WASHINGTON, DC—The Commonwealth of Virginia stands on the precipice of repealing critical health and safety protections that have protected women from unlicensed and dangerous abortion practitioners. If Gov. Ralph Northam signs this extreme bill, women in Virginia will be subjected to substandard medical conditions in abortion facilities across the Commonwealth, including the possibility that those […]
Purpose of Medicine Is to Heal: Americans United for Life Affirms Patient Protections and Repudiates Suicide by Physician
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As more states consider passage of legislation which would legalize suicide by physician, Americans United for Life (AUL) stands strong with millions of advocates across the country by making clear that healthcare practitioners providing drugs intended to cause death is not a medicinal act. Recent stories such as the as the premature death of […]
LEADING PRO-LIFE GROUP CHALLENGES PLANNED PARENTHOOD IN COURT: Americans United for Life Files a Brief in Indiana Parental Involvement Case
WASHINGTON, D.C: Americans United for Life (AUL) filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court in support of the state of Indiana in its effort to protect young women with a parental involvement requirement for underage abortions. AUL particularly challenges the “third party standing” assumed by abortion providers which allows for abortionists to sue […]
Restore the Heart: Healing the Communal Trauma of Abortion through a Restorative Justice System
By Aimee Murphy, Executive Director and founder of Rehumanize International, and Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life. This paper consolidates inquiry and analysis of ethical, scientific, juridical, and historical concerns related to the ultimate abolition of abortion in the United States. Facing the reality that it is an all-too-common act […]
LOUISIANA NUMBER ONE: Americans United for Life releases Life List 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C—Americans United for Life is proud to present our 2020 Life List, with the state of Louisiana ranked Number One. The AUL Life List is our annual state ranking based on our comprehensive analysis of each state’s law and policy protections for human life from conception to natural death. Catherine Glenn Foster, President & […]
Testimony Against New Hampshire Constitutional Amendment Concurrent Resolution 14
The General Court of New Hampshire Committee on Judiciary, NH House of Representatives Re: Testimony of Katie Glenn, Government Affairs Counsel, Americans United for Life, Against New Hampshire Constitutional Amendment Concurrent Resolution 14 Chairwoman Smith and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to provide legal testimony concerning New Hampshire CACR 14 (the […]
Strong Leadership on “National Sanctity of Human Life Day”
Washington, DC— Americans United for Life, a national leader in life-affirming law and policy, applauds the decision by President Trump to proclaim January 22 “National Sanctity of Human Life Day”. Statement from Catherine Glenn Foster, Americans United for Life President & CEO: President Trump’s recent proclamation of January 22 as “National Sanctity of Human Life Day” […]
The most important audience for overruling Roe v. Wade is the Justices
If U.S. Supreme Court litigation was a seminar on moral philosophy, I might agree with Robert Verbruggen that the workability of Roe v. Wade is not the best argument against Roe. But the first audience for the case for overruling Roe is the Justices. And there are several reasons why the case for the unworkability […]
Planned Parenthood: A Decade of Cornering the Market and Killing the Competition
Planned Parenthood Federation of America recently issued its annual report for 2018-2019. Decked out with full-color photos of active and happy young people, its booklet format is designed to make it easy for hip urban professionals to share on iPads over salted caramel lattes. “Care, no matter what,” Planned Parenthood’s soothing mantra proclaims. But its […]
Massachusetts Roe Act seeks to expand the abortion “right” all the way to birth.
Washington, DC — State Reproductive Health Acts, also called Roe Acts, are bills designed to expand and enshrine the abortion “right” beyond Roe v. Wade. Though Roe Acts vary state to state, the basic idea is to prevent future legislators and regulators from implementing any limitations to “abortion access,” including for minor girls, even if […]
Americans United for Life files brief on behalf of 207 Members of Congress in June Medical Services v. Gee
Washington, DC — Today, Americans United for Life filed a “friend of the court” brief on behalf of 207 Members of Congress in June Medical Services, LLC v. Gee and Gee v. June Medical Services, LLC in the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the Court should uphold a Louisiana law mandating that abortion practitioners are […]
Americans United for Life files brief urging U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider Roe in June Medical Services v. Gee
Washington, DC — Americans United for Life has filed a “friend of the court” brief in June Medical Services, LLC v. Gee and Gee v. June Medical Services, LLC in the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that the Court should uphold a Louisiana law mandating abortion businesses are equipped to facilitate life-saving emergency transfers for patients. […]
