RTL Champ Barb Listing in GPF

Michigan right to life champion Barbara Listing will address the Eastside Republican Club Forum at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 21, at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial.

Mary Zeock, local pro-life advocate and ERC parliamentarian, commented on the pro-life movement in advance of Listing’s appearance.

“We are proud to stand with Barb Listing and affirm the GOP platform which supports the rights of the unborn, and believe all Americans have an unalienable right to life as stated in our Declaration of Independence,” she said.

“Barb Listing knows that God considers murder a crime, and that most murders in the United States are not concentrated in any political jurisdiction, but in the mother’s womb—an average of 3,000 lives lost every day.”

Zeock added, “The Forum is open to the public at no charge, so we invite people to attend who are concerned about protecting the right of every human being to live.”

Listing has an impressive string of pro-life accomplishments, including co-managing three successful statewide legislative initiative drives and two successful statewide referenda votes. The statewide efforts involved ending Michigan taxpayer funding of Medicaid abortions, defeating assisted suicide legalization, and precluding abortion insurance coverage through health care reform.

She has served as president of Right to Life of Michigan (RLM) since 1981. In that role, she manages the RLM Political Action Committee, and its funds for education, legal defense and endowment.

Listing graduated summa cum laude from Central Michigan University with a BS in secondary education. Prior to her election as the state president, She served as a local affiliate president, editor of the state conference book, and RLM vice-president for organization.

Honorary degrees conferred include Doctor of Law, Michigan’s Sacred Heart Major Seminary, and Doctor of Humanities, Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Before her full-time involvement in the prolife movement, she was a high school history teacher and guidance counselor. She is married and has one daughter and a grandson.

Listing represents Michigan as board member of National Right to Life Committee.

The Eastside Republican Club Forum meets monthly from September to June. Admission is free and the public is always welcome. Stay up-to-date and "like" the ERC on Facebook.