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The Speaker, the Slaughter Solution, and the Spin

Posted on 17 March 2010

We have a Bill…

Health care reform efforts are in full swing this week for the Democratic leadership in the House of Representatives. Taking her cue from the President, Speaker Pelosi is attempting to paint health care reform as a…

Next Steps to Fighting Abortion in Health Care Reform

Posted on 12 October 2009

With all the twists and turns in the health care debate, we keep hearing the question: what’s next? So I wanted to take a minute and sketch out for you what we know from our meetings…

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Freedom of Speech by Refusing to Hear “Choose Life Illinois” Appeal

Posted on 07 October 2009

The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal in Choose Life Illinois v. White, upholding a Seventh Circuit ruling that the Illinois system for approving specialty plates was not discriminatory.

The case was filed in 2004 after

Senate Votes Down Key Anti-Abortion Amendments

Posted on 01 October 2009

[Yesterday], in a vote of 10-13 in the Senate Finance Committee, the Hatch Amendment #C14 was defeated.  The amendment would have explicitly prohibited federal funding and coverage of abortions.  The Committee also voted down an amendment by Senator Hatch that

Leading Pro-Life Group Discouraged by White House Meeting on Abortion

Posted on 21 September 2009

[On Thursday] Americans United for Life Action’s President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest met with senior White House officials Melody Barnes and Tina Tchen.  Dr. Yoest called on the White House to clarify President Obama’s recent statement of support for

Let Americans United for Life Take Your Voice to the White House!

Posted on 16 September 2009

Dear Friend,

You may have heard that this past weekend, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week” that President Obama has explicitly ruled out abortion out of whatever health

Falsehoods about Abortion in Health Care

Posted on 28 August 2009

Let’s say you’re headed out to Target or Wal-Mart.  The kids are loaded in the minivan and you’re ready to go.  You put in $40 and your spouse puts in $40.  And at the end of the school year your…

Myths about Abortion in Health Care Reform

Posted on 17 August 2009

We’ve got inside information: [last week] a media-relations executive from the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, giving a talk here in Washington on Planned Parenthood’s health care reform strategy, made a comment that revealed the impact we’ve been making in…

Americans United for Life President to Testify at Sotomayor Senate Confirmation Hearing

Posted on 15 July 2009

Americans United for Life (AUL) announces that its President & CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest has been called to testify at the confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, which begin on Monday, July 13.

AUL President Charmaine Yoest…

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