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2009 State Legislative Sessions Report

 

 

Watch our new ad: Don’t Be Fooled: Abortion is in Health Care Reform Stupak-Pitts Backgrounder Hyde and Stupak Comparison Chart Understand the Abortion Mandate Leading Pro-Life Group's "Back to the Hill" Health Care Campaign Back to the Hill Guide: What to Expect Next FAQ about Health Care Reform Health Care Bills in Congress Status of the Hyde Amendment Analysis of Life Provisions in H.R. 3962

 

Testimony of Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President & CEO, Americans United for Life Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary On the Confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor To the United States Supreme Court

 

 

What Judge Sotomayor Said — and Should Have Said During Judge Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing, her answers to life-related questions were cautious at best, and even evasive.

Thank You Letter to Senators who Voted Against Sotomayor’s Confirmation I want to thank you for your vote against Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation to the United States Supreme Court.

 

Thoughtlessness in the Halls of Power: The Administration, Congress . . . By Joseph Bingham, 2009 AUL Legal Fellow

Protecting Healthcare Freedom of Conscience: A National Tradition By Patrick Nagorski, 2009 AUL Fellow

 

AUL Advisory Board member Robert George on "Obama and His Pro-Life Apologists" Video of a public discussion with Douglas Kmiec at the National Press Club

Tracking the FDA’s Approval of Plan B: 10 Years of Endangering Women’s Health By Mailee R. Smith, AUL Staff Counsel

 

Agenda-Motivated Claims that RU-486 is “Safe” and “Easy” Are Dead Wrong By Jessica Sage, AUL Staff Counsel

Focus on FOCA

 

• FOCA-by-Stealth Timeline: How Congress and the Obama Administration are Implementing FOCA by Stealth
• Beware of “FOCA-By-Stealth”: Radical Abortion-on-Demand Agenda Being Implemented Piecemeal
• FOCA: A Proven Tool to Increase Abortion Rates
• The Freedom of Choice Act: Endangering the Unborn, Women, and Catholic Healthcare
• History of the Freedom of Choice Act
• Pro-Abortion Groups Readily Admit FOCA’s Draconian Impact
• FOCA -- The Freedom of Choice Act: A Radical Attempt to Prematurely End Debate Over Abortion
• Americans United for Life and AUL Action's Full FOCA coverage

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Americans United for Life uses a proven three-pronged strategy -- Education, Legislation, and Litigation -- to protect life through the law. Our comprehensive, beginning-to-end approach is reducing abortions and helping state after state become more pro-life every year.

 

Education

AUL lays the intellectual groundwork to help convince legislators, judges, and policy makers of the necessity and constitutionality of common-sense laws. During the year, AUL's experts educate hundreds of legislators on abortion, bioethics, and the end of life. From ground-breaking legal research and writing to hosting Legislator Educational Conferences (LEC's), AUL develops educational resources and programs that directly support and promote our legislative efforts.

 

Legislation

No matter how well-intentioned a law is, it won't have the intended effect if it isn't worded correctly; in fact, sometimes it can actually make matters worse. AUL attorneys are highly-regarded experts on pro-life legal language and the Constitution, consulting on bills and amendments across the country. In addition, our model legislation enables legislators to easily introduce bills without needing to research and write the bills themselves, helping ensure that their efforts will have the desired impact and withstand judicial scrutiny.

 

Litigation

Once a pro-life bill is passed and signed into law, Planned Parenthood, the ACLU and/or the Center for Reproductive Rights routinely file suit to block it in state or federal court. AUL assists the state Attorneys General in defending laws by offering invaluable legal expertise, or by representing the state on behalf of the people. AUL has participated in over 90% of the pro-life cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

 

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"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government."
Thomas Jefferson
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
(Washington, DC: Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association, 1904) 359.