Marvin Richardson

Early life and education Born Marvin Thomas Richardson, Pro-Life was born in Carbon County, Wyoming, to a Latter Day Saint family. He played basketball in high school and attended Brigham Young University on an athletic scholarship but was eventually cut from the varsity basketball team. He graduated from BYU in 1967 with a degree in political science after serving as an LDS missionary in Arizona, California, and Nevada.

Pro-Life has worked as an organic farmer since 2002, mainly farming strawberries. He has previously worked as an accountant, coal miner, and salesman of irrigation equipment and Caterpillar parts.

Having legally changed his middle name to "Pro-Life" in 2004, Richardson was invited to participate in the 2006 gubernatorial debate, but did not respond to his invitation in time. Initially, Richardson was the Constitution Party's candidate in the 2006 gubernatorial election, but the Constitution Party of Idaho disavowed him. That year, he had his name changed to simply "Pro-Life," but still appeared as Marvin Richardson on the ballot.

In 2008, Pro-Life ran as an independent for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Larry Craig. That year, he was allowed to appear on the ballot as "Pro-Life." The executive director of an Idaho anti-abortion group expressed concern that voters would mistake Pro-Life's name on the ballot for a position rather than a candidate. Such fears led to a qualifier next to Pro-Life's name on the ballot: "(A person, formerly known as Marvin Richardson)." He has appeared thus on all subsequent Idaho ballots. He received 1.34 percent of the votes in the race, behind Libertarian Kent Marmon, independent Rex Rammell, Democrat Larry LaRocco, and the winner, Republican Jim Risch.

In 2010, Pro-Life ran for governor for a second time. He came in fifth in the race, behind Libertarian Ted Dunlap, independent Jana Kemp, Democrat Keith Allred, and the winner, Republican Butch Otter.

Pro-Life was a candidate for Idaho's 1st congressional district in the United States Congress in 2012. He ran against incumbent Republican Raúl Labrador and Democrat Jimmy Farris. According to OpenSecrets, Pro-Life's 2012 campaign was entirely self-financed. The incumbent won the race.

Pro-Life ran a third campaign for Governor of Idaho in the 2014 gubernatorial election.

Pro-Life ran for the Senate again in 2016. He was defeated in the Constitution Party primary on May 17, 2016 by Ray J. Writz.

Political views Pro-Life has said he believes that abortion is murder, and he supports charging doctors who perform abortions with murder. He opposes war undertaken without a declaration of war by Congress; He also opposes public education, which he considers to be communist. Pro-Life encouraged her to run for this position, despite their conviction that women should not work outside the home.

Pro-Life has 15 children, seven from his previous wife, and eight from his current wife.

Formerly a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Pro-Life left the church in 1998, because of his view that the church does not ascribe personhood to the unborn.

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