Northeast Tennessee Right to Life

Choose Life

The North East Tennessee Chapter is one of 50 local chapters of Tennessee Right to Life, Which is affiliated with National Right to Life Committee.
The NRLC maintains a legal research and lobbying staff in Washington, D.C. to monitor legislation that may affect the pro-life cause, to advise local chapters on legal matters and to lobby for effective pro-life legislation.  The ultimate goal of the NRLC is to restore legal protection to innocent human life.  The primary interest of the NRLC and its members has been the abortion controversy, however, it is also concerned with related matters of medical ethics which relate to the right to life issues of euthanasia and infanticide.  The Committee does not have a position on issues such as contraception, sex education, capitol punishment, and national defense.
Tennessee Right to Life maintains a lobbyist in Nashville to monitor legislation and to lobby for pro-life measures.
Drawing on the resources of both the state and national organization, the Northeast Tennessee Chapter conducts educational activities and grassroots political campaigns for pro-life legislation.  The Chapter publishes a quarterly newsletter to keep members informed of legislative developments and to promote support for its educational activities.  The chapter regularly sponsors exhibits at fairs and public expositions.  It also sponsors the annual Life Chain on the first Sunday of October, to call public attention to the social blight of abortion.  
All right to life activities are supported by voluntary contributions.  Most of the staff positions are held by volunteers.
The chapter operates with the conviction that the people of Northeast Tennessee are pro-life and that the major part of its mission is to make legislatures and courts aware of that fact.