NIFLA in the News Archives

August 1, 2016

[Daily Caller] Pro-Choice For Thee, But Not For Me

More than 40 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled there is a constitutional right for women to have an abortion. Since that time, approximately 60 million abortions have taken place, and the term pro-choice has dominated the landscape. Modest restrictive measures on abortion, such as parental notification for minors or bans when babies can survive outside the womb, are opposed by the abortion industry and its proponents. They loudly proclaim that such measures restrict a woman’s […]

August 4, 2016

[Christian Post] Whatever Happened to the Party of the Little Guy

http://www.christianpost.com/news/whatever-happened-to-the-party-of-the-little-guy-167235/#cAy72heqxjlJOG8X.99

I grew up in a family that had its politics rooted in the Democratic Party. My father, an evangelical pastor, bred into me the principle that one’s Christian faith mandates a duty to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to care for the homeless, and to provide Christian charity to those in need. In short, I was taught that the identification badge of people of genuine authentic faith is that they truly care for […]

August 9, 2016

[Life News] Hillary Clinton Once Thought Abortion Should be “Safe, Legal and Rare.” Two No Longer Apply

Almost 25 years ago, Bill and Hillary Clinton famously said abortion is a “fundamental constitutional right” that should be “safe, legal, and rare.” In 2008, Hillary Clinton – who opposed the 2003 partial-birth abortion ban – repeated that this is her goal, saying she wanted abortion “safe, legal and rare, and by rare, I mean rare.” Opponents of abortion never believed the Clintons. Now, after receiving the first ever presidential endorsement from the nation’s premier […]

October 14, 2016

[IJR] Mike Pence Showed That He Will Stand Up For The ‘Little Guys’ – The Unborn

http://ijr.com/opinion/2016/10/260658-mike-pence-showed-will-stand-little-guys-unborn

I was raised in a partisan Democratic family. My father, an evangelical minister, believed that his Christian faith required him to be very politically oriented. I was raised on the values that Christians must defend the voiceless, the homeless, the widow, and the orphan. Thus, we considered ourselves Democrats – the party of the little guy…

November 9, 2016

Thomas Glessner in the Washington Examiner: The Supreme Court Was the Issue that Carried Election Day

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-supreme-court-was-the-issue-that-carried-election-day/article/2606945

Election Day has come and gone, its results sending shockwaves across the nation. Most political pundits totally misread the level of discontent felt by Americans towards their government — discontent that launched President-elect Donald Trump into the presidency in perhaps the biggest upset in American history.

December 1, 2016

[Life Site News] Abortion is Contrary to Declaration and Constitution, Lawyer Argues

https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/qa-with-created-equal-author-thomas-glessner

The newly published book, Created Equal: Reflections on the Unalienable Right to Life, delves into American history to demonstrate that the sanctity of innocent human life is part of the founding of the United States. Thomas Glessner, president of National Institute of Family and Life Advocates, painstakingly details how the Founding Fathers of America based both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution on principles and understandings that explicitly upheld the right to life of preborn babies.

December 8, 2016

Thomas Glessner in The Hill: Women and Children Need Congress to Protect Them in 2017

http://origin-nyi.thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/309536-women-and-children-need-congress-to-protect-them-in-2017

Last week, the House of Representatives’ Select Panel on Infant Lives recommended prosecution of Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast for illegally selling organs and body parts of aborted babies to the University of Texas. This panel has been critical in helping America come to terms with the chilling reality of abortion.

January 17, 2017

[CBN] From Youth Rallies to Clothing Expos: March for Life More than a March

This year’s March for Life is already turning out to be historic, with Vice President Mike Pence now topping the list of speakers. It’s the first time a president – or vice president – has ever attended the nation’s largest pro-life gathering. Even before the March for Life began, the nation’s capital was filled with pro-life activity. Many participants marched over to the new Planned Parenthood mega-center in Washington to protest outside its doors.

January 25, 2017

Thomas Glessner and Diane Black in The Washington Times: Empowering a woman’s right to choose life

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jan/25/empowering-a-womans-right-to-choose-life/

Three-thousand pregnancy resource centers and medical centers exist in America. They empower a woman’s right to choose life by providing material provisions, housing and adoption information, education on abortion alternatives, ongoing counseling, and medical services such as ultrasounds, sexually transmitted disease testing and treatments, and more.