Remembering Nellie J. Gray and the personhood principleOn the eve of the 46th annual March for Life, it is only fitting to remember the brave, committed woman who started the event.
In the wake of the US Supreme Court's tragic decisions Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton of January 22, 1973, accomplished attorney Nellie Gray reacted with indignation and a will to take action. Gray was a Catholic convert who had served our country during World War II as a corporal in the Women's Army Corps. She later graduated from Georgetown Law School and was employed by the State and Labor Departments prior to the Supreme Court decisions that altered the course of her life from that day forward.
