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Mother’s Day Billboards up in NOLA

Louisiana Right to Life, alongside New Orleans Right to Life, is producing a year-long billboard campaign in the greater New Orleans area in an effort to spread a consistent pro-life message. This month three Mother’s Day billboards went up stating the message “Thanks Mom for Choosing Life!” Thank you to our supporters for making this…

LARTL Applauds Senate for Confirming Engelhardt to 5th Circuit Court of Appeals

NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana Right to Life is pleased that today the U.S. Senate voted 62-34 to confirm U.S. District Court Judge Kurt Engelhardt of New Orleans to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. “We are pleased that Judge Englehardt has been confirmed to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals,” said Benjamin Clapper, executive director…

Foster Care Important to Pro-Life Cause

By Sarah Zagorski, Special Projects Director May is Foster Care Awareness Month, and after spending nearly eight years in the Louisiana Foster Care System I understand personally how important both foster care and adoption are to the pro-life cause. I met my foster family at the young age of 16 months with nothing on but…

Nguyen wins State Oratory Contest

Henry Nguyen of Lafayette won the Louisiana Right to Life Pro-Life Oratory contest this weekend at the Louisiana Knights of Columbus state convention in Baton Rouge. Celeste Lirette of Shreveport placed second. Nguyen will now represent Louisiana at the National Pro-Life Oratory Contest in June. Congratulations to all participants!

Louisiana Abortion Rate Falls for the 3rd Straight Year!

The number of abortions in Louisiana decreased by 3 percent from 2016 to 2017, according to preliminary figures provided to Louisiana Right to Life recently by the Louisiana Department of Health. It was the third straight year abortion numbers have dropped. There were 8,706 abortions performed in Louisiana in 2017, down from 8,972 abortions reported…