Alissa Golob is a

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pro-life Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life or abolitionist movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in respon ...

activist, and co-founder of RightNow, a political group that aids in electing pro-life candidates in local nomination elections.

Personal life

Golob was born and raised in Sarnia, Ontario, the oldest of nine children. Golob's mother was pregnant with her as a teenager, and nearly chose to have an abortion, but changed her mind against her doctor's advice. As a young teenager, Golob saw a photograph of an aborted fetus, and was determined to participate in the Canadian anti-abortion movement. In addition to her activism, she volunteers with Big Brothers Big Sisters and Out of the Cold. In 2009, she graduated from

Redeemer University College Redeemer University is a private Christian liberal arts and science university located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in the community of Ancaster. Founded in 1982, Redeemer stands in the Reformed Tradition and offers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelo ...

with a bachelor's degree in General Studies and Humanities. Golob married her husband in 2020, and has one child.

Professional career

From 2010 to 2016, Golob worked as Youth Coordinator and Elections Team Member at

Campaign Life Coalition The Campaign Life Coalition (sometimes shortened to Campaign Life) is a Canadian political lobbyist organization founded in 1978. Based in Hamilton, Ontario, the organization advocates for socially conservative values. Campaign Life Coalition opp ...

. She was an organizer for the Canadian March for Life, and Campaign Life Coalition's Defund Abortion campaign; which sought to remove abortion services from provincial funding. In 2015, she led the #No2Trudeau campaign, a joint effort of Campaign Life Coalition and the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform, which criticized then-politician

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's abortion stance. The campaign attracted significant attention during the

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. She has been interviewed by the CBC, CTV, ''

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'', ''

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'', MTV and other outlets. She has received "violent hate mail" as a result of her activism, but noted that she is sympathetic to the authors because "they are often reaching out from the pain they have internalized following an abortion." In 2013, she appeared at the

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for the 57th

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with an anti-abortion delegation. In 2016, Golob publicly left Campaign Life Coalition, citing that "a void in the pro-life movement needed to be filled" and "I was stuck in a self-perpetuating organization with no political successes under their belt in the last two decades." Later that year, she co-founded the political organization RightNow with her business partner Scott Hayward. Golob took an active role in the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race, endorsing

Andrew Scheer Andrew James Scheer (born May 20, 1979) is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Regina—Qu'Appelle since 2004. Scheer served as the 35th speaker of the House of Commons from 2011 to 2015, and was the lead ...

Brad Trost Bradley Ryan Trost (born May 15, 1974) is a former Canadian politician who served as a Conservative Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the ridings of Saskatoon—Humboldt from 2004 to 2015 and Saskatoon—Univ ...

and

Pierre Lemieux Pierre Lemieux (born April 9, 1963) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Glengarry-Prescott-Russell from 2006 to 2015, first elected in Canada's 39th general election and defeated in the ...

. She also took part in the 2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race, endorsing

Leslyn Lewis Leslyn Lewis (born December 2, 1970) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Haldimand—Norfolk since 2021. A member of the Conservative Party, Lewis contested the party leadership in the 2020 ...

and

Derek Sloan Derek Sloan (born November 11, 1984) is a Canadian politician who formerly represented the riding of Hastings—Lennox and Addington. Shortly after being elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election, Sloan r ...

. Golob's organization endorsed Leslyn Lewis in the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election.

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