http://blog.aul.org Changing Law to Protect Human Life, State by State Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:15:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The video below is a news story from Friday night (2/5/10) aired on Special Report on Fox News Channel. Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President and CEO of AUL, is interviewed in the story, which was on the military requiring health care facilities to stock the morning-after pill. More information on this ... http://blog.aul.org/2010/02/08/video-dr-yoest-on-fox-news-about-the-military-and-the-morning-after-pill/ [Editor's Note: Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President of AUL, will be on Special Report with Bret Baier tonight (2/5/10) to discuss this topic. Click here for the live video. Dr. Yoest will likely be on from 6:15 to 6:20.] Pro-Abortion Forces Declare War Abortion Supporters Push Radical Agenda at Expense of U.S. Military Not ... http://blog.aul.org/2010/02/05/abortion-supporters-push-radical-agenda-at-expense-of-u-s-military/ Statement of Americans United for Life President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest on new Senator Scott Brown: "Americans United for Life would like to congratulate Senator Scott Brown on his swearing-in today and welcome him to Washington. Although the Senator's support for Roe v. Wade has been widely reported, Senator ... http://blog.aul.org/2010/02/04/statement-of-aul-president-dr-charmaine-yoest-on-new-senator-scott-brown/ FEBRUARY 4, 2010 AMERICANS UNITED FOR LIFE DEFENDS ARIZONA’S INFORMED CONSENT LAW AUL Files Brief in 9th Circuit Affirming State’s Interest in Protecting Women WASHINGTON, DC – Attorneys with Americans United for Life filed a brief in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that Arizona’s 2009 informed consent law is ... http://blog.aul.org/2010/02/04/americans-united-for-life-defends-arizonas-informed-consent-law/ Meghan Duke blogs at On the Square about her experience Saturday at the National Gallery of Art in Washington: After searching my bag, the two guards at the Gallery told me, “You’re good to go in, but first you need to remove that pro-life pin.” He was indicating the small lime ... http://blog.aul.org/2010/01/27/guards-ban-pro-life-pin-from-national-gallery-of-art/ AUL Action has a special site covering today's March for Life at VirtualMarchforLife.com. We will have updates there throughout the day. While there, you can watch a live webcast courtesy of EWTN. You can also see Twitter and text message (SMS) updates. To have your updates show up, use the Twitter ... http://blog.aul.org/2010/01/22/live-coverage-of-todays-march-for-life/ Hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to attend tomorrow’s National March for Life, which takes place annually on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision. Americans United for Life Action, in an effort to bolster the real March for Life, launched the first-ever Virtual March for Life ... http://blog.aul.org/2010/01/21/governors-sarah-palin-mike-huckabee-rick-perry-and-sen-john-mccain-join-the-virtual-march-for-life/ If you haven't yet joined, surf on over to www.VirtualMarchForLife.com and set up your avatar right now.  Then tweet, post on Facebook, and email your friends for the largest pro-life online event ever! For more information, check our legislative arm AUL Action's blog by clicking here. http://blog.aul.org/2010/01/15/join-the-virtual-march-for-life/ And maybe closer than you think In a stunning reversal of fortunes, Senator Ben Nelson's popularity is in a nosedive at home in Nebraska after he threw away his pro-life credentials for a few Medicaid dollars. After standing firm for weeks insisting that there be no expansion of abortion through the government ... http://blog.aul.org/2010/01/06/memo-to-congress-the-public-is-watching-your-health-care-vote/ In today’s Washington Times, Americans United for Life President & CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest penned an op-ed with other pro-life leaders Marjorie Dannenfelser of Susan B. Anthony List, Kristan Hawkins of Students for Life and David Bereit of 40 Days for Life outlining the abortion lobby’s stealth push to win ... http://blog.aul.org/2010/01/06/new-op-ed-pro-life-leaders-expose-road-to-government-funded-abortions/ “Americans don’t want taxpayer funding for abortions and are opposed to a first-ever, mandatory abortion tax. Knowing this, the bill’s proponents have rushed it through the Senate at a time when Americans are focused on celebrating Christmas with their families.” - Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President of Americans United for Life For more ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/24/dr-yoest-on-speaks-out-on-passage-of-senate-health-care-bill/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 22, 2009 Washington, D.C. – Today, Americans United for Life (AUL) filed an amicus brief in the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, detailing the links between abortion and the increased risk of depression and suicide.  The brief seeks to overturn a lower court’s decision that abortion providers in ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/22/aul-files-brief-detailing-abortion%e2%80%99s-suicide-risk/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 21, 2009 Washington, D.C. – Today, Americans United for Life (AUL) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to hear a challenge to, and ultimately strike down, a 2007 Massachusetts law criminalizing the peaceful exercise of First Amendment rights outside abortion clinics. “This law ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/22/aul-challenges-prohibitions-on-free-speech-aul-attorneys-file-supreme-court-brief-in-%e2%80%9cbubble-zone%e2%80%9d-case/ Statement of Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President of Americans United for Life "60 U.S. Senators just made history by voting to move forward with a bill that imposes a first-ever mandatory abortion tax on the American people. Majority Leader Reid held this vote in the middle of the night because he knows ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/21/dr-charmaine-yoest-notes-60-senators-just-made-history/ December 24, 2009 Update Majority Leader Reid's Manager's Amendment is part of the Senate health care reform bill that passed the Senate on December 24,2009 by a vote of 60-39. December 20, 2009  Apologists for Majority Leader Reid’s amendment to his health care reform bill will argue that it allows individuals to choose ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/20/the-abortion-tax-and-other-problems-in-senator-reid%e2%80%99s-amendment/ December 24, 2009 Update Majority Leader Reid's Manager's Amendment is part of the Senate health care reform bill that passed the Senate on December 24,2009 by a vote of 60-39. December 19, 2009 “Majority Leader Reid’s amendment to the Senate health care bill absolutely fails to meet abortion and life protections that exist ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/19/legal-analysis-of-life-concerns-in-managers-amendment/ I.  Abortion Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s health care bill includes pro-abortion language that mirrors the Capps Amendment from the original House health care bill.  The bill: Allows the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to require coverage of any and all abortions through the community health insurance (public) option (as ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/16/life-concerns-in-senate-health-care-reform-bill/ Pro-life leaders will convene an urgent meeting tonight to unveil a grassroots strategy for tens of thousands of pro-life activists across the nation as the Senate health care legislation reaches a critical phase. A live audiocast will be available beginning at 9 pm ET. WHEN: Tuesday, December 15 @ 9 pm ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/15/top-pro-life-leaders-to-hold-urgent-health-care-strategy-meeting-tonight/ “This appropriations bill guts a longstanding prohibition on using public funds to pay for abortions in the District of Columbia.  The bill also provides millions of dollars for international “family planning” that could be directed to organizations that pay for and promote abortions.  A majority of Americans do not support ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/10/omnibus-bill-over-dc-abortion-funding/ This morning, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) heard arguments in the case ABC v. Ireland.  A consultant in the case, Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs William Saunders reports from Strasbourg: “As the government of Ireland emphasized in oral arguments before the Grand Chamber today, this case has not ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/09/live-report-from-the-european-court-of-human-rights/ “A vote to table the amendment is a vote against the Nelson-Hatch-Casey amendment. A majority of Senators effectively endorsed the abortion lobby’s goal of mainstreaming abortion as health care.”   -- Charmaine Yoest  The U.S. Senate voted today to table the Nelson-Hatch-Casey amendment, which would have maintained existing law by prohibiting both federal ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/08/senate-health-bill-now-leads-to-unprecedented-federal-abortion-funding/ Tomorrow, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is hearing arguments in ABC v. Ireland, a case challenging Ireland’s protection of unborn life.  Americans United for Life played an active role when Ireland, by popular referenda, guaranteed the right to life to the unborn members of its nation.  This week, ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/08/irelands-protection-for-the-unborn-under-attack-in-the-echr/ “This health care bill is an abortion business bailout.”  -- Charmaine Yoest On the day that a vote on the Nelson-Hatch-Casey amendment is expected, Americans United for Life's legislative arm AUL Action published a full-page newspaper ad in one of the top Capitol Hill newspapers The Hill challenging Planned Parenthood to state ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/08/open-letter-to-planned-parenthood-about-the-abortion-bailout/ On Monday, Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Robert Casey (D-PA) offered an amendment to the Senate health care reform bill that would ensure that insurance plans are not forced by the government to cover abortions, and would prohibit federal funding for elective abortions and for insurance plans ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/08/summary-of-nelson-hatch-amendment-and-remaining-conscience-concerns/ World leaders convening in Copenhagen for a United Nations Convention on Climate Change are considering a proposed multilateral treaty that mandates lower greenhouse gas emissions and shared clean energy technology.  Few Americans who support these broad objectives know what the treaty actually says or what its impact might be. Even ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/08/climate-change-convention-raises-concern-that-green-friendly-will-be-hostile-to-life/ 11/18/09 - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) unveiled the U.S. Senate’s health care reform bill. The bill includes pro-abortion language and mirrors the false compromise Capps Amendment from the House debate — it allows the public option to include abortion coverage and provides federal subsidies for private plans which ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/07/timeline-abortion-in-the-u-s-senate-health-care-bill/ Today the Senate accepted the Mikulski (D-Md) amendment to the Senate health care bill by a vote of 61-39.  The amendment does not explicitly require abortion coverage, but it also fails to explicitly exclude it.  The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) could categorize abortion as “preventive care,” and would ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/03/senate-passes-the-pro-abortion-mikulski-amendment-under-the-guise-of-%e2%80%9cpreventive-care%e2%80%9d/ It’s been a busy week.  As Denise Burke wrote yesterday, President Obama announced the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues—a commission likely to be comprised of people who think just like he does on the issues.  The administration also explicitly authorized the use of taxpayer dollars for destructive ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/03/as-adult-stem-cell-research-continues-to-produce-treatments-the-obama-administration-advances-an-agenda%e2%80%94not-cures/ At 11:45 today, the Senate will vote on two abortion-related amendments to the Senate health care bill:  the Murkowski (R-Alaska) amendment and the Mikulski (D-Maryland) amendent.  Both amendments will require 60 votes to pass. The Murkowski amendment Senator Murkowski's amendment would ensure that abortion is not classified by the government as “preventive ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/03/the-mikulski-amendment-should-not-be-a-back-door-attempt-to-require-abortion-coverage/ The Obama administration today approved the first human embryonic stem cells for experiments by federally funded scientists under a new policy designed to dramatically expand embryonic stem cell research.  Americans United for Life President and CEO Charmaine Yoest said, “Despite years of research, human embryonic stem cells have yet to be ... http://blog.aul.org/2009/12/02/aul-criticizes-the-harmful-authorization-of-federally-funded-research-on-human-embryonic-stem-cells/