About Us

LifeNews.com is an independent news agency devoted to reporting news that affects the pro-life community. With a team of experienced journalists and bloggers, LifeNews.com reaches more than 750,000 pro-life advocates each week via our web site, email news reports, social networking outreach and weekday radio program.

LifeNews.com also acts as a service provider to furnish news content to media that share the pro-life perspective. The topics covered by LifeNews.com include abortion, assisted suicide and euthanasia, bioethics issues such as human cloning and stem cell research, campaigns and elections, and cultural legal and legislative issues as they affect the pro-life community.

Formerly the Pro-Life Infonet, LifeNews.com has been harnessing the power of the Internet since 1992 to bring pro-life news to the pro-life community. We’ve developed a reputation for fairness, accuracy and timeliness in our two decades of service. We are not affiliated with any organization, religious group, political party or church denomination. LifeNews.com has a privacy policy.

LIFENEWS.COM STAFF

Steven Ertelt – Founder and Editor

stevenertelt2As the founder and Editor of LifeNews.com, Steven Ertelt has provided the pro-life community with news via the Internet since 1993. He also serves as the President of Colorado Citizens for Life, a statewide pro-life group, and a member of the board of directors of the National Right to Life Committee. He is the past president of Right to Life of Wyoming and previously served as the executive director of Montana Right to Life and the public affairs director for Indiana Right to Life. Mr. Ertelt is also a former president of Students for Life of America. A former radio announcer who has been interviewed on dozens of radio and television programs, Mr. Ertelt holds a bachelor’s degree in Politics from Hendrix College. Follow him on Twitter @StevenErtelt.

Julie Ertelt – Business Manager

julieert8Julie Ertelt is the LifeNews.com Business Manager and coordinates advertising and promotional efforts. She is the Secretary for Colorado Citizens for Life, the statewide pro-life organization. As a former Senior Account Executive and Assistant Branch Manager for a prominent financial firm, Julie is the winner of numerous sales and performance awards. Julie holds a Bachelors of Science in Human Development and Family Studies with a minor in Criminal Justice from Colorado State University. She was a member of the board of directors of LifeChoice Pregnancy Center and is the former Secretary of Right to Life of Wyoming and Right to Life of Laramie County.

Jim Anderson – LifeNews.com Radio

Jim Anderson helped start three religious radio stations and is currently with Sacred Heart Radio in Seattle. He worked as an announcer and newscaster for several stations around the Pacific Northwest including KCMS in Seattle and stations in Portland, Seattle and Wenatchee, Washington. Over the last 20 years, Jim has served on the campaign staffs of pro-life gubernatorial and state legislative candidates in Washington state. He has been a foster parent, a volunteer in prison ministry, and has worked with troubled and homeless youth including youth in crisis pregnancies.

Maria Vitale – LifeNews.com Opinion Columnist

Maria Vitale has written and reported for various broadcast and print media outlets, including National Public Radio, CBS Radio, and AP Radio. She has covered the Ohio legislature as the statehouse correspondent for Ohio Public Radio and was a news producer at WBNS-TV in Columbus, Ohio. Currently, she serves as the Public Relations Director for the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, a statewide pro-life organization.

 

Laura Echevarria – LifeNews.com Opinion Columnist

lauraechevarriaLaura Echevarria was the Director of Media Relations and a spokesperson for the National Right to Life Committee for seven years. Before joining NRLC in April of 1994, Ms. Echevarria was a radio announcer, a freelance writer and was active in local politics. Echevarria holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech communications. She is currently completing the first of three planned books and recently has written for Touchstone magazine and Human Life Review. She has also been a frequent contributor to the opinion pages of The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Echevarria lives with her husband, their daughter Gabrielle, and their two sons, Peter and Nathan. Both sons have been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders. Follow her on Twitter @LauraEchevarria.

 


LIFENEWS.COM CONTRIBUTING BLOGGERS


Bobby Schindler – LifeNews.com Guest Blogger (Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network)

bobbyschindlerBobby Schindler is the Executive Director of the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network which works to protect the lives of the medically vulnerable from the threat of imposed death. In February 1990 his older sister, Terri, suddenly collapsed and was left with a profound cognitive disability. When Terri’s estranged husband sought court permission to starve and dehydrate her to death, Bobby and his family were propelled into a life they’d never imagined. Following Terri’s tragic death on March 31, 2005, Bobby gave up his teaching job and became a full-time pro-life and disability rights advocate assisting families in need of legal action to prevent their loved ones from health care rationing and food and water removal. Follow him on Twitter @BobbySSchindler.

Melissa Ohden – LifeNews.com Guest Blogger

melissaohden7Melissa is the survivor of a failed saline infusion abortion in 1977. Melissa is the Founder of The Abortion Survivors Network, an organization which seeks to educate the public about the prevalence of abortion survivors and the reality of abortion, while also providing support and healing opportunities for survivors. Melissa is an internationally known pro-life speaker and advocate who has been featured on television and radio shows around the world. Her life story and ministry is featured in the award-winning film, A Voice for Life. She was formerly a College Outreach Speaker with Feminists for Life and she is a former Patron of Real Choices Australia. Melissa and her husband, Ryan, are the parents of five-year-old, Olivia. Follow her on Twitter @MelissaOhden.

Kristan Hawkins – LifeNews.com Guest Blogger (Students for Life)

Kristan Hawkins is the executive director of Students for Life of America, the national pro-life collegiate group with more than 530 campus affiliates. Hawkins came to SFLA after serving as a political appointee in the George W. Bush administration at the Department of Health and Human Services’ Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. She heads the Stop the Abortion Mandate Coalition and launched HealthcareforGunner.com in June of 2009, a website dedicated to her son Gunner, who has cystic fibrosis. Follow SFLA on Twitter at @students4lifehq.

Ryan Bomberger – LifeNews.com Guest Blogger (The Radiance Foundation)

Ryan Bomberger’s story is one that abortion advocates love to hate—he was born as the result of rape and the example of possibility realized. Today he is the co-founder of The Radiance Foundation, a life-affirming organization that focuses on God-given purpose. Through national media campaigns, powerful speaking engagements, and community outreaches (i.e. SallysLambs.org) Ryan and his wife, Bethany, strive to inspire people to embrace their own intrinsic value. As a national speaker, Ryan addresses a myriad of social issues, especially the most pressing civil rights injustice of our day—abortion. His TooManyAborted.com campaign has caused a media frenzy as it exposes the history of racism and eugenics of Planned Parenthood and  its unaltered course. He’s an Emmy® award-winning Creative Director who was once considered “unwanted” but instead was adopted and loved by a multi-racial family of 15. Ryan has bachelor’s degree in marketing and a master’s in communications. He and Bethany are adoptive parents and have 4 amazing children. Follow him on Twitter @lifehaspurpose.

Cora Sherlock – LifeNews.com Guest Blogger (Pro Life Campaign)

corasherlockCora Sherlock is the Deputy Chairperson of the Pro Life Campaign, a lobby group which has been working for over 30 years to keep Ireland abortion-free and improve social support for families facing unplanned or difficult pregnancies. She holds a Bachelor’s in Civil Law from University College, Dublin and a Master’s in Computers and Law from Queen’s University, Belfast. She is a frequent contributor to the Irish media on abortion and end-of-life issues.  She is a practising lawyer and tweets on politics, writing and anything else that amuses her. Follow her on Twitter @corasherlock.

Josh Brahm – LifeNews.com Guest Blogger

Josh Brahm is the Director of the Equal Rights Institute and the former host of the globally-heard podcast turned radio/TV show: Life Report: Pro-Life Talk. Real World Answers. Josh’s primary passion is helping pro-life people to be “more persuasive and less weird” when they communicate with pro-choice people. That means ditching faulty rhetoric and tactics and embracing arguments that hold up under philosophical scrutiny. Scott Klusendorf, founder and president of Life Training Institute and author of “The Case for Life,” sums up Josh’s expertise in one sentence: “Josh is an excellent communicator, a rising star, and one of the most talented young pro-life apologists I know.” Follow him on Twitter @JoshBrahm.

Mike Schouten – LifeNews.com Guest Blogger (We Need a Law)

mikeschoutenMike Schouten has been the campaign director of WeNeedaLAW.ca since its launch in 2012. Mike has had a lifelong interest in politics and the sanctity of human life, and his position as campaign director blends these two passions wonderfully. Aside from directing the day to day affairs of the campaign, Mike has been published many times in the National Post, Vancouver Sun, and the Calgary Herald. He also has been interviewed by Sun News, CBC News, CPAC and various radio talk shows across Canada. Mike lives in Surrey, BC, with his wife Jennifer and their six children. His goal for this campaign is to bury the status quo by helping to enact the first pro-life law this country has seen in 25 years, and his ultimate goal is that Canada will have full legal protection for all pre-born children. Follow him on Twitter @weneedaLAW

Timothy Brahm – LifeNews.com Guest Blogger

timothybrahmTimothy Brahm is the Director of Training at Equal Rights Institute. He is interested in helping pro-life and pro-choice people to have better dialogues about abortion through 1) taking care to understand what the other person means, 2) using more carefully-constructed arguments, and 3) treating each other with care and respect. He graduated from Biola University with a B.A. in philosophy and is a perpetual member of the Torrey Honors Institute.

Brian Fisher – LifeNews.com Guest Blogger

Brian Fisher is the President and Co-Founder of Human Coalition, a compassion-centered, technology-driven pro-life non-profit organization headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Brian is a Certified Financial Planner(R) with broad business experience in various verticals including media, financial services, marketing, and for-profit and non-profit management.  He is the author of several books, including Deliver us From Abortion and Abortion: The Ultimate Exploitation of Women.

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