WASHINGTON – The following is a statement by Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life:

National Right to Life congratulates Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on his nomination for Speaker of the House of Representatives. National Right to Life also congratulates Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) on his election for majority leader, Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) for whip, and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) for chairwoman of the House GOP Conference. This team has played a vital role in advancing legislation on the right to life and protecting women and their unborn children. We look forward to working with them in the upcoming Congress.

President Biden and the pro-abortion Democrats have reversed protective pro-life policies, worked to pass sweeping pro-abortion legislation that would make unlimited abortion the law of the land, and promoted abortion through government programs and activities. This leadership team will stand up to Biden and Democrats in Congress who have made unlimited abortion a priority.

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.