Americans United for Life (AUL) is pleased to announce the release of its annual 2025 State Policy Report. Please read the report in full to get a snapshot of the pro-life movements’ work in 2025. The State Policy Report sums up the 2025 legislative sessions with clarity, showing where pro-life momentum is growing while highlighting the challenges our movement faces. Here are some key takeaways:
Big Picture Wins for Pro-Life Policy
This year, states moved decisively to fund pregnancy centers and expand protections for women and reaffirm the dignity of the preborn. Twenty-four states enacted pro-life measures ranging from funding alternatives to abortion to laws that strengthen conscience protections for health care workers. Lawmakers passed legislation that translates their values for human life into real programs and outcomes for moms and babies.
Pregnancy Centers Are Saving Lives and Helping Women
Pregnancy centers remain frontline heroes. Since launching the Pregnancy Center Advocacy Hub, AUL has helped amplify thousands of constituent messages to lawmakers and secured wins like expanded tax credits and state appropriations for centers across the country. The Hub is powering targeted campaigns that stop bad policy and promote supportive options for pregnant women.
Chemical Abortion Demands Urgent Oversight
The evidence of the dangers of chemical abortion cannot be ignored. Independent analyses show adverse events for the abortion pill drug mifepristone are far higher than previously reported. States responded by introducing a suite of statutory safeguards, including physician oversight reporting requirements and criminal penalties aimed at illegal distribution networks. Lawmakers in a dozen states proposed measures to criminalize illicit sale or distribution, while many others tightened prescribing standards. The takeaway is simple. Women deserve safe care and transparent oversight, not a hands-off experiment.
Shield Laws and the Anti-Life Abortion Pill Strategy
In jurisdictions that double down on abortion, lawmakers prioritize protecting out-of-state abortion pill providers and reducing legal accountability. The abortion industry is going “all-in” on the abortion pill. Several states enacted “shield laws” that make it harder to hold abortion pill businesses and facilitators accountable. This reaction underscores the need for proactive state policy that protects women and ensures accountability.
The Push for “Death with Dignity” and Physician-Assisted Suicide
Assisted suicide legislation surged in 2025 with bills introduced in nearly two dozen states. AUL legal teams testified and fought in committee rooms where safeguards were weak or nonexistent. The reports from the field show a pattern where residency and screening protections are under attack either by statute or in the courts. The bottom line is that states must protect the elderly, those with disabilities, and other vulnerable patients. States must ensure mental health evaluations are robust when serious end-of-life questions arise.
Pro-Life Policy at The Federal Level
The federal picture in 2025 included abortion defunding for a year and executive policy shifts that reinforced Hyde Amendment protections. There were also changes in agency guidance that limit federal funding for abortion related travel. These moves matter because they translate federal policy into real protections for taxpayers, women, and the pre-born.
AUL Continues Its Legacy of Fighting at the Supreme Court
AUL attorneys stepped into four major Supreme Court fights, leaving a mark on Medicaid provider decertification and conscience protections. The briefs and resulting decisions create legal pathways states can use to defend life and conscience in health care. These wins are not abstract; they free up resources and protect institutions that refuse to participate in abortion.
America Continues to Be Divided on Life
2025 shows a deeply divided map of American law where pro-life states are building infrastructure to protect women and human life, while anti-life states are building legal safe harbors for abortion businesses to thrive. The work ahead is clear. Pro-lifers must organize, educate, and act so that life-affirming policy wins state by state. To see where your state stands, visit AUL’s State Spotlight or see AUL’s 2025 Life List.
For more detailed information, please read the full report or contact AUL’s pro-life legal experts today!
