Mary O’Callaghan received her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Notre Dame; her doctoral studies were funded by an NIH grant for research in developmental disabilities.

She has been a public policy fellow at Notre Dame’s de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture since 2015, where she focuses on the ethical issues surrounding disability-selective abortion. She has testified before multiple state legislatures in favor of bans on these abortions, spoken at the United Nations about the international scope of abortion of children with Down syndrome, and is a regular faculty at Notre Dame’s Vita Institute, a formation program for leaders in the national and international pro-life movement.

Dr. O’Callaghan serves on the governing board of the National Catholic Partnership on Disability, where she chairs the Ethics and Public Policy Committee.  She has developed numerous pastoral materials on disability for the Catholic Church, and was a co-founder of Miriam’s Blessing, which provides support for families receiving prenatal diagnoses in the diocese of Fort Wayne/South Bend.

She is currently a visiting fellow in the Fiat Program on Faith and Mental Health at the McGrath Institute for Church Life at Notre Dame.

 She and her husband John have 5 children, including their youngest son, Tommy, who has Down syndrome and autism.

Dr. Robin Pierucci is a wife, mother, and neonatologist. She has a Master’s degree in bioethics, and has completed the National Catholic Bioethics Center certificate program.  This background dovetails with her research and ongoing concern for babies born at the edge of viability, for infants and their families affected by in utero drug exposure, and the myriad of ramifications resulting from an abnormal prenatal diagnosis.  She has multiple publications in peer and non-peer reviewed journals and has spoken around the country on a variety of perinatal and ethical topics.  Dr. Pierucci, a Jewish convert to Catholicism, has appeared on several programs aired on EWTN including, Women of Grace, The Journey Home, EWTN Live, and Pro-Life Weekly.  She has testified about the reality of fetal pain and the changing edge of viability.  Dr. Pierucci is a member of the Catholic Medical Association, an associate scholar with the Charlotte Lozier Institute and a board member of the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) where she is also the co-chair of their pro-life committee.

Dr. Donna Harrison is an obstetrician gynecologist who is the previous CEO, and current Director of Research for the American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which has over 7000 members in the US and additional international members who do not use killing human beings as a therapeutic option.  

She is also the Chair of the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, whose principles include protecting the vulnerable at the beginning and end of life, seeking the ultimate good for the patient with compassion and moral integrity, and providing healthcare with the highest standards of excellence based on medical science.  The Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine represents over 30,000 medical professionals in the US and Canada.

Dr. Harrison’s peer reviewed publications include the selective progesterone receptor modulators mifepristone and ulipristal, as well as abortion mortality and morbidity.  Dr. Harrison is a Continuing Medical Education speaker internationally on these topics.   

Dr. Harrison has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor Michigan and Trinity International University in Deerfield Illinois.

She is the mother of 5 children and 14 grandchildren.