Bethanie Ryan

Watch FFL’s 2011 President’s Report. Originally published December 21, 2011 It’s been another remarkable year for Feminists for Life and those we serve. Instead of the President’s Report our supporters are used to receiving by mail, I invite you to watch this video presentation which describes our focused service for women at highest risk of abortion, including […]

Originally published January 17, 2012 A century after suffragists and abolitionists fought for the rights of women to vote and the rights of slaves to be free, my parents educated my sisters and me about injustices perpetrated against people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, or gender. In the sixties, my mother placed a sticker

Originally published February 14, 2012 As I travel the country by train to share the rich history of the early American feminists, I follow the same routes that Susan B. Anthony took to champion women’s suffrage more than a century ago. She knew every route by heart. But Anthony was more than just the leader

Originally published March 14, 2012 Two years ago, President Obama signed an executive order banning federal funding for abortions in health care reform and extended the restrictions to the newly created health care insurance exchanges. Under the current law, federal funds cannot go toward abortion except in cases of rape, incest, and when the life