Is Infighting at ND Right to Life Distracting from their Mission?

February 23, 2020 T. Arthur Mason North Dakota

Back in June of 2019, I wrote about the oldest pro-life organization in the state, North Dakota Right to Life (NDRL), and its current Executive Director Medora Nagle. Ms. Nagle had posted a remark on Facebook about swerving to hit any future motorcyclist who might pass between her and any other vehicle. You can see the post below.

At the time, I posed the question of whether Nagle can be trusted to effectively lead with gaffe’s like this? For us, it really became a question of credibility in leading a pro-life organization “dedicated to protecting the lives of every human life from fertilization to natural death.”

Unfortunately, it appears Nagle isn’t the only one on the NDRL Executive Committee with leadership issues.

Last Thursday, long-time member and President of NDRL, Gary Artz, resigned over a grievance filed by Nagle. Apparently there’s been an ongoing dispute over — wait for it — a Christmas card. I’m not joking. Artz took issue with a Christmas card in which he felt Nagle showed cleavage. He even returned it to her with a note expressing his disappointment— something she obviously didn’t take very well. The card in question can be seen below. I’ll let you judge for yourself how scandalous it is.

What ensued was tenured members of the Executive Committee volleying scathing letters back and forth with Artz during the month of January. Oddly enough, January is also the month organizations like NDRL are supposed to be gearing up for the annual March For Life.

In addition, these same members of the Executive Committee are also alleged to have requested a secret meeting without President Artz’s knowledge— in hopes of forcing his resignation. It really became quite the debacle.

You can obviously determine for yourself where you stand on the squabbling. But this I know— Infighting cripples the effectiveness of organizations.

As the internal battles wage on at NDRL, innocent, voiceless human beings are losing their lives. These so-called “leaders” have seemingly lost focus of why they came together in the first place.

Note: Letters of communication between members of the Executive Committee are embedded at the end of this article.

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Sources:

1. https://theminutemanblog.com/2019/06/04/is-north-dakota-pro-life-leaders-facebook-post-a-black-eye-to-the-movement/

2. http://www.ndrl.org/

3. https://marchforlife.org/

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T. Arthur Mason is a native North Dakotan who has spent nearly all of his life in the Peace Garden State. As the third of four children in Western North Dakota, Mason grew to appreciate family and the outdoors. Some of his fondest memories are annual deer hunts with family and friends. In his early teenage years, faith became a central part of T. Arthur Mason's life. He and the majority of his family attend church together on a weekly basis and find this a fulfilling aspect of their lives. Through the influence of his father, T. Arthur Mason became intrigued with politics. As a boy, he attended political events with his father and enjoyed the friendships that resulted as a byproduct of those political associations. As Mason grew older, he became convinced that the quote often attributed to Thomas Jefferson was true, "That government is best which governs least." Today, T. Arthur Mason enjoys time with his wife and children, an occasional hunt, and an increasingly active life on the political scene. This blog is the fulfillment of a dream to design a web site in the realm of politics and to advocate for the principles of Liberty and constitutionally limited government. On behalf of all those that contribute to The Minuteman, we hope you enjoy your time on the site and will share the message with others.

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