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Table of Contents

 

 

Forward

In Memoriam: Representative Henry J. Hyde

From the President

From the Editor

 

 

Abortion & Protection of the Unborn

• Abortion & Protection of the Unborn Overview
• Who Will Fix the Supreme Court's Mess? A history of United States Supreme Court decisions and how they have shaped abortion law
• United States Supreme Court Decisions on Abortion, 1971-2007
• Gonzales v. Carhart: The potential impact of the United States Supreme Court's 2007 decision
• What's the Point of a State Human Life Amendment?
• Emerging Threats to the Sanctity of Life
• Abortion and the Protection of the Unborn: A survey of federal and state law
• Prudence in Policymaking: Is incrementalism ethical and effective?
• The Day After Roe: Abortion would still be legal in at least 42 states
  • Day After Roe Summary
  • Day After Roe Map
• 2007 State Legislative Sessions in Review: Abortion and the protection of the unborn and newly born
• Judicial Activism Also Plagues the States: State court-created constitutional rights to abortion
  • Judicial Activism in the States Map
• Prudence, Abortion Prohibitions, and the Roberts Court
• Informed Consent Laws: Protecting a woman's right to know
  • Informed Consent Map
  • Informed Consent Summary Chart
• Enhancing Informed Consent: Ensuring a woman's right to know
  • Enhancing Informed Consent Map
• True "Breast Cancer Awareness:" Informing women of the abortion-breast cancer link
• Parental Involvement Laws: Protecting minors and furthering parental rights
  • Parental Involvement Laws Map
• Sexual Abuse Reporting Laws: Ending the abortion industry's complicity in the sexual abuse of minors
• Abortion Clinic Regulations: Combating the true "back alley"
  • Abortion Clinic Regulations Map
• State Funding Limitations: A proven weapon to reduce abortions
  • State Medicaid Funding of Abortion Map
  • Prohibitions on Recipients of State Funding & Restrictions on the Use of State Facilities Map
• Pregnancy Resource Centers: On the frontline in the cause for life
  • Pregnancy Resource Centers Map
• "Choose Life" License Plates: Funding the cause for life
  • Choose Life License Plates Map
• The Deadly Convenience of RU-486 and Plan B
  • RU-486 and Plan B Map
• Unborn Victims of Violence Laws: Protecting society's most vulnerable
  • Unborn Victims of Violence Laws Map
  • Unborn Victims of Violence Laws: Nonfatal assaults Map
  • Unborn Victims of Violence Laws: Prenatal use of drugs by mother Map
  • Unborn Victims of Violence Summary Chart
• The Jurisprudence of Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth in the United States
  • The Jurisprudence of Wrongful Life and Wrongful Birth Map
• Abortions Performed in the United States 1973-2002 - Bar Graph
• The Danger of "Contraceptive Equity" Laws
  • Contraceptive Equity Laws Summary Chart

 

AUL Model Legislation - Abortion & Protection of the Unborn

• Informed Consent/Women's Right to Know Model Bill 
• Woman's Ultrasound Right to Know Act 
• Fetal Pain Awareness and Prevention Act 
• Parental Notification Model Bill 
• Women's Health Protection Act (Abortion Clinic Regulations) 
• Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act 
• Unlawful Distribution of Abortion-Inducing Drug (RU-486) 
• Mandatory Reporting of Sexual Crimes Against Minors Act 
• Let the People Decide - A Pro-Life Resolution 
• Crimes Against the Unborn Child Act (Fetal Homicide) 

Recent and Notable State Laws and Initiatives 

• Coercive Abortion Prevention Act (Michigan H.B. 4653)
• Ban on Abortions Performed for Reasons of Sex Selection, Potential Genetic Deformity, or Potential Disability (AUL Discussion Model)

 

 

Bioethics & Biotechnology

• Bioethics & Biotechnology Overview
• Bioethics: The future of human dignity
• "The Brave New World" of Bioethics: A survey of federal and state laws
• 2007 State Legislative Sessions in Review: Bioethics
• Working for Cures, Not Clones: An overview of cloning and stem cell research
  • Cloning and Stem Cell Research in the States Map
  • State Funding of Destructive Embryo Research Map
• Who Supports Immoral and Destructive Embryo Research?
• Finding Cures and Providing Hope Without Moral Compromises
• Preserving Human Dignity: Regulation of assisted reproductive technologies (ART)
  • State Regulation of IVF  Map
  • State Laws Regarding Life & Parenthood in IVF Map
  • State Laws Regarding Insurance Coverage in IVF Map
• Embryo Adoption: Leftovers? Or one of a kind?
  • Embryo Adoption Map
• Implications of the Use and Potential Abuse of Genetic Testing
  • Genetic Testing & Discrimination in Health Insurance Map
  • Genetic Testing & Discrimination in Life, Disability, and Long-Term Care Insurance Map
  • Prenatal Genetic Testing Map

 

AUL Model Legislation - Bioethics & Biotechnology

• Human Cloning Prohibition Act 
• Destructive Human Embryo Research Act 
• Regulation of ART/IVF 
• Embryo Adoption Act 

Recent and Notable State Laws and Initiatives 

• Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act of 2007 (United States Senate)

 

 

End-of-Life Isues

• End-of-Life Overview
• Preserving Human Dignity at the End of Life: A survey of federal and state laws
• 2007 State Legislative Sessions in Review: End of Life 
• Honoring Terri: Strengthening the law to protect society's most vulnerable
• Physician-Assisted Suicide: The inevitable slide toward euthanasia
  • Physician-Assisted Suicide Map
• The Rising Role of Advance Directives in Protecting the Sanctity of Human Life
  • Advance Directives Map
• Why America Suffers: The need for better pain management and palliative care
  • Pain Management and Palliative Care Map

 

AUL Model Legislation - End-of-Life

• Pain Medicine Education  

 

 

Healthcare Rights of Conscience

• Healthcare Rights of Conscience Overview
• 2007 State Legislative Sessions in Review: Rights of Conscience
  • Healthcare Rights of Conscience Map
• A Primer on Protecting Healthcare Rights of Conscience
  • Healthcare Rights of Conscience Summary Chart
• The Tip of the Spear: Defending pharmacists' rights of conscience

 

 

AUL Model Legislation - Healthcare Rights of Conscience

• Healthcare Freedom of Conscience Act  

 

 

State Supreme Courts

• SEE ALSO AULStateSupremeCourtProject.org
• The Essential Role of State Supreme Courts in the World After Roe
• Summary Information on State Supreme Courts
• State Ballot Initiatives: Friend or Foe? A look at controversial state proposals put to a vote in 2006

   

State Report Cards

• Your State

 

Appendix

• Defending Life 2008 Evaluation Criteria
• Appendix List
• About the AUL Fellows Program
• About Americans United for Life

 

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