Americans United for Life applauds today’s actions by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to protect vulnerable life. Secretary Pompeo announced that, regarding the Mexico City Policy, foreign assistance will no longer be given to NGOs that provide assistance to other groups in the global abortion industry. This change eliminates the potential for backdoor funding of abortion. Secretary […]
New Jersey set to permit suicide by physician
Despite the New Jersey legislature’s approval of suicide by physician, and the stated intention of Governor Phil Murphy to sign suicide by physician into New Jersey law, Americans United for Life underscores the good news that more states have acted to affirmatively protect their citizens from suicide by physician over the past 20 years than […]
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 […]
‘I am standing up for all women’
Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, shared the following reflections to mark International Women’s Day: As I celebrate International Women’s Day, I am standing up for all women. For our right to exist, for our right to be free from harm, for our right to participate in society just as […]
AUL files U.S. Supreme Court brief supporting Indiana’s ultrasound viewing option
Americans United for Life filed a Supreme Court brief today on behalf of medical and pregnancy center groups, supporting Indiana’s ultrasound viewing option during the informed consent process for women considering abortion. The case, Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, involves an Indiana law requiring that, at the same time that a woman […]
HHS rule prohibits Title X funding of abortion
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a final rule requiring that Title X funds may not be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning. Title X explicitly states that no Title X funds “shall be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning.” […]
Pro-Choice Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Late-Term Abortion, Now Permitted in New York
National Survey: “Pro-Choice” Americans Overwhelmingly Oppose Late-Term Abortion, Now Permitted in New York Two in three self-identified “pro-choice” Americans oppose abortion in the third trimester, abortion the day before a child is born, and removing medical care for a viable child Today, YouGov, in partnership with Americans United for Life (AUL), released findings from a national survey of 1,145 American […]
Supreme Court agrees 5-4 to keep Louisiana’s law on hold
Late Thursday night, February 7th, just hours before Louisiana’s admitting privileges law would go into effect, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed 5-4 to grant June Medical Service’s emergency request to put the law on hold while the case is appealed. This decision comes after Justice Samuel Alito temporarily put Louisiana’s admitting privileges law on hold through Thursday so that all the justices could have more time to review the abortion provider’s request. No rationale […]
Justice Alito temporarily puts Louisiana’s admitting privileges law on hold
Last Thursday, AUL explained what’s going on with Louisiana, abortion, and the Supreme Court, regarding abortion provider June Medical Services’ emergency request to put on hold Louisiana’s admitting privileges law. Without intervention by the Supreme Court, the law was set to go into effect today, Monday, February 4th. But late last Friday, February 1st, Justice Samuel Alito ordered an “administrative stay,” or a temporary hold, through Thursday, February […]
Testimony on New Mexico H.B. 51, involving conscience rights of health care providers
On February 1, 2019, Americans United for Life provided written testimony to allies in New Mexico to distribute to legislators, explaining that New Mexico’s H.B. 51 removes vital protections for the conscience rights of health care providers and that, contrary to claims made by the ACLU and other organizations, the remaining state and federal laws […]
Americans United for Life Champions Life Affirming Law and Policy with ‘Defending Life’ and ‘Life List’
Today, just over a week before the March for Life, Americans United for Life (AUL), America’s first and largest pro-life legal organization, released the 14th-annual edition of its flagship publication, Defending Life, known as “America’s Playbook for Life.” The guide shows that 2018 was another year of vigorous and successful policy engagement with landmark victories […]
Comment supporting proposed HHS rule increasing transparency and accountability of insurance funds used for abortion
Today, Americans United for Life submitted a Comment in support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed rule clarifying that insurance funds used to pay for abortions under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) must be kept separate from other funds. Consistent with the Hyde Amendment, the PPACA restricts the […]
Planned Parenthood facing claims of bias and discrimination against mothers and women planning parenthood
Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life, reflects on reporting from Natalie Kitroeff and Jessica Silver-Greenberg of The New York Times on allegations of workplace discrimination facing Planned Parenthood: “Planned Parenthood’s apparent history of discrimination against women and mothers, as told by Natalie Kitroeff and Jessica Silver-Greenberg of The New York […]
Oklahoma State District Court Judge recognizes the value of a 72-hour abortion reflection period
Americans United for Life is pleased that Oklahoma State District Court Judge Patricia Parrish recognized the value of a 72-hour abortion reflection period. In an order issued yesterday, she found that the law “furthers a valid and legitimate state interest in protecting the patient and . . . does not unduly burden or place a substantial […]
Supreme Court declines opportunity to determine whether states can defund abortion businesses from Medicaid
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 10, 2018) – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined the opportunity to determine whether states are required to fund abortion businesses under the Medicaid Act. Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Neil Gorsuch dissented and would have agreed to hear the cases because they present a question that “is important and […]
William Barr, Attorney General Nominee, a Strong Supporter of Life
The following statement is from Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life: “Americans United for Life applauds President Trump’s nomination of the Hon. William Barr to serve the country once again as U.S. Attorney General, as Mr. Barr did previously in the administration of George H.W. Bush. Mr. Barr is a […]
