By Dave Andrusko Tuesday is “D” Day for a radical abortion bill which is scheduled to be heard in the Rhode Island House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee. As per usual, when the initial version ran into a storm of protest, meaningless “revisions” were trotted...
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Pro-abortion R.I. Gov. lobbies for abortion on demand bill
By Dave Andrusko Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel A little over a week ago we reposted an Action Alert from Rhode Island Right to Life on impending legislative hearings on two “New York style abortion bills”-- H 5125 and H 5127. According...
A Legislative Update from Rhode Island Right to Life
A total of 2,381 bills were filed during the 2018 session of the Rhode Island General Assembly, 1366 in the House and 1015 in the Senate, all of which we have reviewed. Over a dozen of these bills related directly to life issues (i.e., abortion, euthanasia, and...
Action Alert from Rhode Island Right to Life
Click here to email your state Senator now. The Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing on Planned Parenthood's EXTREME abortion bill (2018 - S2163) for Thursday, May 31. The bill is scheduled for hearing only, and we do not anticipate movement...
Massive pro-life turnout in R.I. for hearing on radical abortion measure
By Rhode Island Right to Life Thank you to all of you who responded to our action alert and, especially, to the many who showed up yesterday at the State House. We easily outnumbered the Planned Parenthood crowd by 3 to 1, or even more. The hearings finally ended at...
Extreme abortion bill filed again in Rhode Island General Assembly – URGENT
Editor’s note. This Action Alert was distributed by Rhode Island Right to Life [www.rirtl.org]. The radical abortion caucus at the State House has again filed Planned Parenthood's signature abortion bill in both the Senate (2018 - S2163) and the House (2018 - H7340)....
Former State Rep. testifies against Rhode Island Assisted Suicide bill
Editor’s note. This is the testimony from Nancy Elliott, a former three-term state representative from New Hampshire and a member of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition- International team. Nancy was given two minutes to testify in Rhode Island. Assisted Suicide and...
“No” to physician assistants performing abortions in R.I.
Editor’s note. The following Action Alert comes from Rhode Island Right to Life, NRLC’s state affiliate. For over two decades, the abortion industry has been attempting to expand access to abortion -- and increase their profit margin -- by proposing laws empowering...
RI Governor Lincoln Chafee Vetoes “Choose life” license plate
By Dave Andrusko Rhode Islander Gov. Lincoln Chafee has vetoed a bill that allowed license plates to be produced that say “Choose Life.” Twenty nine states have such specialty plates which often feature a child’s image. Chaffee, a Democrat, cited “separation of church...
Rhode Island RTL Holds Third Annual Pro-Life Oratory Contest
By Nichole L. Nelson Saturday, May 7, in Providence, Rhode Island saw clouds, rain and even hail - but the sun was shining again before sunset. Everyone gathered inside the new CareNet-RI building for the Rhode Island Right to Life Dr. Mildred Jefferson Memorial High...