Lila Rose

Lila Rose
Lila Rose, President of Live Action
Born	Lila Grace Rose (1988-07-27) July 27, 1988 (age 29) San Jose, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles
Known for	Pro-life activism

Lila Grace Rose (born July 27, 1988) is an American Pro-Life activist and the founder of Live Action. She conducts undercover activities in abortion facilities in the United States, including affiliates of Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Rose was raised in San Jose, California, the third of eight children. She was home-schooled through the end of high school and majored in history at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She was raised as Evangelical Protestant and later converted to Catholicism.

Rose founded the pro-life group Live Action when she was 15 and continued her activism at UCLA.

At the age of 15, Rose founded Live Action and began giving presentations to schools and youth groups. While at UCLA, she partnered with conservative activist James O’Keefe III. After further inspiration by Texas activist Mark Crutcher, Rose and O'Keefe investigated staffers in several Planned Parenthood facilities.

Rose has investigated abortion facilities, including Planned Parenthood affiliates, NAF affiliates, and others across the country since then. Her activism focuses on issues such as financial issues in the abortion industry, the moral and ethical implications of abortion itself, and the activities of Planned Parenthood. The "Racism Project" highlights the high abortion rate in the African-American community.

Rose's investigations generally comprise investigators (including Rose herself) portraying themselves as girls or women seeking abortion for some reason – for example, a 15-year-old girl impregnated by a 23-year-old male. (In 2007, Rose released videos in which she used this particular persona to document staff at Planned Parenthood facilities advising her to lie about her age and promising to cover up her partner's age.)

In 2008, Rose was awarded $50,000 in the annual "Life Prizes" awards, sponsored by the Gerard Health Foundation, a pro-life charity. She also received the "Person of the Year Malachi Award" from Operation Rescue that same year.