Defending Life 2008: A State by State Legal GuideProven Strategies for a Pro-Life America

Model Legislation & Policy Guides for the 2008 Legislative Year

• Abortion Clinic Regulation (Updated)
• Regulation of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (NEW)
• Ban on Assisted Suicide (Updated)
• Crimes Against the Unborn (Updated)
• Ban on Destructive Embryo Research (Updated)
• Embryo Adoption (Updated)
• Fetal Pain Awareness and Prevention (Updated)
• Health Care Rights of Conscience Act (Updated)
• Ban on Human Cloning (Updated)
• Pain Management Education Act (Updated)
• Parental Involvement for Minors Seeking Abortion (Updated)
• Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (NEW)
• Regulation of Abortifacients (RU-486) (NEW)
• Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse (NEW)
• Ultrasound Requirement for Abortion (Updated)
• Woman's Right to Know / Informed Consent for Abortion (Updated)
  

Reference Materials

• Amicus Briefs
• Choose Life Illinois v. Jesse White
• Morr-Fitz v. Blagjevich
• State of Kansas v. George R. Tiller
• Jane Doe v. Joseph Arpaio
• Northcoast Women's Care Medical Group v. Superior Court (Benitez)
• Aid for Women v. Nola Foulston
• Jane Roe v. Larry Crawford
• Alberto Gonzales v. Leroy Carhart
• Alberto Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Arizona Life Coalition v. Stanton
• Northland Family Planning Clinic v. Michael Cox
• Articles
• The Truth Behind Abortion Health Claims
• A Huge Change
• A Lack of Prudence
• A New Dawn: Gonzales v. Carhart Begins a New Day in Abortion Law
• The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA): A Proposed Answer to Genetic Discrimination
  
• Gonzales v. Carhart: One Year Later
• The Freedom of Choice Act: Endangering Women and Silencing the Voices of Everyday Americans
  
• The Battlefield Broadens: The Mexican Roe v. Wade
  
• Parental Involvement Laws for Abortion: Protecting Both Minors and Their Parents
• Reigning in the Culture of Death: The Continued Fight Against Physician-Assisted Suicide in the US
• Spitzer's Dangerous and Radical Abortion Bill (RHAPP) Would Give New York State the Most Extreme Pro-Abortion Policy in the Nation
• The 2008 Presidential Election: What Will It Mean for the Pro-Life Cause?
• Contemporary Threats To Healthcare Freedom of Conscience
  
• 2007 State Legislative Sessions in Review
• Preliminary Review of the 2008 State Legislative Sessions (abortion only)*
  
• Testimony
• Testimony on Missouri House Bill 1831 -- Informed Consent Before Abortion Legislation
• The Cost of "Choice": Women Evaluate the Impact of Abortion
• AUL on PBS' Frontline -- "The Last Abortion Clinic