Press Releases and Statements

Pro-Life Democrats Pen Amicus Brief To the Supreme Court Arguing to Overturn Roe V. Wade

30 July 2021. Posted in Press Releases and Statements.

Washington D.C. -- Democrats For Life of America (DFLA) filed an amicus curiae brief today to support the State of Mississippi's challenge to the United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuits stay on the Gestational Age Act. The legal brief was filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. DFLA argued that the Court’s fetal viability standard in both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey has prevented necessary debate for the various ways states, and society in general, can and should create policies and laws to support mothers and children. “The Mississippi...

STATEMENT ON THE HYDE AMENDMENT

29 July 2021. Posted in Press Releases and Statements.

STATEMENT ON THE HYDE AMENDMENT By Kristen Day, Executive Director, Democrats For Life of America Today, the House passed the first spending bill in 45 years that does not include the Hyde Amendment, one of the most critical pro-life protections that America has on the books. We are deeply disappointed and disturbed that House Democrats removed this bipartisan provision that has protected preborn human life for decades. Democrats are out of touch with mainstream Americans who overwhelmingly object to funding abortion. For a party that champions minority communities, repealing Hyde is the epitome of hypocrisy as minorities are overrepresented in abortion numbers. Over fifty...

DEMOCRATS FOR LIFE OF AMERICAN DEMANDS FLOOR VOTE ON HYDE AMENDMENT

22 July 2021. Posted in Press Releases and Statements.

DEMOCRATS FOR LIFE OF AMERICAN DEMANDS FLOOR VOTE ON HYDE AMENDMENT Those who support abortion funding should go on the record Washington, D.C. Democrats For Life of America Executive Director Kristen Day was at the Capitol yesterday to meet with elected officials and get a pulse on what is happening with the Hyde Amendment. One of the rumors that is swirling around the Hill is that Democratic Party leadership will NOT allow an Amendment to restore a longstanding ban on taxpayer funding of abortion. “If abortion-rights Democrats want abortion funding, they should not hide behind procedural gamesmenship, allow a vote, and go on the record of support for taxpayer funding...