St. Joseph County Right to Life was founded in 1972 around the kitchen table of Betty and Glenn Terry. Founded in anticipation of Roe v. Wade (1973), we are one of the oldest continuously active pro-life organizations in the nation. In January 2020, we merged with Elkhart County Right to Life to form Right to Life Michiana. For 45 years, we have been taking a fervent stand for the respect and protection of all innocent human life from fertilization to natural death, and we will continue to do so until practices like abortion, assisted suicide, and euthanasia are unthinkable. The foresight and resolve of our founding members continued to strengthen, making Right to Life Michiana a powerful force for life in north-central Indiana. Focusing on outreach, advocacy, education, and prayer, we worked tirelessly to end abortion in our community and to build up a culture that sees life as a gift. In 2015, we experienced a great victory as South Bend’s abortion clinic was shut down, making our community free from an abortion clinic for the first time in decades.