By Kathy Ostrowski, Legislative Director, Kansans for Life Pro-life Gov. Sam Brownback, with a backdrop of 40 pro-life legislators at Kansans for Life’s annual Rally for Life, said he was anxious to sign the newly proposed “Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act.” The bill is the number one legislative priority for Kansans for … Read more
WASHINGTON – In a move that will transform the landscape of abortion policy in the United States, National Right to Life announced a major new component of the right to life movement’s 2015 legislative agenda with today’s introduction in Kansas of the Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act. The wave of pro-life victories … Read more
By Dave Andrusko With the 42nd anniversary of Roe just nine days away, it is about the time when the annual crescendo of media attention [read cacophony] begins to roar. Many are just pro-abortion press releases disguised as news stories, others are more helpful. In a story that ran Monday, titled “GOP hopes it’s … Read more
By Dave Andrusko U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson This morning’s 172-page opinion by U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson that overturned an Alabama law that required abortionists to have admitting privileges came as no surprise to anyone who followed the three-week trial in May and June that Thompson held without a jury. Equally unsurprising is … Read more
NRLC President Carol Tobias was one of two non-congressional witnesses who testified against the so-called “Women’s Health Protection Act” (S. 1696) WASHINGTON – Four months before the mid-term congressional election, Senate Democrats are pushing into the national spotlight “the most radical pro-abortion bill ever considered by Congress,” said Carol Tobias, president of the National … Read more
Pro-Life Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal signing pro-life bills into law. BATON ROUGE, LA – Governor Bobby Jindal signed two bills into law Thursday that will protect women and children from an abortion industry often more interested in profit than the best interest of patient health and safety. (You can watch footage from Gov. Jindal’s … Read more
By Benjamin Clapper, Executive Director, Louisiana Right to Life Pro-Life Louisiana Gov. Boby Jindal The 2014 legislative session was a huge success for Louisiana women and unborn babies! To put the finishing touches on this year’s pro-life legislation, Governor Jindal will hold a signing ceremony this Thursday in Monroe, the home of Representatives Katrina … Read more
By Dave Andrusko On the first day of the trial in the lawsuit challenging Alabama’s law requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges in a local hospital, the owner of two abortion clinics and a lawyer for the Alabama Attorney General clashed repeatedly over the impact of Alabama’s HB57. The exchanges between June Ayers, the … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Judge Edith Jones A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit Thursday unanimously upheld provisions of Texas’ H.B. 2 that had been challenged by the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Reproductive Rights, and several Texas abortion clinics. At … Read more
By Susan T. Muskett, J.D., Senior Legislative Counsel Tomorrow, January 15, the U.S House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee will take up and vote on H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. This legislation is strongly supported by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC). HR. 7 would permanently prohibit subsidies for abortion … Read more