Category Archives: National

U.S. House votes to prohibit discrimination against pro-life doctors in new medical education program, 234-182

WASHINGTON — In a significant pro-life victory, the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday adopted an NRLC-backed amendment to prohibit discrimination against pro-life health care providers by “teaching health centers” that receive certain federal funds for graduate medical education. The amendment,

No Matter What Pro-abortionists Say, this is what the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortions Act” Means

By Dave Andrusko It only seems right. As long as the “mainstream media” keeps lamenting/bashing/caricaturing H.R.3—the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortions Act”—we will keep trying to clear away the rhetorical underbrush. Yesterday’s New York Times editorial, “New Attacks on Women’s

AMERICA IS MORE PRO-LIFE THAN EVER

By Congressman Chris Smith America has changed, Mr. Speaker and today is more pro-life than ever. By ever increasing majorities—especially among our young people—the megatrend is to protect the child in the womb from the insidious violence of abortion and

Pro-abortionists Offer Disingenuous Criticism of the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act”

By Dave Andrusko On Wednesday, immediately after the House passed the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” I wrote a piece congratulating the 251 members who voted in favor of what is landmark legislation (www.nationalrighttolifenews.org/news/2011/05/congratulations-to-251-members-of-the-house-of-representatives/). I mentioned almost in passing

Reflections a day after House passage of the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act”

By Dave Andrusko Thanks go out first and foremost  to the pro-life Republican House leadership for passage yesterday of the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.” Led by House Speaker John Boehner, not a single Republican voted against H.R.3. Rarely

U.S. HOUSE PASSES PERMANENT BAN ON FEDERAL FUNDING OF ABORTION, 251-175; NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE SLAMS PRESIDENT OBAMA AND OTHER OPPONENTS OF BAN

WASHINGTON — The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the nationwide federation of right-to-life organizations, today commended the 251 members of the U.S. House of Representatives who voted to pass the landmark No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 3),

Congratulations to 251 Members of the House of Representatives

By Dave Andrusko “ Opponents of abortion in Congress are nothing if not persistent.” Jessica Arons–director of the Women’s Health and Rights Program at the Center for American Progress (a nonprofit organization with very close ties to the Obama White

America is more pro-life than ever

Editor’s note. The following was delivered this afternoon on the House floor by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) as the House debated the  “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.”  Rep. Smith is the bill’s sponsor. America has changed, Mr. Speaker and

U.S. House to Vote May 4 on No Taxpayer Funding For Abortion Act!

WASHINGTON –  The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to take up a major pro-life bill — the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (H.R. 3) — on Wednesday, May 4, 2011.  National Right to Life urges you to promptly contact the office

The Significance of “The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act”

By Dave Andrusko If you supplement your pro-life sources of information with pro-abortion saber-rattling, when it comes to “The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act” (H.R.3), if you didn’t know better, you’d swear they could not possibly be talking about