Pro-Life (politician)

Pro-Life (born Marvin Thomas Richardson) is a pro-life activist and politician. He is an organic strawberry farmer from Letha, Idaho, near Emmett.

Governor's race
In 2004 Richardson legally changed his middle name to Pro-Life and he filed for the governor's race as Marvin Pro-Life Richardson. When Pro-Life changed his middle name he also gave his 10-year-old son Grant the same middle name, making him Grant Pro-Life Richardson. The Constitution Party of Idaho disavowed him, but he was still on the ballot under their party. Richardson wanted his middle name to appear on the ballot, but Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa stated "We've made it clear to him since March we were not going to put 'pro-life' on the ballot, and that's still our position. The ballot is not supposed to be a forum for political expression – it's supposed to be as neutral as it can be," even though that was his middle name.

In 2006, Pro-Life Richardson voted in favor of disaffiliating the Independent American Party of Nevada. On September 18, 2006, he then changed his name to just "Pro-Life," which functions as his last and only name. Although it still did not appear on the ballot, he does not plan on changing it again. Pro-Life came in third in the race.

His wife is Kirsten Faith Richardson. In 2006 she was the Constitution Party opponent of Steven Thayn for Idaho District 11 state assemblyperson, receiving 3,026 votes (24.56%). 

On June 5, 2007, Pro-Life called into Bob Enyart Live. He has discussed his name on The American View Forum. 

Future
Pro-Life plans to run for office every two years for the rest of his life. In 2008 he was to run for U.S. Senate against Larry Craig, but now will run for Governor of Idaho against C. L. Otter as an independent in 2010.