WASHINGTON—Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed suit against Planned Parenthood for its alleged role in the abortion trafficking of minor girls.

The following is a statement from Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life:

We praise Attorney General Bailey for his dedication to protecting the minor daughters of Missouri. Parents shouldn’t have to fear that someone could violate the law and take their daughter over state lines to procure an abortion without their knowledge. Parents in Missouri should be able to rest easy knowing that the law protects their minor daughters from Big Abortion.

Missouri’s 2005 law protecting minor daughters prohibits anyone from causing, aiding, or assisting a minor in obtaining an abortion in violation of their parental consent law and is the first of its kind.

In 2023, Idaho passed HB 242 which prohibits an adult from procuring an abortion for a minor without the parent’s knowledge or consent by transporting the minor within the state. This was modeled on a portion of National Right to Life’s post-Dobbs model law to protect unborn children.

 Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of affiliates in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia and more than 3,000 local chapters, is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots pro-life organization. Recognized as the flagship of the pro-life movement, the National Right to Life works through legislation and education to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide and euthanasia.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— On Wednesday, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) filed a friend of the court brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the Biden administration’s mandate that federal law creates a right to abortion on demand throughout all fifty states in hospital emergency rooms. The brief supports Idaho’s pro-life law, Defense of Life Act.

“Biden’s abortion mandate has no basis in law. The federal law regulating emergency rooms was done to protect patients, not to create a right to abortion on demand,” said James Bopp, Jr., general counsel for NRLC and lead counsel on NRLC’s brief. “Biden’s abortion mandate guts the ability for states like Idaho to protect unborn life by mandating abortion on demand in emergency rooms. The High Court needs to reject Biden’s abortion mandate.” 

The Biden administration is trying to force all hospital emergency rooms to provide abortion on demand. Biden has used a federal emergency care law, which was meant to prevent patient dumping without stabilization, to mandate that hospitals must provide elective abortion services. The Ninth Circuit agreed that the Biden administration could compel all hospitals to perform abortions in their emergency rooms.

Idaho sued because Biden’s mandate overrides their state’s Defense of Life Act by forcing hospitals to provide abortion on demand, contrary to that state’s law. The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the case and decide whether Biden’s abortion mandate is constitutional. This case will determine if states can enact protective laws without clashes with the federal emergency care law.

“The Biden Administration is using EMTALA as a cudgel to force pro-life states into providing abortions,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “This is just another example of how this administration is doing everything in its power to appease pro-abortion groups by promoting unlimited abortions.”

NRLC’s brief argues that Biden’s abortion mandate under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) is contrary to that federal law which was only meant to protect emergency room patients from being dumped and does not mandate that the hospital provide medical care that is contrary to state law.

The U.S. Supreme Court docket for Moyle and Idaho (Nos. 23-726 and 23-727) is available here, and the NRLC brief is available on the docket here.

Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of affiliates in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia and more than 3,000 local chapters, is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots pro-life organization. Recognized as the flagship of the pro-life movement, the National Right to Life works through legislation and education to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide and euthanasia.

WASHINGTON—Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell today announced that he will step down from his role in leadership in November. The following is a statement from Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life:

We thank Senator Mitch McConnell for his pro-life leadership. His dedication to the right to life and his efforts to protect mothers and their unborn babies have been unwavering over the years.

Senator McConnell’s work on judicial appointments ensured that the judiciary remained an arbiter of the law and did not act as a legislative branch creating laws by judicial fiat. His role in ensuring the confirmation of solid, conservative judges and justices has been instrumental and his leadership, particularly on lifetime nominations to the courts, has cemented his place in history.

The pro-life movement will forever be grateful that his efforts led to the overturning of Roe v. Wade with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs.

Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of 50 state right-to-life affiliates and more than 3,000 local chapters, is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots pro-life organization. Recognized as the flagship of the pro-life movement, NRLC works through legislation and education to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide and euthanasia.

WASHINGTON—National Right to Life (NRLC), the nation’s oldest and largest pro-life organization, announced its endorsement of Congresswoman Virginia Foxx for re-election in North Carolina’s Fifth Congressional District.

“National Right to Life is pleased to endorse Congresswoman Virginia Foxx for re-election. For nearly twenty years, Congresswoman Foxx has demonstrated resolute leadership in advancing the right-to-life cause in the U.S. Congress,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “If re-elected, Congresswoman Foxx will continue to be a voice for voiceless unborn children and for their mothers who may be struggling to find the support they need to make life-affirming decisions.”

In her almost two decades of service in the U.S. House of Representatives (January 2005-present), Virginia Foxx maintained a perfect NRLC legislative scorecard. In other words, on important votes in the U.S. House concerning right-to-life issues, Foxx voted in agreement with the NRLC position fully one hundred percent of the time.

Along with consistent majorities of Americans, Foxx opposes using tax dollars to pay for abortions. Foxx cosponsored and voted for the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, a bill that would limit taxpayer funding for abortions on a government-wide basis with exceptions for when the life of the mother is at risk or in cases of rape, incest, or medical emergency.

Foxx has also voted in favor of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, pro-life appropriations riders like the Hyde Amendment, and legislation to redirect federal funds from abortion providers to community health centers.

Foxx voted against the so-called Women’s Health Protection Act, an extreme pro-abortion bill pushed by the Biden Administration and pro-abortion Democrats that would enshrine unlimited abortion in federal law and eliminate virtually all existing protections for unborn children and their mothers, including state laws like those requiring that parents are informed before an abortion can be performed on their minor daughter.

“President Joe Biden, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and most members of their party are clamoring for federal legislation to allow unlimited abortions until birth, for any reason, nationwide. That is extreme! Voters can repudiate this radical pro-abortion agenda by electing and re-electing leaders like Virginia Foxx who are unafraid to stand up for vulnerable unborn babies and their mothers,” said Tobias. “In the next Congress, we look forward to continuing our work with Congresswoman Foxx to advance compassionate solutions that respect life and provide women and families with the support they deserve.”

Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of affiliates in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia and more than 3,000 local chapters, is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots pro-life organization. Recognized as the flagship of the pro-life movement, National Right to Life works through legislation and education to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide and euthanasia.

WASHINGTON— In recognition of his deep concern for the lives of vulnerable unborn babies and their mothers, and his exemplary pro-life voting record, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker received the endorsement of National Right to Life, the nation’s oldest and largest pro-life organization, as he seeks re-election in Mississippi.

“National Right to Life is pleased to endorse Roger Wicker for re-election to the U.S. Senate. Throughout his distinguished career in public service, Senator Wicker has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to protecting unborn babies and their mothers,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “Mississippians should vote to re-elect Senator Wicker so that he may continue to be a tireless champion for babies, moms, and families in the U.S. Senate.”

While serving in the U.S. House of Representatives (1995-2007) and the U.S. Senate (2007-present), Roger Wicker maintained a 100% voting scorecard with National Right to Life. Notably, Wicker voted for the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, pro-life appropriations riders like the Hyde Amendment, and legislation to redirect federal funds from abortion providers to community health centers.

Along with consistent majorities of Americans, Wicker opposes using tax dollars to pay for abortions. Wicker was the lead sponsor and voted for the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, a bill which would limit taxpayer funding for abortions on a government-wide basis with exceptions when the life of the mother is at risk or in cases of rape, incest, or medical emergency.

Wicker was the co-author of the Dickey-Wicker Amendment, first adopted in 1996, that prohibits federal funds from being used to support “research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero.” In September 2020, Wicker led a group of nearly 100 pro-life legislators in urging the Trump Administration to end taxpayer funding for human embryo-destructive research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Wicker voted against the so-called Women’s Health Protection Act, an extreme pro-abortion bill pushed by the Biden Administration and pro-abortion Democrats that would enshrine unlimited abortion in federal law and eliminate virtually all existing protections for unborn children and their mothers, including state laws like those requiring that parents are informed before an abortion can be performed on their minor daughter.

“Senator Roger Wicker’s dedicated leadership is an invaluable asset to the pro-life movement in the U.S. Senate,” said Tobias. “In addition to re-electing Senator Wicker, we look forward to retaking the Senate majority and advancing compassionate solutions that respect life and provide women with the support they need to make a life-affirming decision about an unexpected pregnancy.”

Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of affiliates in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia and more than 3,000 local chapters, is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots pro-life organization. Recognized as the flagship of the pro-life movement, National Right to Life works through legislation and education to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide and euthanasia.

WASHINGTON – National Right to Life today released The State of Abortion in the United States, 2024. The eleventh annual edition summarizes key legislative developments on the state and federal level in the first year following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade.

The report notes that the annual number of abortions was on the increase in the years leading up to Dobbs, largely due to a highly intensified promotion of the abortion pill. However, more recent numbers appear to show that as many as 89,000 preborn children have been saved since Dobbs due to new protective state laws.

In addition, the report contains an in-depth look at the ongoing extra-constitutional campaign to jam the long-expired Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) into the U.S. Constitution, and explains the sweeping impact that the ERA could have on abortion law—a potential impact once denied but now loudly proclaimed by prominent pro-abortion advocates.

“Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, the state of abortion in the United States has changed dramatically as many states have enacted laws to protect unborn children and their mothers from the tragedy of abortion,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life.

Key highlights from the report include:

• Abortion data through 2020 released by both the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Guttmacher Institute show a rise in abortion with most abortions done using chemical abortion – a method that puts women at increased risk.

• Based on data from the CDC and the Guttmacher Institute, National Right to Life now estimates that 65,464,760 abortions have been performed in the United States since 1973. 

• In the months following Dobbs, several states moved to enact laws designed to provide maximum protections from abortion to unborn children and their mothers. However, according to the National Right to Life Department of State Legislation, as examined in the report, 26 states and the District of Columbia have guaranteed a right to abortion by court decision, constitutional amendment, or state legislative statute.

Tobias continued, “Pro-life education and legislative efforts are making an impact on our culture and in the lives of women facing unexpected pregnancies. But there is still much to do to help women and their preborn children.”

The report is available from the National Right to Life Communications Department here: https://www.nrlc.org/wp-content/uploads/StateofAbortion2024.pdf

National Right to Life experts, including President Carol Tobias; Director of Education and Research Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D.; Legislative Director Jennifer Popik, J.D.; and State Legislation Director Ingrid Duran are available to provide further information about the report and its insights. Call the NRLC Communications Department at (202) 626-8825 or email mediarelations@nrlc.org to arrange an interview. 

Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of affiliates in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia and more than 3,000 local chapters, is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots pro-life organization. Recognized as the flagship of the pro-life movement, National Right to Life works through legislation and education to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide and euthanasia.