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By Dave Andrusko “Shifting strategies for state abortion battles in 2014” is the headline on a story in POLITICO written by Natalie Villacorta. I think it would be worth our while to take a few minutes to look at her analysis, given that as we approach the 41st...
By Dave Andrusko Pro-abortionists habitually fluctuate between Chicken Little—the sky is falling—and crowing about how successful they were in staving off those crazy pro-lifers. The measuring stick is the numbers distributed by the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute...
By Dave Andrusko A friend passed along a story about abortion and parental notification that appeared in the “Daily Report” that, in many ways, has to be read, re-read, and re-re-read. And once you finish Alyson M. Palmer’s account of how a three-judge panel of the...
By Dave Andrusko Setting up a showdown with the state Senate, the Iowa House has set new limits on the use of state funds to pay for abortion and reprioritized the distribution of state and federal family planning funds. The 58-37 vote Wednesday was an amendments to...
By Dave Andrusko As we near the end of the week, I asked Mary Spaulding Balch, JD, director of National Right to Life's Department of State Legislation, for a quick progress report. Here's the latest. A bill in Mississippi is now on its way to pro-life Gov. Phil...
By Dave Andrusko Two bills of direct concern to pro-lifers in Wisconsin will receive a vote in the State Assembly next Tuesday, Wisconsin Right to Life Executive Director Barbara Lyons said on Thursday. March 13 is the last day of this legislative session. The State...
By Dave Andrusko Virtually all the attention over the past week has been lavished on the fight in Virginia over its ultrasound bill. (See “Lessons Learned from the Battle over Virginia’s Ultrasound Law.”) But as Mary Spaulding Balch, JD, director of NRL Department of...
By Dave Andrusko Chatting with NRLC Director of State Legislation Mary Spaulding Balch today, she reminded me of the power—and the irresistibility to reporters—of ultrasounds. Pro-lifers in Pennsylvania have just introduced House Bill 1077, the Women's Right-to Know...
By Dave Andrusko Over the course of the year NRL News Today will frequently update you on pro-life legislation as it works its way through the state legislatures. We talked today with Mary Spaulding Balch, JD, who directs NRLC’s Department of State Legislation. Her...
By Dave Andrusko After sloughing through a pile of obstacles, pro-lifers in Pennsylvania have taken an important step forward on two bills. The state House gave final approval yesterday (146-45) to a bill that would move Pennsylvania another step closer to joining ...