National Pro-Life Alliance Members Mobilize to Uphold Ban

    After fighting for a decade to pass a ban on the gruesome partial-birth abortion procedure, National Pro-Life Alliance members were not about to stand by and watch as the abortion industry turned to unelected, activist judges to block enforcement of the Ban.

    National Pro-Life Alliance members mobilized thousands of pro-life activists to sign an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban, sending a clear message that pro-lifers expected nothing less than a ruling upholding the Ban.

    And following the passage of the Ban in Congress, NPLA members kept up the political heat through nationwide mobilization mailings and TV advertisements. The campaign put continued pro-life pressure on politicians whose blind allegiance to abortion-on-demand had led them to oppose even limits on this barbaric procedure.

    On April 18, 2007, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling in Gonzales v. Carhart upholding the Ban. In so doing, the Court validated the first ever federal measure to restrict the so-called "right" to abortion since the tragic 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.

Supreme Court Decision Upholding Ban Opens Door to New Possibilities to Not Only Restrict But Ultimately End Abortion-On-Demand

    This victory was important in one other aspect. In the past the Supreme Court has attempted to deflect pressure for its radical protection of abortion-on-demand under all circumstances by appearing to permit some limitations on abortion in the more outrageous cases.

    But in reality, the Court always insisted that any regulation of abortion contain a so-called "health of the mother" exception in which "health" was defined so broadly as to include any reason to abort. So really the court's position before the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban ruling was that abortion-on-demand is protected by judicial edict -- anytime, any place and under any circumstance.

    But the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban upheld by the Court contained no such "health of the mother" exception.

    This modest, first step provides fertile ground which NPLA members plan to exploit to ultimately pass legislation like the Life at Conception Act or Sanctity of Life Act which would end, not merely regulate, abortion-on-demand.

    It remains to be seen whether Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Samuel Alito would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade if a case directly challenging the infamous decision came before the Court. But National Pro-Life Alliance members, who went all out to secure the nominations of both judges, have reason to celebrate their performance thus far.

    While a contrary decision would have been very bad news to pro-lifers everywhere, National Pro-Life Alliance members continue to fight for an end to ALL abortion-on-demand and will not rest until every unborn baby enjoys the full protection of the law guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

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