{"id":20476,"date":"2020-12-18T20:24:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T20:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paprolife.us\/blog\/?p=4102"},"modified":"2020-12-18T20:24:56","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T20:24:56","slug":"pa-pro-life-federations-maria-gallagher-honored-as-person-of-the-year-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/prolifenewcastle.org\/2020\/12\/pa-pro-life-federations-maria-gallagher-honored-as-person-of-the-year-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"PA Pro-Life Federation\u2019s Maria Gallagher Honored as Person of the Year 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/paprolife.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/maria-person-of-the-year-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4104\" srcset=\"http:\/\/paprolife.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/maria-person-of-the-year-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/paprolife.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/maria-person-of-the-year-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/paprolife.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/maria-person-of-the-year-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/paprolife.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/maria-person-of-the-year-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><button id=\"listenButton1\" class=\"responsivevoice-button\" type=\"button\" value=\"Play\" title=\"ResponsiveVoice Tap to Start\/Stop Speech\"><span>&#128266; Play<\/span><\/button>\n        <script>\n            listenButton1.onclick = function(){\n                if(responsiveVoice.isPlaying()){\n                    responsiveVoice.cancel();\n                }else{\n                    responsiveVoice.speak(\"By Michael Ciccocioppo, Executive Director On behalf of the board of directors, chapters, staff, volunteers and the tens of thousands of grassroots members of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, I congratulate our Legislative\/Political Action Committee Director Maria Gallagher for being selected as the Person of the Year 2020 by the Society of St. Sebastian. Maria has been a lynchpin of the pro-life movement for a number of years. Prior to joining our staff, Maria honed her pro-life advocacy skills at our sister organization, Ohio Right to Life. During her 18 years at the Federation she has gained a well-deserved reputation across our state as the \u2018go-to\u2019 person on any topic related to the defense of the right to life. Maria is the tip of the spear when it comes to fighting for good pro-life legislation and stopping any legislation which erodes the right to life. She bravely speaks truth to power when human lives are to be sacrificed on the altar of political expediency! Maria is a prolific pro-life writer who is featured across the country by National Right to Life News Today and LifeNews.com. Dave Andrusko, editor of National Right to Life News Today, had high praise for Ms. Gallagher, \u201cMaria Gallagher is as gracious as she is talented and as willing to help at the drop of a hat as any writer I\u2019ve ever had the pleasure to work with. Her life-affirming, upbeat stories for National Right to Life News Today (which I often ask her to write at the eleventh hour) invariably receive the most \u2018likes\u2019 and \u2018retweets.\u2019 She is a gold mine of pro-life information and an instrumental contributor to the Pro-Life Movement.\u201d Steven Ertelt, editor & founder of LifeNews.com, had this to say about Ms. Gallagher, \"Maria is an amazing writer with a gift for pro-life storytelling. She has an uncanny ability to relate the pro-life message in feature stories and vignettes that touch the heart and soul. Her writing encourages people to consider the pro-life perspective or take action on their existing pro-life beliefs. Millions of people have read Maria's work in LifeNews.com -- perhaps even without knowing it. We'll never how many people Maria has touched through her compelling writing but she is a pro-life treasure.\" Joe Kral, president of the Society of St. Sebastian, pointed out that Maria\u2019s periodic articles for the Society\u2019s pro-life weekly, Sebastian\u2019s Point, are always on point and terrific. He stated, \u201cWithout a doubt, Ms. Gallagher has been a tremendous asset. She constantly shows her love of human life and her ability to reach out to both politician and everyday citizen on these important issues. Maria\u2019s hard work models the very essence of what St. Sebastian inspires us to do today.\u201d The Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation commends the Society of St. Sebastian for recognizing Maria\u2019s outstanding sustained contributions to the pro-life movement. The Society has amassed a tremendous body of pro-life scholarship for which we express our most sincere gratitude.\", \"UK English Female\");\n                }\n            };\n        <\/script>\n    <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Michael Ciccocioppo, Executive Director<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On\nbehalf of the board of directors, chapters, staff, volunteers and the tens of\nthousands of grassroots members of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, I\ncongratulate our <strong>Legislative\/Political Action\nCommittee Director Maria Gallagher<\/strong> for being selected as the <strong>Person of the Year 2020<\/strong> <strong>by the Society of St. Sebastian.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria\nhas been a lynchpin of the pro-life movement for a number of years.&nbsp; Prior to joining our staff, Maria honed her\npro-life advocacy skills at our sister organization, Ohio Right to Life.&nbsp; <strong>During\nher 18 years at the Federation she has gained a well-deserved reputation across\nour state as the \u2018go-to\u2019 person on any topic related to the defense of the\nright to life.&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maria\nis the tip of the spear when it comes to fighting for good pro-life legislation\nand stopping any legislation which erodes the right to life.&nbsp; <strong>She\nbravely speaks truth to power when human lives are to be sacrificed on the\naltar of political expediency!<\/strong>&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Maria is a prolific pro-life writer who is\nfeatured across the country by <em>National\nRight to Life News Today<\/em> and <em>LifeNews.com<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dave\nAndrusko, editor of National Right to Life News Today, had high praise for Ms.\nGallagher, \u201cMaria Gallagher is as gracious as she is talented and as willing to\nhelp at the drop of a hat as any writer I\u2019ve ever had the pleasure to work\nwith. Her life-affirming, upbeat stories for National Right to Life News Today\n(which I often ask her to write at the eleventh hour) invariably receive the\nmost \u2018likes\u2019 and \u2018retweets.\u2019 <strong>She is a\ngold mine of pro-life information and an instrumental contributor to the\nPro-Life Movement.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steven\nErtelt, editor &amp; founder of LifeNews.com, had this to say about Ms.\nGallagher, &#8220;Maria is an amazing writer with a gift for pro-life\nstorytelling. <strong>She has an uncanny ability\nto relate the pro-life message in feature stories and vignettes that touch the\nheart and soul.<\/strong> Her writing encourages people to consider the pro-life\nperspective or take action on their existing pro-life beliefs. Millions of people\nhave read Maria&#8217;s work in LifeNews.com &#8212; perhaps even without knowing it.\nWe&#8217;ll never how many people Maria has touched through her compelling writing\nbut she is a pro-life treasure.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe\nKral, president of the Society of St. Sebastian, pointed out that Maria\u2019s\nperiodic articles for the Society\u2019s pro-life weekly, <em>Sebastian\u2019s Point, <\/em>are always on point and terrific.&nbsp; He stated, \u201cWithout a doubt, Ms. Gallagher has\nbeen a tremendous asset. <strong>She constantly\nshows her love of human life and her ability to reach out to both politician\nand everyday citizen on these important issues.<\/strong> Maria\u2019s hard work models\nthe very essence of what St. Sebastian inspires us to do today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation\ncommends the Society of St. Sebastian for recognizing Maria\u2019s outstanding\nsustained contributions to the pro-life movement.<\/strong>&nbsp; The Society has amassed a tremendous body of pro-life\nscholarship for which we express our most sincere gratitude.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michael Ciccocioppo, Executive Director On behalf of the board of directors, chapters, staff, volunteers and the tens of thousands of grassroots members of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, I congratulate our Legislative\/Political Action Committee Director Maria Gallagher for being selected &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/paprolife.us\/blog\/2020\/12\/18\/pa-pro-life-federations-maria-gallagher-honored-as-person-of-the-year-2020\/\">Continue reading <span>&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/prolifenewcastle.org\/2020\/12\/pa-pro-life-federations-maria-gallagher-honored-as-person-of-the-year-2020\/\">Read More...<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":456,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/prolifenewcastle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20476"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/prolifenewcastle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/prolifenewcastle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolifenewcastle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/456"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolifenewcastle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20476"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/prolifenewcastle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20489,"href":"http:\/\/prolifenewcastle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20476\/revisions\/20489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/prolifenewcastle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolifenewcastle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/prolifenewcastle.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}