Marcena W. Love

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Marcena W. Love

Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

For her contribution to the RCRC, Marcena W. Love is listed in the "Thank You for Your Support" page at the end of RCRC's 2009 Annual Report. She is listed under the Beacon section. [1]

Leadership at Personal PAC and Other Organizations

Although a life-long Republican, Marcena W. Love supports pro-abortion politicians is the Founder and Chair Emeritus of Personal PAC, a pro-choice PAC in Illinois founded in 1978 while in her kitchen. She retired in 2007. Love also joined the board of Chicago Area Planned Parenthood Association in 1966, co-founded NARAL of Illinois and the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights. She has also been honored by NARAL of Illinois, Chicago Women in Philanthropy, Chicago Sun-Times Ten Most Powerful Women in Politics, and The ACLU of Illinois. [2]

National Women's Hall of Fame

Marcena W. Love was honored by her three daughters in 1997 in the National Women's Hall of Fame "Book of Lives & Legacies." [3]

Fundrace

The Huffington Post's "Fundrace" shows that Marcena W. Love has made many considerable donations to pro-choice politicians (many of them Democrats despite Love claiming to be a life-long Republican) and to Emily's List. [4]

The Abortion Provider's Declaration of Rights

Marcena Love signed The Abortion Provider's Declaration of Rights, a declaration of the rights of abortion providers.[5][6]

References

  1. Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice: Faith in Advocacy, Advocate for Reproductive Choice, 2009 Annual Report(accessed on August 18, 2012)
  2. Personal PAC: Leadership, Marcena W. Love(accessed on August 21, 2012)
  3. National Women's Hall of Fame: "Book of Lives & Legacies"(accessed on August 21, 2012)
  4. HuffPost: Fundrace, Marcena Love(accessed on August 21, 2012)
  5. Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health: The Abortion Provider's Declaration of Rights (accessed on Aug. 12, 2012)
  6. Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health: The Abortion Provider's Declaration of Rights: Signers, Continued (accessed on Aug. 12, 2012)