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During a Tuesday hearing, Biden administration Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra refused to give a direct answer to Sen. John Kennedy, R-LA, when the lawmaker repeatedly asked him if he supports full-term abortions.
By Lisa Bourne The leaders of the U.S. Congress’s pro-life caucuses are leading bicameral opposition to the Biden Administration’s proposed rule targeting pregnancy centers for denial of federal funding to help women facing unplanned pregnancy. In October...
By Dave Andrusko Once again, under the category of “elections do matter…” NRL News Today readers may recall that the University of Vermont Medical Center had forced a nurse to assist in an elective abortion over the nurse’s conscience-based objections. Today the...
“Promoting the dignity of human life from conception to natural death is one of the very top priorities of President Trump’s administration” By Dave Andrusko The Washington Post (predictably) headlined the move, “Trump administration imposes new restrictions on fetal...
“Today’s decision by HHS to no longer allow the use of fetal tissue in internal research reflects the goal of President Trump and his administration to promote respect for all human life," said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “As HHS continues to...
By Dave Andrusko Last Friday the Department of Health and Human Services issued a proposed rule that would amend Obama-era regulations related to Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). There are many components outside our purview. What matters to single-issue...
September 24, 2018 “After a recent review of a contract between Advanced Bioscience Resources, Inc. and the Food and Drug Administration to provide human fetal tissue to develop testing protocols, HHS was not sufficiently assured that the contract included the...
By Jennifer Popik, J.D Director of Federal Legislation This past Monday, August 6, 102 Members of Congress sent a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar requesting new regulations related to Obamacare and subsidies to plans that cover abortion....
By Jennifer Popik, J.D., Director of Federal Legislation Last week, National Right to Life and other pro-life advocates cheered the Trump Administration when it announced that a proposal to make pro-life changes to the Title X program was imminent. Tuesday, Health and...
By Dave Andrusko It took another marathon session but at 2:00 this morning the Senate finally confirmed Rep. Tom Price to be the new secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. The vote, strictly along party lines (with one exception), was 52-47. Rep....