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WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of state right-to-life organizations, today responded to a second video by The Center for Medical Progress (CMP) dealing with arrangements between high-ranking associates of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and vendors (real and feigned) for baby body parts from unborn children killed […]

National Right to Life: Protect Unborn Children and Defund the Abortion Industry WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of state right-to-life organizations, today called on all pro-lifers, including pro-life public officials and pro-life candidates, to pledge to enact pro-life laws such as the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and the […]

National Right to Life comments on a top Planned Parenthood doctor-executive’s admission abortion methods may be manipulated to obtain baby body parts WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of state right-to-life organizations, issued the following statement in response to a release today, by a group called The Center for Medical […]

WASHINGTON – “Dismemberment abortion is the barbaric killing of an innocent human being,” said Mary Spaulding Balch, J.D., National Right to Life director of state legislation in reaction to a Kansas District Court injunction, which will allow dismemberment abortions to continue in the state. Shawnee County District Judge Larry Hendricks granted a temporary injunction against […]

WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee, the federation of 50 state right-to-life affiliates and more than 3,000 local chapters, today reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell. “Federal taxpayer subsidies are helping pay for over 1,000 health plans that cover abortion on demand, and today’s Supreme Court decision underscores […]

WASHINGTON – At a press conference this morning at which Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) announced the introduction of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act in the U.S. Senate, National Right to Life President Carol Tobias called on journalists, when writing about the bill and the unborn children at 20 weeks fetal age or older who […]

U.S. HOUSE PASSES LANDMARK BILL TO PROTECT PAIN-CAPABLE UNBORN CHILDREN AND LIVE-BORN ABORTION SURVIVORS WASHINGTON – With the support of a vast majority of House Republicans, and due to the pro-life dedication of the House Republican leadership, the U.S House of Representatives today passed landmark legislation, 242-184, to extend federal protections to unborn children who […]

WASHINGTON – The Republican leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives announced today that the House will consider, next week, legislation to extend legal protection to pain-capable unborn children nationwide. The legislation is H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The foundation of the bill is model legislation developed by National Right to Life […]

WASHINGTON – Late yesterday, pro-life Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin (R) signed into law the groundbreaking Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act. The bill passed the state House of Representatives, 84-2, in February, and the state Senate, 37-4, last week. The law, which will go into effect on November 1, will prohibit dismemberment abortions in […]

WASHINGTON – The Oklahoma state Senate today passed the Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act (HB 1721). In February, the bill was passed overwhelmingly in the state House of Representatives. It now goes to Gov. Mary Fallin, who is expected to sign the measure. If enacted, Oklahoma will become the second state in the […]