Americans United for Life

Americans United for Life protects and defends human life from conception to natural death through vigorous legislative, judicial, and educational efforts.

Bradley N. Kehr, J.D.

Bradley N. Kehr served as Government Affairs Counsel for Americans United for Life, assisting state and federal legislators, policy groups, and advocates to develop and pass legislation that protects life from conception to natural death. He joined AUL in January 2018 from the United States Senate, where he served as counsel to Sen. Steve Daines (MT), with a primary focus on life, values, healthcare, and judiciary issues. In his time with the Senate, Brad was integral to ensuring pro-life dialogue remained a priority and that proposed legislation, including that relating to healthcare, advanced the cause of life.

Previously, Brad was Litigation Counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom and a summer Legal Fellow at AUL. With AUL’s Senior Counsel Clarke Forsythe, he coauthored the article A Road Map Through the Supreme Court’s Back Alley, published in the Villanova Law Review. Brad is admitted to the bar in Oregon and is a member of the bar of the U.S. Supreme Court. He earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and his B.A. in Mathematics from Willamette University. He is a Blackstone Legal Fellow.

What Happened on the First Day of the 116th Congress, and Why It Matters




Last night, the first night of the new Congress, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi fired her initial salvo against pro-life policy. The House voted on H.R. 21, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, to provide funding for the numerous government departments that are currently closed because of the partial government shutdown. But imbedded in that […]

Mid-Term Elections: Pro-Life Gains, and a Path Forward for Life




The final votes from yesterday’s election are still being counted, but what’s clear from the outcome is that courts matter and unborn children matter. With the Senate races called so far, according to Politico, Republicans have officially retained control. The races that flipped Democrat seats are Rep. Kevin Cramer beating Sen. Heidi Heitkamp in North […]

A Victory Worth Noting




Tucked in among the hundreds of pages of the Congressional budget signed into law last week are a few paragraphs that Americans United for Life has been working for years to make reality. The short lines repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board, or IPAB – an incredible victory for all Americans. If you recall, IPAB […]