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Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the House Appropriations bill, H.R. 2740, by a vote of 226-203. "Pro-abortion Democrats are using H.R. 2740 in an attempt to strike down popular pro-life policies," said National Right to Life President Carol...
Today, a jury awarded a judgment to Planned Parenthood in the “Baby Body Parts” trial of David Daleiden, his co-defendants and the organization he heads, The Center for Medical Progress. The jury awarded the verdict based on whether the defendants caused harm to the...
WASHINGTON -- The nation's largest pro-life organization today said an effort by congressional Democrats to revive the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment is an unconstitutional exercise in "political theater," driven in part by pressure from pro-abortion activist groups. The...
Today, Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) and Congressman Ron Estes (R-Kansas) introduced the Down Syndrome Discrimination by Abortion Prohibition Act. The bill would place a federal ban on the performance of abortions solely based on a pre-natal diagnosis of Down...
The following statement can be attributed to Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Committee, in response to immediate enforcement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of the Title X rule reinstated by the Trump Administration. The...
The “Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019” (H.R. 3) passed by the House of Representatives—on nearly a party-line vote of 230-192—would endanger patients by leading to a loss of anywhere between 100 to 400 new drugs in the U.S. over the next decade and reduce the average...
A new analysis of the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 (H.R. 3) by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) estimates that, if passed, the legislation could lead to a loss of as many as 100 new drugs in the U.S. over the next decade. “Congress should not set up price...
WASHINGTON--Today, The Guttmacher Institute (the former special affiliate of Planned Parenthood) released its survey regarding abortions in the United States. According to the report, the number of abortions in 2017 (the most recent year numbers are available) is the...
Yesterday, the nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), announced the ouster of its president and CEO, Leana Wen, M.D., after only eight months. While rumors abound, it is clear that Dr. Wen’s departure signals that the...
The following statement can be attributed to Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life: “With this final rule, the Trump Administration is enforcing rules that were implemented under the Obama Administration but never enforced. This rule will prevent taxpayer...