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Affiliation | Right to Life |
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Name | Ellen McCormack |
Address | 65 Frankel Blvd. Merrick, New York , United States |
Email | None |
Website | None |
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September 15, 1926
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Died | March 27, 2011
(84 years)
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Contributor | Thomas Walker |
Last Modifed | Mr. Matt Jun 09, 2023 04:22pm |
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Info | Mrs. Eleanor Rose "Ellen" Cullen McCormack
Mrs. McCormack initially ran for the presidency to help focus national attention on abortion after the 1973 Supreme Court decision recognizing women’s right to the procedure. Her television commercials, partly paid for with federal campaign money, attacked abortion as the equivalent of murder.
In a 2007 column on the Web site Eagle Forum, Phyllis Schlafly, long a national leader in the fight against abortion, said Mrs. McCormack had played “a major role in the pro-life movement.”
“Her leadership,” Ms. Schlafly added, “enabled the then-young pro-life movement to flex its muscles and demonstrate political courage, determination and perseverance.”
In 1976, Mrs. McCormack, who ran as a Democrat and campaigned almost solely on the abortion issue, raised a total of $525,580 in contributions of $250 or less from 20 states. That made her eligible for $247,220.37 in federal matching money for the primaries. The money went mainly for anti-abortion television commercials.
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