No medical professional should ever be coerced or bullied to participate in an abortion, or have his or her job threatened for not participating in an abortion. And when it does happen, these health care providers need legal protections and remedies like those found...
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NRLC Urges Congress to support Conscience Protection Act FY18 Appropriations Bill
Dear Member of Congress: The National Right to Life Committee, the federation of state right-to-life organizations, strongly urges your support for the Conscience Protection Act (H.R. 644). Congress must pass a government-wide FY18 appropriations bill by March 23,...
Nurses Testify on Being Forced to Do Abortions: ‘I Still Have Nightmares’
By Katie Yoder While many in the liberal media herald abortion as “women’s rights,” they censor how abortion endangers women’s rights in the medical profession -- women who are forced to either help perform abortion or risk losing their jobs. On Wednesday, pro-life...
Press Conference Highlights the Need for the Conscience Protection Act to Become Law now
By Mary Rodrigues Legislative Assistant, Department of Federal Legislation In the chill of an early November morning, three nurses gathered again at the foot of the capitol to share their chilling stories of having their employers require them to participate in...
UPDATED: Smith to Host Press Conference on Conscience Protection Act
WASHINGTON, DC—Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) will host a press conference tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. on the Conscience Protection Act of 2017, which would uphold the conscience rights of health care providers, religious charities, and churches who are being forced to...
In sharp rebuke to Obama Administration, U.S. House votes to protect health care providers from state-mandated abortion
By Dave Andrusko Last night, National Right to Life “commended Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives for winning passage of a bill to protect health care providers from the growing threat of state-government attempts to coerce participation in...
U.S. House votes to protect health care providers from state-mandated abortion
Rebuke to Obama Administration refusal to protect rights WASHINGTON (July 13, 2016) – The president of National Right to Life today commended Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives for winning passage of a bill to protect health care providers from...
26 Organizations Urge Passage of Conscience Protection Act of 2016 in Joint Letter to Congress
Editor’s note. National Right to Life is a signatory to the letter asking the House of Representatives to pass H.R. 4828. [For more about the bill, click here.] WASHINGTON—Today the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) joined with twenty-five other...