Category: Legislation

By Dave Andrusko As pro-lifers anticipated and pro-abortionists dreaded, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee today signed a multi-part Tennessee abortion bill into law. “Lee, who announced the legislation in January alongside Republican lawmakers, said during a livestream from his desk Monday that he was signing ‘arguably the most conservative, pro-life piece of legislation in the country’” …

By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., NRL Director of Education & Research Editor’s note. This appeared a year ago today. Dr. O’Bannon captures in great detail an admission pro-abortionists are loath to concede: pro-life laws affect behavior—for the better! For years, whenever pro-life legislation was discussed or passed, advocates of abortion told us it was a …

By Dave Andrusko As eagerly anticipated, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on Wednesday signed the Life Equality Act that bans abortion based on the baby’s race, sex, disability, or genetic makeup.  “The new Mississippi law that bans certain reasons for abortion took effect as soon as the governor signed the bill,” explained Emily Wagster Pettus of …

Help VSHL Stop Right-to-Abortion Amendment By Olivia Gans Turner, President, Virginia Society for Human Life (VSHL) Today, July 1, 2020, pro-life laws that took years to establish in Virginia’s code will be ripped away as the new laws passed in the 2020 General Assembly go into effect. Pro-abortion groups will have much to celebrate, but …

Dear Representative: The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of state right-to-life organizations, opposes the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 1425). NRLC will include votes related to H.R. 1425 in our scorecard of key right-to-life votes of the 116th Congress. H.R. 1425 contains several objectionable provisions including: 1) Permanent tax …

By Lois Anderson, Executive Director, Oregon Right to Life Earlier last week, I asked you to contact your state senator and representative, asking them to vote for SB 1606. I’m so happy to report that it passed unanimously!!! In fact, this effort was bipartisan, driven by Sen. Sara Gelser, a Democrat, who asked us to …

Editor’s note. This appeared a year ago in NRL News Today and is an unfortunately all too accurate summation of the current abortion-for-any-reason-throughout –pregnancy status of the Democrat Party. When they control the levers of power, as they do in Vermont, they demonstrate an unbridled thirst for killing. Mary Beerworth, Vermont Right to Life executive …

By Dave Andrusko WJTV reported today that the Life Equality Act has passed the Mississippi Senate 33-11 and will be on its way to Governor Tate Reeves after the House, where it originated, finalizes its concurrence. “This bill would prevent an abortion for the reasons of race, gender or genetic abnormality unless there is a …

By Dave Andrusko As of this morning, Planned Parenthood is making critical noises about a new bill on its way to Iowa pro-life Kim Reynolds but it has not yet flatly said it would appeal the measure that requires a 24-hour period of reflection after an abortion-minded woman has her first appointment. Over the weekend, …

By Louisiana Right to Life The Louisiana District Council of the Assemblies of God have released an official statement in support of the Love Life Amendment to the Louisiana Constitution, which will be voted on by Louisiana voters on Tuesday, Nov. 2. The Love Life Amendment, if approved, will ensure there is no right to …

Here’s Why We Need to Pass It… By Ben Clapper, Executive Director, Louisiana Right to Life In just over five months on Nov. 3, we will go to the polls to vote on the Love Life Amendment, a pro-life amendment to the Louisiana Constitution. People have often asked us – why do we need this …