WASHINGTON, DC— On Monday, February 22nd, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari to three cases challenging the Trump administration’s Title X rule. The cases will be consolidated for oral arguments and are listed as American Medical Association v. Cochran. At issue are regulations promulgated during the Trump administration which clarified Congress’ intent that […]
Government Accountability Report Details Billions to Abortion Giants
Written by Rebekah Durham, 2L, Univ. of Cincinnati College of Law On January 21, 2021, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) released a report documenting the federal funding received by a number of domestic and international organizations that provide abortion and family planning services. The report was conducted at the request of 120 U.S. House […]
COVID, Abortion, and Mootness
Written by Carolyn McDonnell, M.A., AUL Spring Extern, 3L, Univ. of St. Thomas School of Law On January 25, the Supreme Court issued orders vacating two abortion cases, and remanding the cases with instructions for the lower courts to dismiss the cases as moot. Some pro-abortion advocates have lauded the Supreme Court’s actions as a […]
Pledge for Unity Broken as Mexico City Policy is Revoked
WASHINGTON, DC— Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, released the following comment regarding President Biden’s decision to rescind the Mexico City Policy: The Mexico City Policy is a cornerstone, protection for human life that preserves the conscience rights of the supermajority of Americans who reject the funding of international abortion. […]
“Unsafe”: Shocking 50-State Investigative Report Documents Chronic Abuse and Neglect in Abortion Industry
“Unsafe: America’s Abortion Industry Endangers Women,” tells the story of how the abortion industry bet everything on a strategy of total repeal of the nation’s abortion laws, believing against the evidence that abortion would be safe if it were just made legal. America’s women lost that bet—big time—when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down abortion laws in […]
Americans United for Life Congratulates President Joe Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris
WASHINGTON, DC— Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, released the following statement congratulating President Joe Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris on their inauguration: Americans United for Life congratulates President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as they are sworn into office. We sincerely hope that President Biden and Vice President […]
Supreme Court Shuts Down Abortion Drugs by Mail
WASHINGTON, DC— The Supreme Court granted the government’s request to reinstate FDA rules protecting the health and safety of women seeking chemical abortion pills. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of abortion doctors sued the FDA in an attempt to send abortion pills by mail without seeing patients in person. One district judge […]
Starting with Community, Family, and the Preservation of Human Life
WASHINGTON, DC— Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, released the following comment regarding the violence surrounding the certification of the Electoral College vote: The political violence witnessed today at our nation’s Capitol underscores the urgency for a total re-calibration of American politics centered on the dignity and flourishing of the […]
Argentina Takes Tragic Step Towards Abortion while Paraguay Leads for Life
WASHINGTON, DC— Katie Glenn, Government Affairs Counsel at Americans United for Life, released the following comment regarding the expansion of abortion in Argentina: Argentina is following the same destructive path the United States did with Roe v. Wade, but thankfully in statute rather than as a matter of constitutional interpretation. Tragically, as they are in […]
Congressional COVID Relief and Life-Affirming Protections
WASHINGTON, DC—Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, issued the following statement regarding Congressional approval of omnibus spending and pandemic relief legislation: Americans United for Life is proud to stand with the pro-life advocates in Congress who worked hard to ensure that the Omnibus funding and pandemic relief bill contained life-affirming […]
Americans United for Life Ranks Arkansas ‘Most Pro-Life State’ and Releases Life List 2021
WASHINGTON, DC—Americans United for Life is proud to present our 2021 Life List, with the state of Arkansas 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 & CEO […]
District Judge Doubles Down on Nationwide Injunction of Pro-Life Health & Safety Laws
A single federal judge in Maryland has now doubled down on a sweeping nationwide injunction that gravely undermines the health and safety of all women—but especially endangers low-income women and communities of color, the very people the plaintiffs purport to represent.
Abortion Apologist Xavier Becerra Selected to be HHS Secretary
Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, issued the following statement regarding the announcement that Joe Biden will nominate Xavier Becerra for the position of Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, a career apologist for the multi-million dollar abortion industry, should have no role in America’s public health institutions. Joe […]
EL DERECHO A LA VIDA EN EL PERÚ. UN REPORTE LEGAL, JUDICIAL Y POLÍTICO DE LOS ÚLTIMOS AÑOS (2015-2020)
Juan Diego Condori Saavedra[1] Jaqueline Mariela Rojas Ayque[2] Coordinador: Andrés Delgado Cáceres[3] RESUMEN: Los autores analizan la coyuntura peruana de los últimos años en relación a la protección del derecho a la vida. El mismo, siendo de ineludible protección por parte del estado, se ha visto mermado, en distintas oportunidades por influencias externas e internas […]
The Right to Life in Peru: A Legal, Judicial, and Political Report of the Last Five Years (2015-2020)
Written by: Juan Diego Condori Saavedra[1 ,Jaqueline Mariela Rojas Ayque[2]Coordinated by: Andrés Delgado Cáceres[3] SUMMARY: The authors analyze the Peruvian situation in recent years in relation to the protection of the right to life. This right, which the state is obligated to protect, has been diminished on different occasions by external and internal influences that […]
The Right to Life in Honduras: A Dialectic Tension Generated on the Figure of Abortion
Written by Carlos Joaquín Méndez Quan[1] I. INTRODUCTION The scope of the right to life has been theorized on by the International Law of Human Rights (ILHR). This admits the possibility of a multiplicity of intellectual processes that could claim to explain and analyze the different phenomena that occur around this right in concrete realities. […]
