AUL and AULA’s leadership in defending life in law was highlighted last week as pro-life bills in Texas and Nebraska advanced. AULA applauded the efforts of Texas Representative Jodie Laubenberg and State Senator Dan Patrick as they introduced a bill that would ensure that abortion providers are not dispensing already-dangerous, abortion-inducing drugs in an unapproved and medically-inappropriate manner.
The bill requires that abortion providers dispense abortion-inducing drugs only in the way tested and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and outlined in the drug’s label. These requirements will prevent the dangerous “off-label” use of abortion-inducing drugs that has killed at least seven women in the United States alone—an “off-label” use that Planned Parenthood readily admits to, on its website and in court documents.
And in Nebraska, Americans United for Life Action Vice President of Government Affairs Daniel McConchie called on Nebraska’s legislators to vote in favor of LB690, which would strengthen Nebraska parents’ ability to help their minor children. The bill, based on AUL’s model legislation, would mandate that parents give consent before a minor may obtain an abortion.
McConchie testified before the Judiciary Committee of the Nebraska Legislature on the bill sponsored by state Sen. Lydia Brasch. Before the committee, he noted that even the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledges that “immature minors often lack the ability to make fully informed choices that take into account both immediate and long-range consequences.”
“We know that parental consent laws save lives,” said McConchie. “A 2008 study showed that parental consent laws reduce the minor abortion rate by 18.7 percent, while parental notification laws only reduce the abortion rate by about 5 percent.”
To track the progress of all pro-life legislation at the state level (not just legislation that AUL has worked on) go to www.aul.org.
The bill requires that abortion providers dispense abortion-inducing drugs only in the way tested and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and outlined in the drug’s label. These requirements will prevent the dangerous “off-label” use of abortion-inducing drugs that has killed at least seven women in the United States alone—an “off-label” use that Planned Parenthood readily admits to, on its website and in court documents.
And in Nebraska, Americans United for Life Action Vice President of Government Affairs Daniel McConchie called on Nebraska’s legislators to vote in favor of LB690, which would strengthen Nebraska parents’ ability to help their minor children. The bill, based on AUL’s model legislation, would mandate that parents give consent before a minor may obtain an abortion.
McConchie testified before the Judiciary Committee of the Nebraska Legislature on the bill sponsored by state Sen. Lydia Brasch. Before the committee, he noted that even the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledges that “immature minors often lack the ability to make fully informed choices that take into account both immediate and long-range consequences.”
“We know that parental consent laws save lives,” said McConchie. “A 2008 study showed that parental consent laws reduce the minor abortion rate by 18.7 percent, while parental notification laws only reduce the abortion rate by about 5 percent.”
To track the progress of all pro-life legislation at the state level (not just legislation that AUL has worked on) go to www.aul.org.
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