Abortion Profiteers Relying on False Claims to Attack Colorado’s Personhood Amendment

MEDIA ADVISORY, Aug. 31 /Christian Newswire/ — Personhood Colorado and Colorado Right to Life, co-sponsors of Colorado’s Personhood Amendment 62, have discovered that their only opposition, “Protect Families Protect Choices”, is backed by none other than abortion profiteer Planned Parenthood.

“Protect Families Protect Choices” is co-chaired by Planned Parenthood and NARAL, two of the largest pro-abortion organizations in the United States. Planned Parenthood has reportedly brought in over $1.02 billion dollars in recent years, and NARAL’s financial reports have shown over 6 million.

“‘Protect Families Protect Choices’ appears to be a cover group for Planned Parenthood,” stated Keith Mason, co-founder of Personhood USA and Manager of the “Yes on 62″ campaign. “Of course Planned Parenthood opposes Amendment 62, because it would cut into their profit, and tax dollars for abortion on demand. Who cares more about women: the multi-million- and billion-dollar-per-year organizations who profit from abortion, or the thousands of volunteers who don’t want to see even one more woman hurt by abortion? Clearly, those of us who do not profit from abortion are more invested in speaking the truth — abortion kills babies and harms women. Planned Parenthood and NARAL exploit women for financial gain, and Amendment 62 is primed to put a stop to their profiteering. This is a case of big money versus the people of Colorado, and the people will prevail.”

Amendment 62 volunteer researchers have uncovered a myriad of deceptions and outright lies from the abortion-proceeds camp, some of them boldly posted on the groups’ websites.

“Our opposition is relying on scare tactics to frighten voters,” explained Leslie Hanks, co-sponsor of Amendment 62. “For example, NARAL’s claims about miscarriages and ectopic pregnancy are patently false. Women would not be investigated for miscarriages, and of course women wouldn’t be denied health care or forced to carry an ectopic pregnancy that would kill both her and the baby. Even the No on 62 slogan is disingenuous — claiming that 62 goes ‘too far’, when any regulation to abortion is ‘too far’ for these abortion profiteers. These false claims are calculated to frighten women away from the truth.”

Continued Hanks, “‘Protect Families Protect Choices’ is misleading to the public. An organization that profits from the killing of children is not protecting anything or anybody. Amendment 62 supports the human rights of all human beings, while ‘Protect Families Protect Choices’ appears to seek the best interest of Planned Parenthood — lining their pockets.”

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Man Arrested After Threatening To Gun Down Pro-Lifers at Late-Term Abortion Clinic

Albuquerque, NM – A man was arrested Saturday, August 28, outside Southwestern Women’s Options, a late-term abortion clinic operated by Curtis Boyd in Albuquerque, New Mexico, after he threatened to shoot two pro-life women who were offering help to abortion-bound women.

The unidentified man and his wife were escorting their daughter into the abortion clinic when the wife and daughter walked over to the pro-life women to discuss alternatives to abortion. The man became angry and ushered his family members toward the clinic.

“When we come out, I’m going to put a bullet in your head if you talk to her,” the man told the pro-life women, whose identities are being withheld for their security.

Witnesses said that the man then lifted his shirt to show the women a dark object that was partially tucked into his trousers. The women recognized the object as a gun and called the police.

“The police responded appropriately and took him away in handcuffs,” said former Operation Rescue intern Bud Shaver, who arrived on the scene in time to witness the arrest and the clearing of the clinic by police.

“They cleared Boyd’s clinic to search for the gun SWAT style. Everyone, including staff, had to come out with their hands up.”

The area was cordoned off and the clinic was closed to patients for nearly two hours while police conducted their investigation.

It is currently unknown if a gun was recovered by police or what charges were brought against the man.

Death threats against pro-lifers have been viewed with greater concern in the wake of the shooting death of activist Jim Pouillon of Owosso, Michigan, who was gunned down last year as he held a pro-life sign outside a local high school. The killer admitted that he murdered Pouillon because he did not agree with his public abortion protests.

Shaver told Operation Rescue that he has been threatened a number of times since he has been in Albuquerque, but the police never responded in the way they did on Saturday.

“We are thankful that no one was injured and that the police took appropriate action,” said Newman. “Violence against pro-lifers has become something that we have to guard against every day. Those who reach out to women in front of abortion clinics should not be afraid to continue to do so, but should always have security and an awareness of their surroundings in mind.”

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Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation and has become a strong voice for the pro-life movement in America. Operation Rescue is now headquartered in a former abortion clinic that it bought and closed in 2006. From there, Operation Rescue launches its innovative new strategies across the nation, exposing and closing abortion clinics through peaceful, legal means. Its activities are on the cutting edge of the abortion issue, taking direct action to stop abortion and ultimately restore legal personhood to the pre-born in obedience to biblical mandates.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Files Politically Motivated Suit Against Pro-Lifers

West Palm Beach, FL – Liberty Counsel has agreed to represent Mary Susan Pine, a sidewalk abortion counselor, who is being sued by the politically motivated U.S. Attorney General, Eric Holder. Using the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) federal law and seeking the maximum fine of $10,000, Holder alleges that Pine “obstructed” a car entering a Florida abortion clinic nearly a year ago, on November 19, 2009. The suit is entitled Holder v. Pine.

Holder’s lawsuit acknowledges that Pine frequently appears at the Presidential Women’s Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Pine herself has had an abortion and for the past 20 years has counseled women about the tragedy of abortion. The suit alleges only one act on November 19, 2009, in which Holder claims Pine obstructed a car by stepping in front of the vehicle when it entered the clinic. Pine never obstructs anyone and denies she ever obstructed any vehicle. Notwithstanding, Holder’s suit alleges Pine is a threat and must be fined the maximum of $10,000. Holder’s complaint is only 3½ pages. Since the passage of FACE in 1994, this case is the first time anyone has been sued in Florida under the law.

In the Liberty Counsel case of Cheffer v. Reno, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that FACE can only be applied to actual physical force or threat of force. Based on the erroneous allegations in Holder’s complaint, the Attorney General has no case.

Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, commented: “This lawsuit by Attorney General Eric Holder is politically motivated and patently frivolous. It is designed to intimidate pro-lifers. We will not allow the Attorney General to push around little people and intimidate them for their pro-life beliefs. When Attorney General Eric Holder should be prosecuting terrorists, he is wasting time manufacturing baseless lawsuits against harmless pro-lifers. This action by the Attorney General is an abuse of power and an example of misplaced priorities.”

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Court Strikes Down Obama Stem Cell Policy

Washington, D.C. – (8/23/10) – Today, a U.S. District Court halted the Obama Administration’s illegal and unethical policy of funding research that necessarily entails the destruction of human embryos. Judge Royce Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction against the Administration’s policy in the case Sherley v. Sebelius.

“Since 1996, Congress has been clear that no federal funds are to be used in research that destroys, or even harms, embryos,” said Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President and CEO of Americans United for Life. “The Obama Administration has attempted to skirt the law by arguing that they are only funding research after the embryos are destroyed. Today’s sensible ruling reconfirms what we already knew, that Administration policy is in violation of the law.”

On March 9, 2009, President Obama, by executive order, directed the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to issue new stem cell guidelines to include the funding of human embryonic stem cell research.

Since 1996, the Dickey-Wicker Amendment has expressly banned NIH from funding research in which human embryos “are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death.”[1] The amendment has been renewed every year by Congress.

Attorneys defending the Obama Administration’s policy argued that since the federal government is only funding research on stem cells after being extracted from the embryos, and not the actual destruction of the embryos, the NIH guidelines are not violating the law.

However, that interpretation would require a strained reading of the Dickey-Wicker amendment. The Obama Administration policy of funding human embryonic stem cell research incentivizes the destruction of human embryos. Further, it is common sense that destroying embryos and using them in research are part of a common project.

Judge Lamberth held the policy violated the clear language of the law:

“The Dickey-Wicker Amendment unambiguously prohibits the use of federal funds for all research in which a human embryo is destroyed. It is not limited to prohibit federal funding of only the ‘piece of research’ in which an embryo is destroyed. … Despite defendants’ attempt to separate the derivation of [embryonic stem cells] from research on [embryonic stem cells], the two cannot be separated. Derivation of [embryonic stem cells] from an embryo is an integral step in conducting [embryonic stem cell] research.”

Since the Obama Administration policy violates the law, Judge Lamberth issued a preliminary injunction to stop funding of human embryonic stem cell research.

[1] Public Law 104-99, sec. 128, U.S. Statutes at Large 110 (January 26, 1996): 34, http://history.nih.gov/research/downloads/PL104.99.pdf.

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Americans United for Life (AUL) is a nonprofit, public-interest law and policy organization whose vision is a nation in which everyone is welcomed in life and protected in law. The first national pro-life organization in America, AUL has been committed to defending human life through vigorous judicial, legislative, and educational efforts at both the federal and state levels since 1971.

Recently, Americans United for Life detailed the facts on taxpayer-funding of abortion during the debate over federal health care legislation, provided legal assistance to states working to opt-out of abortion provisions created by federal health care law, and has played a major role in educating policymakers on the record of President Obama’s then-nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court.

200 Military Doctors Protest Using Their Hospitals to Kill the Preborn

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 /Christian Newswire/ — Over 200 physicians who have served U.S. soldiers have signed a letter to U.S. senators protesting a Senate bill amendment that would use U.S. military medical facilities as abortion clinics. The 16,000-member Christian Medical Association organized the letter and today sent it to the senators urging them to vote no on a National Defense Authorization Act amendment by Sen. Roland Burris that would remove restrictions on performing abortions in military facilities.

CMA Senior Vice President Gene Rudd, MD, who received the Gorgas Award for distinguished service in the American military, said, “If enacted, requiring military physicians to perform abortions threatens military readiness. Morale will suffer among those already serving. Morale is a key component of military effectiveness. Furthermore, just as we have seen a marked decrease in young doctors entering OB/Gyn training for fear of being forced to do abortions, this requirement will discourage young doctors from joining the military.”

“In addition to facilitating further destruction of unborn life, the provision will place military physicians with life-honoring convictions in the unenviable position of either disobeying orders, abandoning their conscience, or seeking objector status.”

Current law in effect since 1996 prohibits the performance of abortion by Department of Defense (DoD) medical personnel or in DoD medical facilities (except when the life of the mother is at risk or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest). A separate provision prohibits the use of DoD funds for abortion except to save the life of the mother. In 2006, the House rejected by a vote of 191-237 an amendment similar to the Burris amendment. The Burris amendment, which would allow abortion on both domestic and overseas military bases, is even more expansive than the rejected 2006 amendment. The letter from military physicians urges senators to “vote NO on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (DoD) (S.3280) because it contains Sen. Roland Burris’ amendment to strike Section 1093(b) of Title 10 of the US Code.”

CMA Director of Global Health Outreach Col. Donald Thompson, MD, who recently retired from the Air Force, said, “This provision would put conscientious military medics on the losing side of the Uniformed Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) in key areas crucial to good order and discipline in the military. Chain of command, avoidance of fraternization and carrying out lawful orders are key to an effective combat force, yet this provision would require military physicians, nurses and support staff to leave their ethical convictions at the door when they join the military. When a senior officer in the chain of command ‘thinks that this should be done,’ then that is the same as a direct order to the subordinate. Favors and perks go to those who ‘feel’ the same as the boss.

“Our military exists to fight our nation’s wars, not to be a ideological playground. If this provision stays in the NDAA, it will drive out of the military those who are most likely to serve their nation by going in harm’s way.”

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A.L.L. Expects First Amendment Victory in Pro-Life T-Shirt Case

Washington, DC (29 July 2010) – An elementary school student who participated in American Life League’s 2008 National Pro-Life T-Shirt Day is at the center of a First Amendment fight in California. The case is expected to go to trial in late August.

The former sixth grader at McSwain Union Elementary School in Merced, identified only as “T.A.” on court documents, wore the 2008 NPLTD shirt, which features two images of healthy developing preborn persons. School officials humiliated the girl in front of her classmates and ordered her to change the shirt. The school officials allege the shirt constituted “inappropriate subject matter.”

Judge Oliver W. Wanger, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, set Aug. 31 as the trial date.

“It is absolutely incredible, in this day when Planned Parenthood is pushing all kinds of pornographic material in schools for young people, that a shirt with two clear images of happy, healthy persons in the womb would elicit such a visceral response,” said Jim Sedlak, vice president of American Life League.

National Pro-Life T-Shirt Day has now evolved into National Pro-Life T-Shirt Week, observed each spring to increase awareness of the personhood of the preborn child and the tragedy of abortion.

“Why is the school worried about young children seeing a sonogram of a healthy person in the womb when, more than likely, these children have similar pictures of their siblings hanging on a refrigerator at home?” Sedlak asked. “We fully expect this student’s free speech rights to be upheld by the jury. American Life League will continue to encourage the right to free speech as young people clamor for justice in the womb.”

American Life League was cofounded in 1979 by Judie Brown. It is the largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization in the United States and is committed to the protection of all innocent human beings from the moment of creation to natural death. For more information or press inquiries, please contact Katie Walker at 540.659.4942.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

First Amendment Center: Pro-Life T-Shirt Censorship Case Goes to Jury (26 July 2010)
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/commentary.aspx?id=23197

Creative Minority Report: Pro-Life Censorship in School
http://www.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/07/pro-life-censorship-in-school.html

Temporary Ban on Abortion Funding Shows Need for Permanent Ban

WASHINGTON, July 30 /Christian Newswire/ — The White House announced a temporary regulation to fix loopholes discovered in ObamaCare that would allow federal funding for elective abortions. However, White House official Nancy-Ann DeParle emphasized that the ban, which applies to a program which itself is temporary, “is not a precedent for other programs or policies.”

Wendy Wright, President of Concerned Women for America (CWA), said, “The Obama administration is trying to play both sides. It tried to sneak funding for abortion in one program. Then, when caught, they announced a ‘ban,’ but at the same time declared the ban as ‘temporary’ and ‘not a precedent’ for what it will do in other programs. This leads to one obvious conclusion: temporary fixes don’t work. Congress needs to pass a permanent ban on abortion funding.”

“Every year a myriad of amendments have to be reauthorized to protect taxpayers from funding abortion. This week, Representatives Chris Smith (R-New Jersey) and Dan Lipinski (D-Illinois) offered a bi-partisan solution. The ‘No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act’ solidifies existing, annual bans, including the Hyde amendment, conscience protections for health care providers, and bars taxpayer funding of abortions in other countries.

“In announcing the temporary ban, the White House affirmed that the ‘President is committed to neither expanding nor scaling back current restrictions on federal funding for abortion.’ This new bill fits that promise, as it will uphold current laws, making permanent what has been for too long temporary.”

Concerned Women for America is the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization.

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California Abortionist Accused of Homicide in Patient Death

SAN DIEGO, July 30 /Christian Newswire/ — The Medical Board of California amended a complaint on Wednesday against troubled abortionist Andrew Rutland to include the charge of homicide in the death of Ying Chen. The action came after the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office reclassified Chen’s death as a homicide in June.

A revocation hearing before the Medical Board is scheduled for February, 2011.

Rutland had committed a second trimester abortion on Ying Chen at a dirty, unlicensed acupuncture clinic in San Gabriel, California, during which he administered an overdose of lidocaine. He failed to recognize the symptoms of the overdose and the patient went into cardiac arrest. He and his staff were untrained and unequipped to handle the medical emergency. After a “significant delay” in contacting 911, the woman was transported to a local hospital where she died six days later. Chen’s death was originally classified as accidental.

Rutland has a long history of Board discipline and other problems. His medical license was revoked in 2003 for severing a baby’s spinal column during a forceps delivery, then lying to the parents by telling them that their baby suffered a stroke. The baby later died. His license was reinstated in 2007 and Rutland was placed on 5 years probation with the restriction that he operate only under the supervision of another physician.

Last October, Operation Rescue reported that Rutland was violating his probation by engaging in the solo practice of medicine at an abortion clinic in Chula Vista. We asked our supporters to contact the California Medical Board and demand that his medical license be revoked.

On November 3, 2009, an Inspector from the California Medical Board attempted to inspect Rutland’s stock of drugs and his records at his Chula Vista clinic, but was refused access by Rutland’s staff.

In January, the Medical Board asked for an emergency suspension of Rutland’s license until the Board could work through the lengthy process to finalize revocation. During that hearing, a judge blocked Rutland from doing abortions, but allowed him to continue office consultations.

Operation Rescue learned in February that Rutland was continuing to administer the abortion pill and contacted the Board with the evidence. Judge James Ahler later amended his order to allow Rutland to continue to the chemical abortions, as long as he did not engage in surgical abortions.

In response the reclassification of Chen’s death as a homicide, Rutland sent an angry letter to a list of elected officials and others, including Oprah Winfrey, demanding an investigation into “clandestine collaborations of national antiabortion group organizations and local antiabortion activists with the Medical Board of California.” Rutland singles out Operation Rescue and complains that we used “clandestine political collaborations” to force several abortionists out of business. He opines that everyone from the Medical Examiner, to the hospital, to the police officer who investigated Chen’s death were all involved in some plot against him.

“Rutland has proven himself to be a dishonest man who presents an ongoing danger to the public. It was his own negligence and attitude that he is above the law that has landed him in repeated trouble with the Medical Board,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.

“Rutland complains his problems are somehow the result of an anti-abortion plot. He is upset that authorities would hold him accountable to the law, but what he really wants is to be treated as if no laws apply to him. People are dying due to his shoddy work and Operation Rescue is proud of any small part we may have played in bringing him to justice.”

About Operation Rescue®
Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation and has become a strong voice for the pro-life movement in America. Operation Rescue is now headquartered in a former abortion clinic that it bought and closed in 2006. From there, Operation Rescue launches its innovative new strategies across the nation, exposing and closing abortion clinics through peaceful, legal means. Its activities are on the cutting edge of the abortion issue, taking direct action to stop abortion and ultimately restore legal personhood to the pre-born in obedience to biblical mandates.

OR Responds to Vicious Attack by Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

Religious child-killing enthusiasts seem very concerned about violence from pro-lifers. For a group that supports the legal dismemberment and murder of babies in the womb, their concern seems more than a little misplaced. What this group of religious killing advocates really are concerned about is the growing awareness (51 million dead children later) that abortion is, in fact, the killing of a human being who has absolutely no choice or say in the matter. Three cheers for Troy Newman and Operation Rescue for being the conscience of this nation and pointing to the profound evil that abortion is. Here’s OR’s response:

Last Friday, an opinion column by Joan Sanford of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice was published in the Albuquerque Journal alleging that Operation Rescue’s involvement in Albuquerque affairs – concerning the late-term abortions of Curtis Boyd-will bring violence to the region.

Let it be said that Operation Rescue has a lengthy record of peaceful pro-life activism.
Operation Rescue’s satellite office in Albuquerque will be bent on fighting against abortion using strictly peaceful methods.

Sanford perpetuates allegations – which are fickle at best – that Operation Rescue was somehow involved in the murder of George Tiller in 2009 based on the coincidence that senior policy adviser for Operation Rescue Cheryl Sullenger’s phone number was found in Scott Roeder’s car after his arrest.

The mere presence of the phone number in no way constitutes an affiliation with Roeder or an endorsement of his actions.

The phone number that was found was readily accessible on Operation Rescue’s website and was used as an informational line, oftentimes for people to find out where prayer vigils were being held.

In fact, Operation Rescue was the first group to issue a statement after the murder of Tiller. In the statement, Operation Rescue denounced the actions of Roeder as “cowardly,” and Operation Rescue condemns the use of violence to stand against abortion.

But while Operation Rescue reacted prudently with a statement concerning Tiller’s death, a search of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice website confirms it has yet to issue a statement concerning the murder of pro-life activist James Pouillon who was gunned down last September because of his pro-life beliefs, even though he was protesting in a completely peaceful, non-threatening manner.

The coalition’s failure to issue a statement leads us to believe it has no problem with his assassination.

The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice is trying to diminish the basic human right to life by skirting the real issues and bringing up decades-past situations that have been resolved.

Sanford brings up the fact that Sullenger was convicted in 1988 of conspiring to damage an abortion mill. Sullenger immediately expressed remorse and regretted her actions. She served her time to society, and in the 22 years since her conviction, she has been an outspoken opponent of violence both inside and outside the womb.

A 22-year-old mistake does not characterize the pro-lifer that Sullenger is now, and her dedication toward fighting abortion through peaceful means proves that. Her advocacy gives her and Operation Rescue a better track record than the coalition of fighting against violence.

On the other hand, the coalition supports the most violent action that has been legalized: late-term abortions, which kill viable babies and cause drastic and often irreversible harm to the mothers who obtain them.

In fact, it could be argued that the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice is much more radical than Operation Rescue due to the fact that the coalition supports the violent termination of late-term babies, which the vast majority of Americans oppose.

The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice has further attempted to distract from the real issue by quoting Randall Terry and using his words to attempt to discredit Operation Rescue; however, as has been documented, Terry has not been affiliated with Operation Rescue for close to 20 years, and his words and viewpoints do not reflect the philosophy of Operation Rescue.

We believe that every human embryo deserves the right to life, and we believe that personhood cannot be stripped from somebody based on his or her period of development, just like it was wrong for Nazi Germany to strip away personhood from the Holocaust victims and for the Supreme Court – in the Dred Scott Decision – to strip away personhood from black Americans.

It is disconcerting that the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice supports the dehumanization of children and supports a mother’s “right” to end the life of her child.

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About Operation Rescue®
Operation Rescue is one of the leading pro-life Christian activist organizations in the nation and has become a strong voice for the pro-life movement in America. Operation Rescue is now headquartered in a former abortion clinic that it bought and closed in 2006. From there, Operation Rescue launches its innovative new strategies across the nation, exposing and closing abortion clinics through peaceful, legal means. Its activities are on the cutting edge of the abortion issue, taking direct action to stop abortion and ultimately restore legal personhood to the pre-born in obedience to biblical mandates.

Missouri 5th State to Opt Out of Taxpayer-Funded Abortion

WASHINGTON, July 14 /Christian Newswire/ — Today, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon will allow SB 793 to become law without his signature, which will significantly enhance the state’s informed consent protections for pregnant women and make Missouri the fifth state to opt-out of the abortion mandate in the federal health care law.

“We applaud our allies in the Missouri legislature for dramatically enhancing the informed consent protections for women in Missouri and making Missouri the fifth state to opt out of taxpayer-funded abortion,” said Dr. Charmaine Yoest, President & CEO, Americans United for Life. “This new law protects women, their unborn children, and taxpayers making it a win for everyone in the state.”

AUL’s State Director Kerry Messer worked extensively with Senate sponsor Rob Mayer on the legislation. Sen. Mayer stated:

“Throughout my career, I have had a strong pro-life record, and today is really a big leap forward in protecting the lives of the unborn. I truly believe that anyone who can hear the heartbeat of these children, or see the pain the child goes through, and is told about the many options they have, will ultimately choose life.”

The new informed consent law includes many new provisions, including:

· Women must be advised of the risks of abortion, given information about the physiological characteristics of their unborn child, be presented with what resources are available to women who choose to bring their child to term, and the information can only be given to a woman by a physician or qualified professional.

· Women must be given the opportunity to view an ultrasound, learn about the pain an unborn child may feel during a later term abortion, and to have access to a telephone if she is at the abortion facility under duress from a third party.

· Insurance plans in the soon-to-be-created federal health care exchanges which are subsidized by taxpayer dollars cannot offer abortion coverage in their health plans

Americans United for Life (AUL) is a nonprofit, public-interest law and policy organization whose vision is a nation in which everyone is welcomed in life and protected in law. The first national pro-life organization in America, AUL has been committed to defending human life through vigorous judicial, legislative, and educational efforts at both the federal and state levels since 1971.

AUL’s legal team has been involved in every pro-life case before the U.S. Supreme Court including the successful defense of the Hyde Amendment. AUL also publishes Defending Life, the most comprehensive state-by-state legal guide of its kind, which is distributed annually to legislators across the nation.

Recently, Americans United for Life detailed the facts on taxpayer-funding of abortion during the debate over federal health care legislation, provided legal assistance to states working to opt out of abortion provisions created by federal health care law, and has played a major role in educating policymakers on the record of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.

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