With a mixed decision in Gilardi v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the march to the U.S. Supreme Court gains momentum. While on the one hand the D.C. Circuit ruled that a private business cannot be considered a “person” with free exercise rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), the court did […]
AUL Applauds Fifth Circuit Court Ruling Allowing “Common-sense protections for women to apply in abortion clinics”
“Asking abortionists to follow the laws created for out-patient medical facilities is a low bar for an invasive medical procedure that can have life-threatening complications,” noted Dr. Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (10-31-13) – Americans United for Life President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest applauded a ruling of the Fifth Circuit Court that stayed a decision by […]
Oklahoma Supreme Court’s “Strained and Abortion-Oriented” Decision Designed to Block Common-Sense Abortion Legislation
“The Oklahoma Supreme Court adopts abortion industry strategy blocking meaningful pro-life legislation with its faulty interpretation of Oklahoma law,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (10-29-13) – Following an order to answer certified questions posed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Cline v. Oklahoma Coalition for Reproductive Justice, today the Oklahoma State Supreme Court […]
AUL Calls for Reversal of Texas Judge’s Ruling Against Life-Saving Regulations
WASHINGTON, D.C. (10-28-13) – In response to a United States district court judge’s ruling enjoining life-saving regulations in Texas, Americans United for Life President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest made the following comment: “Asking abortionists to follow FDA protocols designed to protect women’s lives and health is the least that the abortion industry can do. […]
AUL Defends Americans’ First Amendment Rights in 17th Amicus Curiae Brief Challenging Obamacare’s Punishing Mandates
“In Obamacare we see a national policy that adopts a prejudice against healthcare focused on protecting life and against people’s Constitutional rights and freedoms,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (10-21-13) – Americans United for Life filed its 17th amicus curiae brief in a legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, as AUL attorneys […]
Mainstream Media on the Success of AUL’s Model Legislation
This light-hearted 60-second video provides a glimpse into what Rachel Maddow and the rest of the Mainstream Media are saying about the success of model legislation created by Americans United for Life. Post by Americans United for Life. Video not working? Click here.
AUL Fights to Protect Women from Dangerous Abortion-Inducing Drugs in Case Before North Dakota Supreme Court
“Abortion providers are herding women in and out of their clinics, in many cases without so much as an in-person consultation,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. “This isn’t just bad for women— it’s patient abandonment.” WASHINGTON, D.C. (10-04-13) – Americans United for Life filed an amicus brief today in the North Dakota Supreme Court on […]
Landmark Late-Term Abortion Limit Appealed to U.S. Supreme Court
“Horne v. Isaacson may well be the landmark case that leads the Supreme Court to acknowledge the health risks of abortion for women and girls,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (09-30-13) – In what may prove to be a landmark abortion case, the Attorney General of Arizona and the Maricopa County (Arizona) Attorney […]
Roe v. Wade’s Future Collapse Seen in Pro-Life Legislative Successes Today, says AUL Attorney
Clarke Forsythe’s new book Abuse of Discretion published today opens the papers of Roe’s Supreme Court Justices to explain today’s headlines. WASHINGTON, D.C. (09-24-13) – Americans United for Life Senior Counsel, Clarke Forsythe, one of the nation’s leading legal experts on abortion in American jurisprudence, details how the legal foundation in the United States Supreme […]
AUL Says the Anti-Life Policies Intertwined Throughout Obamacare Require its Repeal
“You could call Obamacare the ‘Abortionist Full-Employment Act’ as it provides multiple new income streams, and even new government jobs, for an industry whose primary product is harming women and ending unborn life,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (09-17-13) – “The anti-life policies of Obamacare intertwined throughout healthcare at the personal, business, state […]
AUL Defends Free Speech Rights of Pro-Life Americans in Massachusetts’ Case Before the U.S. Supreme Court
“The First Amendment Rights of Americans to express themselves on public sidewalks cannot be dismantled when people embrace a pro-life message,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (09-16-13) – Americans United for Life filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of 40 Days for Life, the community-based pro-life campaign, in a legal challenge to […]
AUL Files Sixteenth Brief Supporting First Amendment Freedom of Conscience
“Obamacare is a landmark anti-life healthcare law, forcibly and unfairly intertwining all Americans and their hard-earned money with the abortion industry,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (09-12-13) – Americans United for Life filed its sixteenth amicus curiae brief in a legal challenge to Obamacare, in defense of freedom of conscience. In its brief filed […]
Freedom of Conscience Again Trumps Coercive HHS Mandate
Freedom of conscience has triumphed yet again in the ongoing battle against the Obama Administration’s coercive HHS Mandate—the requirement that forces nearly all employers to provide insurance coverage for life-ending drugs and devices, regardless of the employers’ consciences or religious beliefs. Today’s victory comes in Armstrong v. Sebelius, a case initially filed in federal district […]
AUL Action Releases 2013 State Legislative Session Report Detailing Successes in Protecting Women from a “Predatory Abortion Industry Indifferent to Abortion’s Dangers”
WASHINGTON, D.C. (09-05-13) – “The 2013 state legislative sessions resulted in tremendous advances in protecting women and girls from abortion industry abuses and indifference,” said Americans United for Life Action President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest. “Equipped with the best legal tools, state leaders are courageously putting the pro-life convictions of their constituents over the […]
Medical Professionals Win Fight for Higher Medical Standards in Iowa, thanks to a ruling by the Iowa Board of Medicine
WASHINGTON, D.C. (08-30-13) – Americans United for Life applauded the Iowa Board of Medicine for approving a rule dealing with chemical abortion submitted by 14 Iowa medical professionals. The rule addressed the increasing problem of administering dangerous chemical abortion drugs with minimal medical supervision. “The abortion industry has been pushing dangerous life-ending drugs with minimal […]
AULA Partners with Montana Family Foundation to File Amicus Brief Demonstrating that Parental Involvement Laws Protect Teens
WASHINGTON, D.C. (08-27-13) — AULA and Montana Family Foundation filed an amicus curiae brief this week in the First Judicial District Court supporting Montana’s parental consent and parental notice laws against a challenge by Planned Parenthood. “Children victimized by sexual predators or vulnerable to pressure from an abortion sales team need adult involvement when making […]
