Written Testimony of Catherine Glenn Foster, Esq. on S.B. 165 Opposing S.B. 165, the Controlled Substances to End Patient Life Act Submitted to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee February 22, 2019 Dear Chair Hardy and Honorable Members of the Committee: My name is Catherine Glenn Foster, and I serve as President and CEO […]
HHS rule prohibits Title X funding of abortion
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule requiring that Title X funds may not be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning. Title X explicitly states that no Title X funds “shall be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning.” […]
Mildred Jefferson’s Iconic Perseverance
Dr. Mildred Jefferson is one of the finest examples of the American Dream at work. From her upbringing in Pittsburg Texas to graduating as the first black woman from Harvard Medical School, and becoming the first woman employed as a general surgeon at Boston University Medical Center, she became an icon in the pro-life movement. […]
Maryland H.B. 399 would permit suicide by physician
“It would be a tragedy for Maryland to embrace suicide by physician, as HB 399 would do,” said Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life. “It’s a straightforward reality that any law that empowers one person to take the life of another would be unjust, and that reality doesn’t change simply […]
David Kaplan: Roe v. Wade Shows the Court is ‘too powerful’
Published just after the Kavanaugh hearings, David Kaplan’s book, The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court’s Assault on the Constitution, is the newest criticism of the Rehnquist and Roberts Courts by a liberal legal commentator. His major theme is that the Supreme Court has become too powerful. While conservatives will dispute some of Kaplan’s […]
What Are the Unborn?
So far in 2019, New York has passed an expansive pro-abortion law, effectively legalizing abortion up to birth; Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has explained that, under a Virginia bill, an infant could be delivered and then left to die; and Members of Congress are actually debating whether to pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, […]
Testimony on Missouri H.B. 339, involving unborn children who feel pain
Written Testimony of Catherine Glenn Foster, Esq. On H.B. 339 Submitted to the House House Children and Families Committee February 11, 2019 Dear Chair Franklin and Members of the Committee: My name is Catherine Glenn Foster, and I serve as President and CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), America’s oldest and most active pro-life […]
Pro-Choice Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Late-Term Abortion, Now Permitted in New York
National Survey: “Pro-Choice” Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Late-Term Abortion, Now Permitted in New York Two in three self-identified “pro-choice” Americans oppose abortion in the third trimester, abortion the day before a child is born, and removing medical care for a viable child Today, YouGov, in partnership with Americans United for Life (AUL), released findings from a national survey of 1,145 American […]
Testimony on Connecticut H.B. 7070, involving pro-life pregnancy centers
Written Testimony of Rachel N. Morrison, Esq. On H.B. 7070 Submitted to the Joint Committee on Public Health February 11, 2019 Dear Chair Abrams, Chair Steinberg, and Members of the Committee: My name is Rachel N. Morrison, and I serve as Litigation Counsel at Americans United for Life (AUL), the oldest and most active pro-life […]
Supreme Court agrees 5-4 to keep Louisiana’s law on hold
Late Thursday night, February 7th, just hours before Louisiana’s admitting privileges law would go into effect, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed 5-4 to grant June Medical Service’s emergency request to put the law on hold while the case is appealed. This decision comes after Justice Samuel Alito temporarily put Louisiana’s admitting privileges law on hold through Thursday so that all the justices could have more time to review the abortion provider’s request. No rationale […]
Law and the legalization of abortion through nine months
Although it horrifies most people, can anyone really be surprised to learn that the abortion agenda of the Left includes unregulated late-term abortions through the ninth month of pregnancy (yes, think late-term abortionist and convicted murderer, Dr. Kermit Gosnell), using your tax dollars to pay for abortion on demand throughout those nine months of pregnancy […]
Testimony on New Jersey S.B. 1072, involving suicide by physician
Written Testimony of Catherine Glenn Foster, Esq. On S.B. 1072 Submitted to the Committee on Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens February 7, 2019 Dear Chair Vitale and Members of the Committee: My name is Catherine Glenn Foster and I serve as President and CEO with Americans United for Life (AUL), the oldest and […]
Testimony on Vermont H. 57, involving expansive pro-abortion measures
Written Testimony of Catherine Glenn Foster, Esq. On H. 57 Submitted to the House Committee on Human Services February 6,2019 Dear Chairwoman Pugh and Members of the Committee: My name is Catherine Glenn Foster, and I serve as President and CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), America’s original and most active organization advocating for […]
‘To defend the dignity of every person’
President Trump spoke to the importance of life-affirming law in his second State of the Union, declaring: I am … proud to be the first President to include in my budget a plan for nationwide paid family leave — so that every new parent has the chance to bond with their newborn child. There could […]
Sen. Ben Sasses’s ‘Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act’ effort fails
Sen. Ben Sasse introduced the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to the Senate today, which required unanimous consent to move forward. However, Sen. Patty Murray blocked the effort. Kimberly Leonard reports: Senate Democrats on Monday blocked an effort to pass legislation clarifying that babies who survive attempted abortions must receive medical care. Sen. Patty Murray, […]
Sen. Ben Sasse seeks U.S. Senate unanimous consent to Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
Sen. Ben Sasse will introduce the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to the Senate today, and has called for a voice vote to pass the measure. Sen. Sasse released the following statement after reintroducing the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act: “Everybody loves babies and that love has nothing to do with politics and everything to […]
