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 […]
Ohio Court: Planned Parenthood Violated the Law
In a ruling that may be the first of its kind, a state trial court ruled on Tuesday that an Ohio Planned Parenthood clinic violated state law by not abiding by the state’s mandatory 24-hour reflection period before a woman can obtain an abortion. Adding to the drama of this case is the fact that […]
Planned Parenthood “encouraged” by abortion decrease? Not likely
Recently, the Associated Press reported that the number of abortions in Ohio continues to decline. In response, Tara Broderick, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Northeast Ohio, stated, “The trend is encouraging news,” and “We would like to think that we contribute to this.” It is hard to believe that Planned Parenthood—the largest abortion provider in […]
Alaska Voters Approve Parental Notification
Yesterday Alaska became the 37th state to require parental involvement before abortion. By a margin of 55% to 45%, voters approved Ballot Measure 2, an initiative sponsored by Alaskans for Parental Rights and requiring that abortionists notify a parent or guardian before performing an abortion on a minor. Earlier this year, Planned Parenthood filed a […]
Alaskans pass Parental Notification Law
YOEST ON APPROVAL OF ALASKA PARENTAL NOTIFICATION LAW 37th State to Enact Parental Involvement Measure Washington, DC – (8/25/10) – “The people of Alaska have made it clear that parents should have the fundamental right to be informed before their children make a life-changing decision to have an abortion,” said Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President and […]
Drastic Reduction of Abortions in Michigan Demonstrate the Importance of Incremental Protections
As life-affirming laws in Michigan increase, the abortion rates in Michigan continue to plummet. Michigan state health officials announced last week that the abortion rate in the state have dropped to a record low since record-keeping began in 1979. The current abortion rate shows a 50% drop since the peak in 1987, and a 3.7% […]
Battle for a Culture of Life Is in the States
In our introduction to Defending Life 2008, we argue that “[I]t is in the states where we are winning the battle to create a culture of life and to protect all human life from its earliest stages until its natural end. Each year, we are making progress incrementally – state by state and law by […]
Parental Involvement Laws for Abortion: Protecting Both Minors and Their Parents
The on-going court battle in Illinois over the state’s permanently-enjoined parental notification law has once again brought parental involvement laws to the forefront of the cultural and legal fight against abortion. Accompanying the increasing cultural acceptance of abortion is a proportionate increase in the necessity for parental involvement laws. The promotion of sex-with-no-consequences in America […]
NY Parental Rights Group Releases TV Commercial against the NY FOCA
New Yorkers for Parental Rights (NYPR) (http://www.nyfpr.com/) have been spearheading the efforts in opposition to ex-Governor Spitzer’s radical abortion bill, “The Reproductive Health and Privacy Protection Act” (RHAPP), also known as the NY “Freedom of Choice Act” (FOCA). The group has posted anti-RHAPP billboards on 14 major roadways around the State of NY, and released […]
Spitzer’s Dangerous and Radical Abortion Bill Would Give New York State the Most Extreme Pro-Abortion Policy in the Nation
Former Governor Eliot Spitzer has introduced an extreme abortion bill, the Reproductive Health and Privacy Protection Act (RHAPP), into the New York State Legislature. This bill will do anything but make abortions rare and safe in New York. On the contrary, the RHAPP will increase the number of abortions performed in New York and wipe […]
Will Spitzer’s Resignation Kill NY RHAPP Act?
As most people are now aware, New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was caught trafficking in prostitution across state lines. This morning’s news reports indicate that he will step down effective Monday. What does this mean for the Reproductive Health and Personal Privacy Act (RHAPP) – the radical pro-abortion bill currently pending before the New York […]
