National Right to Life News - January 2014 Issue

January 2014 Issue The print version of National Right to Life News is coming back as a monthly PDF publication. You will hear from us every time the NRL News is published with some of the top stories linking back to the original PDF file.

Supreme Court Inaction Does Not Deter Sen. Graham’s Efforts to Pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act in the Senate On January 13, the U.S. Supreme Court decided not to hear an appeal in the case of an Arizona abortion ban that was struck as unconstitutional by the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals last year. Pro-abortion advocates seized on the Court’s inaction, and the 9th Circuit’s decision regarding the Arizona law, to attack the proposed federal Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (S.1670), which has been introduced in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).  Read more...

Abortion Funding Ban Advances in the U.S. House NRLC-backed legislation to permanently prohibit subsidies for abortion in federally funded health programs is advancing in the U.S. House of Representatives. On Thursday, January 16, the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives approved the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, H.R. 7, after conducting a hearing the week before at which key testimony was presented on the need for the ban.  Read more...

Abortions top 56 million since Roe v. Wade Given the trends seen in recent national reports, National Right to Life now believes that there have been over 56 million abortions since 1973. Read more...

Roe v. Wade: Moribund at 41 As we mark the 41st anniversary of abortion on demand in America today, we shake our heads in sorrow. The enormity of the self-inflicted damage is staggering.  Read more...

41 Years after Roe: are you committed to making a difference? On January 22, 2014, and the weeks preceding and following that tragic date, the right to life movement will mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade with sadness at the loss of life but also with a sense of victory. We KNOW we have the truth and that we are gaining ground and growing closer to the day that we will be able to legally protect innocent human life.  Read more...

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