Americans United for Life (AUL), the nation's premier pro-life legal team, works through the law and legislative process to one end: Achieving comprehensive legal protection for human life from conception to natural death. The nonprofit, public-interest law and policy organization holds the unique distinction of being the first national pro-life organization in America— incorporated in 1971, before the infamous Roe v. Wade decision. At the state, federal and international levels, AUL works to advance life issues through the law and does so through measures that can withstand judicial obstacles so that pro-life laws will be enforced. AUL knows that reversing Roe v. Wade can be accomplished through deliberate, legal strategies that accumulate victories, build momentum, and restore a culture of life.
Americans United for Life (AUL), the nation's premier pro-life legal team, works through the law and legislative process to one end: Achieving comprehensive legal protection for human life from conception to natural death. The nonprofit, public-interest law and policy organization holds the unique distinction of being the first national pro-life organization in America— incorporated in 1971, before the infamous Roe v. Wade decision. At the state, federal and international levels, AUL works to advance life issues through the law and does so through measures that can withstand judicial obstacles so that pro-life laws will be enforced. AUL knows that reversing Roe v. Wade can be accomplished through deliberate, legal strategies that accumulate victories, build momentum, and restore a culture of life.
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What is your organization aiming to accomplish?
• Dismantling the Big Abortion Industry that is profiting at the expense of women. • Raising awareness through media of abortion's harm to women; • Laying the legal groundwork to overturn Roe.
What are your strategies for making this happen?
AUL's strategy involves producing, distributing and enacting model legislation designed to save women and children from the destruction of abortion, assisting in the defense of such legislation when it is challenged in courts of law, and educating the public on the harmful impact of Big Abortion on women and its destruction on society. Our specific strategies in these areas are highly confidential due to the strong opposition we face from the Big Abortion Industry which seeks to profit off of women in a crisis pregnancy situation. Donors of AUL may request more information on our strategy by contacting AUL at 202-741-4902.
What are your organization's capabilities for doing this?
As its greatest resource, Americans United for Life has the best legal, legislative, policy and media experts on staff (see: http://www. aul. org/about-aul/team/). AUL also has the longest and richest history of any pro-life organization in the United States, have worked to defend life two years before Roe v. Wade was decided (See: http://www. aul. org/about-aul/history/).
How will your organization know if you are making progress?
1. A reduction in abortion rates (which we are seeing in recent reports from the CDC and Guttmacher Insitute) 2. The enactment of pro-life laws (which we are seeing in the recent surge of pro-life legislation and AUL's involvement in enacting one third (or 74) of those laws. ) 3. Increased public awareness of abortion's harm to women and children (which we are seeing in the significant media attention given to AUL with 78. 6 million media mentions in 2013).
What have and haven't you accomplished so far?
AUL has been involved in enacting one third (representing 74 bills) of the surge of pro-life laws we have seen enacted since 2011. In 2014, Bloomberg declared, "Americans United for Life has been a driving force behind [this] surge, providing state lawmakers with templates to enact abortion restrictions. " The impact of these laws has a dramatic effect on reducing abortion. Citing the passage of pro-life laws as a factor, the Centers for Disease Control reported a 5% decrease in abortions occurring in 2008 and a 3% decrease in 2009. Likewise, the Guttmacher Institute recently announced that abortions have decreased 13% from 2008, their lowest point since Roe v. Wade was enacted in 1973. According to Dr. Michael New of University of Michigan, legislative efforts to enact parental involvement laws, informed consent laws, and limits on taxpayer funding of abortions has contributed to a 25% nationwide decline in the number of abortions performed since 1992. (New, Michael. 2011. "Analyzing the Effect of Anti-Abortion U. S. State Legislation in the Post-Casey Era. " State Politics and Policy Quarterly 11(1) 28-47. ) AUL has also been involved in every U. S. Supreme Court case since Roe v. Wade and has had great success in assisting with the defense of pro-life laws in the Courts.
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Charity Contact Info
Americans United for Life
2101 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 525 Arlington,
VA 22201
tel: (202) 289-1478 EIN: 36-3906065
