Thomas Glessner is the president of the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates

National Institute of Family and Life Advocates

The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates is an American 501 charitable organization. Founded in 1993, it is based in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The organization provides legal advice to over 1200 crisis pregnancy centers within its membership network...

, a group which provides legal services to crisis pregnancy centers. Glessner was previously the executive director of the Christian Action Council, an organization which ran crisis pregnancy centers. Under his leadership, the CAC called for a boycott in 1990 of a number of companies that it said supported Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood Federation of America , commonly shortened to Planned Parenthood, is the U.S. affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation and one of its larger members. PPFA is a non-profit organization providing reproductive health and maternal and child health services. The...

, a provider of abortion services. He has been an influence on pro-life advocacy in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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A graduate of University of Washington Law School, he has the authored of several books, including Destiny's Team. In 2007, he endorsed Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee

Michael "Mike" Dale Huckabee is an American politician who served as the 44th Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate in the 2008 United States Republican presidential primaries, finishing second in delegate count and third in both popular vote and number of states won . He won...

for President.

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