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The''' National Right to Life Committee''' (NRLC) is an older the oldest [[pro-life]] organization that increasingly aligns itself with politicians who have [[pro-abortion]] or pro-[[Planned Parenthood]] records, such in the United States.<ref>https://www.nrlc.org/about/history/</ref> It was founded in 1968 as [[Mitt Romney]] and the "Right to Life League" under the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (in [[Nebraska]]NCCB) [[Jon Bruning]]. In 1973 , it was changed to the "National Right to Life Committee " and separated from the NCCB. This was founded in response intended to gain more broad support, as the organization rose to the challenge of dealing with the 1973 [[Supreme Court]] ruling, that same year on ''[[Roe v. Wade]],'' (which legalized abortion in all 50 states). The organization now has over 3,000 organization chapters in all 50 states and the [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]]. In 1999, NRLC was ranked the eighth most influential lobbying group in [[Washington, D.C.]] by [[Forbes]] magazine.<ref>http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=4103</ref> The Washington, D.C. based organization publishes a monthly newsletter which is subscribed to by nearly 400,000 people. [[President]] [[George W. Bush]] praised the [[bi-partisan]] organizations work on [[abortion]], calling the group, {{Cquote|"Fearless shepherds of the innocent and the unborn. You've been faithful stewards of our [[Declaration of Independence]]'s promise that all people have an inalienable right to life, through your witness, you have helped more of our citizens understand that the mark of [a] great ... nation is the respect that we give to every single human life."<ref>http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/74419.php</ref>}}
Roughly 1000 supporters attended its annual convention in Jacksonville, Florida, in June 2011, and many [[Republican]] candidates for president addressed the crowd.<ref>http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/pro-life-activists-converge-first-coast</ref>
===Abortion===
The National Right to Life Committee stands against [[abortion]], they also criticize and criticizes pro-abortion organizations such as [[Planned Parenthood]].<ref>http://www.prolifeperspective.com/</ref> The NRLC website provides studies and information on the abortion procedure and the medical danger it causes to women.<ref>https://www.nrlc.org/abortion/ASMF/asmf10.html</ref> NRLC actively involves itself in [[lobbying]] for [[pro-life]] causes. The organizations praised the [[Supreme Court]]'s ban on partial birth abortion. NRLC Legislative Director, Douglas Johnson commented, "[[Bill Clinton]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[Nancy Pelosi]], and their allies blocked this law for 12 years -- but finally, it is illegal in America to mostly deliver a premature infant before puncturing her skull and removing her brain, which is what a partial-birth abortion is." <ref>https://www.nrlc.org/press_releases_new/Release041807.html</ref><br /> Although the NRLC has made a psitive impact, they have also sometimes aligned itself with politicians who have [[pro-abortion]] or pro-[[Planned Parenthood]] records, such as [[Mitt Romney]] and (in [[Nebraska]]) [[Jon Bruning]].
===Cloning===
=== Euthanasia===
The organization is against all forms of [[euthanasia]]. To support their position, the organization cites studies which show that most of the recipients of assisted suicides suffer from mental health problems, which does not allow for them to make a rational decision to commit [[suicide]].<ref>https://www.nrlc.org/euthanasia/asisuid1.html</ref> They also state that problems should be dealt with by counseling, not assisted suicide. The organization says that if poor quality of life justifies the ending of life then, "we have taken a step down a slippery slope that places all of us in danger."<ref>https://www.nrlc.org/euthanasia/index.html</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.nrlc.org/default.html National Right to Life Committee Website]
[[Category:Abortion]]
[[Category:Conservative Organizations]]
[[Category:Right to Life Movement]]
[[Category:Religion and Politics]]
