The historic Duke Ellington Bridge in Washington D.C., near the Americans United for Life offices, spans a picturesque stretch of the Rock Creek Parkway. Stately and tall, it’s been considered a landmark of neoclassical architecture since it was built in 1934. Unfortunately, in modern times it also gained a reputation as a “jumper’s bridge” – […]
If SCOTUS is an ‘Independent Judiciary’ as Roberts Claimed, Why Did it Refuse to Hear Planned Parenthood Case?
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts recently publicly, candidly stated that he was thankful for an independent judiciary. But the Supreme Court’s denial on Monday to hear two cases involving whether states can determine who is a qualified provider under their state Medicaid programs inspire less than confidence in the Court’s independence. The legal […]
Sandra Day O’Connor withdraws from public life
In light of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s withdraw from public life, Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, reflects on her life and legacy: In her open letter this week to the American people, Sandra Day O’Connor, Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, […]
If walls could talk, would they advertise abortions?
What do you have on your walls? As I look around my office, I can see my law degree, signs I have carried in protests and rallies to defend life, and most importantly, pictures of my precious children. What you choose to hang on your walls tells the story of who you are and what […]
Pro-Life Is Pro-Women’s Health
With the re-institution of a comprehensive, pro-life policy that blocks the use of taxpayer dollars to pay for overseas abortions, the United States stands as a beacon of pro-women health policy this International Women’s Day. One of the first official acts of the Trump administration was to re-institute the “Mexico City Policy,” which bars nongovernmental […]
The state of abortion legislation 45 years after Roe
With just one year under his belt, it took an hour and twenty minutes for the president to reflect last week on our nation’s latest milestones in his State of the Union address — the third-longest address in the last 50 years. And while he did not directly address the critical issue of abortion, a […]
Court’s Shocking Decision Will Make U.S. an Abortion Destination
“I don’t feel sure about having a child.” With these words, “Jane Doe,” an undocumented Guatemalan immigrant, could have been speaking for millions of women facing pregnancy and childbirth. Instead, she spoke them as the epicenter of a national court battle that ended yesterday with her abortion somewhere in south Texas. Americans United for Life is […]
Deciding Death: New York state is the latest train wreck for doctor-aided death
The latest locomotive of so-called constitutional inevitability, physician-assisted suicide, has been derailed at least temporarily in the last two state supreme court decisions addressing that asserted “fundamental right.” This month, the New York Court of Appeals – New York’s high court – unanimously rejected an effort by activists to impose the practice there by judicial […]
Can You Trust Abortion Industry ‘Science’?
Lobbyists and in-house mouthpieces masquerading as unbiased analysts often try to infiltrate political discourse. The practice is so common that it’s a TV trope—fans of “Mad Men” watched the quintessential example in the show’s verbal sparring over the purported health benefits of smoking. In the real world, this behavior can be devastating. As U.S. District […]
