By Jennifer Popik, JD Editor’s note. Jennifer Popik is NRLC’s Federal Legislative Director. This first appeared in the Western Journal. Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has released her sweeping plan to address the cost of prescription drugs. Notably, the plan includes not only burdensome taxes on prescription drugs but also draconian provisions to permit so-called …
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By Jennifer Popik, JD, Federal Legislative Director Washington, D.C.– House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.), and Pro-Life Caucus Chair Chris Smith (R-N.J.) hosted a hearing yesterday examining H.R. 962, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act and how it is designed to protect innocent human life left vulnerable following an attempted abortion. …
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By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Director of Federal Legislation – National Right to Life This coming Tuesday, September 10th, House Republicans are holding a hearing entitled “End Infanticide: Examining the Born Alive Infants Protection Act.” The witnesses will include Jill Stanek, RN, a nurse who found an abortion survivor; Dr. Robin Pierucci, MD, neonatologist and medical …
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By Jennifer Popik, J.D. Director of Federal Legislation This week, the House of Representatives will begin debating H.R. 2740 which covers various spending programs for the fiscal year 2020. Despite a statement today from the Trump Administration to veto the legislation over several issues including pro-life concerns, the House, under pro-abortion Democrat leadership, is moving …
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By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Director, Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics Earlier today, the American Medical Association affirmed the recommendation of its Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs that the influential AMA remain opposed to assisted suicide. What made the victory even sweeter was the margin– an overwhelming 65% in favor to 35% opposed. After …
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Just how far they are willing to go on display By Jennifer Popik, J.D. Director of Federal Legislation Today, House Democrats held a hearing ominously entitled, “Threats to Reproductive Rights in America,” mean to criticize the wave of pro-life laws passing in the states and reinforce Democrats’ full-throated commitment to allowing abortion for any reason …
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By Jennifer Popik, JD, Director, Federal Legislation Late last week, the House of Representatives voted on H.R. 5, the so-called Equality Act. H.R. 5 passed the House over the objection of National Right to Life as well as numerous other life and value-based organization by a vote of 236-173, on May 16. The bill was …
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By Jennifer Popik, JD, Director, Federal Legislation Editor’s note. The following appears on page one of the April digital edition of National Right to Life News. Please share this story and all the great content of this 40-page issue with your pro-life family and friends. This past month has been incredibly busy on a number …
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By Jennifer Popik, JD, Federal Legislative Director Since its inception, the National Right to Life Committee has been equally concerned with protecting older people and people with disabilities from euthanasia as with protecting the unborn from abortion. We have recognized that involuntary denial of lifesaving medical treatment is a form of involuntary euthanasia, and therefore …
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By Jennifer Popik, JD, Director of Federal Legislation In a new Congress, the first bill introduced by the party in power, numbered H.R., 1 is generally reserved as a symbolic indication as to the importance of the bill. Under the Democrat-controlled House under the leadership of pro-abortion Nancy Pelosi, H.R. 1 was the so-called “For …
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By Jennifer Popik, Director of Federal Legislation The National Right to Life Committee today commends Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ) for her leadership in introducing the Save Our Children Act to ban dismemberment abortions. “We thank Congresswoman Lesko for her advocacy in advancing this dismemberment abortion ban,” said National Right to Life President Carol Tobias. “We …
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By Jennifer Popik, J.D. Director of Federal Legislation Pro-abortion activists and their extreme agenda of legalizing abortion for any reason until birth have been exposed in states across the country, notably New York and Virginia. In particular, there has been public outcry surrounding the comments of Governor Ralph Northam of Virginia which are tantamount to …
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