Thomas Glessner Archives

November 1, 2018

The Top 5 Legal Threats to Your Pregnancy Center … and How to Protect Against Them in 2019

On October 30, 2018, NIFLA led hundreds of participants in a free online training session for pregnancy centers. Tuesday’s live online training session focused on the top 5 legal threats to pregnancy centers and ways to protect against these threats in 2019. If you missed this special pregnancy center training from the legal team behind NIFLA v. Becerra, you can register to hear the recording here. The outline below contains highlights from this important presentation. […]

December 11, 2018

How Pregnancy Centers Can Overcome The “Fake Clinic” Myth

For years, abortion industry advocates have sought to discredit pro-life pregnancy centers with the lie that pregnancy centers are “fake clinics.” In a live online training for all pro-life pregnancy centers, NIFLA President Thomas Glessner and Vice President of Legal Affairs Anne O’Connor led an informative discussion about how centers can overcome this myth. NIFLA President and Founder Thomas Glessner said attacks on pro-life clinics have significantly increased over the last decade. The “fake clinic” […]

February 26, 2019

Democrats Block Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Tuesday, February 26, 2019 Senate Democrats on Monday blocked a Republican bill called the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act – also known as S.311 – which would have protected babies born alive after a failed abortion attempt. The Republican majority voted in favor of the bill, but the failure of the Democrat minority to support it caused the vote to fall short. The following statement may be attributed to National Institute of Family and Life Advocates […]

March 8, 2019

NIFLA, Pro-Life Organizations Issue Supreme Court Brief for Medical and Pregnancy Center Groups Supporting Ultrasound for Women

March 8, 2019 An amicus brief was filed with the Supreme Court this week by Americans United for Life in partnership with thousands of pro-life pregnancy centers affiliated with the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates as well as Care Net and Heartbeat International. In addition, the brief included thousands of physicians and other healthcare professionals represented by the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Pediatricians, and the Christian […]

April 12, 2019

Thomas Glessner in Fox News: Dare to see ‘Unplanned’ – it Could Change your Life

OPINION By Thomas A. Glessner Fox News Planned Parenthood has long proclaimed itself to be a pro-woman medical provider of comprehensive health care services to women. It claims that it merely helps women and couples plan their families by educating them about their “reproductive choices.” Read more at Fox News: https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/thomas-glessner-dare-to-see-unplanned-it-could-change-your-life

April 8, 2020

Pregnancy Centers Respond to COVID-19: We Are Essential

The coronavirus pandemic has changed life as we know it. Many non-essential businesses and services are shuttered across the country as people hunker down and socially distance themselves to prevent the spread of infection.

May 21, 2020

Planned Parenthood Steals Taxpayer Dollars, Government PPP Funds

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2020 Media Contact: [email protected] The following quote may be attributed to National Institute of Family and Life Advocates President Thomas Glessner regarding the attempts of the abortion industry to misappropriate taxpayer funds and pad its pockets in the midst of COVID-19. “Over the past few months, abortion industry advocates have repeatedly harassed nonprofit pregnancy centers about whether or not they have the right to apply for COVID-19 government relief programs. Planned […]

June 8, 2020

Thomas Glessner and Angie Thomas in The Washington Examiner: “Supreme Court May Change the Future of Abortion”

“The law in question is Louisiana’s Unsafe Abortion Protection Act, which requires abortion providers to hold admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their practice. The law closed a loophole that allowed abortionists to get around this requirement, even though it applied to all other doctors. The regulation passed with bipartisan support in 2014. As is the case with many regulations meant to protect the safety of women during an abortion, the abortion […]

July 29, 2020

Thomas Glessner in Pregnancy Help News: “Pro-life Groups ask FDA to Pull ‘Dangerous’ Abortion Pill, Declare it a Public Health Hazard”

“Leaders from more than 20 pro-life, Christian and conservative organizations wrote to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week urging removal of the abortion pill from the U.S. market. Citing the FDA’s own data and risk classification system for drugs, the groups called on the federal office to classify the abortion pill as an ‘imminent hazard to the public health’ that poses a ‘significant threat of danger.’ ‘We urge you to protect American […]