Tag: Pro-Life

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines sent a letter urging U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Stephen Hahn to exercise the FDA’s authority to classify the abortion pill Mifeprex (or mifepristone) as an “imminent hazard to the public health” that poses a “significant threat of danger,” a classification that would result in the removal of this pill from the U.S. Market. “It is by now nakedly obvious that the abortion industry and its allies in the media, billionaire philanthropic circles, and special interest groups, have wanted an unregulated and demedicalized abortion pill since the moment the FDA first approved

 U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines today voted for two critical pro-life bills, the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act.  Daines is the Founder and Chair of the U.S. Senate Pro-Life Caucus. Daines issued the following statement after the votes: “Today, I voted to protect innocent babies and for basic human rights,” Daines said. “It’s astonishing that Senate Democrats voted against these commonsense bills which end late term abortion and protect babies born alive from botched abortions. This shouldn’t be about politics. It’s about protecting life. As founder of the first ever

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate ahead of tomorrow’s votes on two pro-life bills that ban late term abortions and protect babies who survive botched abortions. Daines led a colloquy on the issue with Senators Sasse, Ernst and Braun.  To watch the full colloquy click HERE. The U.S. Senate will be voting this week on the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act Daines is the founder of the first ever Senate Pro-Life Caucus. He has been a champion for pro-life legislation since coming to

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines issued the following statement after it was announced the U.S. Senate will be voting on the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. “As founder of the first ever Senate Pro-Life Caucus, I am very glad the Senate will be voting on two important pro-life bills,” Daines said. “These are commonsense bills that defend the sanctity of human life by ending late term abortion and outlawing the horrific act of infanticide. These back-to-back votes will present an opportunity for Senate Democrats to show the American people whether there are

U.S. SENATE — U.S. Senator Steve Daines today applauded the finalization of the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) “Protect Life Rule”, following Daines’ request, to disentangle abortion from the Title X Family Planning program.  “The Protect Life Rule is a historic step in protecting the dignity of human life,” Daines said. “I’m grateful for President Trump’s leadership to redirect Title X funds away from the abortion industry towards centers that provide comprehensive health care to women and their babies, like Montana’s 17 Community Health Centers.” These regulations come in response to a letter Daines and 40 of his Senate colleagues sent to President Trump urging issuance of these

U.S. SENATE – U.S. Senator Steve Daines yesterday took the floor of the U.S. Senate to urge his colleagues to support the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. The bill would make it federal law that born-alive babies who survive abortions must be treated the same as every other living baby. Download the video HERE “If we can’t agree on something so fundamental that babies born alive deserve the right to life, I fear deeply for the direction some are taking our country,”Daines said. Click HERE to read the bill text. At the March for Life Rally last month, Daines announced the start of the first ever Pro-Life

U.S. SENATE – Senator Steve Daines today led the filing of a bipartisan, bicameral amicus brief calling on the Supreme Court of the United States to protect Americans’ constitutional right to freedom of speech and religious liberty as it considers National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra. National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra challenges the constitutionality of California law AB 775, also known as the Reproductive FACT Act, which forces California pro-life pregnancy centers to advertise for abortions and requires non-medical pregnancy care centers to publish large disclaimers of their non-medical status. “Pro-life

U.S. SENATE —U.S. Senator Steve Daines today introduced two measures to protect life.  Daines introduced the Protect Funding for Women’s Health Care Act, that redirects funds from Planned Parenthood to other eligible women’s health care providers, and a measure to scrap the Department of Health and Human Services’ new rule to amend regulations implementing the Title X Family Planning Program.  “We must fight for those that are unable to fight for themselves,” Daines stated. “We will maintain funding for women’s health care and redirect those funds towards community health clinics that provide comprehensive care instead of an organization that traffics human baby parts.”