“The American Medical Association has been clear on this,” Shakely said. “Their Code of Medical Ethics opposes physician-assisted suicide. It says it’s ‘fundamentally incompatible with the physician’s role as healer.’ So this isn’t a medical issue, the root is suicide.”
Testimony on Vermont H.B. 57, the ‘Freedom of Choice’ Act
Testimony of Catherine Glenn Foster, M.A., J.D. On H.B. 57Submitted to the Senate Committee on Health and WelfareApril 12, 2019 Dear Chairwoman Lyons and Members of the Committee: My name is Catherine Glenn Foster, and I serve as President and CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), America’s original and most active organization advocating […]
Testimony on Montana S.B. 354, Regarding the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act
Testimony of Catherine Glenn Foster, M.A., J.D. On S.B. 354Submitted to the House Judiciary Committee April 11, 2019 Dear Chair Doane and Members of the Committee: My name is Catherine Glenn Foster, and I serve as President and CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL). Established in 1971, AUL is a national law and […]
Testimony on Maine H.B. 948, Regarding Physician-Prescribed Suicide
Written Testimony of Catherine Glenn Foster, M.A., J.D. On H.B. 948 Submitted to the Joint Committee on Health and Human Services April 9, 2019 Dear Chair Gratwick, Chair Hymanson, and Members of the Committee: My name is Catherine Glenn Foster and I serve as President and CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), the oldest […]
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on S. 160, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Testimony of Catherine Glenn Foster, M.A., J.D. Submitted to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee On S. 160“The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act” April 9, 2019 Hon. Lindsey O. Graham, ChairmanHon. Dianne Feinstein, Ranking MemberHonorable Members United States SenateCommittee on the Judiciary224 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510-6275 Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Feinstein, and Members of the Committee: I am deeply privileged to testify today […]
Testimony on Oregon S.B. 579, Relating to Legal Forms of Suicide
Written Testimony of Bobby Schindler, M.S. On S.B. 579Submitted to the Senate Judiciary CommitteeApril 5, 2019 Dear Chair and Members of the Committee: My name is Bobby Schindler, and I serve as President of the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network. I submit this testimony on behalf of that organization as well as Americans United […]
Maryland’s ‘End of Life Options Act,’ intended to permit suicide by physician, is defeated
Americans United for Life is grateful to Maryland leaders and advocates for life for the recent defeat of the so-called “End of Life Options Act,” a bill which would have permitted state-endorsed suicide by physician in Maryland, threatened the lives of vulnerable persons, and corroded the rights of conscience of medical providers. Unfortunately, the “End […]
Testimony on Rhode Island H.B. 5555, Regarding Physician Assisted Suicide
Testimony of Catherine Glenn Foster, M.A., J.D. On H.B. 5555 Submitted to the House Health, Education and Welfare Committee March 27, 2019 Dear Chair McNamara and Honorable Members of the Committee: My name is Catherine Glenn Foster, and I serve as President and CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), the oldest and most active […]
Americans United for Life applauds the enforcement of federal law prohibiting the use of taxpayer dollars to finance global abortion activists
Americans United for Life applauds today’s actions by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to protect vulnerable life. Secretary Pompeo announced that, regarding the Mexico City Policy, foreign assistance will no longer be given to NGOs that provide assistance to other groups in the global abortion industry. This change eliminates the potential for backdoor funding of abortion. Secretary […]
New Jersey set to permit suicide by physician
Despite the New Jersey legislature’s approval of suicide by physician, and the stated intention of Governor Phil Murphy to sign suicide by physician into New Jersey law, Americans United for Life underscores the good news that more states have acted to affirmatively protect their citizens from suicide by physician over the past 20 years than […]
Be the Bridge that Saves Lives
The historic Duke Ellington Bridge in Washington D.C., near the Americans United for Life offices, spans a picturesque stretch of the Rock Creek Parkway. Stately and tall, it’s been considered a landmark of neoclassical architecture since it was built in 1934. Unfortunately, in modern times it also gained a reputation as a “jumper’s bridge” – […]
Testimony on Montana H.B. 284, Affirming that Consent to Physician-Assisted Suicide is Not a Defense to a Charge of Homicide
Testimony of Bobby Schindler On H.B. 284Submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee March 20, 2019 Dear Chair Regier and Members of the Committee: My name is Bobby Schindler, and I serve as President of the Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Network. I submit this testimony on behalf of that organization as well as Americans United […]
AUL files brief on behalf of 77 Members of Congress, supporting Texas’s right to defund Planned Parenthood
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 19, 2019)—Today, Americans United for Life filed a “friend of the court” brief on behalf of a group of 77 Members of Congress in the en banc Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, supporting Texas’s decision to defund Planned Parenthood under its State Medicaid program. The case, Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas v. Phillips, arose after […]
Testimony on Florida H. 1335, Relating to Parental Consent to Obtain an Abortion
Testimony of Catherine Glenn Foster, Esq. On H. 1335 Submitted to the House Health Quality Subcommittee March 19, 2019 Dear Chair Burton and Members of the Committee: My name is Catherine Glenn Foster, and I serve as President and CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), America’s oldest and most active pro-life nonprofit advocacy organization. […]
Testimony on Connecticut H.B. 5898, Which Aims to Legalize Drug-Induced Suicide
Testimony of Steven H. Aden, Esq. On H.B. 5898 Submitted to the Joint Committee on Public Health March 18, 2019 Dear Co-Chairs Daugherty Abrams and Steinberg, and Members of the Committees: My name is Steven H. Aden, and I serve as Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel for Americans United for Life (AUL). Established in […]
Testimony on Vermont Prop. 5, Guaranteeing the Right to Abortion
Testimony of Catherine Glenn Foster, Esq. On Proposition 5 Submitted to the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare March 13, 2019 Dear Chair Lyons, Vice Chair Westman, and Members of the Committee: My name is Catherine Glenn Foster, and I serve as President and CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), America’s original and […]
