First ‘Life Prizes’ awarded

January 28, 2009

The Gerard Health Foundation last Friday awarded over $600,000 in prizes to six pro-life activists. Over 1,200 were in attendance, including 500 students. Radio talk show host Laura Ingraham served as master of ceremonies. Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, the Reverend Dr. Alveda King, Ambassador Ray Flynn, and Professor Hadley Arkes of Amherst College served as members of the selection advisory committee. A Life Prizes press release listed the accomplishments of the six prize winners:

“Jill Stanek: Nurse who first publicly exposed infanticide of abortion survivors

Lila Rose: Student leader who has launched several successful, undercover investigations exposing statutory rape cover-up and racism at Planned Parenthood

American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG): A professional voice reaffirming the unique value and dignity of individual human life in all stages of growth and development from conception onward

Richard Doerflinger: Associate Director of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, bioethics expert, and consummate researcher

Kay Coles James: Founder of The Gloucester Institute and of Black Americans for Life, pro-life advocate in the highest levels of government for decades

Margaret "Peggy" Hartshorn: President, Heartbeat International, a preeminent network of more than 1,000 pregnancy resource centers”

 

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Further information:

• First Life Prizes Gala Sets Precedent as Nobel Prizes of The Pro-life Movement (Life Prizes)
• Pro-Life Expert Richard Doerflinger Among Winners of First-Ever “Life Prizes” (USCCB)
• Life Prize awards for American pro-life activists (CWN, Nov. 21)