Legislation

Democrats seek to destroy 40 years of bipartisan support against taxpayer funded abortion

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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 … Read more

NRL urges Hyde Amendment be retained as pro-abortion House Democrats look for ways to eliminate a measure that has saved two million lives

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By Dave Andrusko If your agenda is increasing abortion “access,” one of the quickest, if not the absolute quickest, route is to end the Hyde Amendment, credited with saving 2 million lives since the government stopped routinely paying for elective abortions. No surprise, then, the Abortion Lobby has placed the Hyde Amendment in its crosshairs. … Read more

Rep. Mike Conaway introduces first-of-its-kind legislation in U.S. House Abortion Pill Reversal protocol saves lives

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Rep. Mike Conaway WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee praised Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) for his introduction late yesterday of the Second Chance at Life Act of 2019. This protective legislation, based on a model developed by National Right to Life, will require that a woman be informed that the effects of the … Read more

Pro-Life Constitutional Amendment Introduced in La. Legislature

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‘Love Life Amendment’ Ensures No State Right to Abortion Louisiana State Rep. Katrina Jackson and the Executive Director of Louisiana Right to Life Benjamin Clapper BATON ROUGE – State Rep. Katrina Jackson (D-Monroe) has filed HB 425, the Love Life Constitutional Amendment to the Louisiana Constitution. The Love Life Amendment would ensure that no right … Read more

Tennessee House Joins Senate, Passes Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood Abortion Facilities

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Permanently Redirects Family Planning Funds to Local Health Departments Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam NASHVILLE, March 23, 2018 – Tennessee Right to Life applauds final passage of legislation which codifies existing policy established in 2011 by the Haslam administration which prioritizes public health departments to receive Title X family planning funds rather than Planned Parenthood abortion … Read more

U.S. Senate votes on nationwide protections for pain-capable unborn children, falling short of 60 votes

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WASHINGTON – A majority of the U.S. Senate today voted to advance the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (S. 2311), but on a near party-line vote, a minority blocked consideration of the bill. Fifty-one senators (forty-eight Republicans and three Democrats) voted to take the bill up for debate, but 60 votes were required. This bill … Read more

How will pro-abortion Democrats explain voting against The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act?

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By Dave Andrusko With all Republicans supporting and all but six Democrats opposing, the House of Representatives today passed The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 4712) by a vote of 241-183. Looking ahead, NRLC President Carol Tobias cut to the chase when she commented, “The 183 House Democrats who voted against the bill will … Read more