WASHINGTON, D.C. (03-23-15) – As an Americans United for Life model-based bill became law, AUL President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest called the efforts of the Arkansas House and Senate, along with Governor Asa Hutchison, on behalf of Arkansas HB 1394, the Abortion Inducing Drugs Safety Act, “the kind of proactive, pro-life effort that saves lives. We […]
Dr. Charmaine Yoest Testifies in Favor of Colorado ‘Born-Alive Infant Protection Act’
On March 3, 2015, Dr. Charmaine Yoest testified in Denver, Colorado, before the Colorado House Public Health Care & Human Services Committee on House Bill 1112, the “Born-Alive Infant Protection Act.” Listen to Dr. Yoest’s Testimony Audio of Dr. Yoest’s testimony – and her answers to questions from committee-members is below. Press Release WASHINGTON, D.C./DENVER, […]
AUL Action calls for “Humane Treatment” of Newborns who Survive Abortions
AUL Action President and CEO to testify in favor of HB 1112, the “Born Alive Infant Protection Act,” before the Colorado House Public Health Care & Human Services Committee WASHINGTON, D.C./DENVER, CO (03-03-15) – “Babies born under difficult and even dangerous circumstances deserve the respect and care due all people. That’s why Americans United for Life Action […]
AUL Action Calls on Senate to Pass No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act to Prevent Abortion Subsidies in Healthcare Funds
“This effort will more permanently protect taxpayers from subsidizing abortionists through use of healthcare funds,” said AUL Action’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (02-26-15) – “Most Americans are unaware that multiple, taxpayer-supported income streams end up in abortion providers’ pockets,” observed Americans United for Life Action President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest. “AUL Action calls on the […]
Comments Highlighting Importance of Health and Safety Standards
Americans United for Life submitted written comments today to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) on recently proposed rules for abortion facilities. AUL’s comments highlight the importance of such standards in protecting women’s health and safety and critique the rules as being deficient in several major respects. Among the arguments AUL […]
AUL Action Calls on Congress to De-Fund Abortionists, Separating Taxpayer Dollars from the Billion Dollar Industry
“The highly profitable abortion industry – raking in BILLIONS – should be cut off from taxpayer funding,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (01-22-15) – Americans United for Life Action President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest called on members of Congress to pass the No Taxpayer Funding of Abortion Act, “a vote supported by 7 […]
AUL Calls on President to cut Tax Dollars from Planned Parenthood’s Billion Dollar Abortion Business
“Planned Parenthood is Abortion, Inc.,” says AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest, “with more than 40 percent of its funding coming from taxpayers. At Planned Parenthood today, abortion is up, taxpayer funding is up, and cancer screenings are down.” WASHINGTON, D.C. (01-20-15) – On the eve of President Obama’s State of the Union Address, Americans United for […]
AUL files 25th brief supporting Americans’ First Amendment Conscience Rights against Obamacare’s Draconian Anti-Life Mandates
“Our government should not punish citizens who have a conscientious objectionto Obamacare’s anti-life agenda,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (01-15-15) – Americans United for Life’s filed an amicus curiae (friend-of-the-court) brief today with the United States Supreme Court in Michigan Catholic Conference v. Burwell. This is AUL’s 25th brief demonstrating that the coercive, […]
Five States Earn ‘All Star’ Status, as AUL Releases 2015 Life List, for Protecting Women and Unborn Children from Abortion Industry Abuses
Americans United for Life released the 2015 LIFE LIST and LIFE LIST ALL STARS after analyzing progress made legislatively or in litigation in 2014. The Life List takes into account the 50 states’ overall advances since Roe v. Wade toward re-building a culture of life, including events of the last year. Coming in at number […]
Planned Parenthood Spends Millions to ‘Refresh’ its Brand, but It’s Still the Same Taxpayer-Funded Big Abortion Business
Taken with a hearty grain of salt, remembering that Planned Parenthood is the source of the data it released, here are five things that can be gleaned from its most recent annual report, released Wednesday. 1. Abortion remains a central component of Planned Parenthood’s business. From October 1, 2011, to September 30, 2012 (Planned Parenthood’s “service” year), Planned […]
Five Things Planned Parenthood Won’t Disclose in its Annual Report
The holiday season is upon us. Almost inevitably that means that as Americans turn their attention to family and friends, significant rules, regulations, and reports will be released in the hope that they will go largely unnoticed and generally uncommented upon. If recent history is any indicator, this year’s holiday “data dump” will include the annual […]
AUL Launches the “New Frontier” in Protecting Women from Abortion Industry Abuses
“The Women’s Protection Project provides legislators with a complete set of tools for curbing growing abortion industry abuses,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (12-09-13) – Lawmakers developing plans for up-coming state legislative sessions will have “a unique package of legal tools available for protecting women and girls from the profit-driven abortion industry that consistently […]
U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Healthcare Law Again, Considering Violations of First Amendment Conscience Rights
“Punishing Americans for their moral objection to life-ending drugs and devices is abhorrently un-American,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (11-26-13) – “The U.S. Supreme Court again has the chance to defend the constitutional rights of all Americans, in considering the punishing mandates in a landmark, anti-life law,” commented Americans United for Life President […]
AUL Files Briefs Supporting Texas and Mississippi Abortion Laws
Americans United for Life (AUL) filed briefs today in two important abortion cases now before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Each case involves recently enacted laws designed to protect women from the dangers inherent in America’s largely unregulated, unrestricted, and unrepentant abortion industry. Texas case: Planned Parenthood v. Abbott AUL filed an amicus curiae […]
AUL Notes Commonsense Laws Stay in Place Following Justice Scalia’s Ruling
WASHINGTON, D.C. (11-19-13) – Americans United for Life’s President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest applauded a decision today from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in which he denied Planned Parenthood’s request to suspend Texas’ commonsense abortion law requiring that abortion providers have admitting privileges at a local hospital and regulating chemical abortion. The denial […]
AUL Notes U.S. Supreme Court’s Willingness to Reconsider Elements of Roe v. Wade Even as Oklahoma Case Concludes
The Cline case “illustrates momentum for overturning the abuses of Roe. Multiple cases are advancing toward the Supreme Court as it has signaled its willingness to consider the impact of its unrestricted abortion policy on women and their unborn children,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (11-04-13) – “It’s not surprising that the U.S. […]
