Marjorie Jones Dannenfelser is an American activist who is the president of the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, an American political organization that seeks to advance anti-abortion women in politics.[2] She was brought into the organization as its executive director in 1993, shortly after its founding by Rachel MacNair.[3]
In the 1990s, Dannenfelser was the staff director of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus,[2] and worked for U.S. House RepresentativeAlan Mollohan (D-WV), whom the SBA List later worked to defeat in the 2010 Democratic primary.[1][5] Mollohan was defeated in the primary by Mike Oliverio.
Dannenfelser re-organized the Susan B. Anthony List in 1997, after SBA List founder Rachel MacNair brought her on board as the first experienced political activist to join the group.[3][6] Soon afterwards, Dannenfelser was joined by Jane Abraham to turn the SBA List away from MacNair's bi-partisan and liberal credo, moving to a Republican Party and conservative-oriented group.[7] Dannenfelser and Abrahama led SBA List until 2006, when Dannenfelser assumed both the chairman and president positions. The organization, headquartered in Washington, D. C., lobbies law-makers, and spends millions of dollars per year supporting candidates.
Dannenfelser endorsed the unsuccessful John McCain 2008 presidential campaign.[8] She supported McCain's running mate Sarah Palin, an anti-abortion politician,[9] noting that McCain alone did not engage the "disaffected" pro-life voter bloc.[10][11] Dannenfelser called Palin the "poster child" for the anti-abortion cause,[10] though she later said Palin became a "great disappointment".[12] In September 2016, Dannenfelser became Donald Trump's campaign "Pro-Life Coalition" leader.[13]
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