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Events Cancelled Due to COVID-19, But Work to Defend Life Continues

Restrictions due to COVID-19 have forced Louisiana Right to Life to cancel three events – two fund-raisers and a youth camp – that were planned for spring and summer months, but that has not stopped the organization from continuing its fight to defend life in Louisiana. Bowties for Babies Bowties for Babies: A Southern Style…

Supreme Court Strikes Down Our Law and Sides with Abortion Industry; We Will Continue the Fight

By Benjamin Clapper, Executive Director The Supreme Court has made a tragic decision. Once again, it put abortion businesses and their profits over everything else. In a 5-4 decision, Chief Justice Roberts joined Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Breyer, and Ginsburg in striking down our common-sense 2014 law requiring abortion businesses to have admitting privileges at a…

Supreme Court Decision in June Medical v. Russo Is a Loss for the Health, Safety of Women

Press Release: June 29, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a 5-4 plurality decision, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision in June Medical Services v. Russo, ruling that Louisiana’s 2014 Unsafe Abortion Protection Act is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court’s decision today upholds the 2016 Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt decision….

Supreme Court Sides with Abortion Business: Immediate Reaction from Sen. Katrina Jackson

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the abortion facility June Medical Services in June Medical Services v. Russo. Louisiana Right to Life is conducting further review of the decision at this time and will be issuing more comments shortly. Please join a Virtual Press Conference at 10:30 CST / 11:30 EST…

Lafayette Teen Wins State Pro-Life Oratory Contest

 Click Above to Watch Christine Dore’s Video St. Thomas More High School senior Christine Doré won first place and a cash prize in Louisiana’s annual Pro-Life Oratory Contest, presenting an emotional story of how her mother chose life for her after finding out she had an untreatable brain tumor. Christine, 19, is from Lafayette…