WASHINGTON, D.C. (08-27-13) — AULA and Montana Family Foundation filed an amicus curiae brief this week in the First Judicial District Court supporting Montana’s parental consent and parental notice laws against a challenge by Planned Parenthood. “Children victimized by sexual predators or vulnerable to pressure from an abortion sales team need adult involvement when making […]
AUL Celebrates Victory in the 30-year Struggle to Protect Young Girls in Illinois
“Too often sexual predators try to cover their crimes by forcing their minor victims to obtain abortions,” said AUL’s General Counsel, Ovide Lamontagne. “Young women are entitled to adult counsel when considering either a chemical or a surgical abortion and all their implications.” WASHINGTON, D.C. (07-11-13) – Since the 1970s, Americans United for Life has […]
Alaska Parental Notice Law Upheld, Minors Finally Protected After 15-Year Battle
After 15 years of protracted legal wrangling, Alaska’s parental notice law has been upheld and Planned Parenthood has failed in its attempt to place its financial bottom line and radical political ideology over the health and welfare of minor girls and their families. In Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest v. State of Alaska, the […]
AUL supports parental notice law in brief to Illinois Supreme Court
This week AUL filed an amicus brief in the Illinois Supreme Court supporting a state law requiring parental notice before minors can obtain abortions. The Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act was enacted in 1995, but the ACLU has been using litigation to stall its enforcement. Considering almost 17 years have passed since the law’s […]
Majority of Americans support basic abortion restrictions, but conscience protections misunderstood
On Monday, Gallup published the results of a recent poll demonstrating that “[l]arge majorities of Americans favor the broad intent of several types of abortion restriction laws that are now common in many states, but have mixed or negative reactions to others.” On one level, the results affirmed what AUL has been saying for years: […]
Once again, Illinois courts refuse to protect minors from harms of abortion
On Friday, an Illinois appellate court remanded Hope Clinic for Women v. Adams—a case filed by the ACLU seeking to strike down Illinois’ parental notification law—to a lower court for trial. Enacted in 1995, the Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act (“Act”) has been plagued with litigation for 16 years. While the Act is clearly […]
