Author: Jennifer Popik, J.D.

By Jennifer Popik, J.D. Director of Federal Legislation With Congress slated to return from recess soon, the month of September will be particularly busy on the pro-life front. While there will be action on the annual spending bill, and a separate 3.5 trillion dollar social spending reconciliation bill, pro-abortion Speaker Pelosi (D-Cal.) has also announced …

By Jennifer Popik, JD, NRLC’s Legislative Director Government Funding On July 29, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4502, a seven-bill appropriations package for the 2022 Fiscal Year that includes the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education (LHHS) Appropriations Act and Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Act. There were significant pro-life concerns contained …

By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Director of Federal Legislation For the first time in over 40 years, the bipartisan Hyde amendment was absent from the annual government spending bill. Pro-abortion President Biden and the Democrat congressional leadership have committed publicly to ending the Hyde Amendment and reestablishing taxpayer funding of abortion. An action alert can be …

By Jennifer Popik, J.D. Director of Federal Legislation Editor’s note. This appears on page five of the March digital edition of National Right to Life News. Please share this editorial—and all of the remainder of the content in this 42-page issue with your family and friends. If they are not currently receiving  the monthly NRL News …

By Jennifer Popik, J.D. Director of Federal Legislation Editor’s note. This appeared on page one  of the February edition of National Right to Life News. Please share with all your pro-life family and friends. Also send any comments to daveandrusko@gmail.com. Last Friday, in the early morning hours, pro-abortion Senate Democrats approved a budget resolution, in the process …

By Jennifer Popik, NRLC Federal Legislative Director  Editor’s note. This appears on page one of the January edition of National Right to Life News which you received today. It’s an important story from  an important issue which I hope you will read in its entirety and pass along to your pro-life family and friends. As we start …

By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Director of Federal Legislation  This coming Tuesday, February 11th, the Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing entitled “The Infant Patient: Ensuring Appropriate Medical Care for Children Born Alive.”  In the wake of growing evidence that babies who survive abortions are deliberately neglected and left to die, the Senate hearing …

By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Director of Federal Legislation National Right to Life Editor’s note. This story appears on page one of the current digital edition of National Right to Life News. Please read the entire edition and forward stories to your pro-life family and friends. Amidst the flurry of impeachment action in the House of …