Lila Rose

Lila Grace Rose (born July 27, 1988) is an American anti-abortion activist and founder of Live Action.[1][3][4][5][6] She has conducted undercover, investigative exposés of abortion facilities in the United States, including affiliates of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Lila Rose
Lila Rose, President of Live Action
Born
Lila Grace Rose

(1988-07-27) July 27, 1988
San Jose, California, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Known foranti-abortion activism[1][2]
TitleFounder, President of Live Action

Early life and education

Rose was raised in San Jose, California, the third of eight children.[7] She was home-schooled through the end of high school and majored in history at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).[7] She was raised as Evangelical Protestant and later converted to Catholicism.[8][9][10]

Activism

In 2003, at the age of 15, Rose founded the anti-abortion group Live Action and began giving presentations to schools and youth groups.[7][11] While at UCLA, she partnered with right-wing activist James O'Keefe.[12] According to Religion Dispatches, Rose and O'Keefe were inspired by American anti-abortion activist Mark Crutcher.[13]

Rose has concentrated her activism on Planned Parenthood and National Abortion Federation affiliates in the United States, focusing on the anti-abortion interpretation of the moral and ethical aspects of abortion and financial issues in the abortion industry. She has also highlighted the high abortion rate in the African-American community.[14]

In 2007, Rose visited two Planned Parenthood facilities and recorded undercover videos while purporting to be a 15-year-old girl who had been impregnated by a 23-year-old male who was accompanying her, telling staffers she did not want her parents to find out about the relationship. No employee at either clinic objected to the situation, and a receptionist at one facility "told Rose to say she was 16, because if she was 15, the clinic would have to make a report to the police."[15]

Rose was featured in an Atlantic October 2018 original short documentary, "Meet the Face of the Millennial Anti-Abortion Movement."[16]

Recognition and awards

References
  1. "20-Year-Old College Student Becomes Rising Star in Anti-Abortion Movement". Foxnews.com. Reuters. May 28, 2009.
  2. "After videos, Senate Republicans target Planned Parenthood vote". Reuters. Jul 28, 2015. Lila Rose, a leading anti-abortion campaigner.
  3. "Planned Parenthood plots largest-ever campaign blitz in 2014". FoxNews.com. Feb 27, 2014. Archived from the original on June 18, 2015. Lila Rose, president and founder of Pro-Life group Live Action, said Planned Parenthood's plans to spend millions on the elections should fuel calls to strip taxpayer funding for the group.
  4. Crary, David; Rubinkam, Michael (May 4, 2013). "Philly abortion murder trial has national impact". Associated Press. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. One anti-abortion group, Live Action, has used the case to publicize the latest in a series of undercover videos it has made at abortion clinics.
  5. Jason Berger (Mar 30, 2011). "Anti-Abortion Group Accuses Planned Parenthood of Lying About Mammogram Services". FoxNews.com.
  6. Sherman, Mark (June 29, 2015). "Supreme Court rules Texas abortion clinics can remain open". Associated Press. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Lila Rose, president of Live Action, an anti-abortion advocacy group.
  7. Abcarian, Robin (April 26, 2009). "Anti-abortion movement gets a new-media twist". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  8. Bell, Justin (February 3, 2012). "How Lila Rose Became Pro-Life … and Catholic". National Catholic Register. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  9. O'Regan, Mary (February 10, 2011). "The new face of the pro life cause".
  10. O'Keefe, James (June 17, 2014). "Breakthrough: Our Guerilla War to Expose Fraud and Save Democracy". Simon & Schuster – via Google Books.
  11. Darling, Adelaide (January 19, 2013). "Lila Rose highlights role of faith in fighting abortion". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved October 3, 2013. When Rose went to UCLA for her undergraduate degree, she took Live Action with her.
  12. Coller, Andie (September 18, 2009). "Conservatives use liberal playbook". Politico. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  13. Berkowitz, Bill (June 8, 2011). "Planned Parenthood 'Stung' By Lila Rose". Religion Dispatches. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  14. Jonsson, Patrik (February 4, 2011). "For Lila Rose, Planned Parenthood video 'sting' is about revolution". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
  15. Ross Douthat, "The Politics of Pregnancy Counseling", The New York Times, December 3, 2009 (accessed May 18, 2010)
  16. Pressey, Brianna (October 2, 2018). "The Face of the Millennial Anti-Abortion Movement". The Atlantic.
  17. July 11, 2013, The 25 Most Influential Washington Women Under 35 National Journal
  18. Shellnutt, Kate (July 1, 2014). "33 Under 33". ChristianityToday.com. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
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