WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee today commended Sens. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) for their leadership in introducing the Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act. This vital pro-life legislation would prohibit the performance of...
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U.S. House Members line up to sign discharge petition on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
WASHINGTON – Led by Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) members of the U.S. House of Representatives today lined up on the House floor to begin signing a discharge petition on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act to the House...
Rep. Mike Conaway introduces first-of-its-kind legislation in U.S. House
Abortion Pill Reversal protocol saves lives WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee praised Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) for his introduction late yesterday of the Second Chance at Life Act of 2019. This protective legislation, based on a model developed by...
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act deserves a vote on the House floor
National Right to Life thanks Minority Whip Steve Scalise and Rep. Ann Wagner for leading discharge petition effort to protect born-alive abortion survivors WASHINGTON – U.S. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.) today announced that a...
National Right to Life Praises Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, State Department for Ensuring Enforcement of Mexico City Policy
WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee today praised U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Trump Administration for pledging to enforce, to the broadest extent possible, regulations under the “Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance” program that...
House Democrats Trample First Amendment with vote on H.R. 1
Bill would restrict constitutionally protected speech and stifle citizen groups WASHINGTON – In an extraordinary display of contempt for the First Amendment, House Democrats today voted 234-193 to pass H.R. 1, the so-called “For the People Act of 2019.” The bill was...
Pro-Abortion Senate Democrats Block Bill to Protect Born-Alive Survivors of Abortion
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today voted 53-44 to advance the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 130) sponsored by Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), but pro-abortion Democrats, in a near-party-line-vote, blocked the bill from receiving the 60 votes necessary to...
Trump Administration Restores Title X Regulations to Separate Family Planning from Abortion
Change restores previous regulations prohibiting grantees from co-locating with abortion clinics or from referring clients for abortion WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today announced a final rule to restore Title X family planning...
Sen. McConnell schedules Senate vote on Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) today thanked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) for scheduling a Senate vote on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 311). A vote on the bill, which is being sponsored by Sen. Ben...
National Right to Life Responds to Supreme Court Action on Louisiana Abortion Law
WASHINGTON – With a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court tonight granted an emergency request to stay a 2014 Louisiana law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The Louisiana Unsafe Abortion Protection Act (Act 620) was previously...