The following statement is from Steven H. Aden, Chief Legal Officer at Americans United for Life: “Americans United for Life is pleased that President Trump is keeping his promises to pro-life America. The Title X and abortion surcharge rules will no longer allow Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry to pilfer taxpayer dollars to subsidize […]
AUL Statement on Abortion Pills and Possible FDA Investigation
Below is an excerpt from CNN’s article “Abortion pills now available by mail in US — but FDA may be investigating” featuring AUL’s President and CEO Catherine Glenn Foster: Americans United for Life weighed in with an emailed list of talking points from Catherine Glenn Foster, the advocacy group’s president and CEO. Foster called Gomperts’ latest initiative […]
Statement on Permanent End to California Law that Forced Pro-Life Centers to Advertise for Abortion
Americans United for Life is pleased to see that a California district court judge permanently enjoined California’s AB775 for violating the First Amendment free speech rights of pro-life pregnancy centers. The law, which targeted pro-life pregnancy centers, would have forced both licensed pregnancy centers to advertise that California offers free or low-cost abortions and contraception, […]
Sandra Day O’Connor withdraws from public life
In light of former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s withdraw from public life, Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, reflects on her life and legacy: In her open letter this week to the American people, Sandra Day O’Connor, Retired Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, […]
AUL on Idaho Judge’s Refusal to Planned Parenthood Request
Americans United for Life is pleased that Idaho District Court Judge David C. Nye recognized that Idaho has a legitimate interest in collecting information related to abortion complications. As he explained yesterday in an opinion denying Planned Parenthood’s request to preliminary enjoin Idaho’s abortion complication reporting law, collecting this information “can directly be used to […]
Statement on Alabama Supreme Court’s Ruling on Protecting Preborn Children by Law
The following statement is from Clarke Forsythe, Senior Counsel at Americans United for Life: “Today the Alabama Supreme Court held that preborn children are protectable persons in the law under state law, continuing its construction of state criminal and tort law to include the protection of preborn children as persons. Justice Parker, in a specially […]
