/.

What should I do about travel reservations I’ve booked?

For the protection of all those who participate in the annual March, we invite you to participate virtually. To make adjustments to your travel plans please reach out to those hotels and other travel services directly. We invite you to join the March for Life virtually by registering here: https://marchforlife.org/2021-virtual-events/.