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Astrid Bennett Gutierrez
Astrid Bennett Gutierrez, MEV, is the Executive Director of
Los Angeles Pregnancy Services (LAPS.) She is a member of the
Missionaries of the Gospel of Life (MEV), the lay association
of Priests for Life. She is also a spokesperson and Vice
President for Hispanics for Life and Human Rights. Astrid is a
member of the Commission for Catholic Life Issues of the
Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Astrid has appeared on Hispanic National religious and secular
networks such as Univision and NBC affiliate Telemundo,
sometimes debating Planned Parenthood, and is a frequent guest
on Guadalupe Radio and Almavision. She has appeared in the
first two seasons of EWTN’s Defending Life series in Spanish
“Defendiendo la Vida.
When majoring in European Studies at UCLA, Astrid envisioned her education
would lead to a teaching career, with summers free to be spent
traveling in Europe. She never imagined she would be showing
up for work every day in the same impoverished, rough and
tumble neighborhood she lived in as a child. “Whatever plans I
thought I had for myself went out the window when my eyes were
opened to the wanton taking of innocent life through
abortion,” recalls Astrid. “I knew I had to get off the
sidelines and do what I could to save innocent lives and
provide aid and comfort to women facing crisis pregnancies.” |
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