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 […]
Comment supporting 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 […]
