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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...
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...
In a letter sent late last week, National Right to Life (NRLC) and several other pro-life organizations urged President Trump to tell Congress that the Shaheen amendment is a poison pill and that Congress should remove this language before final passage of any...
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...
WASHINGTON –On Friday, a divided three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to block Ohio's Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act from going into effect. If enacted, the legislation would prevent an abortionist from performing or attempting to...
WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted writs of certiorari in three abortion-related cases coming out of the state of Louisiana. The Court has consolidated the cases. The Court will hear arguments on Louisiana's 2014 Unsafe Abortion Protection Act which...
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representatives Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), and an additional 65 House Republican members called upon U.S. Attorney General William Barr and the U.S. Department of Justice to provide assistance to the Illinois and Indiana...