For Dear Life

Anne J. O’Connor, JD

NIFLA Vice President of Legal Affairs

https://nifla.org/

Anne O’Connor has been with the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) since 1993. She served as NIFLA’s General Counsel until she joined the staff full-time as the Vice President of Legal Affairs in April 2013. During her decades with NIFLA, Ms. O’Connor has been responsible for writing the monthly NIFLA Legal Tips (now numbering more than 280 editions), performing more than 800 Legal Audits and consulting with hundreds of centers about the medical clinic conversion process. She currently teaches at board trainings, conference workshops, webinars and at NIFLA’s Institute of Limited Obstetric Ultrasound course. She also has written and/or updated many of NIFLA’s publications, including the Legal Primer, the Medical Clinic Conversion Manual, the Medical Policies & Procedures, the Basic Operational Policies & Procedures, the Employment Handbook, and the HIPAA Voluntary Compliance Manual. She has appeared on or been published in such media outlets as Associated Press, CBN News, Washington Times, The Daily Signal, The Hill, and the American Bar Association Journal.

Ms. O’Connor is a 1987 graduate of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, California, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif, an honorary scholastic society the purpose of which is to encourage excellence in legal education. She spent her first year of law school at Georgetown Law School where she was named on the Dean’s List. In 1983, she earned her Bachelor of Arts in History from Rutgers College, New Jersey, where she was admitted to the Phi Beta Kappa Society, which invites for induction the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America’s leading colleges and universities.

Admitted to the Bars of the State of California and the State of New Jersey, as well at the U.S. District Court, California Central District, and the United States Supreme Court, Ms. O’Connor has been involved in multiple cases related to the civil rights of the unborn and protection of pregnancy centers. She has assisted in the preparation of several Amicus Briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court and other courts on pro-life matters. In the past she has represented numerous individuals exercising their first amendment rights outside of abortion clinics. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ms. O’Connor was the Executive Director of the Right to Life League of Southern California, which operated 24 pregnancy resource centers, and assisted many of them to become licensed medical clinics. Most recently, Ms. O’Connor served on the legal team that successfully challenged the constitutionality of a California law forcing pregnancy centers to advertise for abortion, NIFLA v. Becerra, 138 S.Ct. 2361 (2018).

The Role of Fatherhood & Men's Ministries in Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers-  Alex Hettinga Senior Manager of Fatherhood & Family Programs

Acknowledging that every human life begins at conception and is worthy of protection, Care Net offers compassion, hope, and help to anyone considering abortion by presenting them with realistic alternatives and Christ-centered support through our life-affirming network of pregnancy centers, churches, organizations, and individuals.

Alex Hettinga
https://www.care-net.org/alex-hettinga

CareNet
https://www.care-net.org/ 

Julie & Evan Messina tell their story. Julie is the president of the 3-21 Foundation promoting advances in education and cognition for people with Down syndrome.

The 3-21 Foundation’s mission is to promote advances in education and cognition for people with Down syndrome so they can be empowered to pursue their dreams.

We envision a world in which people with Down syndrome are valued, included and given the opportunity to lead independent and fulfilling lives.

Visit the 3-21 Foundation
https://321foundation.org/ 

Sophia Mittman with her story about & Biking for Babies & how they support Pregnancy Resource Centers across the country. Sophia is also a BCPC Volunteer & a recent MIT Graduate. 

Boston Center for Pregnancy Choices https://bostonpregnancychoices.org/

Biking for Babies website: https://www.bikingforbabies.com/

Sophia Mittman's "Biking for Babies" bio/fundraising page 2023: https://www.bikingforbabies.com/missionary/sophia-mittman/

Boston Center for Pregnancy Choices 2023 Gala Recap with Keynote Speaker and Client Testimonials

https://www.galaforlife.org

Massachusetts Citizens for Life President, Myrna Maloney Flynn

https://www.masscitizensforlife.org/

Myrna Maloney Flynn is President & CEO of Massachusetts Citizens for Life (MCFL). She is a skilled communications practitioner with leadership experience in marketing, broadcasting, nonprofit development, and education. Originally from Minneapolis, Myrna was a 20-year resident of western Massachusetts, where she worked at Springfield’s NBC and PBS affiliates before contributing to the administrations of Amherst and Smith Colleges as well as the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She recently relocated to Greater Boston, having been recruited to serve as Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at Montrose School in Medfield before stepping full-time into her role at MCFL. Her most treasured title is “Mom,” to which she responds countless times each day at the calls of her four children. 

Myrna was elected president of MCFL in 2019. Her long-held beliefs, and frequent challenges to defend them, inform her willful commitment to saving the lives of society’s most vulnerable through education, dialogue, and outreach to populations that are both demographically and politically diverse. 

She earned a B.A. in mass communications and political science from Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, an M.A.T. in English from Smith College, and recently began to pursue an M.B.A. at the University of Massachusetts’ Isenberg School of Management.

Boston Center for Pregnancy Choices Executive Director Diane O'Toole joins For Dear Life.

Cathy "Ki" Morrissey joins this episode of For Dear Life and talks about her own adoption story.

Join us at the Boston Center for Pregnancy Choices "Gala for Life," on May 4th, where you will hear more  from pro-life speaker and adoption advocate Catherine "Ki" Morrissey who will share her most moving and heartfelt story that you will not forget!

TRINITARIAN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
53 Cochituate Rd,
 Wayland, MA 01778

https://www.galaforlife.org/ 

January 2008, Mayor Koch was sworn-in as the 33rd Mayor of the city of Quincy, MA. He is the longest serving Mayor in the history of the city.

Mayor Koch is a lifelong, pro-life, devout Catholic and co-founder and part of a men’s group in Quincy that puts on one of the biggest pro-life events of the year in Massachusetts: The Night 4 Life, now Weekend 4 Life, presented by the Men of Divine Mercy and Mother Olga and the Daughters of Mary of Nazareth, sponsored by the Flatley Foundation.

He publicly left the Democratic Party in 2018 during an election year after the DNC Chair stated that “There is no room for pro-life candidates in the Democrat party.”

http://www.weekend4life.com

Abortion and the Church - A Pastor's View featuring Curtis Cook, Senior Pastor of Hope Fellowship Church in Cambridge, MA