Background
In 1992 the Pro-Life Movement in Maryland was dealt a devastating blow. Reeling from a popular vote defeat on a pro-life referendum, the pro-life community organized a statewide pro-life congress that was held on May 22, 1993. This congress, attended by over 150 pro-life supporters, sought to rebuild the Pro-Life Movement in Maryland. A survey was distributed at this congress, the results tabulated, and a summary distributed to attendees. Based on a “combination approach” and organized by legislative district and pro-life organizations, Pro-Life Maryland was born.

Pro-Life Maryland’s Mission
(Approved at August 14, 1993 meeting of the Delegates)
Seeking the guidance and blessings of Almighty God, the Corporation will work in the State of Maryland to secure the recognition of the inalienable right to life with which all innocent human beings are endowed by their Creator, from the moment of conception until natural death.

Vision
By providing leadership to the Pro-Life Movement, prelates, all those opposed to the Pro-Life Movement, and all those apathetic to the Pro-Life Movement—through education, prayer, and action—correct the systemic problems of the movement and open up lines of communication for communion with all people of good will. Evangelization will begin with the self-interest of the other and the common good as we work to protect and save innocent human life.

Essence
The core of PLM is its universal, consistent, persistent, unwavering, and courageous default to the protection and saving of innocent human life. We love innocent life. We love moral absolutes. We will use our God-given free will prudently as we exercise our collective judgment—with the help of prayer and education—to protect and save lives while drawing more people of goodwill into communion and the common good.

Personality
PLM's personality is open to the other, the self-interest of the other, and the common good as an intrinsic part of the other. PLM is genuinely enthusiastic about life, holds positive expectation of the other, and is receptive to the other which enables communion and the development of the common good with the other. Authentic “active interest” in self-interest of the other is the "personality energy field" for evangelization to protect the innocent through understanding the critical role of a living mercy and strategically deploying its embrace.

Identity
PLM will be known as a reliable champion of innocent life, a respected leader of the Pro-Life Movement; and, for its authority as expert in the moral issues of innocent life connected with the abstraction of voting acted out as follows:

1. Seeking maximum protection of innocent human life—in every scenario and circumstance possible—given the political arena dynamics of the opposition (Rights-over-Life Choice and apathy) at the time;

2. Loving innocent life and loving the moral absolutes in the moral dynamic of their competition and the persistent default to the protection of the innocent;

3. Providing a leadership approach—tempered with a living mercy of the Good Samaritan parable as told by Jesus—towards all those seen as "useless" by society;

4. Creating a unique evangelization of the apathetic;

5. Fostering an educational, faith-filled and action-oriented approach to making friends, building up the common good, and building paths to the "Road-to-Jericho Continuum."