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ORLANDO - Thanks to the efforts of Sen. Kelli Stargel (R-Lakeland) and State Rep. Colleen Burton (R-Lakeland), Florida's most comprehensive legal protections for women and babies is now on its way to be signed into law by Governor Rick Scott. The bill makes permanent...
By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D. NRL Director of Education & Research In reading through the transcript of the oral arguments made before the Supreme Court in last Wednesday’s case of Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, there are several pivotal contentions...
By Dave Andrusko It is now the turn of supporters of the Texas law to be heard March 2 by the Supreme Court, to send ‘friend of the court’ briefs to the justices. As we reported Monday and Wednesday. NRLC has filed a brief which carefully laid out why the justices...
By Dave Andrusko On Tuesday U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett issued a preliminary injunction against an Ohio law requiring abortion clinics to have a transfer agreement with a nearby hospital in cases of emergency, allowing abortion clinics in Cincinnati and in...
By Dave Andrusko Last Friday the Ohio Department of Health denied a request for an exception (a “variance“) to an Ohio abortion law from Southwest Ohio's two abortion facilities, Planned Parenthood in Cincinnati and Women's Med Center of Dayton But on Monday, Federal...
By Dave Andrusko Last week, Florida Gov. Rick Scott ordered the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to investigate all 16 Planned Parenthood clinics that perform abortions. Referring to the undercover videos released by the Center for Medical Progress, Gov....
By Kathy Ostrowski, Legislative Director, Kansans for Life As reported here late last Friday, Planned Parenthood of Kansas & Mid Missouri dropped the last of a three-part legal challenge to informed consent provisions of the 2013 Pro-life Protections Act....
By Dave Andrusko Is anyone—anyone—surprised that abortion clinics outside of Missouri are already trolling for pregnant women? As NRL News Today readers recall, on September 10, the Missouri legislature overrode Governor Jay Nixon’s veto of two very important...
By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., NRL Director of Education & Research Abortion clinics are closing all across the U.S., and the number of abortions are down. A lot of the long-time abortionists are getting older and the industry is struggling to find...
By Dave Andrusko There was never any doubt where pro-abortion Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe stood on the General Assembly law passed a law in 2011 requiring that abortion clinics be treated like outpatient surgical centers. He was against...