MARY ROSE DOE AWARD

"Mary Rose Doe"
April 28, 1983
"A perfect little bud - clipped before she blossomed."

In memory of those lives lost through abortion.

On April 28, 1983, a baby girl was found, legally aborted, and tossed into a drainage ditch in Little Rock. She weighed 5 pounds, was 7 months in gestation, 16 inches long, had a full head of auburn hair, brown eyes, and ivory skin. Given a Christian burial by North Pulaski Right to Life, Chapter of Arkansas Right to Life, Mary Rose has touched our hearts, and none of us will ever forget her.

In 1985, the first "Mary Rose Doe" award was presented to journalist Mike Masterson, who followed her death and burial, and helped, through his recognition of her as a person, to grant her the "personhood" that the United States Supreme Court denied her and countless other abortion victims through their 1973 Roe v Wade decision.

Each year Arkansas Right to Life gives the award to honor an individual who has "gone that extra mile" in their work and efforts on behalf of unborn children. It is a small way of the Right to Life movement telling Mary that we love her and that we will always remember her, and that her brief little life was not in vain.

Mary Rose Doe Award Nomination Form

If you would like to nominate someone for the Mary Rose Doe Award please download the nomination form above or call 501-663-4237 for information. Deadline for nominations is April 15.

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