Last Thursday, AUL explained what’s going on with Louisiana, abortion, and the Supreme Court, regarding abortion provider June Medical Services’ emergency request to put on hold Louisiana’s admitting privileges law. Without intervention by the Supreme Court, the law was set to go into effect today, Monday, February 4th. But late last Friday, February 1st, Justice Samuel Alito ordered an “administrative stay,” or a temporary hold, through Thursday, February […]
The leading cause of death in the world is 100 percent preventable
Ronnie Floyd reports that the leading cause of death in the world is 100 percent preventable: If I asked you what the leading cause of death in the world is, I imagine the first answer to pop into your mind would be a disease such as cancer. It wouldn’t be a bad guess — cancer […]
Iowa pursues constitutional amendment protecting life
Iowa legislators are working to ensure that Iowa protects life in a post-Roe environment, and Clarke Forsythe, Senior Counsel at Americans United for Life, weighs in: The amendment would expressly state that the Iowa Constitution “does not secure or protect a right to abortion.” Several … states have deployed the tactic of a constitutional amendment, […]
Sen. Ben Sasse calls on U.S. Senate to affirm human life post-birth
Sen. Ben Sasse spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate today to announce his expedited introduction of the “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act,” in response to recent comments of Virginia’s Gov. Ralph Northam in support of post-birth abortion. Sen. Ben Sasse stated bluntly earlier this week that the sort of laws advanced recently by […]
What’s going on with Louisiana, abortion, and the Supreme Court?
On Friday, January 25, 2019, a Louisiana abortion provider, June Medical Services, made an emergency request to the U.S. Supreme Court, asking that the Court put on hold a Louisiana law that is set to go into effect on February 4th, while the case, June Medical Services v. Gee, is appealed to the High Court. The Louisiana law at issue requires physicians who […]
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam advocates abortion for women in labor and optional post-birth care
“If a mother is in labor … the infant would be delivered. The infant would be kept comfortable. The infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and mother…”
