Contact: Thomas A. Glessner, National Institute of Family & Life Advocates, 540-847-9140

FREDERICKSBURG, Va., April 23, 2013 /Christian Newswire/ -- The National Institute of Family & Life Advocates (NIFLA) celebrates this month 20 years as a public interest law firm providing legal advice, counsel, education and training to pro-life Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRCs) and Pregnancy Medical Clinics (PMCs) nationwide.

NIFLA is a non-profit, national legal network of nearly 1,250 PRCs of which 800 operate as medical clinics. NIFLA provides legal counsel and training for PRCs and is the national leader training PRCs in the legal "how tos" of becoming licensed medical clinics. As such, PRCs are able provide limited ultrasound confirmation of pregnancy to abortion-minded patients.

"Everyday across the nation in NIFLA's network of centers and medical clinics thousands of abortion-minded mothers see an ultrasound image of their unborn children," says NIFLA's president, attorney Thomas A. Glessner. "The vast majority of such mothers -- close to 90% -- will choose life and not abortion."

As a legal organization NIFLA has also successfully organized and helped defeat legislative proposals in states such as Washington and Oregon which were supported by Planned Parenthood and, if enacted, would have severely restricted the operations of pro-life PRCs and PMCs.

Glessner stated: "Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry have from the beginning opposed the work of pro-life PRCs and PMCs and have wanted to close them down. The mission of NIFLA is to protect and defend the work of these life affirming ministries so that mothers will always have the resources to choose life. We will never turn away from this high calling and mission."

For more information, please visit: www.nifla.org.