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As President Trump prepares to deliver his State of the Union Address before Congress Tuesday evening, the AUL Legal Team wanted to take the opportunity to update you on the “Pro-Life State of the Union.” The Pro-Life State of the Union is strong! In 2017, at least 19 states adopted more than 60 life-affirming measures, […]

The first month of 2018 is in the books, and it has already been an exciting month for the Americans United for Life team, as we move forward with our fight to protect mothers and babies! Here are some highlights: AUL Released Defending Life 2018 and the 2018 Life List Defending Life, which has been […]

Steven H. Aden, Americans United for Life’s Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel, recently spoke with a Roll Call reporter and expressed one of our biggest goals in the near future—namely, ensuring our lawmakers protect unborn children at the five-month mark and beyond. See the Roll Call excerpt below: The challenge in clearing anti-abortion legislation […]

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Americans United for Life Director of Legal Communications Deanna Wallace in a column in USA Today recounts why every year she participates in the March for Life, an annual event that gathers people from all backgrounds to urge our lawmakers to uphold the dignity of our littlest members: unborn children. Read more of Deanna’s personal […]

“Pregnancy Care Centers provide real care and hope for women who are facing unplanned pregnancies. These life-affirming centers should not be forced to promote the abortion industry’s agenda in order to help women,” said AUL’s Director of Legal Communications, Deanna Wallace. Washington, D.C. (01-05-18) — Today a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals […]

While many Americans were getting back into the swing of work, school, and daily life after the holiday break, abortion giant Planned Parenthood quietly released its 2016-2017 annual report. This latest report reveals that abortion continues to be a big business for the mega-provider, as taxpayer funding rises and non-abortion services continue their downward trend. […]

Last week was another bad week for abortion giant Planned Parenthood, as two major developments occurred in the ongoing investigations into their scheme to sell baby body parts. First, the Department of Justice opened a criminal investigation into Planned Parenthood’s “fetal tissue donation” program. The investigation was revealed after the Senate Judiciary Committee, which had […]

Last week I was able to travel to Hartford, Connecticut, in order to testify on behalf of AUL against a local ordinance attacking the local pregnancy care center, Hartford Women’s Center. You can read my full testimony here. This ordinance is yet another example of a recent effort by the abortion industry to silence those […]

Americans United for Life is pleased to introduce our new Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel, Steven H. Aden.

The fight to win treatment for the 11-month-old baby Charlie Gard continues. As I write this email, I’m packing to go back to London so I can stand with Charlie’s parents, Chris and Connie, at the court hearings on Monday and Tuesday. Despite the fact that a world-renowned physician experienced in treating rare mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome flew to […]

Today, as I’m sending you this message from London, Charlie Gard’s parents are back in court, fighting for the chance to take their son from a hospital that does not want to treat him, to doctors and hospitals who do so he can receive care. Great Ormond Street Hospital has blocked Charlie’s parents time and time again, […]

I’m writing to you from London, where I was invited by and am advocating on behalf of two courageous parents in the middle of a crisis that could happen to any of us. You’ve seen the heartbreaking headlines, I’m sure. British officials and hospital leadership at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London had refused to turn […]

Have you made plans for the Fourth of July? I know that I will be spending time with family as we celebrate America’s birthday. What an appropriate time it is to consider what kind of nation we labor to build, and what kind of people we choose to be! As nineteenth-century equality and civil rights […]

AUL President and CEO Catherine Glenn Foster appeared on EWTN Nightly News on May 31, 2017 to discuss what we learned about the nation’s number one abortion chain from their newly released annual report.

Americans United for Life Vice President of Legal Affairs Denise Burke has identified a frightening trend for pro-life advocates – the increasingly aggressive ways that abortion zealots attack the free speech rights of those who value life. Recently she wrote, “Abortion advocates around the world and particularly in the United States are increasingly abandoning their […]

As the media prepares their analysis of the First 100 days of President Donald Trump’s administration, we pro-life Americans have a lot to celebrate. Americans United for Life has been working in Washington D.C. around the clock as a Supreme Court Justice took his seat, as Planned Parenthood suffered an historic setback and as international […]

When Texas adopted health and safety standards designed to protect women from dangerous and substandard conditions and practices in the state’s abortion clinics, the abortion industry immediately challenged the law and took its case all the way to the Supreme Court, deceitfully arguing that abortion is safe and that the profit-driven abortion industry could be […]

Congratulations to Justice Gorsuch, who was sworn in as the 113th Supreme Court justice. Thanks to everyone who helped him take his place on the Court. We Need Your Help AUL has been a part of every abortion-related case before the Supreme Court, including Roe v. Wade. DONATE NOW to help us continue to protect […]

Following the contentious events leading to the 54-45 vote in the U.S. Senate to confirm Justice Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, AUL Acting President Clarke Forsythe commended the Senate Republican leadership “for changing the Senate rules to confirm a judge who is committed to preserving self-government through the rule of law. Judge Neil […]

[osd_social_media_sharing] Op-Eds   [three_columns] [column1] Abortion Industry: Don’t Tell Women They Can Reverse Chemical Abortions [separator_small color=” thickness=” up=” down=”] Mailee Smith explains why women deserve to have accurate information so they can make good healthcare decisions. [button size=’tiny’ color=” background_color=” font_size=” line_height=” font_style=” font_weight=” text=’Read more at The Federalist’ link=’http://thefederalist.com/2015/04/23/industry-dont-tell-women-they-can-reverse-chemical-abortions/’ target=”] [/column1] [column2] Arizona […]

Established as the first national pro-life legal organization in the country, Americans United for Life (AUL) was founded two years before Roe v. Wade was decided, anticipating fomenting legal threats to life and organizing to confront them. Learn more about how we work to protect life. To continue our life-saving work, AUL relies exclusively upon […]