WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Steve Scalise (R-La.) was nominated for Speaker of the House of Representatives.

“National Right to Life congratulates Congressman Steve Scalise (R-La.) on his nomination,” stated Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “Congressman Scalise’s leadership in the House has shown his commitment to the right to life and he has made it clear that advancing the right to life and protecting women and their unborn children will be a priority in Congress.”

In addition to Congressman Scalise, Congressman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was willing to serve as Speaker of the House.

“We also thank Congressman Jim Jordan for his commitment to the right to life and his work to bring together the GOP Conference,” said Tobias.

Congressman Scalise has a 100% pro-life voting record. It stands in sharp contrast to the extremism of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and pro-abortion Democrats in Congress who have reversed protective pro-life policies and have worked to make unlimited abortion through all nine months of pregnancy the law of the land.

Tobias stated, “We urge the GOP Conference to unite behind Congressman Scalise and to elect him as the next Speaker of the House.”

Congressman Scalise has never wavered in his long-standing commitment to the right to life and the role the federal government has on the abortion issue.

“We congratulate Congressman Scalise on his nomination to Speaker of the House,” said Ben Clapper, executive director of Louisiana Right to Life. “Congressman Scalise has been a strong ally of the pro-life movement and Louisiana Right to Life since before he was even elected to the Louisiana State Senate. Republicans can trust that Congressman Scalise will be a proudly pro-life Speaker of the House who will protect babies and help moms.”

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.— The World Health Organization declared September 28, 2023, to be the “International Safe Abortion Day.”

“Abortion is never safe for an unborn child and can jeopardize the life of her mother,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “Unlimited abortion is contrary to the very idea of safety.”

For years, the World Health Organization, along with the abortion industry, has pushed for unlimited abortion on an international scale—even in countries where clean water and access to basic medical care are unrealized.

Tobias continued, “Pushing abortion on women who need clean water, nutrition, and basic healthcare recklessly ignores real needs in favor of international politics.”

Chemical abortions using mifepristone and misoprostol are often recommended in parts of the world where surgical abortions are unavailable. However, the complications of chemical abortions—which can include severe hemorrhaging—require a medical infrastructure that includes facilities for surgery, access to ultrasound equipment, and the capacity to provide blood transfusions. This level of medical care is often unavailable in the developing world.

“Women need access to basic healthcare, adequate nutrition, and good obstetrical care throughout pregnancy, during delivery, and after birth,” stated Tobias. “Evidence shows that the lack of modern medicine and quality healthcare results in higher maternal mortality.”

In June, National Right to Life and Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life Global Outreach (MCCL GO) released new findings on international healthcare needs for the first 1000 days of life during the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland.

The document, 1 to 1000: How to ensure the health and flourishing of women, children, and society, draws attention to the tragic number of maternal deaths, estimated at 287,000 during 2020, with,

[M]ost of them in the developing world and especially in sub-Saharan Africa and southern Asia. These deaths can be prevented with basic care before, during and after childbirth—including antenatal care and nutrition, skilled birth attendants, emergency obstetric care, sanitation and clean water.

The document, produced by Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life Global Outreach (MCCL GO), a U.N.-accredited non-governmental organization, was released jointly with the National Right to Life Educational Trust Fund, a U.N.-accredited non-governmental organization.

The document is available in English and in Spanish.

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.

State Affiliates of National Right to Life Commended for Their Work as They Prepare for Upcoming Legislative Sessions

WASHINGTON, D.C.— National Right to Life praised the work of its state affiliates and pro-life legislatures for introducing hundreds of pro-life laws this past legislative session—including bills protecting preborn babies after six weeks of pregnancy.

“In the first legislative session post-Dobbs, we saw unprecedented results in our efforts to protect preborn children,” stated Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “The pro-life laws passed in legislatures not only provide protections for unborn children but also show that the child in the womb is a welcome member of our society.”

“We thank and praise our state affiliates and pro-life state legislators for their untiring efforts in introducing these laws and seeing many of them pass,” said Tobias.

Tobias continued, “We also thank pro-life governors for signing these bills and state attorneys general who have defended them in the courts.”

State laws that passed this legislative session include bills protecting babies throughout pregnancy including protecting babies after six weeks of pregnancy—with Florida’s law also providing $25 million dollars for pregnancy resources and material support. In addition, Idaho’s HB 242 prevents an abortion—whether surgical or procured using abortion drugs—from being performed on a minor without the knowledge of her parents or guardians. Additionally, states such as Mississippi provide emergency baby drop-offs at emergency services locations.

Many of the laws, including those passed by Florida and West Virginia, include exceptions in circumstances such as life of the mother, rape, incest, and medical emergencies.

“The laws passed in these states will protect many more babies than would have been possible before the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs,” stated Tobias.

In Dobbs, the question before the Court was whether all prohibitions on abortions performed pre-viability were unconstitutional. Ninety-five percent (95%) of all abortions occur before 15 weeks. The earliest known surviving premature infant was born at 21 weeks and one-day gestation.

“The laws passed in this last legislative session are in deep contrast to laws being pushed by pro-abortion groups and their Democratic supporters in Congress, state legislatures, and the Biden-Harris Administration,” stated Tobias. “The Biden-Harris Administration and the Democratic Party have an extreme pro-abortion agenda that is out of step with the majority of Americans.”

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.— On Thursday, September 14, Vice President Kamala Harris began her tour of colleges and universities to promote the administration’s priorities which include unlimited abortion.

“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have made unlimited abortion throughout pregnancy a priority issue,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “With the Biden-Harris Administration, Big Abortion has had a golden ticket letting them fulfill an ever-growing wish list.”

Since its early days, the Biden-Harris Administration prioritized a radical abortion agenda: unlimited abortions for any reason, even as a method of family planning and even late in pregnancy—right up until birth—and using tax dollars to pay for it. The Biden-Harris Administration employed a whole-of-government approach to promoting abortion, using every lever of power at its disposal to make abortions more available and more common, with no thought of the innocent unborn children who would die.

In a recent interview on Face the Nation, CBS’s Margaret Brennan repeatedly asked Kamala Harris up to what point in pregnancy did she no longer support abortion. Harris never answered the question.

“The Biden-Harris abortion agenda is extreme and out of step with the majority of Americans,” said Tobias. “The administration’s tone-deaf response on the issue shows once again just how extreme Democrats are.”

Joe Biden’s presidential record on abortion 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 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.— On Tuesday, September 12, National Right to Life released a white paper challenging the media coverage of the decision in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in August.

In its decision, the Fifth Circuit determined that when the FDA loosened regulations in 2016 and 2021 regarding the drug mifepristone, it did so unlawfully, failing to give adequate consideration to demonstrated safety issues with the drug. The decision will not impact the distribution of the abortion drug Mifeprex (generic: mifepristone) until the U.S. Supreme Court weighs in.

“While most reporters accurately reported the recent decision by the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, they generally failed to report the legal reasoning and medical evidence backing this decision, making it appear to be simply one more volley in a long-running political controversy,” stated Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D. director of education and research for National Right to Life and author of the white paper. “Anyone taking the time to read the decision can see that the court had ample reason to rein in the FDA.”

O’Bannon continued, “It is clear from the decision that the FDA put abortion politics over medical science and the interests of women.”

In his analysis of the court decision, Dr. O’Bannon reviews the original protocols put in place when mifepristone was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration. However, the FDA, bowing to pressure from pro-abortion groups, loosened the rules governing the use and distribution of the drug. Dr. O’Bannon notes that the Fifth Circuit:

• Found that there was harm to both patients and the doctors who had to treat them.
• Used the FDA’s own data against it.
• Made it clear that the courts, by law, have the duty to question FDA decisions when the agency fails to follow its procedures and ignores evidence of safety issues.
• Found that the FDA violated its statutory obligations.
• Found that the FDA failed to collect data on the collective impact of all the protocol changes it proposed in 2016.
• Criticized the FDA for using a lack of data—that the agency itself failed to collect—to justify dropping safeguards.

“Most reporters failed to read the decision and reported only the result,” stated O’Bannon. “But the court’s decision was firmly grounded in the FDA’s actions and the agency’s failure to abide by its own rules and regulations.”

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.

FDA records include more than two dozen deaths and thousands of complications associated with the use of the mifepristone/misoprostol chemical abortion method. Thousands of “adverse events” are on record with the FDA and include serious infections, severe hemorrhaging, and the rupture of previously undiscovered ectopic pregnancies.

What the Media Missed in Its Coverage of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Regarding Mifepristone can be accessed 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, National Right to Life works through legislation and education to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide and euthanasia.

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, Oregon Right to Life (ORTL), the state affiliate of National Right to Life, sued for relief from Oregon’s requirement that employee health insurance plans provide coverage for abortion.

“As a pro-life organization, no one questions that we hold deep moral objections to abortion,” said ORTL executive director Lois Anderson. “We are only asking for what every American expects, to be free to live according to our conscience and operate our organization according to our sincerely held belief that unborn human beings deserve protection from the violence of abortion.”

The requirement was part of Oregon’s 2017 Reproductive Health Equity Act (“RHEA”). The RHEA is like California’s abortion-coverage mandate which federal courts recently held violates the religious liberty of objecting churches under the Supreme Court’s Fulton v. City of Philadelphia (2021) decision.

In Fulton, the Supreme Court determined that if the government allows exceptions to laws burdening religious belief, the government must show a “compelling” reason for not allowing exceptions for religious objectors. In Fulton and the California church cases, the courts held that there was no compelling reason to deny exceptions for the religious objectors.

James Bopp, Jr., general counsel for National Right to Life and counsel for ORTL, says: “Forcing pro-life Oregon Right to Life to fund abortion insurance is outrageous. Legislative testimony made ORTL and its opposition known to the legislature, but it didn’t care. Fortunately, the First Amendment protects ORTL. ORTL should get an exception from Oregon’s abortion-insurance mandate just as California churches recently got one from California’s abortion-insurance mandate.”

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.— Late yesterday, the U.S. District Court Judge Robert C. Chambers issued a decision GenBioPro, Inc. v. Sorsaia. In the lawsuit, GenBioPro, a chemical abortion drug manufacturer, challenged West Virginia’s Unborn Child Protection Act claiming that it should be found unconstitutional on the basis that Congress gave the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority over state laws regarding access to mifepristone, one of two drugs used in a chemical abortion.

Judge Chambers rejected the claim, writing:

There is no disputing that health, medicine, and medical licensure are traditional areas of state authority. Furthermore, the Supreme Court has repeatedly held that the FDCA [Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act] does not preempt state action in the field of healthcare or medicine, absent a direct conflict.

Yesterday’s decision follows the August 16 decision by a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which determined that when the FDA loosened regulations in 2016 and 2021 regarding the drug mifepristone, it did so unlawfully, failing to give adequate consideration to demonstrated safety issues with the drug.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision will not impact the distribution of the abortion drug Mifeprex (generic: mifepristone) until the U.S. Supreme Court weighs in.

“Yesterday’s District Court decision in West Virginia respects the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs and affirms a state’s right to protect life,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life.

“The plaintiff’s argument that the FDA’s authority extends so broadly as to circumvent state law is an overreach,” stated James Bopp, Jr., general counsel for National Right to Life. “The District Court rightly affirmed that a state’s rights cannot be upended by a capricious interpretation of the law.”

In yesterday’s decision, Judge Chambers left open the challenge by GenBioPro regarding telehealth abortions.

According to the Guttmacher Institute, the research organization affiliated with the abortion industry, approximately 54% 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.

The FDA recently weakened the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) requirements for the drug to allow it to be dispensed and even mailed by pharmacies.

Myths regarding mifepristone are addressed in a white paper National Right to Life released on April 5. Addressing Many of the Myths the Media is Repeating about the FDA’s Approval and Management of Mifeprex (Mifepristone) can be accessed here.

The decision by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District Of West Virginia can be accessed 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, National Right to Life works through legislation and education to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide and euthanasia.

In Contrast with the Biden/Harris Administration Which Promotes Unlimited Abortion

WASHINGTON – During tonight’s debate, several of the presidential candidates for the Republican Party spoke about the right to life.

“Tonight’s candidates showed that the right to life is at the heart of the Republican Party,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “This is in direct contrast to the Biden/Harris Administration and the pro-abortion Democrats in Congress who want unlimited abortion.”

President Joe Biden, Vice President Harris, and their administration have aggressively promoted abortion without limits. Since entering office, President Biden has become the most pro-abortion president in history, using a whole-of-government approach promoting unlimited abortion.

“The Biden/Harris Administration and the Democratic Party have yet to hear of an abortion they wouldn’t support,” said Tobias. “Tragically, women and their unborn babies are the ones to suffer.”

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 – Today, the South Carolina Supreme Court upheld South Carolina’s 2023 Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act in a 4-1 ruling.

South Carolina Supreme Court Justice John Kittredge, writing for the majority, concluded:

…the legislature has found that the State has a compelling interest in protecting the lives of unborn children. That finding is indisputable and one we must respect. The legislature has further determined, after vigorous debate and compromise, that its interest in protecting the unborn becomes actionable upon the detection of a fetal heartbeat via ultrasound by qualified medical personnel.

“South Carolina’s new law will save hundreds of lives each month,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “We thank the South Carolina legislature and Governor Henry McMaster for their dedication to protecting the right to life. We also praise our South Carolina affiliate, South Carolina Citizens for Life, for their hard work and diligence in seeing the bill pass and become law.”

Governor McMaster signed the law on May 25, 2023, two days after the South Carolina Senate approved the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act in a vote of 27-19. Less than two weeks before, the South Carolina House passed the law by a vote of 82-33.

Lisa Van Riper, president of South Carolina Citizens for Life, stated at the time, “This act not only protects unborn children with a detectable heartbeat from abortion on demand, but also signals that the child in the womb is a welcome member of our society.”

According to the South Carolina State Department of Health and Environmental Control, there are approximately 1,000 abortions per month—largely due to out-of-state abortion traffic. Enactment of the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act is expected to reduce the number of abortions occurring in South Carolina to 200-250 per month.

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.

Stay on Lower Court Ruling Remains While Litigation Continues

WASHINGTON, D.C.— Today, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), determined that when the FDA loosened regulations in 2016 and 2021 regarding the drug mifepristone, it did so unlawfully, failing to give adequate consideration to demonstrated safety issues with the drug.

Today’s decision will not impact the distribution of the abortion drug Mifeprex (generic: mifepristone) until the U.S. Supreme Court weighs in.

“The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the FDA’s actions loosening the regulations involving Mifeprex were unlawful,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “Our hope is that today’s decision will be affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court.”

“Today’s ruling, though not in effect because of the prior stay by the Supreme Court, would also reinstate long-standing safety protocols for women which were removed during COVID and made permanent because of pro-abortion pressure on the FDA,” said Tobias.

In today’s decision, the court noted:

We affirm the portions of the stay order regarding the 2016 Amendments and the 2021 Non-Enforcement Decision. In loosening mifepristone’s safety restrictions, FDA failed to address several important concerns about whether the drug would be safe for the women who use it. It failed to consider the cumulative effect of removing several important safeguards at the same time. It failed to consider whether those “major” and “interrelated” changes might alter the risk profile, such that the agency should continue to mandate reporting of non-fatal adverse events. And it failed to gather evidence that affirmatively showed that mifepristone could be used safely without being prescribed and dispensed in person.

On April 21^st, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order that stayed the district court’s order and returned the issue to the Fifth Circuit.

Justice Alito dissented from the Court’s order, writing about the original ruling of the three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit: “It would simply restore the circumstances that existed (and that the Government defended) from 2000 to 2016 under three Presidential administrations.”

The circumstances that existed from 2000 to 2016 were a series of protections meant to reduce the many dangers of chemical abortions.

In the lawsuit, Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the plaintiffs argued that the FDA unlawfully fast-tracked the approval of mifepristone through a process intended for the treatment of life-threatening illnesses.

On April 13, a different three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit removed the 2016, 2021, and 2023 changes the FDA had made to the original safeguards it had applied to mifepristone. That three-judge panel left in place the original requirement that it be used only up to 7 weeks of pregnancy, the requirement of three physician visits, removed the ability for the drug to be mailed or dispensed by pharmacies, prevented non-physicians from prescribing the drug and reinstated the reporting requirements for non-fatal adverse events.

The Fifth Circuit action followed a decision by U.S. District Court Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in the Northern District of Texas who issued a national injunction on the use of mifepristone in chemical abortions.

According to the Guttmacher Institute, the research organization affiliated with the abortion industry, approximately 54% 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.

The FDA recently weakened the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) requirements for the drug to allow it to be dispensed and even mailed by pharmacies.

“When hundreds of thousands of women take these pills, even a couple of percentage points of women hemorrhaging, dealing with infections, or ectopic pregnancy, represents thousands of women desperately seeking treatment, which may or may not be nearby,” said Dr. Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., director of Education and Research for National Right to Life.

One of the common myths about the drug is that it is “safer than Tylenol” (or a similar argument is that it is safer than Advil/Ibuprofen). Dr. O’Bannon recently addressed this:

What you have here is a not-so-clever statistical sleight of hand, where advocates try to get you to compare the number of deaths from a relatively lightly used product with one that is used billions of times by people every year.

We are told that about 150 Americans die from Tylenol use every year, usually by overdose or simply taking too much over an extended period of time. At the same time, the FDA tells us that there have been 28 deaths that we know of among American mifepristone patients since the drug was approved in 2000.

So, 28 deaths from mifepristone in twenty years against 150 deaths from Tylenol in just a single year’s time? Sounds like mifepristone is safer.

But wait. That’s 150 Tylenol deaths against a backdrop of 25 billion doses of Tylenol in a year. We’re told that there have been only 5.6 million total chemical abortions with mifepristone in the U.S. since that 2000 approval, less than a thousandth of the sales of Tylenol in a single year.

Note what this does to your risk factor.

Using the minimal figures provided by the FDA, your risk of dying from taking mifepristone is about 1 in 200,000. Not large, but not negligible. And remember that your risk of a complication putting you in the emergency room is closer to one in 10.

But your risk of death from Tylenol is actually something like one chance in 166.7 million, even including those who overdose and fail to follow the manufacturer’s instructions.

This means that your risk of dying from mifepristone is about 833 times your risk of dying from Tylenol.

Additional myths are addressed in a white paper National Right to Life released on April 5. Addressing Many of the Myths the Media is Repeating about the FDA’s Approval and Management of Mifeprex (Mifepristone) can be accessed here.

The decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals can be accessed 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, 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 and Mississippi Right to Life hailed tonight’s primary election victory of Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann.

During the primary campaign, Lt. Governor Hosemann was wrongly attacked by his opponents as being a supporter of abortion.

“The voters of Mississippi have spoken and have shown that they respect the long-standing pro-life record of Lt. Governor Hosemann,” said National Right to Life Executive Director Scott Fischbach. “Mississippi Right to Life and National Right to Life are pleased that pro-life Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann will be on the ballot this fall. Delbert Hosemann has served well and deserves to be re-elected in November.”

Lt. Governor Hosemann was endorsed by Mississippi Right to Life and National Right to Life in the primary election and also for the general election to be held on Nov. 7, 2023.

“For nearly 30 years, we have worked with Delbert Hosemann to do everything possible to protect the babies and their mothers in Mississippi,” continued Fischbach. “Delbert is a true pro-life champion.”

Delbert Hosemann has always supported protections for unborn children and their mothers, and he opposes using Mississippi tax dollars to pay for abortions.

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson, Lt. Governor Hosemann appointed a study group to hold hearings, hear testimony, and draft legislation related to issues facing women, children, and families in Mississippi, including adoption, foster care, child support, and maternal and child healthcare. In December, the group unveiled a series of proposals, much of which has since been signed into law.

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 – A vote to raise the threshold to change the Ohio state constitution from a simple majority vote to a vote of 60% failed to pass.

“Changing the Ohio constitution should require a higher vote threshold than a simple majority,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “Sadly, voters rejected raising the threshold and opened the door to outside interest groups coming into Ohio and promoting their dubious values.”

Groups in support of Issue 1 were outspent nearly 3 to 1 and largely by interest groups outside of the state of Ohio. Of the top 30 donors and donor organizations opposed to Issue 1, all but four were from outside the state of Ohio. The greatest funding came from organizations and donors in Washington, D.C. and in California.

“Pro-abortion interest groups were among those who opposed Issue 1. They want to promote unlimited abortion in Ohio and want to change the Ohio constitution based on their sordid pro-abortion values,” said Tobias.

Tobias continued, “They also want to ensure that Ohio’s minor daughters can have abortions without their parents’ knowledge.”

An upcoming ballot initiative in November, if successful, would change the state’s constitution and enshrine unlimited abortion as part of the constitution in Ohio.

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.

Legal Challenge to the Law Could Leave Idaho’s Daughters Vulnerable to Sexual Predators

WASHINGTON – In April, Governor Brad Little of Idaho signed a bill designed to protect minor daughters in the state of Idaho.

Idaho’s HB 242 prevents an abortion—whether surgical or procured using abortion drugs—from being performed on a minor without the knowledge of her parents or guardians.

Since then, misinformation about the law and its scope has made its way into the mainstream media. In July, pro-abortion groups filed for a temporary restraining order against enforcement of the law, once again prompting stories loaded with misinformation.

“If successful, the challenge to Idaho’s abortion trafficking law could potentially make minor daughters the victims of sexual predators and traffickers,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life (NRLC). “The only ones to benefit would be the traffickers who would exploit minor girls.”

HB 242 makes it a crime for an adult to transport a pregnant minor within the state of Idaho for the purpose of obtaining an abortion with the intent to conceal the abortion from the parents or guardian of the minor.

“There are those who would prey on minors and then conceal their crimes by procuring abortions for their victims,” said Tobias. “Idaho’s law is designed to protect minor daughters from predators and from those who would deny parents the right to be involved in their minor daughter’s abortion.”

Idaho is the first state to make abortion trafficking of minors illegal and the language is based on the model National Right to Life drafted in June 2022. Missouri passed a law in 2005 that prohibits aiding a minor in getting an abortion without her parents’ consent.

In Dobbs v. Jackson, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that “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.”

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 – Thirty-three years ago, President George H.W. Bush signed the groundbreaking Americans with Disabilities Act.

At the signing, President Bush stated:

With today’s signing of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act, every man, woman, and child with a disability can now pass through once-closed doors into a bright new era of equality, independence, and freedom.

The following statement can be attributed to Carol Tobias:

Today, we commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act being signed into law by then-President George H. W. Bush. We also celebrate the hard work of the late Senator Robert Dole (R-Kan.) for his diligent efforts to protect and bring visibility to persons with disabilities.

The Americans with Disabilities Act was a milestone in protecting the right to life of Americans with disabilities. Every person, from the unborn child to the elderly, has the same right to life as any other human being and should be free from those who would advocate for their deaths from assisted suicide or euthanasia.

This is especially true for persons with disabilities, even today, thirty-three years after the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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 – Today, District Judge Joseph Seidlin issued a temporary injunction of Iowa’s 2023 Heartbeat Law.

The bill was signed into law by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds on Friday while the judge heard arguments in the courtroom. The temporary injunction prevents the law from going into effect while the law is challenged in the courts.

“We are deeply saddened that Iowa’s Heartbeat Law cannot immediately save lives,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “The judge’s decision ignores the will of the people of Iowa who want to see unborn children protected in state law.”

Tobias continued, “We praise Governor Kim Reynolds and pro-life legislators for their dedication and commitment to the protection of the most vulnerable members of the human family. We also thank the hard work of our Iowa affiliate, Iowa Right to Life, and the pro-life coalition that diligently persevered in seeing this law pass.”

Governor Kim Reynold’s said the following in a statement issued following the injunction:

The abortion industry’s attempt to thwart the will of Iowans and the voices of their elected representatives continues today, but I will fight this all the way to the Iowa Supreme Court where we expect a decision that will finally provide justice for the unborn.

The Iowa General Assembly passed the bill in a special legislative session with a vote of 56 to 34 in the Iowa House and 32 to 17 in the Iowa Senate. Planned Parenthood of the Heartland filed for an injunction before the governor signed the bill into law.

On July 5, pro-life Governor Kim Reynolds called for a special legislative session in response to the June 16 Iowa Supreme Court’s 3-3 decision regarding a lower court injunction against Iowa’s 2018 Fetal Heartbeat Law. The 2018 law was designed to protect unborn babies from abortion after the heartbeat has been detected. The split decision by the Iowa Supreme Court allows a lower court injunction against the 2018 law to stand.

Passage of Iowa’s 2023 Heartbeat Law places it under the guidelines rendered in the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

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.