The HOPE Act will help expectant mothers, giving them choices beyond abortion The pro-life community cares deeply about supporting women

By Rep. Michelle Fischbach (R-MINN.) Editor’s note. My wife and I will be gone on vacation this week. I’m putting up 5 or 6 previously run stories each day and maybe one or two new stories. See you in a week. Dave Andrusko, Editor, National Right to Life News Today This appeared in The Hill. June …

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Re: National Right to Life Urges Support for FY2024 Agriculture, State/Foreign Ops, and DOD Appropriations

Dear Member of Congress: The House of Representatives is expected to vote on final passage of FY2024 Agriculture Appropriations Act (H.R. 4368), FY2024 Department of State, Foreign Operations Appropriations Act (H.R. 4665), and FY2024 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 4365). These bills retain long-standing pro-life protections and include a series of new pro-life provisions.  …

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Rep. Feenstra Introduces “Protecting Unborn Girls Diagnosed with Turner Syndrome” from Indiscriminate Abortion and Medical Malpractice

By Dave Andrusko Pro-life Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) has introduced the Protecting Girls with Turner Syndrome Act. Its stated goal is to “prohibit the intentional abortion of an unborn child diagnosed with Turner syndrome (TS) – a rare genetic condition that affects roughly 70,000 women and girls nationwide.” “My faith teaches me that God creates every …

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A Federal 15-Week Ban on Abortion?

By Right to Life of Michigan The post-Roe era calls for bold, compassionate leadership on the issue of abortion. You may have heard some organizations or candidates promote a federal 15-week abortion ban as the path forward. Sadly, a federal 15-week ban offers almost no protection for the unborn, since about 95% of abortions happen in the first …

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“Military Should Not Be Paying for Abortion Tourism” — Sen. Tom Cotton

“We praise House GOP leadership for their work in preventing taxpayer funds from illegally being used to pay for or reimburse expenses related to abortion travel,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. @SenTomCotton

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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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National Right to Life Praises House Leadership on Passage of National Defense Authorization Act with Jackson Amendment

Jackson Amendment Would Prevent Taxpayer Funds From Being Used to Pay for Abortion Travel WASHINGTON – Today, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 in a vote of 219 to 210. On Thursday, an amendment offered by Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) to prohibit the Secretary of Defense …

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Jackson Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act would prevent taxpayer funds from being used to pay for abortion travel

By Dave Andrusko Pro-abortion Democrats seethed with anger when on Thursday House pro-life Republicans passed the Jackson Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. The amendment offered by Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) was a corrective to a change instituted last year by the pro-abortion Biden Administration.  On October 20, 2022, the Biden Administration’s Department of Defense …

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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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Rep. Smith applauds pro-life protections in FY2024 State and Foreign Operations Appropriations bill

Special thanks to Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart WASHINGTON—Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Co-Chair of the Congressional Pro-life Caucus, today expressed “profound gratitude” to the House Appropriations Committee for strengthening pro-life protections for unborn children in the Fiscal Year 2024 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) Appropriations bill. “This bill will help ensure that the foreign programs …

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