James Patrick McFadden (1930–1998) was an American journalist and publisher who founded the Ad Hoc Committee in Defense of Life in 1973 as a reaction to the Roe v. Wadedecision by the United States Supreme Court. He also founded the Human Life Foundation, and in 1974 he launched its publication, the Human Life Review, a quarterly journal of scholarship opposed to abortion.[1] He also founded the National Committee of Catholic Laymen in 1977.
He was a native of Youngstown, Ohio. He graduated from Youngstown College in 1953 and served in the Army from 1954 to 1956.[1] He began his journalism career with the Youngstown Vindicator. In 1956 he began working for National Review magazine, after reading about the magazine's founding while stationed in Germany as a military intelligence aide. He was on the National Review's staff for more than 25 years, including 12 years as associate publisher.[1]
McFadden died of an esophageal hemorrhage on October 17, 1998, following a five-year struggle with cancer.[2][3]
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