What Does Monroe County Right to Life do?

Education/Awareness

• Promotes awareness in the community of pro-life issues.
• Provides literature to people or groups wishing to distribute information on life issues.
• Sends qualified speakers to schools, churches, civic groups, etc.
• Monitors public libraries for pro-life books and pamphlets.
• Appoints representatives to churches in the area to promote pro-life awareness within the church community.
• Refers distressed pregnant woman to counseling centers and pregnancy service groups to find non-violent solutions to their problems.
• Writes letters to local groups to speak out against actions that do not respect the dignity of human life.
• Responds to editorials in the newspaper in order to support our pro-life stance.
• Holds monthly meetings.

Legislation

• Works to promote pro-life legislation and the eventual overturn of Roe vs. Wade.
• Monitors state and federal legislation regarding life issues.
• Writes letters and makes calls to U.S. congressmen/women and state legislators to seek support in promoting pro-life laws.
• Meets with state legislators at least once per year in Lansing on Legislative Day.
• Works with Right to Life of Michigan and with our U.S. Congressmen/women and state legislators in enacting strong pro-life legislation that protect the unborn, the ill, the handicapped and the medically dependent.
  

Community Activities

• Participates in the Monroe County Fair. Sets up a yearly booth at the fair and organizes a “Right to Life Baby Contest.”
• Organizes a yearly fund raising dinner, where pro-life experts and activists speak about right to life issues.
• Holds a yearly prayer vigil in January, marking the tragic anniversary of Roe vs. Wade.
• Distributes roses on Mother’s Day to thank mothers for the gift of life.

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Board Members

Robert Burke, President
Allen Jones, Vice President
Margaret Burger, Treasurer
Jerri Billock, Secretary

Monroe County Right to Life
P.O. Box 2324
Monroe, MI 48161
rburke@monroertl.org