Nellie_Gray_(activist)
Nellie Gray (activist)
American lawyer and activist (1924–2012)
Nellie Jane Gray (1924[1] – August 13, 2012) was an American anti-abortion activist who founded the annual March for Life in 1974, in response to the Supreme Court ruling Roe v. Wade, which decriminalized abortion the previous year. The New York Times credits her with popularizing the term pro-life.[2]