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A new analysis of the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019 (H.R. 3) by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) estimates that, if passed, the legislation could lead to a loss of as many as 100 new drugs in the U.S. over the next decade. “Congress should not set up price controls that will […]

In a letter sent late last week, National Right to Life (NRLC) and several other pro-life organizations urged President Trump to tell Congress that the Shaheen amendment is a poison pill and that Congress should remove this language before final passage of any appropriations package. The Shaheen amendment was included in the Senate’s State, Foreign […]

WASHINGTON –On Friday, a divided three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to block Ohio’s Down Syndrome Non-Discrimination Act from going into effect. If enacted, the legislation would prevent an abortionist from performing or attempting to perform an abortion based on a diagnosis of Down syndrome. “No child deserves to […]

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Supreme Court granted writs of certiorari in three abortion-related cases coming out of the state of Louisiana. The Court has consolidated the cases. The Court will hear arguments on Louisiana’s 2014 Unsafe Abortion Protection Act which requires that abortionists have admitting privileges to a hospital within 30 miles of an abortion clinic. […]

WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Representatives Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), and an additional 65 House Republican members called upon U.S. Attorney General William Barr and the U.S. Department of Justice to provide assistance to the Illinois and Indiana investigators looking into the discovery of 2,246 preserved fetal remains found on the Illinois property of deceased Indiana […]

WASHINGTON–Late yesterday, the Office of Population Affairs announced funding rewards of $33.6 million for fiscal year 2019 to 50 current Title X grantees to supplement their family planning services. These funds were made available when certain grantees, including Planned Parenthood, left the Title X program rather than comply with the Protect Life Rule issued earlier […]