Category: Legislation

Several provisions  weaken or remove long-standing pro-life policies Dear Representative: The House is expected to vote on H.R. 4373, the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022 and H.R. 4505, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022. The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) urges you to oppose …

“The Helms amendment is the Hyde Amendment for the rest of the world.” WASHINGTON, DC— The following are excerpts of House Floor remarks by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-chair of the Congressional Pro-life Caucus, on the Mexico City Policy, Helms and UNFPA amendments he offered today during consideration of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, …

Louisiana Right to Life Calls on Rep. Carter to Represent District and Oppose Taxpayer Funding of Abortion in Federal Budget NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Right to Life and Louisiana Black Advocates for Life have released the results of a commissioned poll showing that the majority of likely voters of Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District, represented by …

By Missouri Right to Life On July 14,  Governor Parson Signs Omnibus bill which Includes Multiple Issues, including an additional provision to the “Safe Place for Newborns Act of 2002.” One issue included in HB 432 is an addition to the “Safe Place for Newborns Act of 2002.” The purpose of the original statute was …

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today introduced the “Protecting Life on College Campus Act” to prohibit federal funds from going to any college or university with a campus health clinic that provides abortions or abortion drugs. “For too long the abortion industry has been taking advantage of vulnerable women and now, blue states like California are beginning to …

By Dave Andrusko On Tuesday, Gov. Greg Abbott signed Human Life Protection Act (House Bill 1280) which would ban abortions in Texas if the Supreme Court overturns the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Commonly referred to as a “trigger” law, HB 1280 would “take effect 30 days after the overturn of Roe v. Wade or if a court …

By Dave Andrusko The vote in North Carolina is going to be close, very close, on an attempt to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of House Bill 453 which Republicans had tentatively scheduled for July 21. The vote in North Carolina is going to be close, very close, on an attempt to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s …

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, the House Committee on Appropriations met for the markup of FY2022 appropriations bills. Noticeably absent were any Hyde Amendment provisions in the budget language. During today’s markup, Representative Tom Cole (R-Okla.) noted, “The most egregious aspect of the bill presented today is the removal of the Hyde Amendment, which protects lives …

COLUMBUS, Ohio– Today in the Ohio House, Representatives Kyle Koehler and Sarah Fowler Arthur introduced the Abortion Pill Reversal Information Act. This legislation would build on existing informed consent laws to require abortion facilities to inform women that chemical abortions can possibly be reversed to save their unborn child’s life. “This bill is about informed consent,” …

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 Right to Life UK A large group of MPs grilled Diana Johnson MP and Rupa Huq MP on Monday evening, after they attempted to hijack the UK Government’s flagship Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill with two extreme abortion proposals. Johnson decided not to take her amendment (NC 55), that would have introduced abortion …

Editor’s note. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) spoke in favor of H.R. 18, “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.” Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota. Fifty million, Madam Speaker. The WHO estimates that 50 million abortions are performed each year. It is a soul-rending number. Of course, abortion is a deeply divisive legal, political, and moral dispute, but …