Americans United for Life released the following statement in light of the New York State Assembly’s Committee on Health to advance detrimental legislation: Americans United for Life is deeply disappointed that the New York State Assembly-Committee on Health has passed A. 21, the “Reproductive Health Act.” Contrary to its title, this bill is sure to […]
Americans Support Abortion Bans After The First Trimester
Liz Wolfe writes on a new Marist poll “released this morning shows that Americans’ attitudes on abortion are nowhere near as extreme as radical pro-choicers make them out to be:” For the last 11 years, the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, which is supported by the Knights of Columbus, has tracked public opinion on abortion […]
Americans United for Life Champions Life Affirming Law and Policy with ‘Defending Life’ and ‘Life List’
Today, just over a week before the March for Life, Americans United for Life (AUL), America’s first and largest pro-life legal organization, released the 14th-annual edition of its flagship publication, Defending Life, known as “America’s Playbook for Life.” The guide shows that 2018 was another year of vigorous and successful policy engagement with landmark victories […]
‘Our core mission is providing, protecting and expanding access to abortion’
Leana Wen, President of Planned Parenthood, confirms what anyone who has been paying attention has long known: abortion is Planned Parenthood’s “core” purpose: This admission came in response to BuzzFeedNews’s profile of Planned Parenthood and its new president. “The last thing I would want is people to get the impression that we are backing off […]
AUL submits comment in support of proposed HHS rule increasing transparency and accountability of insurance funds used for abortion
Today, Americans United for Life submitted a Comment in support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed rule clarifying that insurance funds used to pay for abortions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) must be kept separate from other funds. Consistent with the Hyde Amendment, the PPACA restricts the […]
Catherine Glenn Foster responds to ‘Shout Your Abortion’ activists
Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, appeared on EWTN News Nightly with Lauren Ashburn to speak on the short film “Kids Meet Someone Who’s Had an Abortion“: Catherine Glenn Foster also appeared on The Larry O’Connor Show on WMAL in Washington, DC to speak on the impact of “Shout Your […]
Celebrating the Top Ten Victories for Life in 2018
As a new year approaches, Americans United for Life looks back on some of the top victories in the cause for life of the past year: States pass 45 new pro-life laws. This year there were a total of 45 pro-life laws passed by states, including laws defunding abortion providers, improving abortion reporting, and prohibiting abortion on the basis […]
Americans United for Life Wishes You a Merry Christmas and Happiest of Holidays
Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, wishes you a very Merry Christmas and the happiest of holidays. Together, let’s make the new year a turning point in the cause for life.
Planned Parenthood facing claims of bias and discrimination against mothers and women planning parenthood
Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, reflects on reporting from Natalie Kitroeff and Jessica Silver-Greenberg of The New York Times on allegations of workplace discrimination facing Planned Parenthood: “Planned Parenthood’s apparent history of discrimination against women and mothers, as told by Natalie Kitroeff and Jessica Silver-Greenberg of The New York […]
Americans United for Life calls on Trump administration for policy change on use of human fetal tissue
Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, has joined with Susan B. Anthony List and other national pro-life leadership in calling on the Trump administration asking for a policy change on the issue of taxpayer funding for research using fetal tissue from induced abortions. The letter to the President reads, in part: “During […]
Oklahoma State District Court Judge recognizes the value of a 72-hour abortion reflection period
Americans United for Life is pleased that Oklahoma State District Court Judge Patricia Parrish recognized the value of a 72-hour abortion reflection period. In an order issued yesterday, she found that the law “furthers a valid and legitimate state interest in protecting the patient and . . . does not unduly burden or place a substantial […]
Supreme Court declines opportunity to determine whether states can defund abortion businesses from Medicaid
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 10, 2018) – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined the opportunity to determine whether states are required to fund abortion businesses under the Medicaid Act. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch dissented and would have agreed to hear the cases because they present a question that “is important and […]
William Barr, Attorney General Nominee, a Strong Supporter of Life
The following statement is from Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life: “Americans United for Life applauds President Trump’s nomination of the Hon. William Barr to serve the country once again as U.S. Attorney General, as Mr. Barr did previously in the administration of George H.W. Bush. Mr. Barr is a […]
Honoring the Life and Legacy of President George H.W. Bush
Our thoughts and prayers join those of the grieving nation to honor the life and legacy of former President George H.W. Bush. President Bush’s unwavering lifelong commitment to protecting innocent life and the most vulnerable members of our community spanned his career, culminating in his critical vetoes while serving as President of 10 bills that would have turned back the progress we have made in protecting mothers and their children and radically expanded abortion […]
Embryonic gene editing and human experimentation
He Jiankui, a researcher based in Shenzhen, China, is claiming to have used CRISPR gene editing techniques to genetically modify twin girls in their earliest, embryonic stage of life. These girls were allegedly born earlier this month. In Associated Press reports, He acknowledges that his purpose in genetically manipulating these persons was neither to cure […]
AUL files U.S. Supreme Court brief supporting humane and dignified treatment of human fetal remains
Today, Americans United for Life filed a “friend of the court” brief on behalf of AUL and Charlotte Lozier Institute in Commissioner of the Indiana State Department of Health v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the Constitution prohibits states from requiring the humane and dignified disposition of […]
Leana Wen Avoids Confronting Abortion
Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, comments on Leana Wen’s first day as President of Planned Parenthood: “Leana Wen’s first day as President of Planned Parenthood will be remembered for her steadfast avoidance of the word and act that defines her organization: abortion. In her appearance on CBS This Morning, […]
Statement on Eighth Circuit dismissal of Planned Parenthood challenge
The following statement is from Steven H. Aden, Chief Legal Officer at Americans United for Life: Today, in Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Oklahoma v. Jegley, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Planned Parenthood’s challenge to Arkansas’ statutory requirement that doctors who engage in chemical abortions have a contract with a physician who […]
Steven H. Aden Applauds Successful Candidates, Stronger Pro-Life Senate Majority
The following statement is from Steven H. Aden, Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel at Americans United for Life: “Americans United for Life congratulates the successful pro-life candidates elected and re-elected across the nation today, and the many millions of voters who disproved the prognostications of beltway pollsters and made pro-life issues the difference in these […]
AUL Statement on Abortion Pills and Possible FDA Investigation
Below is an excerpt from CNN’s article “Abortion pills now available by mail in US — but FDA may be investigating” featuring AUL’s President and CEO Catherine Glenn Foster: Americans United for Life weighed in with an emailed list of talking points from Catherine Glenn Foster, the advocacy group’s president and CEO. Foster called Gomperts’ latest initiative […]
AUL ‘State Legislative Report’ 2018 Showcases Victories For Life
This has proven to be another year of engagement in state legislatures with states actively protecting mothers and their children from the negative consequences of abortion, despite the fact that several states on a biennial schedule are not in session this year. State legislatures across the country continue to press forward to ensure that mothers […]
Statement on Permanent End to California Law that Forced Pro-Life Centers to Advertise for Abortion
Americans United for Life is pleased to see that a California district court judge permanently enjoined California’s AB775 for violating the First Amendment free speech rights of pro-life pregnancy centers. The law, which targeted pro-life pregnancy centers, would have forced both licensed pregnancy centers to advertise that California offers free or low-cost abortions and contraception, […]
AUL on Idaho Judge’s Refusal to Planned Parenthood Request
Americans United for Life is pleased that Idaho District Court Judge David C. Nye recognized that Idaho has a legitimate interest in collecting information related to abortion complications. As he explained yesterday in an opinion denying Planned Parenthood’s request to preliminary enjoin Idaho’s abortion complication reporting law, collecting this information “can directly be used to […]
Statement on Alabama Supreme Court’s Ruling on Protecting Preborn Children by Law
The following statement is from Clarke Forsythe, Senior Counsel at Americans United for Life: “Today the Alabama Supreme Court held that preborn children are protectable persons in the law under state law, continuing its construction of state criminal and tort law to include the protection of preborn children as persons. Justice Parker, in a specially […]
