Archive for November, 2008
We Are Now Accepting Applications for Our 2009 Spring Externship and 2009 Summer Fellowship Programs
Friday, November 14th, 2008Americans United for Life offers two prestigious student programs- a Spring/Fall Externship and a Summer Fellowship. Qualifications for both include a demonstrated commitment to life issues and proven academic excellence.
AUL’s 2009 Fellowship Program is designed to provide a prestigious summer fellowship for first and second year law students and consists of a paid, six to eight [...]
2008 State Ballot Initiatives: Pro-Life Losses Demonstrate the Importance of Incremental Legislation
Thursday, November 13th, 2008On November 4, 2008, the pro-life movement suffered losses on five state ballot initiatives. Yet there is much we can learn from the three pro-life ballot initiatives defeated (in California, Colorado, and South Dakota) and the two anti-life ballot initiatives passed (in Michigan and Washington).
Specifically, these losses demonstrate that legislative efforts at the state level [...]
Review of the 110th Congress: Pro-Life Advances and Attacks, and Where We’re Going from Here
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008During the 110th Congress, at least 97 bills and resolutions were considered in the areas of abortion, contraception, stem-cell research and cloning, artificial reproductive technologies, genetic counseling, healthcare rights of conscience, and the end-of-life.
Read the full article at AUL.org/110Review
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Washington State Physicians Refuse to Perform Physician-Assisted Suicide
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Washington State voters approved I-1000 on November 4, 2008, making Washington the second state in the nation to legalize physician-assisted suicide (PAS). However, hospitals and healthcare providers in Washington are coming forward in opposition to PAS, refusing to assist in patient suicides despite the fact that the practice is now legal in the state.
The Washington [...]
Activists overload FightFOCA.com servers
Monday, November 10th, 2008The number of people signing up to oppose FOCA at FightFOCA.com has skyrocketed overloading the servers and causing delays for people visiting the site.
As of Friday afternoon, 11,000 people had signed up. This morning, that number had climbed to over 35,000 and was continuing to climb at a rate of 2 per second.
If you haven’t [...]
Seventh Circuit Denies “Choose Life” License Plates despite Recent U.S. Supreme Court Action Allowing the Plates in Arizona
Monday, November 10th, 2008On Friday, November 7, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision in Choose Life Illinois v. White holding that the state of Illinois acted unconstitutionally when it denied Choose Life Illinois’ petition for a “Choose Life” license plate. This decision comes just weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed to stand [...]
Replay: AUL Experts Post-election Conference Call
Friday, November 7th, 2008Did you miss the November 5 conference call with AUL experts analyzing the results from the election? Now you can listen to a recording of that call by following this link:
Full Conference Call
OR
Conference Call Part 1 (AUL Presentation)
Conference Call Part 2 (Q&A)
On the call are:
President & CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest on the Presidential race;
Senior Counsel [...]
Overwhelming response to FightFOCA.com
Thursday, November 6th, 2008In light of the win Tuesday by Barack Obama and increasing numbers of pro-abortion politicians who will be populating Congress, the public is starting to wake up to the radical agenda promoted by Planned Parenthood in this election.
Barack Obama promised the Planned Parenthood Action Fund that the first thing he would do as President was [...]
Election 2008 Summary
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Here’s the summary of the changes in Congress and in the Governor offices, Attorney General offices, and state legislatures.
US House
Currently there are 185 pro-life members and 32 nominal pro-life members - 217 total. Nancy Pelosi has so far picked up 18 seats (254) and 8 are still being contested. Currently, Planned Parenthood is claiming 17 [...]
Americans United for Life Assesses State Ballot Initiative Outcomes, Predicts Regrouping and Strong Comeback in Next Election Cycle for Life Issues
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008Americans United for Life (AUL) today released analysis of the results of yesterday’s life-related ballot initiatives. The election saw pro-life ballot initiatives on abortion defeated in California, Colorado, and South Dakota while initiatives legalizing physician-assisted suicide in Washington state and destructive embryonic stem cell research in Michigan were approved.
Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President & CEO [...]
Americans United for Life Responds to the Presidential Election: We Will Continue to Work to Advance a Culture of Life
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008In response to the election of Senator Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States, Dr. Charmaine Yoest, Americans United for Life President & CEO offered congratulations to the President-elect and issued the following statement:
“Over the course of this historic campaign, President-elect Obama and his surrogates argued for a ‘common ground’ on abortion [...]
What to watch for in tonight’s election returns
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008This is a huge election for the pro-life movement at both the federal and state level. As you’re watching the returns, let us provide you a little background so you have some idea of what you’re watching (other than the Presidential race, of course).
US Senate:
There are 35 races this year - 33 regular races [...]
REMINDER: Join AUL Experts for Post-Election Analysis Conference Call
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008With today’s election, the pro-life movement is at a critical crossroads. We need every pro-life American to vote today!
But after we’ve voted and the dust settles, what will we do next? Please join me and our AUL experts for a post-election conference call (toll free) on Wednesday, November 5 at 3pm ET (2pm [...]
AUL in The Washington Times
Monday, November 3rd, 2008My op-ed on Washington State’s Initiative 1000 appears on page B5 of yesterday’s (Sunday’s) Washington Times.
The article discusses the dangers of WA I-1000. The measure would legalize physician-assisted suicide and create financial incentives for healthcare insurance companies to deny coverage for life-saving medications and push patients to commit suicide. It would also require physicians to [...]
