NRLC Press Releases

 

NRLC: Reid abortion language "completely unacceptable" -- November 18, 2009

MEDIA UPDATE: NRLC, media reports examine abortion issue as health care bill moves to Senate -- November 13, 2009

PolitiFact and NPR examine Stupak-Pitts amendment, Obama -- November 10, 2009

New Hampshire Committee Votes to Reject Assisted Suicide -- November 10, 2009

Obama Speaks, NRLC Responds on Stupak-Pitts Amendment -- November 9, 2009

NRLC:  House rejects pro-abortion smuggling effort -- November 7, 2009

NRLC letter to U.S. House regarding H.R. 3962 as amended -- November 7, 2009
To view or download the PDF version of the letter, click here.

Federal agency directly funds abortions under new Pelosi bill (H.R. 3962) -- October 29, 2009

AP cites abortion clash as NRLC warns House on public plan -- October 23, 2009

New Oklahoma Abortion-Reporting Law Designed to Help Women -- October 21, 2009

NRLC: White House press secretary's remarks show White House still engaged in smuggling operation for government funding of abortion -- October 8, 2009
To view or download a pdf version of this press release, click here.

Recent Polls Show Pro-Abortion Congress Out of Step with the American Public, Turning a Deaf Ear to Public Opinion -- October 1, 2009

Death Spiral remains after party-line vote -- October 1, 2009

Press release: National Right to Life says new events in Congress further uncover pro-abortion agenda in health care bills -- September 30, 2009

Oklahoma Lawsuit Betrays Women -- September 30, 2009

Amendments Offered to Remove "Death Spiral" Musical Chair Provision from Baucus Bill -- September 23, 2009

NRLC: PolitiFact misses mark, needs better dictionary -- September 23, 2009

NRLC: Baucus bill has abortion subsidies, dangerous Medicare provisions -- September 16, 2009

National Right to Life responds to Sebelius comments on This Week with George Stephanopoulos -- September 13, 2009

National Right to Life Responds to Shooting Death of James Pouillon -- September 11, 2009

Obama Perpetuates Abortion Funding Myth in Joint Session Address -- September 9, 2009

National Right to Life Mourns the Loss of Robert Schindler, Sr. -- August 29, 2009

Obama Says "Government Funding of Abortion" is "Fabrication,"
But the White House-Backed House Bill Explicitly Authorizes It
-- August 19, 2009

Technicality Takes Out Oklahoma Ultrasound Law -- August 18, 2009

New NRLC Resources on Abortion in Health Care Bills -- August 15, 2009

AP Confirms: Obama Plan Would Allow Abortion Coverage -- August 5, 2009

Meek Receives Phony Baloney Citation -- July 24, 2009

NRLC Responds to Challenge of North Dakota Heartbeat Law -- July 23, 2009

Advisory Memo regarding the New York Times Magazine article by Peter Singer about Health Care "Reform" -- July 23, 2009

NRLC release: Obama-backed health bills threaten biggest expansion of abortion since Roe v. Wade -- July 20, 2009

Memo from NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson to "journalists and other interested persons" regarding "sweeping pro-abortion mandates in pending 'health care reform' legislation -- July 10, 2009

National Right to Life Applauds 4th Circuit Ruling -- June 25, 2009

Anti-Rationing Amendment to Health Care Bill Defeated 12-10 in Senate Committee -- June 22, 2009

As Congress Begins Health Care Debate in Washington, NRLC Proposes Affordable Alternative -- June 19, 2009

Pro-Lifers Gather to Stop the Abortion Agenda -- June 18, 2009

National Right to Life Condemns the Killing of Dr. George Tiller -- May 31, 2009

Nebraska Breaks New Ground with Ultrasound Bill -- May 29, 2009

National Right to Life Responds to Sotomayor Nomination -- May 26, 2009

Sex-Selection Abortions Banned in Oklahoma -- May 21, 2009

Obama budget recommends tax-funded abortion in nation's capital -- May 7, 2009

NRLC responds to  new NIH guidelines on human embryonic research -- April 17, 2009

National Right to Life Calls on Notre Dame to Rescind Obama Invitation -- March 23, 2009

Obama opens door to human embryo farms -- March 9, 2009

Sebelius Nomination Continues Obama Abortion Agenda – March 3, 2009

Repeal of Conscience Protection Regulation is Next Step in Enactment of Expansive Obama Abortion Agenda -- February 27, 2009

Obama Abortion Agenda Launched Today with Order Promoting Abortion in US Population-Control Program – January 23, 2009

Roe v. Wade: 36 Years of Death and Destruction Pro-Lifers Prepare to Battle Pro-Abortion Agenda -- January 22, 2009

National Right to Life Praises Palin -- August 29, 2008

GOP Platform Embraces Life, NRLC Calls Platform “Strongest Ever”  -- August 27, 2008

The Democratic Party’s Extreme Allegiance to Abortion  -- August 25, 2008

Oklahoma Enacts Strongest Ultrasound Bill Yet -- April 17, 2008

SOUTH DAKOTA MAKES 12
Governor Rounds signs ultrasound bill -- March 14, 2008

CALLOUS IN CLEVELAND:
Obama debate comments on Schiavo send dangerous message to disabled community -- February 27, 2008

NRLC Praises President Bush's Pro-Life Policies in State of the Union Address -- January 28, 2008
Read what the President said here.

NRLC Looks at 35 Years of Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade: 35 Years of Death and Destruction -- January 22, 2008

Statement by Wanda Franz, Ph.D., NRLC President
(PDF document)

Statement by Raimundo Rojas, NRLC Hispanic Outreach Director (PDF document)

Statement by Amanda McClone, National Teens for Life Advisory Board (PDF document)

NEW REPORT: ABORTION NUMBERS CONTINUE TO DECLINE
National Right to Life Cites Pro-Life Education, Legislation as Key -- January 17, 2008

NRL Mourns the Death of Former Congressman Henry J. Hyde -- November 29, 2007
"Truly one of the great statesmen of our time."

As Schindler Family is Honored, Country is Reminded of Danger of Withdrawal of Medical Treatment
National Right to Life Asks: Will Your Advance Directive Be Followed? -- October 3, 2007

Georgia Governor Signs Ultrasound Bill -- May 23, 2007

National Right to Life Applauds Blanket Pro-Life Veto Warning by President Bush -- May 3, 2007

Idaho Governor Signs Law Providing For Ultrasound Before Abortion -- April 3, 2007

Mississippi Governor Signs Ultrasound Bill -- March 22, 2007

Exhale E-Abortion Cards are Both Belittling and Insensitive -- March 21, 2007

National Right to Life Statement on Portuguese Abortion Vote -- February 13, 2007

Statement of Wanda Franz, Ph.D, NRLC President -- January 22, 2007
PDF document 

Statement of Dorothy Timbs, J.D., Legislative Counsel Robert Powell Center for Medical Ethics -- January 22, 2007
PDF document  

Statement of Karen Cross, Political Director -- January 22, 2007
PDF document

National Right to Life Applauds the Work of Scientists Toward Ethical Stem Cell Research -- January 8, 2007

Senate Democratic Caucus Moves to Kill Parental Notification Bill By Procedural Obstruction -- July 25, 2006

U.S. House Republican Leadership Seeks Votes on Human Cloning and Unborn Child Pain Bill -- June 27, 2006

National Right to Life: AGI Report Recycles Old Data with New Political Spin -- May 4, 2006

Supreme Court Reaffirms a Parent's Right to Know -- January 18, 2006

National Right to Life Responds to Ruling on Gonzales v. Oregon -- January 17, 2006

NRLC Available for Comment at Supreme Court on Ayotte vs. Planned Parenthood -- November 29, 2005

NRLC releases radio ad highlights Durbin's unfairness regarding John Roberts -- September 12, 2005

National Right to Life Statement on the death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist  -- September 3, 2005

NRLC Comment on New NARAL TV Ad -- August 26, 2005

NRLC Rebuttal to Pro-Abortion Paper on the Pain of Unborn Humans -- August 25, 2005

Roberts Nomination Highlights Upcoming Cases on Partial-Birth Abortion, Parental Notification -- July 19, 2005

Eighth Circuit ruling underscores that Supreme Court will decide if partial-birth abortion remains legal -- July 8, 2005

NRLC Announces "REAL Women's Voices" Lobbying Day in Washington, DC on April 27th -- April 6, 2005

National Right to Life Mourns the Death of Pope John Paul II -- April 2, 2005

National Right to Life "Deeply Saddened" by the Death of Terri Schiavo -- March 31, 2005

U.N. General Assembly Adopts Declaration Urging Ban on All Forms of Human Cloning -- March 8, 2005

Supreme Court Rejects Governor Bush's Appeal to Save Terri Schindler-Schiavo from a Death of Starvation and Dehydration -- January 24, 2005

Statements from January 24, 2005 Press Conference

Pro-Lifers Retain White House and Pick Up Senate Seats -- November 3, 2004

National Right to Life Responds to Claims of Increased Abortions Under Bush -- October 21, 2004

Blood Brothers: Why the leading practitioners of late abortion wrote checks to John Kerry, by NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson -- October 2, 2004

National Right to Life (NRLC) Responds to Florida Supreme Court Ruling on “Terri’s Law” -- September 23, 2004

Majority Opposes Tax Funding of Stem Cell Research that Kills Human Embryos -- August 23, 2004

NATIONAL SURVEY SHOWS THAT MORE AMERICANS SUPPORT TERRI SCHINDLER-SCHIAVO’S RIGHT TO LIFE -- August 18, 2004

NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE RESPONDS TO RON REAGAN’S PRO-CLONING SPEECH AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION -- July 28, 2004

AMERICAN VICTIMS OF ABORTION OUTRAGED BY INSENSITIVITY OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S “I HAD AN ABORTION” T-SHIRTS -- July 27, 2004

Kerry Chooses Running Mate with Extreme Position on Abortion -- June 6, 2004

POPULAR SONG ADVOCATES VIOLENCE AGAINST PREGNANT WOMEN -- June 24, 2004

National Right to Life Mourns the Loss of President Ronald Reagan -- June 5, 2004

JUNE IS ABORTION AWARENESS MONTH IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY -- June 4, 2004

NRLC President Reveals Survey at Catholic Press Association National Convention: Catholic Republicans Overwhelmingly Support Pro-Life Legislation -- May 28, 2004

Federal Appeals Court Says U.S. Must Facilitate Suicide with Federally Controlled Drugs; Supreme Court Likely to have Last Word -- May 26, 2004

FEDERAL APPEALS COURT SAYS U.S. MUST FACILITATE SUICIDE WITH FEDERALLY CONTROLLED DRUGS; SUPREME COURT LIKELY TO HAVE LAST WORD -- May 26, 2004

National Right to Life Applauds Adult Stem-cell Research -- May 11, 2004

Poll Shows  that Marchers are out of Touch with Majority of Americans on Abortion -- April 23, 2004

VICE-PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY TO MAKE BRIEF REMARKS AT THE PROUDLY PRO-LIFE AWARDS DINNER IN WASHINGTON, D.C. -- April 15, 2004

NRLC AND BLACK AMERICANS FOR LIFE SADDENED THAT NAACP TO SUPPORT ABORTION-ON-DEMAND -- March 10, 2004

WILL COVERAGE OF BLACKMUN PAPERS REVIVE MEDIA MYTHS ABOUT ROE V. WADE? -- March 3, 2004

NRL PAC ANNOUNCES ENDORSEMENT OF GEORGE W. BUSH FOR PRESIDENT -- February 2, 2004

Press Conference Statement by Wanda Franz, Ph.D. President, National Right to Life Committee -- January 22, 2004

Statement by Douglas Johnson Legislative Director, National Right to Life Committee January 22, 2004 on the Unborn Victims of Violence Act -- January 22, 2004

STATEMENT OF CAROL TOBIAS NRL PAC Director -- January 22, 2004

Procedural Vote at the United Nations Regarding Human Cloning -- November 10, 2003

National Right to Life Comments on Court Orders and Statement by President Bush -- November 6, 2003

Statement by President Bush at press conference and NRLC comment -- October 28, 2003

SPURRED BY SCHINDLER-SCHIAVO CASE, MODEL STATE LAW TO PREVENT STARVATION AND DEHYDRATION PROPOSED -- October 22, 2003

Statement from National Right to Life regarding the starvation of Terri Schindler-Schiavo. -- October 15, 2003 

The National Right to Life Committee ranked 8th overall among 171 interest groups on health-related issues. -- October 14, 2003

TEEN DIES AFTER RU 486 ABORTION -- September 22, 2003 

NARAL, PLANNED PARENTHOOD WRONG ABOUT PUBLIC OPINION -- June 10, 2003

NRLC release:  Family of Laci and Conner Peterson ask Congress to pass Unborn Victims of Violence Act  -- May 7, 2003

Charge for Double Murder of Laci and Conner Peterson in California Throws New
Spotlight
on Unborn Victims of Violence
-- April 22, 2003


North Dakota Governor John Hoeven signs ban on all human cloning after near-unanimous support in state legislature -- April 7, 2003

Arkansas legislature passes Brownback-style ban on all human cloning, 88-5 and 34-0; votes put spotlight on Senators Lincoln and Pryor -- March 24, 2003

Senators Daschle and Johnson voted to allow third-trimester abortions based on claims of emotional "health" by voting for Feinstein Substitute -- March 14, 2003
(PDF document -- requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)


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

REASONS FOR DEATH BROADEN WIDELY IN OREGON’S FIFTH YEAR OF LEGAL ASSISTING SUICIDE -- March 6, 2003

U.S. House to Vote the Week of February 24 on Weldon-Stupak Bill to Ban the Cloning of Human Embryos and "Human Embryo Farms" --  February 12, 2003
For PDF version, click HERE.

NRLC Response to Phony Ban on Human Cloning Introduced in Congress  -- Feb. 5, 2003

NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE APPLAUDS BUSH STATEMENTS ON PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTION, HUMAN CLONING, AND HEALTH CARE RATIONING -- January 28, 2003

A Statement from Carol Long-Tobias, National Right to Life's Political Action Committee Director -- January 22, 2003

Guttmacher Survey of Abortion Providers Finds Reported Number of
Partial-Birth Abortions More Than Tripled
-- January 14, 2003

Landrieu vs. Landrieu: This Week, Mary Landrieu Makes Directly Contradictory Promises on Federal Funding of Abortion -- December 4, 2002

BUSH ADMINISTRATION FINALIZES COVERAGE OF UNBORN CHILD IN HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM -- September 27, 2002

National Right to Life Applauds U.S. House for Passing Bill to Bar Discrimination Against Pro-Life Health Care Providers -- September 25, 2002

New Right to Life Radio Ad Says Senators Johnson and Daschle Are Blocking Bill, Backed by President Bush, to Ban Human Cloning  --  May 9, 2002

ATTORNEY GENERAL ACTS TO BAR USE OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES FOR ASSISTED SUICIDE  -- November 6, 2001

U.S. House Judiciary Committee approves Weldon-Stupak bill to ban cloning of human embryos; the House may choose next week between banning human cloning or allowing human embryo farms --  July 24, 2001

Stem Cell Researchers Created Human Embryos to Kill Them; Other Advocates for Embryo-Killing Research Lament the "Bad Timing"-  July 11, 2001

U.S. House Backs President Bush on Pro-Life Mexico City Policy  --  May 16, 2001

National Right to Life Applauds Restoration of Pro-Life "Mexico City Policy" by President Bush -- January 22, 2001