National Right to Life Committee

Kansas, Idaho Legislatures Vote to Protect Pain-Capable Unborn Children

WASHINGTON -- Today, legislative houses in two states voted for bills that would protect pain-capable unborn children from death by abortion. This evening, the Kansas Senate, by a vote of 24-13, passed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. It is expected to be signed by pro-life Governor Sam Brownback as early as this week, making Kansas the second state in the country to protect these young, pre-born children. Also today, the Idaho Senate passed similar legislation by a vote of 24-10. It now goes to the Idaho House for consideration. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, the landmark law that was first enacted last year in Nebraska, protects unborn children from abortions from 20 weeks after fertilization based on documented scientific evidence demonstrating that they can feel pain.

U.S. House for Vote to Cut Federal Funds from “Bloated Abortion Mega-Marketer Planned Parenthood”

WASHINGTON (February 18, 2011) -- The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the nationwide federation of state right-to-life organizations, expressed strong approval that the U.S. House of Representatives today adopted, 240-185, an amendment offered by Congressman Mike Pence (R-In.) to cut off federal funds to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) and 102 named PPFA affiliates.

National Right to Life Committee calls on Senate to vote to repeal Obama Healthcare Law

WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) today called on all Senators to vote to repeal the Obama Healthcare Law, and stated that it would include the vote, expected shortly, in its scorecard of key right-to-life roll calls of the 112th Congress.

National Right to Life Applauds Introduction of Two Major Bills

WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the nationwide federation of state right-to-life organizations, applauded the introduction today, in the U.S. House of Representatives, of two major bills intended to repair and strengthen barriers to federal subsides for abortion.

Report: Abortion numbers essentially unchanged

WASHINGTON – A new report released today by the Guttmacher Institute (formerly a special research affiliate of Planned Parenthood), "Abortion Incidence and Access to Services in the United States, 2008," found that for 2008, the annual number of abortions remained essentially level with the numbers it reported for 2005 in its last published survey. The report found 1.212 million abortions in 2008, compared with 1.206 million abortions in 2005, the difference accounted for by abortions from previously uncounted abortion "providers" discovered since the 2005 survey. The total is still far below the peak of 1.6 million abortions reported for 1990.

NRLC legislative strategy conference to be held tomorrow

WASHINGTON – The National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) will hold its State Legislative Strategy Conference for state right-to-life leaders on Tuesday, December 7, beginning at 10:00 am. The opening session of the conference will be open to members of the press.

Voters rebuked “pro-life” supporters of Obama Health Care Law

WASHINGTON – In an analysis solicited by a blogger for the National Catholic Reporter and posted on that paper's website yesterday, National Right to Life Committee (NRLC) Legislative Director Douglas Johnson asserts that last week's election results represent a strong repudiation of lawmakers who voted for the health care law enacted last March, and discredit the attempts of certain organizations to whitewash the pro-abortion components of that bill.