2006 Conference Speakers

Mark Crutcher

Mark Crutcher is the founder and president of Life Dynamics, Inc., based in Denton, TX. Through his book Lime 5 and numerous undercover operations, he has exposed many gruesome and illegal practices of the abortion industry. He has been an important educator of pro-life activists with his pro-life strategy manual, Access: The Key to Pro-Life Victory, his newest book, On Message, The Pro-life Handbook, and his television program, Life Talk.

Akua Furlow

Ms. Akua Furlow is a nationally known speaker and author on the topics of population control and eugenics. She has appeared on various TV and radio talk shows, and has served on the faculty and boards of many pro-life organizations and as a guest lecturer at colleges and universities across the country. Her recent book, The Tuskegee Syphilis Study: What Really Happened details the role that the Planned Parenthood and the American Eugenics Society played in this infamous experiment. She is a founding member of LEARN, Inc. and serves as the organization's Research Director. She is also an educator working with disabled adults and children in Houston, TX, where she and her family reside.

Francis Cardinal George

His Eminence Francis Eugene Cardinal George, O.M.I., is the eighth Archbishop of Chicago and the first native Chicagoan to serve as Archbishop of Chicago. He was ordained a priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1963, and 1974-86 served as the Vicar General of the order. He was appointed Archbishop of Chicago by Pope John Paul II in 1997 and elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1998.

His Emminence, Job

His Emminence, Job, is the Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest of the Orthodox Church in America. He was consecrated bishop on January 29, 1983. His name day is October 28.

Paul Linton, Esq.

Paul Linton is an attorney in private practice in Northbrook, IL who has been engaged in the pro-live movement for more than seventeen years, first at Americans United for Life, then in his own practice. He has worked on many landmark pro-life cases in the United States Supreme Court, as well as many federal appellate and state courts. He has worked closely on pro-life litigation and legislation with Attorneys General and legislators throughout the U.S., and has published on a variety of pro-life topics. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from Loyola University of Chicago.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D.

Rev. Dr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, a priest of the Diocese of Fall River, Mass., has a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Yale University. He worked for several years as a molecular biologist at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School. He has testified before members of the Massachusetts and Wisconsin State Legislatures during deliberations over a bill to ban human cloning. He has given presentations and participated in round tables on stem cells, cloning and other biotechnologies throughout the United States and in Europe. Fr. Tad serves as Director of Education for the National Catholic Bioethics Center.

Fr. Frank Pavone

Fr. Frank Pavone has been involved in the pro-life movement since 1976. He was ordained by Cardinal John O'Connor in 1988 and founded Priests for Life in 1993. Fr. Pavone has become a regular presence in the print and broadcast media on pro-life issues, and Priets for Life has grown to have a staff of fifty. In 2004, he founded a new community of priests dedicated to full-time pro-life work, the Missionaries of the Gospel of Life.

Sandy Rios, Master of Ceremonies

Sandy Rios is the president of Culture Campaign, a web-based outreach to young conservative adults to connect them to the organizations that champion the causes they care about. Sandy is best known to Chicago area pro-lifers from her role as the talk show host of Sandy Rios Live on WYLL, where she regularly invited pro-life leaders and activists to discuss current events, legislative action and effective opposition to abortion.

Eric Scheidler

Eric Scheidler is the Communications Director of the Pro-Life Action League. He coordinates many League events, including our Face the Truth Tours, and speaks frequently on pro-life activism, marriage and the family. Eric is the oldest of the seven Scheidler children. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois and a master's degree in English studies from the University of Georgia. He lives in Aurora, IL with his wife April and their seven children. Eric blogs at Square Zero.