National Institute of Family and Life Advocates
Empowering the Choice of Life
Mission
NIFLA was founded in 1993 to provide professional legal assistance to pro-life pregnancy centers, which now number nearly 3,000 nationwide. These centers exist to provide alternatives to abortion for women considering abortion. NIFLA concentrates its efforts in assisting centers with their day-to-day legal needs and providing assistance to centers to convert their counseling operations into life-affirming medical clinics staffed by professional health care providers. NIFLA promotes the use of ultrasound under the supervision of a licensed physician to inform women in crisis pregnancies of the life within them so that they can make an informed choice regarding their pregnancy. NIFLA provides legal counsel, resources, and training to centers that desire to make such a conversion.
Ruling year
1994
President
Mr. Thomas Glessner JD
Vice President for Legal Affairs
Mrs. Anne J. O'Connor JD
Main address
10333 Southpoint Landing Blvc., Suite 107
Fredericksburg, VA 22407 USA
EIN
54-1673492
NTEE code
Right to Life (R62)
Christian (X20)
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations (P01)
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Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Abortion is the most common elective surgical procedure in the nation. Currently, 869,000 such procedures are performed in America. This is a significant drop from the high of 1.6 million in 1991. However, NIFLA, as a pro-life agency, seeks to achieve an abortion free America where every child in every community is welcomed. NIFLA works to develop the professionalism of pro-life pregnancy centers and medical clinics. By advising such entities on legal issues of significance to their operations such agencies more effectively provide life affirming services that empower mothers considering abortion to choose life. NIFLA's current membership is comprised of 1,560 pro-life pregnancy centers, of which 1,300 operate as medical clinics providing key medical services to mothers considering abortion. Such services include ultrasound confirmation of pregnancy, STI testing and treatment, Abortion Pill Reversal, well women visits with a physician, and others.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
The Life Choice Project (TLC)
The Life Choice Project (TLC) is a program designed to provide pregnancy centers the necessary resources to convert their operations into licensed medical clinics. Such resources include: a medical clinic consultant, a Nurse Manager consultant, medical policies and procedures and sample forms, legal training for board of directors, on-site visit, training in the implementation of limited obstetric ultrasound for two qualified medical professionals and the executive director, discounted medical malpractice insurance, discount from a manufacturer on a new ultrasound machine, a legal and organization audit, NIFLA membership for one year.
Institute in Limted Obstetric Ultasound
The Institute in Limited Obstetric Ultrasound is an accredited training course offered in-person and online for medical and management professionals who work at pro-life pregnancy centers. The course trains qualified professionals in the "how to's" of providing limited obstetric ultrasound in the pregnancy medical clinic setting.
Board Training
NIFLA's attorneys provide on-site board training to pro-life pregnancy centers and medical clinics. NIFLA's legal expertise assists such organizations in avoiding the legal pitfalls of operating in this nonprofit field.
Legal Tips and Clinic Tips
Monthly legal and medical updates to keep member organizations operating according to best practices in the industry.
Where we work
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Goals & Strategy
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What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
NIFLA simply wants to achieve an abortion free America where every child, born and unborn, is welcomed in a life-affirming community and supported as a vital member of such community. Abortion is never seen as a solution to an untimely and unwanted pregnancy. Rather, life-affirming alternatives to abortion, through the work of pro-life pregnancy centers are supported and provided with critical legal counsel in order to build a culture of life in every community in America.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We seek to develop effective pro-life licensed medical clinics in every community. Such clinics are staffed by medical professionals and volunteers to provide mothers considering abortion life-affirming options.
Our programs -- The Life Choice Project (TLC), the Life Empowerment Initiative, and others -- are working to accomplish this. Our legal programs such as the Legal Audit, Board Trainings, and the Institute in Limited Obstetric Ultrasound provide our membership centers with the highest caliber of legal advice to enable them to achieve this at their local levels.
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What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
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National Institute of Family and Life Advocates
Board of directorsas of 09/01/2021
Mr. Stan Huie
Delta Airlines, Retired
Stan Huie
Delta, Walk Through the Bible
Ardyth Hallock
Interiors by Ardee, Ltd.
Byron Calhoun
M.D. OBGYN
Laura Glessner
Spotsylvania County Schools
Thomas Glessner
NIFLA
Brendan Flohr
Wells Fargo
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Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
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