“Strong informed consent requirements manifest both a trust in women and a justified concern for their welfare,” said AUL’s Denise Burke. WASHINGTON, D.C. (02-09-17) – “Women are more than capable of making an informed choice and deserve the benefit of all available information, especially when a life is on the line,” said Americans United for […]
AUL Says News that Increased Sales of Dangerous Chemical Abortion Drugs “Bad News” for Women
“We know that women have experienced serious complications, including death, when given dangerous chemical abortion drugs,” said AUL’s Anna Paprocki. WASHINGTON, D.C. (11-01-16) – “Today’s reports that sales of dangerous drugs inducing chemical abortions is on the rise represents bad news for women, who face sometimes severe health risks from the abortion drugs given to women to end their […]
AUL Calls on Washington State to Repeal Discriminatory Rule Designed to Punish Pharmacists Who Respect Unborn Life
“Despite this missed opportunity to correct an unconstitutional abuse of power, the Washington State rule that punishes pharmacists and pharmacy owners who respect unborn life can and should be immediately repealed,” said AUL’s Clarke Forsythe. “Justice Alito is correct, when he wrote that the Court’s refusal to review this discriminatory rule is an ominous sign […]
AUL Will Continue Fight to Protect Conscience as Supreme Court Returns Challenges Brought By Religious Nonprofits to Lower Courts
“Today’s decision implicitly recognizes that the Obama Administration does not need to violate the First Amendment and hijack the health insurance plans of pro-life Americans to push life-ending drugs,” said Clarke D. Forsythe, Acting President and Senior Counsel of Americans United for Life. WASHINGTON, D.C. (05-16-16) In a three-page per curium opinion issued today, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated […]
AUL Celebrates New Arkansas Law Designed to Protect Women from Misuse of Life-Ending Drugs
WASHINGTON, D.C. (03-23-15) – As an Americans United for Life model-based bill became law, AUL President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest called the efforts of the Arkansas House and Senate, along with Governor Asa Hutchison, on behalf of Arkansas HB 1394, the Abortion Inducing Drugs Safety Act, “the kind of proactive, pro-life effort that saves lives. We […]
AUL files 25th brief supporting Americans’ First Amendment Conscience Rights against Obamacare’s Draconian Anti-Life Mandates
“Our government should not punish citizens who have a conscientious objectionto Obamacare’s anti-life agenda,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (01-15-15) – Americans United for Life’s filed an amicus curiae (friend-of-the-court) brief today with the United States Supreme Court in Michigan Catholic Conference v. Burwell. This is AUL’s 25th brief demonstrating that the coercive, […]
AUL Files Briefs Supporting Texas and Mississippi Abortion Laws
Americans United for Life (AUL) filed briefs today in two important abortion cases now before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Each case involves recently enacted laws designed to protect women from the dangers inherent in America’s largely unregulated, unrestricted, and unrepentant abortion industry. Texas case: Planned Parenthood v. Abbott AUL filed an amicus curiae […]
AUL Notes U.S. Supreme Court’s Willingness to Reconsider Elements of Roe v. Wade Even as Oklahoma Case Concludes
The Cline case “illustrates momentum for overturning the abuses of Roe. Multiple cases are advancing toward the Supreme Court as it has signaled its willingness to consider the impact of its unrestricted abortion policy on women and their unborn children,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (11-04-13) – “It’s not surprising that the U.S. […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Americans United for Life Action Partners with 83 Oklahoma Legislators to Protect Women from Dangerous Chemical Abortion Abuses in Case before the U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, D.C. (08-21-13) – Americans United for Life Action partnered with 83 Oklahoma Legislators—the majority of both Chambers—to file an amicus curiae brief this week in the Oklahoma Supreme Court, supporting the state’s regulation of the dangerous RU-486 drug regimen, a regulation based on AUL model legislation and promoted by AUL Action. This matter is […]
HHS Continues to Violate First Amendment Rights in its Punishing Obamacare Mandates, says Americans United for Life
WASHINGTON, D.C. (06-28-13) – “Once again, HHS officials choose a sleepy Friday to release regulations that violate the Constitutional freedoms detailed in the First Amendment,” said Americans United for Life President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest, as final regulations were released today on the HHS Mandate. “Fighting for freedom of conscience is the liberty issue […]
U.S. Supreme Court Begins Historic Review of Chemical Abortion, Sparked by AUL Model Legislation
“This is a victory as the U.S. Supreme Court begins an historic first look at chemical abortions by ordering the Oklahoma Supreme Court to undergo further review of their analysis of the state’s law regulating such dangerous chemicals,” said Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President and CEO of Americans United for Life. Washington D.C. (06-27-13) — In […]
Dr. Charmaine Yoest Quoted on Fox News
Dr. Charmaine Yoest, president and CEO of AUL, was recently quoted on Fox News’ Happening Now about the dangers of giving Plan B to young girls.
Anna Franzonello on ABC News
Anna Franzonello, AUL’s staff counsel, was on ABC News to discuss the government complying with a judge’s order to allow girls of any age access to Plan B. Related: • Obama Administration Gives up Fight to Protect Girls from Sexual Predators with Plan B Policy, notes Americans United for Life • Obama administration drops fight […]
Obama Administration Gives up Fight to Protect Girls from Sexual Predators with Plan B Policy, notes Americans United for Life
“Irresponsibly removing the important opportunity for a healthcare provider to identify and intervene in cases of abuse,” noted AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest, “and giving a potentially life-ending drug to young girls without any understanding of the medical implications, unnecessarily exposes them to risk.” WASHINGTON, D.C. (06-11-13) – Americans United for Life President and CEO Dr. Charmaine […]
“Emergency Contraception”: What’s the big deal?
The media has been abuzz lately with conversations about “emergency contraception.” The FDA has approved over-the-counter access to Plan B for 15-year-old girls. The Obama Administration has decided to appeal a federal district judge’s decision demanding that Plan B be available to minors (without a downward limit). And of course, there are currently at least 59 cases challenging […]
Planned Parenthood’s latest “study” proves nothing about the “safety” of RU-486
Eight. That’s the number of women who have died from a severe bacterial infection following use of RU-486 (also known as Mifeprex). In all eight cases, the women were instructed to use the abortion drugs in a way that has not been approved by the FDA.[1] Zero. That’s the number of women who have died […]
Oklahoma Supreme Court Decision Places Women’s Health and Lives at Risk
The Oklahoma Supreme Court today 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 law […]
Planned Parenthood loses again: Sixth Circuit refuses once more to strike down Ohio’s regulation of RU-486
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals today denied Planned Parenthood’s request that the court revisit its prior decision in Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio v. DeWine, upholding Ohio’s regulation of RU-486. In October, the Sixth Circuit rejected Planned Parenthood’s challenge to a 2004 Ohio law which requires that abortion providers dispense RU-486 only in the manner […]
AUL filed amicus brief in Oklahoma Supreme Court supporting regulation of dangerous abortion-inducing drugs
Today AUL and 57 Oklahoma state legislators filed an amicus brief before the Oklahoma Supreme Court supporting the state’s regulation of abortion-inducing drugs. In 2011, the Oklahoma legislature enacted a measure regulating the provision of abortion-inducing drugs. The language is based on AUL’s “Abortion-Inducing Drugs Safety Act,” which requires that abortion providers administer the dangerous […]
Sixth Circuit Upholds RU-486 Law
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected Planned Parenthood’s challenge to a 2004 Ohio law regulating the abortion drug RU-486. In Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio v. DeWine, the court ruled that the Ohio law is not vague and does not impose an “undue burden” on women seeking abortions. Rather than “using as directed,” the […]
