National Right to Life

WASHINGTON — National Right to Life strongly criticized Minnesota Senators Amy Klobuchar (D) and Tina Smith (D) for voting against invoking cloture on the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act, blocking consideration of a commonsense bill that would have ensured pregnant and parenting students are informed of the rights, accommodations, and resources already available to them under […]

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WASHINGTON — National Right to Life expressed strong disappointment following Jon Ossoff’s (D-GA) vote against invoking cloture on the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act, a commonsense bill that would ensure pregnant and parenting students are informed of the rights, accommodations, and resources already available to them under federal law. The U.S. Senate failed to advance the […]

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WASHINGTON — National Right to Life today welcomed a series of significant pro-life actions taken by the Trump administration this week, culminating in powerful remarks delivered today by President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance to thousands of Americans gathered for the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. In a prerecorded message to […]

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WASHINGTON — A newly released national poll conducted by the Marist Poll and commissioned by the Knights of Columbus confirms that a strong majority of Americans continue to support meaningful limits on abortion and overwhelmingly favor pregnancy resource centers that provide assistance to women and their children. “These findings once again demonstrate that the American […]

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WASHINGTON — National Right to Life today praised comprehensive enforcement and policy actions announced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to protect health care provider conscience rights and affirm the dignity of human life, consistent with long-standing federal law and the Hyde Amendment. Among the actions announced, the HHS Office for Civil […]

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WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 6945, the Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act, by a vote of 215–209, advancing legislation that affirms states’ authority to support pregnancy centers that provide critical assistance to women, children, and families. “Today’s vote is a clear affirmation that states—not federal bureaucrats—should be […]

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WASHINGTON — National Right to Life strongly supports the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act (H.R. 6359), which the U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on this week. “The Pregnant Students’ Rights Act is a commonsense measure that ensures pregnant and parenting students are aware of the rights, accommodations, and resources already available to them,” […]

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WASHINGTON — Congress took a key step to protect pregnancy help organizations from ideological attacks, advancing legislation that affirms states’ authority to support pregnancy centers that provide critical assistance to women and families. The legislation was introduced on January 6, 2026, by Michelle Fischbach (R-MN), with Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Claudia Tenney (R-NY). “We applaud […]

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WASHINGTON — National Right to Life (NRLC) announced the introduction of the APPLE Act — the Abortion Pill Provider Liability and Education Act — a new model law designed to protect women by ensuring honesty, transparency, and accountability in the use of abortion pills. The APPLE Act responds to mounting evidence that women are not […]

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WASHINGTON — A U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing yesterday under the leadership of Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) exposed how the Biden administration’s expansion of mail-order chemical abortion drugs is endangering women and undermining state laws designed to protect life. “Yesterday’s hearing confirmed what we are seeing across the country: abortion […]

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WASHINGTON — National Right to Life (NRLC) is calling on members of Congress to stand firm in defense of the Hyde Amendment and to ensure that Hyde-like protections are included in all federal spending and health care legislation. These longstanding safeguards prevent taxpayer dollars from being used to pay for abortions and reflect the deeply […]

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WASHINGTON — National Right to Life strongly condemns a federal court decision dismissing a legal challenge to Delaware’s new Medical Aid in Dying law, clearing the way for physician-assisted suicide to take effect on January 1, 2026. “This ruling is deeply troubling for anyone concerned about the protection of vulnerable patients,” said Carol Tobias, president […]

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WASHINGTON — National Right to Life welcomes yesterday’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit that lifts a preliminary injunction issued in State of California et al. v. Department of Health and Human Services that sought to block a provision of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” which defunds major abortion providers. […]

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WASHINGTON — National Right to Life (NRL) applauds the Government of Puerto Rico and Governor Jenniffer González Colón for signing Senate Bill 504 into law, affirming that human life begins at conception and that unborn children are to be legally recognized as natural persons under Puerto Rico’s Civil Code. “National Right to Life celebrates this […]

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WASHINGTON — National Right to Life today condemned the actions of Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker for signing into law a bill that legalizes assisted suicide. This bill puts the lives of medically vulnerable Illinoisans at grave risk. “Assisted suicide is not health care, and it is not compassion,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right […]

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WASHINGTON — National Right to Life today commended U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and U.S. Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ), along with a broad coalition of pro-life senators and representatives, for issuing a bicameral letter calling on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to stop administering taxpayer-funded health care plans that include elective abortion coverage […]

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Warns Against Government Intrusion into Donor Privacy and Pro-Life Advocacy WASHINGTON — National Right to Life today commended the U.S. Supreme Court for taking up First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin, a case that strikes at the heart of Americans’ constitutional freedoms of speech and association. The case arises from an attempt by New Jersey […]

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WASHINGTON — National Right to Life today called on Members of Congress to firmly reject attempts by abortion advocacy groups to pressure lawmakers into abandoning efforts to protect taxpayer dollars from subsidizing elective abortion through Affordable Care Act (ACA) health plans. “For decades, federal policy has been clear: taxpayers should not be forced to fund […]

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WASHINGTON —The federal government has reopened following President Trump’s signing of a bipartisan spending package passed by Congress. The action ends the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Last night, the House of Representatives voted 222 to 209 to give final approval to the funding measure. The Senate began clearing the way on Monday, when […]

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WASHINGTON — In a move that underscores the growing disregard for the lives of the most vulnerable, the Illinois State Senate quietly passed legislation in the early hours of Friday morning to legalize assisted suicide. The measure, Senate Bill 1950, passed by the narrowest of margins—30 to 27, with two senators not voting—during a late-night […]

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