NRLC Affiliate Passed New Hampshire's Law Heard by United States Supreme Court.(National Right to Life Committee )

Moving mountains--it was hardly less than that-to pass New Hampshire's parental notice law was just this side of miraculous. You've heard the expression, "I wish I could have been a fly on the wall." I was when the law was enacted against incredible odds in 2003. And it was great. >TX Just as it was great to hear the law defended before the United States Supreme Court the last day of November 2005.

First, full disclosure. I work for Citizens for Life, the National Right to Life affiliate in New Hampshire. We were the lobby that got the law passed when no one thought it could be done. Needless to say, pro-abortionists immediately challenged the law in court.

We were treated very kindly by State Attorney General Kelly Ayotte. She kept us close by during her heroic struggle to defend the law all the way up to the highest court in the land.

In my role as a conduit for information from the experts to the decision-makers. I was privileged to see the brilliance and fortitude of the scholars and leaders who made the whole thing happen.

By virtue of getting NRL News, you probably know about National Right to Life. You may even be a member of its affiliate in your state. You know about the 3,000 chapters and how hard we all work and how demanding we are of each other.

This is the backbone of the Movement which makes effective public policy possible, passes legislation, elects candidates, and informs the public. Without this New Hampshire's parental notice law would never have been enacted.

Attorney Mary Balch is NRLC's director of state legislation. It is her responsibility to monitor legislation in the states, all year, every year, related to abortion. It is a mammoth undertaking.