WASHINGTON (December 19, 2009, 2:00 PM EST): The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of right-to-life organizations in all 50 states, strongly opposes the abortion language contained in the "manager's amendment" filed today by U.S. Senate...
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NRLC to Casey: Your “compromise” does not fix abortion problems
WASHINGTON (December 18, 2009) -- The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of right-to-life organizations in all 50 states, today sent a letter to Senator Robert Casey, Jr. (D-Pa.), expressing its strong opposition to language Casey proposed...
NRLC Urges Defeat of Health Care Bill After Senate Votes to Keep Abortion in Federal Programs
WASHINGTON (December 8, 2009) -- By a vote of a vote of 54 to 45, the U.S. Senate today tabled (killed) an amendment to remove elective abortion from the new federal programs that would be created by pending health care legislation. The following statement was issued...
NRLC to Obama and Reid: Bring on the Abortion Debate
National Right to Life to Obama and Reid: You wanted debate? Now you'll get debate – on government-funded abortion. WASHINGTON (November 21, 2009) -- The U.S. Senate tonight barely cleared an initial 60-vote procedural hurdle, setting the stage for a 2,074-page...
NRLC: Reid Abortion Language “Completely Unacceptable”
To view or download a november 20, 2009 letter from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to the Senate condemning the abortion language in the Reid bill, click here. National Right to Life Committee Rejects Reid Abortion Funding Language as "Completely...
NRLC Update: NRLC, media reports examine abortion issue as health care bill moves to Senate
It has been reported that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nv.) may attempt initial procedural steps to bring health care legislation to the Senate floor next week. In advance of the Senate's debate, we wanted to draw your attention to a number of recent items...
Media Update: The Stupak-Pitts Amendment
From the National Right to Life Committee Federal Legislation Department November 10, 2009 http://nrlc.org/// During the November 7 House floor debate on the Stupak-Pitts amendment, Rep. Nita Lowey (D-NY) said that the amendment "puts new restrictions on women's...
National Right to Life Responds to Obama Statement on Stupak-Pitts Amendment
WASHINGTON (7 PM EST) -- ABC News reports the following comments by President Obama today regarding the Stupak-Pitts Amendment that was added to the health care bill by the House of Representatives on November 7: "I laid out a very simple principle, which is this is a...
NRLC: House Rejects Pro-Abortion Smuggling Efforts
National Right to Life Says House Abortion Vote "Disrupts the Obama Administration's Pro-Abortion Smuggling Operation," But Further Battles Ahead WASHINGTON (November 7, 2009) -- The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of right-to-life...
NRLC Statement on Pelosi-Ellsworth Money-Laundering Scam
To view or download a memo from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops explaining the Ellsworth Amendment, click here. WASHINGTON (November 4, 2009, 7 PM EST) The House Democratic leadership today announced that it will propose a "Rule" on the health care bill, H.R....