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 […]
