Mallory QuigleyToday former Vice President Joe Biden advanced one step closer to securing the Democratic Party presidential nomination as U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders dropped out of the race. The national pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) responded in a statement:
For more than 30 years, Democratic Party leaders have been trying to kick pro-lifers out of the party. This year, when they need pro-life voters more than ever, leading Democrats are still more determined to alienate them.
This week the pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) filed an amicus brief in June Medical Services L.L.C. v. Gee, a major abortion case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case involves a Louisiana law that requires abortionists to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of where they perform an abortion. The law was introduced in 2014 by Democratic State Representative Katrina Jackson and passed by overwhelmingly bipartisan majorities in both the Louisiana House and Senate. Oral arguments will be heard on March 4 of this year with a decision expected by the end of June or early July.
This week, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced the Support and Value Expectant (SAVE) Moms & Babies Act to prevent approval of new abortion drugs by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), prevent the loosening of FDA regulation of already-approved abortion drugs, and prevent abortion drugs from being dispensed remotely by mail or through telemedicine. The House version of this bill was introduced in September by Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH).
Today Bradley Mattes, president of Life Issues Institute and of the International Right to Life Federation, praised United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar for their recent letter inviting world leaders to join the U.S. in standing against efforts within the United Nations to create an international right to abortion on demand.
Yesterday evening former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley gave the keynote address at the national pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List’s 12th annual Campaign for Life Gala at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C.
The national pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) slammed radical legislation passed by Illinois lawmakers to expand abortion on demand through birth, allow non-doctors to perform abortions, repeal the state’s ban on partial birth abortion, and more.
A pro-life doctor has advanced in a special Congressional election in the state of North Carolina.
The heads of nearly a dozen national pro-life organizations have sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking for a policy change on the issue of taxpayer funding for research using fetal tissue from induced abortions. The letter comes after repeated comments made by senior officials at the National Institutes of Health defending the practice, despite an ongoing audit of the policy being conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services.
