Right-to-life advocates discuss rights, politics at convention

Published: 2004-07-07

ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) -- Jennifer O'Neill, celebrity spokeswoman for the Silent No More campaign, said that speaking at the National Right to Life Committee's convention is like "preaching to the choir." At the closing banquet July 3, O'Neill shared the story of her own abortion and offered encouragement to the men and women involved in the pro-life fight. Every four years the National Right to Life Committee holds its convention near Washington, in the suburb of Arlington, to "remind Congress, the Supreme Court and the president of the grand principle expressed in the Declaration of Independence, namely that the right to life is an unalienable right 'endowed by the Creator,'" said Wanda Franz, president. For three days, 1,000 people gathered to learn more about the issues that concern members of the pro-life movement and what they can do to help the cause move forward.

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