NRLC Conference 2024 Speakers
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Fr. Paul D. Scalia
Pastor, Saint James Catholic Church, Falls Church, Virginia.
Father Paul D. Scalia will be the NRLC Conference 2024 Prayer Breakfast Speaker.
Father Scalia grew up in the Diocese of Arlington and attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He then studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas in Rome. Since his ordination in 1996 he has served as parochial vicar at several parishes and as pastor of Saint John the Beloved in McLean. He currently serves as the Episcopal Vicar for Clergy and directs the permanent diaconate program. He has written for various publications and is a frequent speaker on matters of faith and doctrine. Father Scalia is the author of That Nothing May Be Lost: Reflections on Catholic Doctrine and Devotion (Ignatius Press, 2017) and Sermons in Times of Crisis: Twelve Homilies to Stir Your Soul (Saint Benedict Press, 2019).
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Michael J. New, Ph.D.
Professor, Researcher, and Blogger
Michael J. New, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Practice at The Catholic University of America, a Senior Associate Scholar at the Charlotte Lozier Institute, and a Paige Comstock Cunningham Senior Fellow at Americans United for Life. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate from Dartmouth College, Dr. New received a master’s degree in statistics and a doctorate in political science from Stanford University in 2002.
Dr. New researches and writes about the social science of sanctity of life issues. He gives presentations on both the positive impact of pro-laws and how pro-life efforts played a key role in cutting the U.S. abortion rate by more than 50 percent since 1980.
He has been a guest on both EWTN News Nightly and CNN International.
He appears frequently on Catholic Radio and is a frequent blogger on National Review Online’s “The Corner.”
Dr. New will be leading a break out session about Pro-Life Successes in the States.
Myrna Maloney Flynn
President & CEO, Massachusetts Citizens for Life
Myrna Maloney Flynn is beginning her 6th year as President & CEO of Massachusetts Citizens for Life (MCFL) and 2nd as NRLC Board member.
During her MCFL tenure, Myrna has established a statewide coalition of pregnancy resource centers, integrated the Choose Life Massachusetts license plates as an MCFL program, and led her small but mighty team through a website redesign, fetal development booklet production and distribution initiative, a year-long 50th Anniversary celebration and, most recently, the launch of APRScience.org, an educational project presenting the science of Abortion Pill Rescue to a global audience.
Myrna earned a B.A. in mass communications and political science from Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, an M.A.T. in English from Smith College, and hopes to complete the M.B.A. she’s pursuing at the University of Massachusetts Isenberg School of Management.
Myrna’s most treasured title, which she hears countless times each day from her four children, is “Mom.”
Myrna will be leading a break out session about Abortion Pill Reversal (APR) with NRLC’s
Randall K. O’ Bannon, Ph.D.
Jean Marie Davis
Executive Director, Branches Pregnancy Resource Center, Vermont
Jean Marie Davis is the Executive Director of Branches Pregnancy Resource Center in Brattleboro, Vermont. She has overcome sex trafficking and is an advocate for those facing trafficking, homelessness, and unplanned pregnancy. She is the mother of a nine-year-old son whose life was saved with the help of a pregnancy center. Davis is now a published author and a graduate of Northpoint Bible College.
times each day from her four children, is “Mom.”
Jean Marie will be part of a General Session panel discussion about pregnancy resource centers.
Alex Schadenberg
President, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition
Alex Schadenberg has served as the executive director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) since 1999 and became the executive director of EPC-USA in 2022. Alex co-produced the Euthanasia Deception documentary and has authored thousands of articles as well as published his book Exposing Vulnerable People to Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide. He has spoken throughout North America and has also participated in speaking tours in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Hungary, and Scotland.
Alex will be part of a General Session panel discussion about assisted suicide.
John T. Bruchalski, M.D.
Founder and President, Divine Mercy Care, Fairfax, Virginia
Dr. John T. Bruchalski began his career in obstetrics and gynecology practicing the full range of reproductive medicine. He experienced a profound conversion of heart following a live birth during a late-term abortion procedure and resolved to practice life-affirming medicine that supported women, children, and their families. As he explains it, “I came to see that true health care for women is not about rights, but relationships—not about limits, but about love and mercy.”
In 1994, Dr. Bruchalski and his wife, Carolyn, founded Tepeyac OB/GYN in Northern Virginia, a practice
that supports fertility counseling, natural family planning, support for abortion-minded and post-
abortion patients, and perinatal hospice for families that have received an adverse prenatal diagnosis for
their child. As part of the practice of pro-life medicine, Tepeyac OB/GYN provides care to women
regardless of ability to pay. To support that part of Tepeyac OB/GYN’s mission, in 2000, Dr. Bruchalski
established Divine Mercy Care, a non-profit foundation that raises funds to support charitable care at
Tepeyac OB/GYN and seeks to educate and inspire current and future pro-life medical professionals. In
its almost 30 years of operation, Tepeyac OB/GYN has delivered more than 10,000 children, with nearly
30 percent of their mothers receiving financial aid from Divine Mercy Care.
Dr. Bruchalski left the exam room in 2022 to become President of Divine Mercy Care, dedicating his time
and energy to fostering a renewal in medicine and educating the next generation of pro-life medical
providers. Dr. Bruchalski’s memoir entitled Two Patients was published by Ignatius Press in 2022.
He has been recognized for his witness to life-affirming medicine, most recently receiving the Fishers of
Men Award from the Guadalupe Radio Network, the Evangelium Vitae Award from the De Nicola Center
for Ethics and Culture at Notre Dame University, and the One of Us Award from the Jerome Lejeune
Foundation.
Dr. Bruchalski earned his medical degree from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in
1987 and completed his OB/GYN residency at Eastern Virginia Medical Center and the Jones Institute for
Reproductive Medicine in Norfolk, Virginia in 1991 and was board certified in 1993.
Dr. Bruchalski will be part of a General Session panel discussion about women who suffer prenatal medical emergencies.
Carol Tobias
National Right to Life, President
Carol Tobias is president of the National Right to Life Committee. A native of North Dakota, she has served on the NRLC board of directors since 1987. From 1983 to 1991, she was executive director of North Dakota Right to Life and in 1991 was hired as NRLC political director, a position she held until 2005.
During her tenure as political director, pro-life majorities were elected to both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. In 2000 and 2004, she oversaw the efforts of NRLC’s political action committee on behalf of George W. Bush.
In 2014, she testified before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary in opposition to the so-called “Women’s Health Protection Act.”
Carol has appeared on ABC’s World News Tonight, NBC’s Today, the NewsHour on PBS, news shows on CNN, C-SPAN, and Fox News Channel, as well as on numerous television and radio programs throughout the country. She has been quoted in Associated Press articles, in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today.