Marjory Mecklenburg

Background

Marjory Malo grew up in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, and she and her future husband were high school debating partners before marriage.

Career

She has served as an advisor for the Office of Technology Assessment and was appointed by Ronald Reagan to the United States. Department of Health and Human Services, serving in the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs and serving as Director of the Office of Population Affairs until 1985. Mecklenburg was appointed by Ronald Reagan to Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs at the United States. Department of Health and Human Services. She had previously served on an advisory panel for the Office of Technology Assessment investigating fertility planning technologies.

Mecklenburg"s tenure at the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs focused on issues related to teenage pregnancy, specifically proposed Reagan administration policies requiring parental consent for minors seeking birth control.

She later became Director of the Office of Population Affairs where she served until 1985. Opposition to abortion In the 1980s, Marjory Mecklenburg served as president of the National Right to Life Committee.

Achievements

• She is a founder of the Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, American Citizens Concerned for Life, and has served as a leader of the National Right to Life Committee.