An excerpt from WorldNetDaily: Chairmaine Yoest, president and CEO of Americans United for Life, echoed Buchanan’s explanation. “The cognitive dissonance of having a hospital saving a life of a 24-week-old baby next door to a room where a 23-week-old baby is aborted is very real,” Yoest explained. “The pro-life movement is on the side of […]
AUL’s Franzonello in National Review Online on Texas Women’s Health Program and Planned Parenthood
Excerpts from a National Review Online piece by AUL’s Anna Franzonello Planned Parenthood’s stock talking point against every effort made to disentangle taxpayer dollars from its abortion business is that lawmakers are “playing politics” with “women’s health.” However, as the situation surrounding the new Texas Women’s Health Program underscores, Planned Parenthood subordinates concern for women’s […]
AUL’s Maxon in The Christian Lawyer
AUL’s Vice President of External Affairs Jeanneane Maxon authored an article in the current issue of The Christian Lawyer. The article is part of a series on “Seeking Justice in Hard Times” and the title is “Supporting Women Facing Unintended Pregnancies.” An excerpt: As persons trained in interpreting and influencing law, members of our profession […]
Victory for Commonsense in Texas as Abortion Providers Blocked from Receiving Taxpayer Dollars
Commonsense—the kind of commonsense that tells you that an abortion business benefits and grows when it receives taxpayer funding—scored a victory in Texas on Monday, when a state court refused to force Planned Parenthood’s participation in a taxpayer funded state healthcare program. Planned Parenthood affiliates in Texas had petitioned a Travis County (Austin) court to […]
Washington Times on 40th Anniversary of Roe and Pro-Life Legislation
Washington Times Pro-life forces have legislative momentum across the country heading into 2013, but pro-choice supporters also see plenty of opportunities to win in and out of the courts, as the nation’s political clash over abortion rights shows no signs of easing ahead of the 40th anniversary this month of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. […]
Thank You and Happy New Year
A message from Dr. Charmaine Yoest: Happy New Year! I want to start this New Year by thanking you! On behalf of the entire AUL team, I want you to know how grateful we are for your partnership in defending life in law. Over these past few weeks, I’ve been encouraged to see so many […]
Hobby Lobby denied injunction by Supreme Court in HHS mandate case
The Christian Post reported today: In one of the most closely watched issues involving religious freedom, the U.S. Supreme Court has denied Hobby Lobby’s request for an injunction, deciding instead to allow the legal battle in the lower courts to continue. David Green, CEO of the family-owned arts and crafts retailer, had appealed a lower […]
Merry Christmas from Americans United for Life
A Christmas message from Dr. Charmaine Yoest: As I celebrate Christmas together with my family this year, I remember the words of 19th century poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow whose song, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” begins, “I heard the bells on Christmas Day, Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the […]
Business Week on Judge Bork & AUL
Bloomberg BusinessWeek: In June 2010, Bork spoke on a conference call for reporters against the Supreme Court nomination of Elena Kagan. She was an activist, he said, with the “inflated dreams” of a young lawyer. She had no experience on the bench. She lacked a “mature” view of the law. Americans United for Life, an […]
AUL Celebrates Win in Colleges’ Legal Challenge to Obamacare’s Life-ending Drug Mandate
“The U.S. Court of Appeals recognized that violating people’s First Amendment Freedom of Conscience is wrong,” noted AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest, from last week’s oral arguments. WASHINGTON, D.C. (12-19-12) – AUL President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest called this week’s ruling in legal challenges filed by Belmont Abbey College and Wheaton College “a warning shot […]
AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest calls Judge Robert Bork “a great legal mind and substantive scholar who framed and challenged the issues of our day”
WASHINGTON, D.C. (12-19-12) – Americans United for Life President and CEO, Dr. Charmaine Yoest, said that the news of Judge Robert Bork’s passing “was met with great sorrow by the legal team of AUL. We greatly respect the significance of Judge Bork’s legal contribution, and we have benefited from his generosity of spirit.” Dr. Yoest made the […]
Americans United for Life Celebrates Win for Illinois Conscience Rights in Case AUL Championed Since 2005
“This decision has dramatic implications for all people of faith who object to being forced to throw aside their convictions to support an anti-life agenda,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest WASHINGTON, D.C. (12-11-12) – After seven years in court, the decision by the Illinois Attorney General not to file an appeal in Morr-Fitz vs. Quinn means […]
AUL and Illinois Pharmacists Strike a Blow for First Amendment Freedom of Conscience
Click here for AUL’s news release on this subject. A coercive mandate requiring Illinois pharmacists to choose between exercising their First Amendment freedoms and protecting their careers and their families’ livelihoods has been finally been defeated. In June 2005, AUL attorneys filed a legal challenge on behalf of Illinois pharmacists Luke Vander Bleek and Glenn […]
VIDEO: Maxon’s speech at media briefing
Last week, AUL’s Vice President of External Affairs and Corporate Counsel Jeanneane Maxon spoke at a prestigious media briefing on the impact of 40 years of extreme abortion policies on American culture.
Life News on the CRPD
William Saunders and Kelsey Hazzard wrote a piece at LifeNews.com om the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. An excerpt: With the news media dominated by grim coverage of the fiscal cliff, you may have missed some good news. Last week, the United States was faced with a cliff that it did not […]
Senate Takes AUL’s position on Treaty that would Promote Abortions Internationally
This week the U.S. Senate rejected the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a treaty that could have resulted in U.S. involvement in promoting abortion internationally and setting up a fallback abortion-guarantee for the day Roe v. Wade is reversed. During the various stages of debate, Americans United for Life argued against ratification […]
