Former Ambassador Mary Ann Glendon, Vatican

Mary Ann Glendon was appointed as United States Ambassador to the Vatican in February, 2008. She is only the second woman to be appointed Ambassador to the Holy See. Glendon has spoken up for the rights of the unborn, both in the United States and abroad.

She wrote in a recent article, The Women of Roe v. Wade:

“Most women have understood all along that Roe v. Wade would not, as Friedan once predicted, ‘make women whole.’”
“There is growing awareness that the moral ecology of the country has suffered something like an environmental disaster, and that we are faced with a very complicated clean-up operation.”

“We are hearing more voices of women who are in touch with the real-life needs and aspirations of a broad range of women . . . We are hearing enough to give us hope that a collaborative, creative effort is underway--an effort to promote a moral ecology that is in keeping with American traditions of welcoming the stranger, caring for the weak and vulnerable, lending a helping hand to the needy, and giving a fresh start to someone who got off on the wrong track.”