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WASHINGTON – With a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court tonight granted an emergency request to stay a 2014 Louisiana law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The Louisiana Unsafe Abortion Protection Act (Act 620) was previously upheld by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which previously refused to […]

WASHINGTON – In tonight’s State of the Union address, President Trump drew the nation’s attention to the extremism of the pro-abortion agenda and the need to protect the nation’s unborn children and their mothers by passing legislation like the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection is based on model legislation developed […]

WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) today praised Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) for taking to the Senate floor to call for passage of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 130).  If enacted, the bill would extend federal legal protection to babies who are born alive during an abortion. “Pro-abortion Democrats who […]

WASHINGTON –The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) today released The State of Abortion in the United States, 2019. In addition to summarizing key legislative developments in the states and at the federal level, the sixth annual report also analyzes data on the annual number of abortions in the United States. The report also dissects […]

WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) praised today’s introduction in the U.S. House of Representatives of the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-chairman of the House Pro-Life Caucus. Since 2010, National Right to Life and its state affiliates have led the effort to protect pain-capable unborn […]

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today held a vote to advance the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (S. 109), but on a near party-line vote, a minority of pro-abortion Democrats blocked consideration of the bill. Forty-eight senators voted to take the bill up for debate, but 60 votes were required. “It is estimated that […]

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today held a vote to advance the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act (S. 109), but on a near party-line vote, a minority of pro-abortion Democrats blocked consideration of the bill. Forty-eight senators voted to take the bill up for debate, but 60 votes were required. “It is estimated that […]

WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) praised today’s introduction in the U.S. Senate of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (S. 160) by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) Since 2010, National Right to Life and its state affiliates have led the effort to protect pain-capable unborn children, starting with enactment of model legislation […]

WASHINGTON – In an effort led by Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), today 169 members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 49 members of the U.S. Senate sent the President letters urging him to veto bills that weaken existing pro-life policies, and indicating that they will vote to sustain such vetoes.  Those […]