The Daily Caller reports: According to pro-life groups, PRENDA is an essential piece of legislation that must be passed. “This is a real war on women,” Americans United for Life president Charmaine Yoest said Wednesday. “There is nothing pro-woman about killing a baby girl because she is female, and putting her mother’s health and safety at risk […]
Americans United for Life awards Rep. Chris Smith the 2012 Henry J. Hyde Defender of Life Award for “unfailing, unflinching leadership”
Congressman Chris Smith is “an effective pro-life champion who has defended life with eloquence and passion at every opportunity,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (5/31/2012) – Americans United for Life President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest presented the 2012 Henry J. Hyde Defender of Life Award to U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) during […]
AUL Presents Legal Experts Detailing the “Judicial Violence” of Planned Parenthood v. Casey
“Casey ranks among the worst Supreme Court decisions in our history, but a refocused and persistent pro-life movement crafted a legal strategy that transformed the landscape of American abortion policy in the last two decades,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (05-31-12) – “Confronted by a significant setback when the Supreme Court reaffirmed abortion […]
Planned Parenthood disregards ALL women’s health
This morning Live Action released their second video in the series, “Gendercide: Sex-Selection in America.” This time, the video reveals an employee at Planned Parenthood’s Margaret Sanger Center (New York City)—one of the organization’s largest clinics—scheduling a sex-selection abortion for a patient. As we stated earlier this week, it is reprehensible that Planned Parenthood would […]
The Hill on Sex-Selection Abortion
From a piece at The Hill’s Healthwatch blog: In a letter Wednesday, Americans United for Life (AUL) urged House members to “stop a real war on women — sex selection abortions” by supporting the legislation from Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.). A Republican echoed that line on the House floor. “This is the ultimate war on […]
Live Action Video reveals Planned Parenthood’s true agenda: Abortion for any reason, at any time, no matter the risks to the woman
Today, Live Action released its first video in a series entitled “Gendercide: Sex-Selection in America.” Consistent with Planned Parenthood’s pattern of abuse and habitual disregard for the health and safety of women, the video reveals Planned Parenthood willing to help a woman kill her later-term, unborn child if an ultrasound reveals the child is a […]
Congressman Chris Smith to receive Americans United for Life’s prestigious Henry J. Hyde Defender of Life Award
MEDIA ADVISORY: All Must RSVP to attend May 31, 2012 evening event. WASHINGTON, D.C. (05-24-12) – Americans United for Life President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest will present U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) with the 2012 Henry J. Hyde Defender of Life Award during a May 31 event. Previous winners include Speaker of the House John […]
Americans United for Life Notes that Record Numbers of Americans Choose Life – even more than what Gallup found
WASHINGTON, D.C. (05-23-12) – Americans United for Life President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest noted that the Gallup poll out today that proved Americans are increasingly pro-life “is only the tip of the iceberg. In fact, a growing number of Americans are uneasy with the unfettered, under-regulated and unsavory abortion industry as it exists today.” […]
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell appoints Dr. Charmaine Yoest to the Congressional Award Board
Americans United for Life President and CEO “honored to celebrate the realized potential in the next generation of American leadership” WASHINGTON, D.C. (05-23-12) – Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appointed Americans United for Life President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest to the Congressional Award Board this week, which awards young Americans for distinguished service and […]
AUL notes that new suits by prominent Catholic leaders alleging violations of First Amendment Rights of Conscience “further illustrate on-going problems with the abortion mandate in the healthcare law”
“AUL repeatedly urged the Obama Administration to protect the conscience rights of all Americans, but those freedoms are bulldozed in the healthcare law – the largest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (05-21-12) – Following news of multiple lawsuits by the Catholic Church, Catholic colleges and universities, […]
Media Advisory: 20 years after Casey Decision AUL Hosts Legal Symposium
Media Advisory: 20 years after the Supreme Court’s Historic Casey Decision Americans United for Life Hosts Legal Symposium Deconstructing Casey’s Impact on Abortion Law Distinguished panel to address the failures and successes of Casey at National Press Club WASHINGTON, D.C. (05-21-12) – In advance of the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in […]
Saunders and Franzonello at Life News on Title X Funding
AUL’s William Saunders and Anna Franzonello blogging at LifeNews: Under the pretext of protecting the Title X “family planning” program, Representative Robert Dold (a self-described “pro-choice” Republican from Illinois) has introduced legislation misleadingly titled “Protecting Women’s Access to Health Care.” Representative Dold claims his bill—which would prohibit excluding abortion providers from the Title X program—is […]
South Carolina Moves to Protect Infants Born Alive Using AUL Model Bill Language
COLUMBIA, SC (05-16-12) — The South Carolina House voted today 107-0 to require protection for infants born alive as a result of a failed abortion attempt. The bill, based on AUL model language, previously passed the Senate 27-3. It now will go through a third reading and then on to Governor Nikki Haley for her signature. […]
Mississippi Becomes First State to Enact Law Based on AUL’s Child Protection Act
Yesterday, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed The Child Protection Act (House Bill 16) into law. This protective new law is based, in significant part, on model legislation developed by AUL’s Vice President of Legal Affairs Denise Burke, a former state and federal prosecutor. Developed in 2007, AUL’s innovative Child Protection Act helps ensure that all […]
AUL’s McConchie in the Edmond Sun on Oklahoma court ruling
From The Edmond Sun: A day after an Oklahoma judge struck down a law related to abortion-inducing drugs the Edmond lawmaker who authored it defended it during a press conference. In May 2011, Gov. Mary Fallin signed House Bill 1970, authored by Rep. Randy Grau, R-Edmond, and Sen. Greg Treat, R-Oklahoma City. It required that […]
Oklahoma Court Decision Places Women’s Health and Lives at Risk
Yesterday, a state trial court judge overturned an Oklahoma law intended to ensure the safe use of abortion-inducing drugs, such as RU-486. The law, enacted in 2011 and based upon an AUL model, simply required that abortion providers administer the drugs in the manner approved by the FDA. The state’s interest in enacting such a […]
