Americans United for Life provided testimony on June 15 before the Virginia State Board of Health in support of groundbreaking clinic regulations to protect the health and safety of women undergoing first trimester abortions in clinics across the state. In 2011, Virginia adopted temporary abortion clinic regulations for any facilities in which five or more […]
AUL Legal Team: Initial Analysis of Supreme Court Ruling in Healthcare
Today, the United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In an opinion authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Court held that the “individual mandate”—the provision that requires nearly all Americans to purchase insurance or pay a penalty—is permissible under Congress’ tax power. Further, the Court held that the ACA’s dramatic expansion […]
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Court Ratifies Landmark Anti-Life Healthcare Law
“Today’s Supreme Court decision ratified a landmark anti-life law, which unfairly forces Americans to pay for abortions – Congress must now take action,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest Washington, D.C. (6-28-12) – Americans United for Life President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest said that in their decision on HHS v. Florida, the Supreme Court “failed […]
Fourth Circuit: Pregnancy Care Centers should be “afforded the highest levels of First Amendment protection”
Today the Fourth Circuit handed two victories to pregnancy care centers (PCCs) in Maryland, striking draconian ordinances aimed at coercing PCCs into leading women toward abortion. These cases, Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore and Centro Tepeyac v. Montgomery County, were argued by AUL ally and advisor Mark […]
AUL’s Denise Burke in The Washington Times on Casey & the Obamacare Ruling
Denise Burke in The Washington Times: The deadline for the Supreme Court’s decision on Obamacare has nearly arrived. As the nation contemplates the impact of this historic case, the court’s ruling upholding Pennsylvania’s informed-consent and parental-consent requirements in the abortion case Planned Parenthood v. Casey reaches its 20th anniversary. The rhetoric swirling around Planned Parenthood […]
Be a Witness to History This Thursday!
You can be a witness to history this Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court issues its decision on Obamacare. We are asking you to join us at the Supreme Court building in Washington to make sure that the court, the media, and everyone else knows that you oppose taxpayer-funded abortion. As you witness this historic […]
AUL cited in Roll Call on Casey at 20
Dr. Michael New, in an opinion piece first appearing at Roll Call, and then run by LifeNews.com, cites AUL statistics: Americans United for Life reports that since 1992, the number of states with parental involvement laws has increased from 20 to 38. The number of states with informed consent laws has increased from 18 to […]
Denise Burke quoted by Washington Free Beacon on state abortion regulations
The Washington Free Beacon Planned Parenthood is mounting a campaign to combat state laws in Tennessee, Michigan, and Pennsylvania designed to protect the health of women. At issue are controversial laws requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at local hospitals, which require providers to meet certain medical and professional standards. Denise Burke, Vice President […]
Deadline Looms in Oregon
Forced by a court order, Oregon taxpayers have paid for abortions for women receiving public assistance since 1984.[i] Millions of dollars have been lost to abortion. Since the court’s interference, Oregon has struggled to enact meaningful limitations on abortions, including funding restrictions supported by most taxpayers. One-third of all abortions in Oregon are paid for by taxpayers, according to […]
National Pro-life Women Leaders Ask Rep. Hayworth Why She Voted Against a Bill Protecting Unborn Girls from Discrimination
“There is nothing pro-woman about killing a baby girl because she is female, and putting her mother’s health and safety at risk in the process,” said Dr. Yoest. WASHINGTON, D.C. (6/22/12) – Today three national pro-life women leaders joined together asking Rep. Nan Hayworth (NY-19) why she voted against the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), a […]
Anything but the Facts: How the abortion lobby defends so-called “emergency contraception.”
Amanda Marcotte’s latest diatribe against the pro-life movement for its concerns about so-called “emergency contraception” is an extraordinary piece of fiction. An attempt to deny any life-ending capacity of these drugs and devices, Ms. Marcotte’s article is an exercise in all the things she charges her opponents with: ignoring science, making unjustifiable emotional appeals, and […]
AUL files brief to head off new “state obligation” to assist suicide
In an effort to head off a new “right” to state-assistance in suicide, Americans United for Life (“AUL”) filed a brief with the European Court of Human Rights (“ECHR”) in a case concerning a Swiss woman’s efforts to end her life. Earlier this year, the ECHR granted AUL’s motion to intervene, and AUL’s brief was filed a few […]
AUL Files Extensive Comment with HHS in Defense of Life and Freedom of Conscience
Today, Americans United for Life filed an extensive comment with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding the agency’s abuse of the “preventive services” provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to create a life-ending drugs coverage mandate and the failure of the Obama Administration’s supposed “accommodation” to protect freedom of conscience. When […]
AUL Premieres Legal Tool to Defend Life Internationally at World Congress of Families in Madrid, Spain
Before an international audience, Americans United for Life recently premiered an international study modeled on Defending Life, AUL’s guidebook to pro-life legislation and policy. AUL Senior Counsel William Saunders and attorney Evangeline Jones presented “Defending the Human Right to Life in Latin America” at the World Congress of Families in Madrid, Spain. The World Congress has been holding meetings throughout […]
