Before coming to Christ, Brian lived an “experiential” life. He spent a decade serving in the United States Navy, working in intelligence, and traveling the world. By his own account, it was a life marked by sin and spiritual emptiness, absent of the truth of the gospel. “The more I pursued my own desires,” he shared, “the more pointless it all became.”
NORCROSS, Ga., May 21, 2014—Georgia Right to Life (GRTL) PAC Director Melanie Crozier today praised the thousands of Georgia voters who once again proved that being pro-life is a winning position. “GRTL PAC endorsed candidates in 72 of the contests in Tuesday’s primary election. A total of 65 of those candidates won, or will be taking part in a runoff election,” Crozier said. “That’s a 90.2 percent success rate, an increase from the 88.7 percent victory margin in 2012.” “These results should...
Contact: Genevieve Wilson, Georgia Right to Life, 770-339-6880 NORCROSS, Ga., Jan. 28, 2015 /Christian Newswire/ -- Georgia Right to Life (GRTL) today praised eight Georgia Republican Congressmen for leading an effort to enact historic pro-life legislation in Washington. Sponsored by U.S. Rep. Jody Hice (R-10th), the Sanctity of Human Life Act (H.R. 426) declares that the right to life guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution "for us and our prosperity" is vested in each human being at the moment...
NORCROSS, Ga., March 18, 2014 -- Georgia Right to Life (GRTL) Co-Executive Director Gen Wilson today praised the Georgia Legislature for approving a bill that prohibits using taxpayer funds to pay for abortion services in Georgia. "This is a very comprehensive bill," Wilson said. "It prevents public monies being spent on abortion in any of the health insurance plans under Obamacare, or for state employees under their health plans."It's especially important because it does not include...
NORCROSS, GA, October 22, 2015—Ricardo Davis, a longtime pro-life advocate, has been elected the new president of Georgia Right to Life (GRTL) effective November 10, 2015. Davis, owner of a healthcare information systems consulting firm, replaces Dan Becker. Becker will devote his focus to Personhood Alliance, which GRTL founded in 2014. Personhood Alliance is a Christ-centered organization created to bring the pro-life movement back to its original mission—acknowledging that everyone is...
NORCROSS, GA, November 2, 2015-- Nancy Stith, who has served as Georgia Right to Life's (GRTL) Executive Director since 1999, retired at the end of October. “I have been so blessed to serve the Lord and this great organization,” Stith said. “I will deeply miss everyone, but am confident GRTL’s most effective years are still ahead.” Before joining GRTL, Stith spent 15 years working as a financial planner for Ronald Blue and Co. Before that, she spent 10 years with Campus Crusade for Christ....
Georgia Right to Life, which was originally titled the Georgia Right to Life Committee, was established in 1970. The organization changed its name to Georgia Right to Life in the mid-1980s. Its first major action was a letter-writing campaign in the same year. The campaign encouraged Georgians to vote for pro-life candidates. By 1971, the Georgia Right to Life Committee was incorporated and became a member of the National Right to Life Coalition. An office was set up in the garage of the...
The Georgia Right To Life (GRTL) legislative team worked tirelessly during the 2016 Legislative Session to see that pro-personhood bills were passed and that anti-life bills were stopped. The result of those efforts is that two new pieces of life-affirming legislation will go into law on July 1, 2016 in Georgia and protect thousands of women, children, disabled, and terminally ill patients. The first measure on the books is Senate Science & Technology Committee Chairman Bruce Thompson’s SB...
We are very blessed in Georgia to have a strongly pro-life Senate, House of Representatives, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor, among many other courageous state officials. As a result, we can more successfully navigate the political process and serve Georgians by working to effect legal protection for all human persons. 2016 Legislative Report 2015 Legislative Report Aborted Fetal Tissue Sales Anti-Sex Trafficking Expansion Ethical Treatment of Human Embryos Act First Amendment Defense...
We were saddened to learn that pro-life hero Sandra Cano had passed away on September 30, 2014, after a long battle with throat cancer. For those who don’t know, Sandra was “Doe” in the Doe v. Bolton US Supreme Court companion case to Roe v. Wade. Where the Roe ruling legalized the act of abortion in certain circumstances, the Doe ruling made abortion-on-demand legal in all 50 states.