Critics of the Seventh Circuit’s decision blocking the heart of an Indiana law that sought to defund abortion providers (including Planned Parenthood) are overlooking a silver lining in the opinion. The court held—in no uncertain terms—that withholding public funds from abortion providers, regardless of whether those funds are used for abortion-related services, does not necessarily […]
8 More Reason to Watch Election Returns: Initiatives Across the Country
While most pro-life Americans are understandably focused on the Presidential election and key Congressional races, citizens in several states will also vote on life-related ballot initiatives on November 6th. Below is a summary of these initiatives, and why they are important. Florida Amendment 6 – “Florida Abortion Amendment” Florida Amendment 6 includes two provisions. First, […]
CitizenLink on Virginia legislation banning sex-selective abortions
From CitizenLink: A Virginia legislator introduced a bill earlier this month that if passed would make Virginia the fifth state to enact a sex-selective abortion law, according to Americans United for Life (AUL), a national pro-life organization based in Washington D.C. This kind of bill reinforces the fact that sex discrimination has no place in […]
Yoest at NRO on the debate
Dr. Charmaine Yoest wrote the following at National Review Online: Tonight the president did his best to work Planned Parenthood into every question; I stopped counting after he worked it into the debate the third time. The challenge is that, in general, the group has high approval ratings. This is because many people don’t know […]
Saunders at Fellowship of Catholic Scholars meeting
AUL’s Senior Vice President and Senior Counsel, Bill Saunders, spoke at the annual meeting of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars recently at an event designed to consider religious liberty. Saunders spoke about current threats to freedom of conscience at the state and national level, which is well illustrated by the events surrounding the passage and […]
AUL files amicus brief challenging HHS mandate
Today, Americans United for Life’s legal team filed an amicus curiae brief in the case of Wheaton College; Belmont Abbey College v. Sebelius, in the District of Columbia Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals. Belmont Abbey College and Wheaton College filed lawsuits in 2011 and 2012 (respectively) challenging the Obama Administration’s “HHS mandate,” which […]
AUL files amicus brief supporting Arizona’s 20-week abortion limitation
This week AUL filed a brief on behalf of national medical organizations, including the Association of American Physicians & Surgeons (AAPS), supporting Arizona’s law limiting abortion at and after 20 weeks gestation. In 2012, the State of Arizona became the first state to enact AUL’s “Women’s Health Protection Act,” a limitation on abortion at/after 20 […]
40 years ago today:The Oral Arguments in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton
“AUL will be setting the record straight,” says AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. Today is the 40th anniversary of the re-arguments (the second round of oral arguments) in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, the infamous Supreme Court decisions that led to America’s abortion policy. And a tragic precursor to a larger anniversary indeed, as […]
Alaska Parental Notice Law Upheld, Minors Finally Protected After 15-Year Battle
After 15 years of protracted legal wrangling, Alaska’s parental notice law has been upheld and Planned Parenthood has failed in its attempt to place its financial bottom line and radical political ideology over the health and welfare of minor girls and their families. In Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest v. State of Alaska, the […]
AUL filed amicus brief in Oklahoma Supreme Court supporting regulation of dangerous abortion-inducing drugs
Today AUL and 57 Oklahoma state legislators filed an amicus brief before the Oklahoma Supreme Court supporting the state’s regulation of abortion-inducing drugs. In 2011, the Oklahoma legislature enacted a measure regulating the provision of abortion-inducing drugs. The language is based on AUL’s “Abortion-Inducing Drugs Safety Act,” which requires that abortion providers administer the dangerous […]
Sixth Circuit Upholds RU-486 Law
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected Planned Parenthood’s challenge to a 2004 Ohio law regulating the abortion drug RU-486. In Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio v. DeWine, the court ruled that the Ohio law is not vague and does not impose an “undue burden” on women seeking abortions. Rather than “using as directed,” the […]
What Don’t You Know About Planned Parenthood?
As Planned Parenthood prepares to celebrate its 96th birthday in October, Americans United for Life launches a month-long series of revelations – the release of “The Planned Parenthood Exhibits,” the continuing case for investigating the nation’s largest abortion provider. Each day in the month of October, AUL will release a new backgrounder that highlights grounds for investigating and, ultimately, de-funding Planned Parenthood, which receives more than one million dollars a day in taxpayer subsidies.
AUL Goes to Court in Four Key Amicus Curiae Brief Filings in October
WASHINGTON, D.C. (10-01-12) – Americans United for Life’s premier legal team will file four, strategic amicus curiae briefs in October, making the case that women’s lives and our First Amendment freedoms deserve greater protection under the law. “For more than 40 years, AUL has been defending vulnerable unborn children and their mothers in strategic court […]
