Press Releases and Statements

Democrats For Life Supports Haley’s Call for a National Consensus on Abortion

09 May 2023. Posted in Press Releases and Statements.

Statement by Kristen Day Executive Director, Democrats for Life of America Presidential candidate Nikki Haley last week called for a national consensus on the issue of abortion. We support that call to action and urge our elected representatives from both parties to make 2024 about women, their families, and their children…not abortion. Abortion politics has infected our nation long enough. The current climate is causing more harm than good. Abortion advocates have pushed to eliminate health and safety regulations governing abortion and endorsed federal legislation that would make abortion less safe for women. States have passed laws...

Colorado Democrats Reveal a Pro-Abortion Agenda

08 May 2023. Posted in Press Releases and Statements.

Forced to Backtrack on Law that Takes Away Choice from Women Fairfax, Virginia, May 4, 2023 - Colorado Democrats were forced to pause and not enforce a law preventing a woman from accessing medication that could prevent abortion if she changed her mind after taking an abortion drug. “The essence of choice is to be able to make a decision. The law takes that choice away and violates the Colorado law supporting a fundamental right to continue a pregnancy,” said Kristen Day, Executive Director of Democrats For Life. “Colorado Democrats clearly did not think through the implications of the law and the fact that it is an anti-choice law.” The law prohibits doctors...

A Vision for Congress to Make Birth Free to Mothers Outlined in New White Paper

18 January 2023. Posted in Press Releases and Statements.

Americans United for Life and Democrats for Life of America are calling on Congress to make birth free to mothers. Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life (AUL), and Kristen Day, Executive Director of Democrats for Life of America (DFLA), co-author the white paper “Make Birth Free: A Vision for Congress to Empower American Mothers, Families, and Communities.” “The American family is threatened. Many feel as though they cannot afford to have a child, particularly when the costs of pregnancy, birth, and post-natal care are exorbitantly expensive,” the authors state in Make Birth Free. “The average cost of childbirth in the United States is nearly $19,000, and...