Today, the Office of Governor Ricketts released a press release highlighting broad support from state officials and advocacy groups for the Governor’s Pro-Life budget initiative to end taxpayer subsidies of abortion clinics. In the Governor’s 2018 budget...
This week, NFA’s Executive Director Karen Bowling testified before the Appropriations Committee in support of LB 944, Section 71. This section is a part of Governor Rickett’s 2018 budget proposal. It would prohibit the distribution of Title X Federal Funds...
This week, the US Senate failed to protect unborn children who can feel pain. The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which would’ve banned abortions after 20 weeks, failed to overcome a Democrat filibuster on a 51–46 final vote. Yesterday, Senator Ben Sasse, a...
Although taxpayer funding of abortion is illegal, taxpayer money subsidizes the abortion industry in Nebraska via Title X funds. The number one recipient of Title X funds in Nebraska is Planned Parenthood of the Heartland. They receive nearly $300,000 a year. When...
It was January 23, 1973, and I sat in a front row desk of my American Civics class as a junior in high school. It was the day after the landmark Supreme Court decision to make elective abortion legal in all 50 states. My instructor invited students to express their...
Although rare, occasionally abortions have dangerous side effects. In 2013, a Nebraska woman suffered severe complications following a late-term abortion at 25 weeks performed in Colorado. The couple sought an abortion after their pre-born baby was diagnosed with a...
