New Speaker Mike Johnson is a Longtime Prolife Champion

By Jennifer Popik, J.D, Director of Federal Legislation Editor’s note. This appeared in the just released November issue of National Right to Life News.  Please share with your pro-life family and friends. Send any comments to daveandrusko@gmail.com. On October 25, 2023, after a chaotic few weeks of voting, Rep. Mike Johnson was unanimously elected as the Speaker …

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First of a Kind Idaho Abortion Trafficking Law – What the Law Does and Does Not Do

By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Federal Legislative Director, National Right to Life Editor’s note. The law has since been challenged in court but that was to be expected. This was originally published in Sebastian’s Point by the Society of St. Sebastian. On April 5, 2023, Governor Little of Idaho signed a bill designed to protect minor girls in …

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House Working to Protect Unborn in Annual Government Funding Bill

By Jennifer Popik, Director of Federal Legislation Editor’s note. This appears in the July issue of National Right to Life News, the pro-life newspaper. Please share with family and friends. As Congress returns to Washington D.C. following the 4th of July recess, work is set to resume on the annual appropriations process.  Given the current …

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House Working to Protect Unborn in Annual Government Funding Bill

By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Director of Federal Legislation Editor’s note. This appears in the July issue of National Right to Life News. Please share this 52-page issue with your pro-life family and friends. As Congress returns to Washington D.C. following the 4th of July recess, work is set to resume on the annual appropriations process.  …

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Influential ULC considering dangerous changes to definition of death

By Jennifer Popik, JD, Federal Legislative Director and Director of the Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) is an organization of legal experts that, according to its mission statement, “provides states with non-partisan, well-conceived and well-drafted legislation that brings clarity and stability to critical areas of state statutory law.”  In …

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First of a Kind Idaho Abortion Trafficking Law – What the Law Does and Does Not Do

By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Federal Legislative Director, National Right to Life Editor’s note. The law has since been challenged in court but that was to be expected. This was originally published in Sebastian’s Point by the Society of St. Sebastian. On April 5, 2023, Governor Little of Idaho signed a bill designed to protect minor girls in …

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First of a Kind Idaho Abortion Trafficking Law – What the Law Does and Does Not Do

By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Federal Legislative Director, National Right to Life Editor’s note. This was originally published in Sebastian’s Point by the Society of St. Sebastian. On April 5, 2023, Governor Little of Idaho signed a bill designed to protect minor girls in the state of Idaho.  HB 242 makes it illegal for an adult to …

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National Right to Life applauds a recently filed case in California challenging the state’s assisted suicide law as unconstitutional

By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Director of Federal Legislation Editor’s note. This appears in the May digital edition of National Right to Life News. Please share with your pro-life family and friends. On April 25, 2023, a case challenging California’s assisted suicide law (California’s End of Life Option Act) was filed, and could have nationwide implications …

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Senate Republicans Push Back on Biden Administration Rule Funding Abortion at the VA

By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Director of Federal Legislation   Editor’s note. This appears on page one of the May issue of NRL News. Please share this 42 page edition with your pro-life family and friends. If you have any questions or comments, my email is daveandrusko@gmail.com Since 1992, the VA has been statutorily prohibited from using taxpayer …

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Congress Attempts to Push Back on Biden Administration’s Abortion Agenda

By Jennifer Popik, JD, Director of Federal Legislation Editor’s note. This appears on page one of the March edition of National Right to Life News. As the Biden Administration attempts to expand abortion at every turn, Congress has limited options in fighting back so long as President Joe Biden holds the veto pen.  One option that Congress …

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At the beginning of the new 118th Congress, a flurry of pro-life bills in the House and the Senate

By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Director of Federal Legislation National Right to Life With the first month of the new 118th Congress now complete, there is a great deal of pro-life activity to celebrate.  That said, the pro-abortion Biden Administration show no signs of slowing down the push to expand abortion.  In Tuesday night’s State of the …

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Republican-Controlled House Passes Two Prolife Measures in Opening Days

By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Director of Federal Legislation National Right to Life Editor’s note. This appears in the January issue of National Right to Life News. Please share this story—and the reminder of the 46 page edition—with your pro-life family and friends. With Republicans officially taking the helm of the House of Representatives late last …

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