Trump mistakenly implies Samuel Alito joined a far-reaching opinion on partial-birth abortions

By Dave Andrusko Donald Trump In Thursday night’s 10th and most heated Republican debate, author and talk show host Hugh Hewitt had the following exchange with Donald Trump over future Supreme Court nomination. After asking a similar question of Texas Senator Ted Cruz HEWITT: Can I trust you on religious liberty? Mr. Trump began by … Read more

Rubio: “I’m not running to beat up on other Republicans” but to unify the party

By Dave Andrusko Sen. Marco Rubio We all know, to quote the immortal “Mr. Dooley” that “politics ain’t bean-bag.” It is, especially at the presidential level, a full-contact sport. And, unlike, say, professional football, there is no penalty for spearing when someone impales a rival. We also understand that following the Iowa caucuses candidates are … Read more

Iowa caucuses & New Hampshire primary approach

National Right to Life: All Major GOP Presidential Candidates Take Pro-Life Position WASHINGTON – With the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary just days away, National Right to Life is pleased that every major Republican presidential candidate has taken a pro-life position. National Right to Life today issued a call to pro-life voters to … Read more

Four takeaways from last night’s GOP debate

By Dave Andrusko I had so much going last night I saw only bits and pieces of the third GOP debate live. This morning I watched much of it and read the entire transcript. Here are four takeaways. #1. Sometimes the conventional wisdom just nails it on the head. In this case, it’s absolutely true … Read more

2016 Presidential Candidates on Defunding Abortion Providers: Do you know where they stand?

By Karen Cross, National Right to Life Political Director Editor’s note. This article appears in the new issue of National Right to Life News, which is now online. You can read all the stories in this 45-page edition at www.nrlc.org/uploads/NRLNews/NRLNewsJuly-Aug2015.pdf Following the release of undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood’s trafficking of baby parts procured from … Read more

Five takeaways from the first GOP Presidential Debate

By Dave Andrusko Whoever is your favorite pro-life Republican running to be the party’s presidential nominee, you had to be very, very pleased with what you heard last night. With that, let’s get right to five takeaways which, as always, could be ten or fifteen. #1. The viewing audience was absolutely massive. According to CNN … Read more

2016 Presidential Candidates on Late Abortion: Do you know where they stand?

By Karen Cross, National Right to Life Political Director On May 13, 2015, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. H.R. 36 will extend federal protections to unborn children 20 weeks and older, who experience excruciating pain during abortion, and those who are born alive during late abortions. … Read more

Elections have consequences—See actions of pro-abortion Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe

  By Dave Andrusko Pro-abortion Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe There are few words more telling, or more chilling, than that elections have consequences. On the affirmative side, pro-lifers made huge gains on November 4, gains that we have written about in this month’s and last month’s NRL News and on a continuous basis at National … Read more