# Thomas Glessner

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**Thomas Glessner** is an American lawyer and the president of the [National Institute of Family and Life Advocates](/source/National_Institute_of_Family_and_Life_Advocates) (NIFLA), a [public interest law](/source/Public_interest_law) firm founded in 1993.

Glessner served as the executive director of the Christian Action Council (now [Care Net](/source/Care_Net)) from 1987 to 1992, establishing legal guidelines and programs for training board members and directors of [pregnancy resource centers](/source/Pregnancy_resource_center) (PRCs) throughout the nation.[1] In the 1990s, under his leadership, the Christian Action Council called for a boycott of a number of companies that supported [Planned Parenthood](/source/Planned_Parenthood), a provider of [abortion](/source/Abortion) services.[2] As the CEO of [NIFLA](/source/NIFLA), Glessner also developed and implemented legal guidelines for PRCs, enabling them to convert their operations into licensed [medical clinics](/source/Medical_clinic) and provide services such as [ultrasound](/source/Ultrasound).

Glessner has been listed in *[Who's Who in American Law](/source/Who's_Who_in_American_Law)* and is the author of *Achieving an Abortion Free America* (Multnomah publishing, 1990),*Destiney's Team: A Story About Love, Choices and Eternity*(Anomalos Publishing, 2007), and a fiction novel, *The Emerging Brave New World* (Anomalos Publishing, 2008).

Thomas Glessner graduated from the [University of Washington School of Law](/source/University_of_Washington_School_of_Law) in Seattle in 1977, and practiced law in the [Seattle](/source/Seattle) area for ten years. As a practicing attorney, he represented [pro-life](/source/Pro-life) organizations and PRCs. He founded and led four pregnancy resource centers in Seattle from 1981 to 1987.

Glessner is a member of the [bar associations](/source/Bar_association) for the United States Supreme Court, the State of Virginia and the State of Washington. In addition, he has filed several "friend of the court" [briefs](/source/Brief_(law)) in significant cases for the pro-life movement in the [United States Supreme Court](/source/United_States_Supreme_Court). He also sits on the board of directors for the National Religious Pro-life Coalition.

## References

1. Gross, Jane (1989-07-23). ["Anti-Abortion Revival: Homes for the Unwed"](https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/23/us/anti-abortion-revival-homes-for-the-unwed.html?scp=2&sq=Thomas%20Glessner&st=nyt&pagewanted=2). *New York Times*

1. Stoffer, Harry. ["Anti-abortion boycott targets 43 companies"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8_tS2Vw13FcC&dat=19900809&printsec=frontpage). Toledo Blade. pp. 29, 30.

## External links

- [Official bio](https://web.archive.org/web/20100823124358/http://www.nifla.org/bio-glessner.asp)

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