Abortion
November 2024 Ballot Amendments- Detailed information on proposed language, state specific pro-life coalitions and the percentage of votes needed.
Detailed information on proposed language, state specific pro-life coalitions and the percentage of votes needed.
Read MoreExposing the Myths of the Abortion Movement Using Their Own Data
Since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in June 2022, we have seen a resurgence within the pro-abortion movement to establish expansive abortion “rights” in as many states as possible.
Read MoreAdvocating Against Abortion in the States
As some states are passing laws to protect life anywhere from six weeks to 15 weeks’ gestation, other states are working to enshrine abortion “rights” into their state constitutions.
Read MoreHELP Stop HIPAA Changes
On August 4, 2022 the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to the Federal Registry to modify Section 1557, the “Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities Clause” of the Affordable Care Act.
Read MoreContraceptives Mandate
In Zubik v. Burwell, the Supreme Court ruled in a contraceptives mandate case involving the nuns of Little Sisters of the Poor and also other nonprofits. The Court ruled that the Obama administration should find a less restrictive means of carrying out its contraceptives program than by forcing conscientious objectors to participate under threat of massive fines.
Read MoreTitle X Family Planning Rule
Congress established the Title X program in 1970 to focus on “population research and voluntary family planning programs.”
Read MoreThe Hyde Amendment
The Hyde Amendment stipulates, “None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion.”
Read MoreThe Weldon Amendment
The Weldon Amendment was originally passed as part of the HHS appropriation and has been readopted (or incorporated by reference) in each subsequent HHS appropriations act since 2005.
Read MoreThe Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148 as amended by Pub. L. No. 111-152) includes new health care provider conscience protections within the health insurance Exchange program. Section 1303(b)(4) of the Act provides that “No qualified health plan offered through an Exchange may discriminate against any individual health care provider or health care facility because of its unwillingness to provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions.”
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