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In a decisive victory for women’s health and safety, the Virginia Board of Health voted overwhelmingly on September 14 to uphold commonsense abortion clinic regulations to protect women undergoing abortions. By a vote of 13-2, the Board voted in favor of permanent regulations that apply medical building code standards to all abortion facilities. This vote […]

From Salon: This, and in particular, Dolan’s prayer for protecting “those waiting to be born,” thrilled antiabortion activists. “This was a moment in history. So proud and inspired to witness #truthtopower,” tweeted Americans United for Life president Charmaine Yoest. The original tweet: This was a moment in history. So proud and inspired to witness. #truthtopower […]

From a blog post by William Saunders and Mary Harned at LifeNews: It is tragically evident that Mr. Stupak and Ms. Dahlkemper misplaced their trust. In spite of Ms. Dahlkemper’s hopeful statement from late last year, the President and his administration have not issued new or amended regulations to protect the conscience rights of all […]

From The Washington Post “We have repeatedly said that Obamacare is the largest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade, and that’s not hyperbole,” said Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life. “By integrating abortion into health-care reform, it was just a seismic kind of shift. That’s why we’ve really mobilized people to understand […]

UPDATE: Read more in a LifeNews blog post from Mary Harned and William Saunders of AUL. Writing at Breitbart.com, Tabitha Hale discusses a Democrats for Life event Tuesday Stupak responded, “I am perplexed and disappointed that, having negotiated the Executive Order with the President, not only does the HHS mandate violate the Executive Order but […]

From Christian Post: Clarke Forsythe, senior counsel at Americans United for Life, told The Christian Post that this study was important for it added to many other studies that had similar results. “I think this new study is important, not because it alone will shift the debate, but because it adds to a growing body […]

I believe in my heart that we are on the cusp of overturning Roe v. Wade. And while that will not end, throughout the United States, the human rights violation that abortion is, it is the essential first step in doing so. (Overturning Roe will return the issue to the people, through their elected representatives, […]

In the midst of the feeding frenzy over Todd Akin’s now-infamous rape remark, a number of pro-life groups, including Americans United for Life have fallen victim to a misunderstanding, at best. A 40-year-old collection of essays we funded prior to Roe v. Wade included an essay by Dr. Fred E. Mecklenburg that has been used […]

Deliberate attempts are being made this week by abortion advocates to equate Congressman Todd Akin’s recent use of the phrase “legitimate rape” with the inclusion of the legal term “forcible rape” in a draft of H.R. 3, the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.” This deliberate dissembling must be addressed.  Simply, abortion advocates are peddling […]

This post by Charmaine Yoest originally appeared at National Review Online. Lost in the controversy and political fallout over Representative Todd Akin’s comments about a rape exception to abortion is the fact that the most eloquent defenders of the value of every human life are people like my friends Ryan Bomberger and Rebecca Kiessling, both […]

A profile of Americans United for Life by Kate Sheppard appears in the September/October 2012 issue of Mother Jones. The article discusses AUL’s model legislation and Defending Life: Its team of lawyers has written dozens of model bills, which are collected in a playbook, Defending Life, and delivered to every state and federal legislator. All […]

Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President & CEO of Americans United for Life will appear live on Geraldo Rivera’s radio show this morning at 11:38 a.m. ET. If the show is not available in your area, click here to listen live.

Dr. Charmaine Yoest after being honored by the Missouri House of Representatives They said it couldn’t be done. Pro-abortion commentators were convinced that the sweeping pro-life achievements of 2011 could not continue because 2012 marked an off-year legislative session, leading up to an election. But through our state representatives and other significant relationships with state-based […]

AUL President & CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest will appear on Gov. Mike Huckabee’s radio show today around 2:18 p.m. ET. If you don’t have a local affiliate you can listen to the show live on http://www.ksfo.com or http://www.1050talk.com/.