Marjory Malo grew up in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, and she and her future husband were high school debating partners before marriage.
[1] She and her husband have four children, one of whom is Karl Mecklenburg, a former American football player for the Denver Broncos.
[2] Mecklenburg was appointed by Ronald Reagan to the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
[3] Mecklenburg's tenure at the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs focused on issues related to teenage pregnancy, where she specifically proposed Reagan administration policies requiring parental consent for minors seeking birth control.
[9] Mecklenburg served as president of the pro-life organization Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, succeeding her husband in that position.