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WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee praised yesterday’s introduction by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) of legislation to exclude abortion providers, including the nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA),  from the Title X program. Jennifer Popik, J.D. National Right to Life director of federal legislation noted, “We applaud Senator Blackburn for […]

WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) praised today’s introduction in the U.S. House of Representatives of legislation to defund abortion providers, including the nation’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). The Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2019, was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) who […]

WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) commended President Donald Trump for his decision to nominate Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to fill the U.S. Supreme Court seat soon to be vacated by the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy. “All too often, democratically enacted […]

WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of 50 state affiliates and more than 3,000 local chapters, today applauded congressional repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). The repeal of the bureaucratic body created by Obamacare was included in the broader appropriations measure, which passed the U.S. House and U.S. […]

WASHINGTON – A majority of the U.S. Senate today voted to advance the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (S. 2311), but on a near party-line vote, a minority blocked consideration of the bill. Fifty-one senators (forty-eight Republicans and three Democrats) voted to take the bill up for debate, but 60 votes were required. This bill […]

WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of state right-to-life organizations, today applauded a vote by the U.S. House of Representatives to extend federal legal protection to babies who are born alive during abortion. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 4712) passed 241-183. All Republicans voted for final passage, but only six […]

The following statement may be attributed to Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life: It is not true that National Right to Life has blocked congressional consideration of the heartbeat bill. Nor is it true to say that National Right to Life lobbied congressional leadership against the heartbeat bill. National Right to Life does […]

WASHINGTON –The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of 50 state right-to-life affiliates and more than 3,000 local chapters, today released The State of Abortion in the United States, 2018. In addition to summarizing key legislative developments in the states and at the federal level, the fifth annual report also analyzes data on […]

National Right to Life Committee April 2, 2018 What appears below is a summary of the laws of the 38 states that recognize the unlawful killing of an unborn child as homicide in at least some circumstances. The federal Unborn Victims of Violence Act, enacted April 1, 2004, covers unborn victims of federal and military crimes. If you wish to […]