WASHINGTON — Tonight, as the leading candidates for president squared off in the presidential debate, the abortion issue took front and center in the first half hour.

President Biden’s record clearly shows his entrenched support of unlimited abortion and tonight’s debate shows that Joe Biden is willing to engage in fearmongering and misinformation to campaign on the issue.

“President Biden has made unlimited abortion a cornerstone issue of his administration,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “Tonight’s debate proves once again that Joe Biden’s dogged promotion of abortion supersedes accuracy or facts.”

President Biden supports the use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortions and has used numerous legally fraught administrative actions to push abortion into pro-life states. He has called for the elimination of the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funds from being used to pay for abortions in many federal programs. President Biden has pledged to sign the “Women’s Health Protection Act,” a bill that would enshrine unlimited abortion until birth in federal law and do away with virtually all existing protections for unborn children and their mothers on both the federal and state levels, including parental involvement laws.

“Once again, Joe Biden tried to minimize the scope of Roe v. Wade which allowed abortions up until birth,” said Tobias. “In contrast, President Trump commended the U.S Supreme Court decision in Dobbs which returned the abortion issue to the people through their elected representatives.”

National Right to Life’s report Checking the Fact Checkers: Abortions Until Birth addresses the fact that abortions late in pregnancy do occur.

A summary of the Democratic Party’s position on unlimited abortion can be found here.

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 — The U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in Moyle v. United States dismissing the case as “improvidently granted.” The decision reinstates the lower court’s pause on the Idaho law in question while litigation continues in the lower courts.

National Right to Life was seeking a ruling on the merits, however, the Court made clear that this case needs further lower court resolution. The state of Idaho had argued that the government’s interpretation of EMTALA would render Idaho’s pro-life law nearly unenforceable and would turn hospital emergency rooms into “federal abortion enclaves governed not by state law, but by physician judgment, and enforced by the United States’ mandate to perform abortions on demand.”  But, during arguments, the U.S. government went on record claiming they were doing no such thing.

Justice Barrett, in her concurring opinion, notes that the

…United States disclaimed these interpretations of EMTALA. First, it emphatically disavowed the notion that an abortion is ever required as stabilizing treatment for mental health conditions…. Second, the United States clarified that federal conscience protections, for both hospitals and individual physicians, apply in the EMTALA context.

During the oral argument, the federal government identified numerous emergency medical conditions, and Idaho confirmed that they could ALL be treated under state law. 

“The Biden-Harris Administration has worked side-by-side with the abortion industry to expand unlimited abortion throughout all 50 states,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “The Biden-Harris Administration has deliberately created confusion and fear by claiming that women cannot and will not receive the emergency care they need.” 

Tobias continued, “We were pleased to see the U.S. government changing its tune during oral argument, going on record to state that they are not trying to turn emergency rooms into elective abortion facilities. We hope the courts hold their feet to the fire on this promise.” 

National Right to Life looks to the lower courts to uphold the Idaho law which, like laws in all 50 states, explicitly allows care for miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, and treatment in a medical emergency. EMTALA does not conflict with pro-life state laws—women can and will be able to get ongoing care for emergencies. 

National Right to Life filed a friend of the court brief supporting Idaho’s pro-life law, Defense of Life Act. The National Right to Life brief is available on the docket here.

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 — The U.S. Supreme Court, in a temporary post on its website, appears to have issued a 6-3 decision in Moyle v. United States and dismissed the case as “improvidently granted.” The decision reinstates the lower court’s pause on the Idaho law in question while litigation continues in the lower courts.

While we were hopeful for a ruling on the merits, the Court made clear that this case needs further lower court resolution. The state of Idaho had argued that the government’s interpretation of EMTALA would render Idaho’s pro-life law nearly unenforceable and would turn hospital emergency rooms into “federal abortion enclaves governed not by state law, but by physician judgment, and enforced by the United States’ mandate to perform abortions on demand.” But during arguments, the U.S. government went on record claiming they were doing no such thing.

Justice Barrett, in her concurring opinion, notes that the

United States disclaimed these interpretations of EMTALA. First, it emphatically disavowed the notion that abortion is ever required as stabilizing care for mental health conditions…. Second, the United States clarified that federal conscience protections, both for hospitals and individual physicians, apply in the EMTALA context.

During the oral argument, the federal government identified numerous emergency medical conditions, and Idaho confirmed that they could ALL be treated under state law.

Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life, “The Biden-Harris Administration has used every lever at its disposal to push unlimited abortion. The Biden administration has deliberately created confusion and fear by claiming that women cannot and will not receive the emergency care they need. We were pleased to see the U.S. government changing its tune during oral arguments, going on record to state that they are not trying to turn emergency rooms into elective abortion facilities.”

We remain hopeful that lower courts will uphold the Idaho law which, like laws in all 50 states, explicitly allows miscarriage care and treatment in a medical emergency. EMTALA does not conflict with pro-life state laws—women can and will be able to get ongoing care for emergencies.

National Right to Life filed a friend of the court brief supporting Idaho’s pro-life law, Defense of Life Act. The National Right to Life brief is available on the docket here.

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 – On Saturday, June 29, National Right to Life’s 53^rd annual conference will close with a gala. The keynote speaker for the closing event is Kayleigh McEnany.

“We are excited to have the co-host of Outnumbered on Fox News, former White House press secretary, and author, Kayleigh McEnany as our keynote speaker,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life.

Prior to serving in the White House, Kayleigh worked as the national press secretary for the Trump Campaign and formerly the national spokesperson for the Republican National Committee. Before joining the RNC, Kayleigh worked as a political commentator at CNN.

“Kayleigh McEnany has consistently demonstrated her commitment to the sanctity of life through her public service and advocacy,” said Tobias. “Her ability to articulate the pro-life position with clarity and compassion has made her a leading voice in the movement. Her message will be a highlight of the conference.”

Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of affiliates in each of the 50 states 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.

Condemns the Actions of the Biden-Harris Administration and Its Pro-abortion Allies

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade. In the decision, the Court wrote:

The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives.

“With Dobbs, the Court correctly decided that a right to abortion is not in the Constitution,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “Dobbs gives the American people, through their elected representatives, a voice in protecting the right to life.”

The legacy of the Roe v. Wade decision is the loss of nearly 65 million unborn children and the immeasurable harm it has done to women. While states work to protect unborn children, it is deeply disappointing that the Biden-Harris administration is running roughshod over the good work states are doing by promoting unlimited abortion at every turn.

President Biden supports the use of taxpayer dollars to fund abortions and has used numerous legally fraught administrative actions to push abortion into pro-life states. He has called for the elimination of the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funds from being used to pay for abortions in many federal programs. President Biden has pledged to sign the “Women’s Health Protection Act,” a bill that would enshrine unlimited abortion until birth in federal law and do away with virtually all existing protections for unborn children and their mothers on both the federal and state levels, including parental involvement laws.

“Two years later, instead of working to protect innocent human lives and working to create safety nets for women in need, pro-abortion groups and their sympathizers, including the Biden-Harris administration, have doubled down on promoting unlimited abortions and protecting the abortionists who do them,” continued Tobias.

Some of these actions include:

• Under President Biden, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suspended safeguards established for women undergoing chemical abortions, such as seeing the abortionist in person. The in-person requirement helped to prevent complications resulting from an ectopic pregnancy, which can be fatal and can only be diagnosed with an in-person evaluation. Biden’s FDA also now permits pharmacists to dispense abortion drugs, and it even allows abortion drugs to be sent by mail.
• President Biden’s Department of Veterans Affairs has begun to pay for and provide abortions for “health reasons,” defined broadly as to be for any reason. This has been statutorily prohibited since 1992. In addition, the Biden Administration’s Department of Defense is paying the travel and transportation costs for military members and dependents to travel to obtain elective abortions.
• In an effort to override protective pro-life state laws, the Biden administration issued guidance in July 2023 asserting that EMTALA requires access to unlimited abortion. The federal EMTALA law regulating emergency rooms exists to protect patients, not create a right to elective abortion. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to release a decision in Moyle v. United States regarding the Biden administration’s attempts to twist EMTALA into an abortion mandate.
• Biden has vowed to veto legislation like the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” which would apply Hyde principles on a government-wide basis. 

“The Biden administration has made every effort to promote unlimited abortion,” said Tobias. “It has ignored the mother and her unborn child and vilified efforts by the pro-life movement to protect the most innocent among us.”

For more information on the Biden-Harris administration’s record on abortion, please contact mediarelations@nrlc.org 

Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of affiliates in each of the 50 states 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— The four incumbent Republicans who represent Arkansas in the United States House of Representatives, Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack, and Bruce Westerman, received the endorsements of National Right to Life and its state affiliate Arkansas Right to Life for their reelection bids in 2024. Each congressman demonstrated his commitment to advancing protections for unborn babies and their mothers.

“National Right to Life is pleased to endorse Representatives Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack, and Bruce Westerman for re-election this November,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “We commend the Arkansas Congressional Delegation on their pro-life voting records and principled leadership on behalf of defenseless unborn babies and their mothers.”

All four representatives oppose the government’s use of tax dollars to pay for abortions. All four are co-sponsors of 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. Throughout each of their terms, they have voted to preserve pro-life appropriations riders like the Hyde Amendment, which has saved an estimated 2.5 million lives since it was first introduced in 1976.

All four representatives co-sponsored and voted for the Supporting Pregnant and Parenting Women and Families Act to ensure pregnancy help centers remain eligible for state-directed federal funds through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. They also co-sponsored and voted for the Pregnant Students’ Rights Act to strengthen existing requirements for higher education institutions to publicly disclose the rights and resources available to pregnant and parenting students.

In contrast, electing their Democratic opponents could swing majority control in the House to the Democratic Party and hand the Speaker’s gavel to pro-abortion New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries. House Democrats maintain as a top legislative priority the passage of the so-called Women’s Health Protection Act, a sweeping bill which would enshrine unlimited abortion until birth in federal law and eliminate existing protections for unborn children and their mothers, including protections currently in place and saving lives in Arkansas. 

“In addition to advancing protections for unborn babies and promoting alternatives to abortion for their mothers, the Arkansas Congressional Delegation has pushed back against the radical pro-abortion agenda of House Democrats, who continue to call for a nationwide policy allowing unlimited abortion for any reason,” added Tobias. “We urge Arkansas voters to re-elect these leaders to Congress so they may continue to deliver results for many of our society’s most vulnerable members.” 

“We are very grateful for the outstanding support of our pro-life delegation of Arkansas Congressmen who always stand strong for the protection and defense of the unborn, the newborn, mothers, the chronically ill, the elderly, and those with disabilities who are threatened by abortion, infanticide, and euthanasia in our nation,” said Rose Mimms, Executive Director of Arkansas Right to Life.

Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of affiliates in each of the 50 states 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 — Today, the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in Food and Drug Administration (FDA), et al. v. the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (AHM) et al. regarding the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decisions in 2016 and 2021 to loosen regulations of the abortion drug mifepristone and whether the challengers had standing to bring their case.

The Court unanimously ruled that the challenger in the case, the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, did not have standing. The Court did not rule on whether or not the FDA had acted properly in removing previous safeguards. Because the decision is based on standing, the FDA regulations on mifepristone remain. 

“Women remain unprotected from common complications with the abortion drug such as hemorrhage, infection, and failure to identify rupturing ectopic pregnancies in a timely manner,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “Tracking these complications became more difficult in 2016 when the FDA decided that medical personnel and facilities do not need to report complications arising from the use of the abortion pill mifepristone.” 

“It is sad that because of these FDA decisions, women will not get the information they deserve before making a permanent life or death decision,” continued Tobias. “While the abortion pill remains legal, we hope this battle to reinstate safety precautions will continue.” 

According to the Guttmacher Institute, a research arm of the abortion industry, approximately 63% of all abortions are done using chemical abortion methods like mifepristone and misoprostol.

Mifepristone is used in combination with misoprostol, a prostaglandin, to cause an abortion. Mifepristone blocks progesterone, leading to the death of the unborn baby, while the second drug, misoprostol, causes powerful, painful uterine contractions to expel the dead or dying baby.

Under the Biden Administration, the FDA weakened the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) requirements for the drug combination to allow it to be dispensed and even mailed by pharmacies.

Dr. Randall K. O’Bannon, National Right to Life’s Director of Education and Research, addressed the claims of studies demonstrating mifepristone safety in the article, Mifepristone Complications Less Than One Percent? The article can be found here.

In September 2023, National Right to Life released a white paper entitled What the Media Missed in Its Coverage of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Regarding Mifepristone which addressed many of the issues that were before the Fifth Circuit and came before the U.S. Supreme Court. That special report can be accessed here.

A factsheet about the safety and efficacy of mifepristone can be found here.

Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of affiliates in each of the 50 states 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.

Keynote Speaker is Kayleigh McEnany

WASHINGTON – On Friday, June 28, National Right to Life’s 53^rd annual conference begins at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. During the 2-day conference, attendees will have the opportunity to hear from dozens of speakers in a variety of breakout sessions and general sessions. The conference opens with a prayer breakfast and closes with a gala. The keynote speaker for the closing gala is Kayleigh McEnany.

WHAT:     

53^rd Annual National Right to Life Conference

WHERE:

Crystal Gateway Marriott

1700 Richmond Highway, Arlington, VA 22202

WHEN:   

Friday, June 28 – Saturday, June 29, 2024

WHO:

Featured speakers include:

Kayleigh McEnany, co-host of Outnumbered on Fox News, Former White House Press Secretary, Author

Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.), member of the House of Representatives

Fr. Paul Scalia, pastor, Saint James Catholic Church, Falls Church, Virginia

Tim Garrison, senior counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)

Jean Marie Davis, executive director, Branches Pregnancy Resource Center, Vermont

Alex Schadenberg, president, Euthanasia Prevention Coalition

Dr. Susan Bane, obstetrician/gynecologist; board member, American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG)

Dr. John Bruchalski, founder and president, Divine Mercy Care, Fairfax, Virginia

Cecily Routman, president, Jewish Pro-Life Foundation

Dr. Michael New, professor, researcher, and blogger

James Bopp, Jr., J.D., general counsel, National Right to Life

Brandon Bosma, advocate for people with Trisomy 18 & Trisomy 13

Reporters who intend to cover the convention MUST have credentials* to attend the conference. To register for credentials, please visit https://nrlcpressroom.com/conference-registration/ or contact Andrew Bair or Laura Echevarria in the NRLC Communications Department at (202) 626-8825. You can also email mediarelations@nrlc.org.

*Reporters can check in and pick up their credentials in the Lee Room at the hotel where the NRLC press room for the conference will be located.

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, D.C.— National Right to Life supports the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8580).

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

National Right to Life thanks the House Appropriations Committee for their work fighting back against the Biden administration’s radical abortion agenda. The FY25 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill (H.R. 8580) would block the Biden administration from funding elective abortions at Veterans Affairs medical centers with taxpayer dollars. The Biden administration is using every lever of power at its disposal to promote abortion with no regard for the law and with no thought of the innocent unborn children who would die. National Right to Life is grateful to Chairman Cole and House appropriators for their work and strongly supports this bill.

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.