Sarasota-Manatee Right To Life

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Who we are

Sarasota-Manatee Right to Life, Inc., an affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee, is a non-profit, secular community organization established to educate the public through peaceful means regarding life issues such as abortion, infanticide, euthanasia, stem cell research and assisted suicide.   SMRTL promotes the protection of the right to life of the unborn child, the elderly and the disabled by promoting legal, political, social and cultural reforms designed to ensure both the right to life and the human dignity of each person from the moment of fertilization until natural death. Read more here.

You can help at the county fair

We’re looking for volunteers to man/woman the Sarasota-Manatee Right to Life booth at the Sarasota County Fair between Friday, March 16, and Sunday, March 25.

This is a chance to share the pro-life message with thousands of fair patrons. The booth will include an ultrasound video of a baby in the womb, life-size models of the baby in utero at various stages, and brochures that fair-goers can take with them.

It is especially important in this current social culture that we show a strong (and yet non-partisan) pro-life presence to the general public.

We try to schedule at least 2 people at the booth in each time slot. If you’re new at this, we’ll work to schedule you with an experienced fair volunteer. You don’t need to be a chapter member to volunteer, just someone committed to the pro-life cause. You may volunteer for 2 or 3 hours, afternoon or evening. (The fair opens at noon on weekends, 2pm on weekdays. It closes at 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays, 10pm on other days.)

Do it with a spouse or friend. When you’re not helping at the booth, you can see the rest of the fair.

The fairgrounds is on Fruitville Road east of Tuttle. The booth is inside Robarts Arena.

ACTION ALERT: To volunteer or to get more info, please call Renee at 755-0342 or send your name and phone number to SMRTL@comcast.net. (Also, please let us know if you’re among those who volunteered last year.)

Help save babies,

support moms and dads

Join us to pray for unborn babies and their moms and dads, in front of Sarasota Planned Parenthood any Friday, any time you wish between 10am and noon. It’s on Central Avenue between 7th and 8th streets (five blocks north of Fruitville, west of Orange). (Don’t park in business or private lots or drives. Use only city-designated street parking.) Babies are being saved from abortion by prayer and sidewalk counseling there. And support is offered to the moms. If you can’t be there, pray for the babies wherever you are.

Join our cause

Annual dues are $15 individual or $20 family.  Send to Sarasota-Manatee Right to Life P.O. Box 2835 Sarasota 34230. With your request to join, please include your name, address, phone and e-mail address. You also get a monthly newsletter. “Life Matters,” and a local pro-life e-mail letter, “Pro-Vita.” If you would like to get further involved, just call or write us, or visit one of our monthly board meetings.