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Congressional News

NRLC comments on U.S. House passage of H.R. 810 (funding embryo-killing research) and President Bush's statements -- May 24, 2005

Congressional Alert: Urge Congress to Reject Embryo-Killing Research -- May 5, 2005 

News Update: U.S. House Passes Parental Notification Bill, 270-157; NRLC Calls on Senate Democrats to Stop Obstructing  -- May 5, 2005

Congressional Clashes Near on Major Pro-Life Issues -- April 6, 2005

Pro-life Movement Faces Opportunities,Challenges in New Congress -- January 3, 2005

Congress approves broad shield to protect pro-life health care providers -- December 8, 2004

Promises by Senator Arlen Specter win him the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee -- November 20, 2004

108th Congress the Most Successful Yet for Pro-Life Movement
By NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson
November 9, 2004

What the election results mean for the new Congress, by Legislative Director Douglas Johnson
November 4, 2004

Kerry on Abortion: Recent Words Don’t Square With His 20-Year Senate Record -- October 12, 2004
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108th Congress the Most Successful Yet for Pro-Life Movement: Senate Remains Bottleneck for Some Key Measures -- Sept. 29, 2004

NRLC urges lawmakers to cosponsor the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act -- Sept. 1, 2004 

NRLC urges U.S. House to protect conscience rights of health-care providers -- September 1, 2004

NRLC Condemns John Kerry for voting against the Unborn Victims of Violence Act -- March 25, 2004

Congress Bans Patents on Human Embryos; NRLC-backed Weldon Amendment Survives BIO Attacks  -- February 4, 2004

 "Following Win on Partial-Birth Abortion Ban, More Battles Loom in Congress in 2004," by Douglas Johnson, NRLC Legislative Director

NRLC statement in support of the Weldon Amendment to prohibit patents on human embryos --November 11, 2003

NRLC statement issued following final congressional approval of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act  -- Oct. 21, 2003

U.S. House Overwhelmingly Gives Final  Approval to Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act -- Oct. 2, 2003

 U.S. Senate advances Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act  -- Sept. 15, 2003

From NRL News:  Senate Democrats Stall Unborn Victims Bill With Amendments on Unrelated Issues --August 5, 2002

Progress Report on Some Key Pro-Life Legislation in Congress  -- August 5, 2003

From NRL News:  "Senate Republican Leadership Seeks Action on Unborn Victims of Violence Act, But Democrats Resist" -- July 12, 2003

U.S. House Joins Senate in Approving ban on Partial-birth Abortion, Supported by  70% of Public -- But Will Five Supreme Court Justices Agree? - June 4, 2003

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Passes U.S. Senate;  Pro-Life Forces in House Work to Defeat "Phony Ban" -- April 5, 2003

U.S. Senate Passes Ban on Partial-Birth Abortion,  But 33 Senators Vote Against the Ban, Saying Roe v. Wade Protects Partial-Birth Abortion -- March 13, 2003

House Passes NRLC-Backed Bill to Ban the Cloning of Human Embryos, But Many Senators Still Back Human Cloning for Biomedical Research -- March 7, 2003

House of Representatives Rejects Bill to Allow "Human Embryo Farms," and Approves Weldon-Stupak Bill to Ban the Cloning of Human Embryos, 241-155 -- February 27, 2003

"Congress Resumes Action on Human Cloning Legislation:  Misconceptions and Facts."  A background paper for lawmakers and journalists. -- February 10, 2003
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NRLC Congressional Update:  Bans on Partial-Birth Abortion, Human Cloning, On Congressional Agenda in Months Ahead -- February 7, 2003

Congressional Wrapup:  Democrat-Controlled U.S. Senate Kills Pro-Life Bills Favored by President Bush and Passed by U.S. House -- Oct. 3, 2002

 Senators, NRLC Assail Senate Democratic Leadership for Smothering Bill to Ban Partial-Birth Abortion -- Oct. 3, 2002

 U.S. House Passes Bill to Protect Pro-Life Health Care Providers
-- October 2, 2002

 NRLC Press Release:  Bush Administration Issues Final Unborn Child
Rule for S-CHIP -- September 27, 2002

President Bush Signs Born-Alive Infants Protection Act in Pittsburgh Ceremony Attended by NRLC Leaders  --  August 5, 2002

U.S. House Passes Partial-Birth Abortion Ban, 274-151; Will Senate Democratic Leader Kill the Ban?
 --July 24, 2002       (click here for PDF)

 NRLC response to Bush Administration cutoff of funds to U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA)
--July 20, 2002   Click here for Pdf Format

Pro-Life Lawmakers and NRLC Launch New Effort to Ban Partial-Birth Abortion
-- July 7, 2002

 What the 107th Congress has done so far  -- June 19, 2002

Text of NRLC letter to Senate supporting Brownback-Ensign Amendment to ban patenting of humans -- June 17, 2002  (for PDF replica of the actual letter, click here)

In Historic Speech, President Bush Urges U.S. Senate to Ban Human Embryo Cloning, But Democratic Leader Says No -- April 14, 2002

NRLC Letter to U.S. House members explaining objections to Shays-Meehan bill
-- February 7, 2002

"The Most Effective Lobbyist in Washington." -- September 3, 2001
Profile of NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson in National Review magazine.

U.S. House Votes to Recognize Unborn Children as Victims of Crime
-- April 26, 2001

Status of Major Pro-Life Legislation in Congress  --  August 1, 2000

U.S. House Passes Ban on State Execution of "Child in Utero" --  July 25, 2000

Lawmakers Back Away From House Vote on Roe v. Wade  - - May 25, 2000

Status of Pro-Life Legislation -- March 15, 2000