by APFLI | Jul 16, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
A Tuscaloosa abortion clinic has sued the state over a regulation that could cause the facility to permanently close. West Alabama Women’s Center filed the lawsuit in Montgomery federal court last week against state health officials over a regulation that requires...
by APFLI | Jul 7, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
Seville pharmacy had been fined €3,000 in 2008 for refusing to sell emergency contraceptive, but Spanish constitutional court overturns decision on appeal. A Spanish pharmacy that was fined for refusing to sell women morning-after pills has been told that its right to...
by APFLI | Jul 1, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
States across the United States have already passed 51 pro-life laws saving unborn babies from abortion — which is more than all of the pro-life laws all states passed throughout the entirety of 2014. This information comes from a new report from the Guttmacher...
by APFLI | Jun 30, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
Late Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a brief two-paragraph statement blocking enforcement of two provisions of a 2013 Texas abortion law until the Court can decide if it will hear the case. The statement, issued by Justice Antonin Scalia, noted that the decision...
by APFLI | Jun 23, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
2nd article, 1 July 2015 Victory In Aurora, Illinois Keeps Planned Parenthood on the Defensive An Illinois appellate court has overturned a lower court’s dismissal of a zoning and fraud lawsuit brought by the Thomas More Society on behalf of several neighbors of a...
by APFLI | Jun 19, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
The Ministry of Health in Russia has signed an agreement with the Russian Orthodox Church that includes prevention of abortion and provision of palliative care. The agreement signed by Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova and Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian...
by APFLI | Jun 19, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
Today, the Iowa Supreme Court struck down Iowa Administrative Regulations that banned the webcam abortion pill distribution scheme that has been used by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland since 2008. The Court found that requiring an in-person physical examination...
by APFLI | Jun 18, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
During its next session (June 22-26), the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE, Strasbourg) will debate late abortion and neonatal infanticide, following the Petition for the rights of new-borns surviving their abortion submitted by a collective of...
by APFLI | Jun 17, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling today upholding a Texas pro-life law credited with closing multiple abortion businesses and cutting abortions 13 percent, saving an estimated 9,900 babies from abortion. Click to Read at LifeNews.com:...
by APFLI | Jun 10, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals just unanimously ruled to uphold a pro-life law requiring Texas abortion clinics to meet common-sense health and safety standards. [See a copy of the press release] 5th Circuit Upholds Texas Ambulatory Surgical Center Standards in...
by APFLI | Jun 7, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
After a month of negotiating the state’s two-year budget, the Texas Legislature’s new proposal cuts Planned Parenthood from its Breast and Cervical Cancer Services program. The decision by the Lone Star State would axe funding for over a dozen Planned Parenthood...
by APFLI | May 21, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
Big Abortion and their powerful friends are becoming more and more brazen. They want to coerce all Americans into supporting their pro-abortion agenda and they don’t care if it violates our beliefs. Take for example, Hillary Clinton’s recent speech to a women’s...
by APFLI | May 5, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
AUL-Based Bill Becomes North Dakota Law, Providing Enhanced Penalties for Those Exploiting Women and Girls Trapped in Human Trafficking “Sex trafficking is modern day slavery,” said AUL’s Dr. Charmaine Yoest. “We must protect the women and girls victimized by those...
by APFLI | Apr 12, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
http://www.lifenews.com/2015/03/24/oklahoma-senate-committee-passes-pro-life-bill-to-ban-dismemberment-abortions/...
by APFLI | Mar 21, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
Women’s risk for death, breast cancer, hemorrhage, and other maladies as a consequence of abortion increases at 20 weeks pregnancy and following. Since the Supreme Court legalized abortion for any reason, at any time of pregnancy, in 1973, there have been repeated...
by APFLI | Mar 21, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
So far in 2015, there have been overwhelming votes in state legislatures to: 1) ban abortions when an unborn baby is developed enough to feel pain; and 2) ban dismemberment abortions. It’s tragic the Supreme Court won’t let us pass laws that protect the...
by APFLI | Mar 21, 2015 | Legislation / Court Cases
The North Dakota Supreme Court has upheld a state law that limits chemical abortions in the state. Chemical abortions are usually procured with a pill regimen of mifepristone (RU486) to block progesterone and starve the tiny baby, and misoprostol 48-72 hours later to...
by APFLI | Sep 10, 2013 | Legislation / Court Cases
In California, a bill known as AB154 sits on the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown awaiting his signature. This bill would dramatically expand surgical abortions in California by allowing nurse practitioners (NPs), certified nurse midwives (CNMs), and physician assistants...
by APFLI | Aug 30, 2013 | Legislation / Court Cases
[Comment: Why shouldn’t a woman who is raped have the same protections as any other pregnant woman? The prolife movement doesn’t discriminate. N. Valko RN] Set aside the spin and snarkiness, and the August 27 New Republic article, “Pro-lifers aren’t even...
by APFLI | Aug 30, 2013 | Legislation / Court Cases
Lawmakers in Washington are attempting to rebalance U.S. spending on foreign aid which has for years limited funding for maternal and child health and increased spending for groups promoting population reduction and abortion. The U.S. budget for family planning and...