Alissa Golob is a Canadian pro-life activist, and co-founder of RightNow, a political group that aids in electing pro-life candidates in local nomination elections. [1]
Alissa Golob is a Canadian pro-life activist, and co-founder of RightNow, a political group that aids in electing pro-life candidates in local nomination elections. [1]
Golob was born and raised in Sarnia, Ontario, the oldest of nine children. [2]
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. [3]
As a young teenager, Golob saw a photograph of an aborted fetus, and was determined to participate in the Canadian anti-abortion movement. [4] In addition to her activism, she volunteers with Big Brothers Big Sisters and Out of the Cold. [5]
In 2009, she graduated from Redeemer University College with a bachelor's degree in General Studies and Humanities. [6]
Golob married her husband in 2020, and has three children. [7]
From 2010 to 2016, [8] Golob worked as Youth Coordinator and Elections Team Member at Campaign Life Coalition. [9]
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. [5] [10]
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 Justin Trudeau's abortion stance. [3] [11] The campaign attracted significant attention during the 2015 Canadian federal election. [12] [13] [14]
She has been interviewed by the CBC, CTV, The Huffington Post , Toronto Star , [15] MTV and other outlets. [16]
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." [4]
In 2013, she appeared at the United Nations for the 57th Commission on the Status of Women with an anti-abortion delegation. [17]
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." [18] [19]
Later that year, she co-founded the political organization RightNow with her business partner Scott Hayward. [20]
Golob took an active role in the 2017 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race, endorsing Andrew Scheer, Brad Trost and Pierre Lemieux. [21] [22]
She also took part in the 2020 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race, endorsing Leslyn Lewis and Derek Sloan. [23]
Golob's organization endorsed Leslyn Lewis in the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election.
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