Pro-Life Council of Connecticut

08/21/2026

Right to assisted dying established for patients with conditions assessed as incurable and causing unbearable pain

08/20/2026

For immediate release: Thursday, August 20, 2026
For more information: Laura Echevarria, (202) 626-8825, [email protected]

National Right to Life Condemns New Jersey Governor’s Signing
of Sweeping Abortion-Protection Law

S2260 Shields the Abortion Industry and Undermines Protections for Unborn Children

WASHINGTON — New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed S2260 into law today, expanding legal protections for abortion providers and restricting cooperation with investigations and legal proceedings originating in states where unborn children receive greater protection under the law.

National Right to Life condemned the law as an effort to insulate the abortion industry from accountability while further entrenching abortion in New Jersey.

“S2260 places the power of New Jersey’s government behind the abortion industry and against the lives of unborn children,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “Governor Sherrill and the lawmakers who supported this legislation have chosen to make New Jersey a haven for those who end the lives of unborn children—even when those children and their mothers are located in states whose laws protect them.”

The law broadly defines “reproductive health care activity” to include providing, advising, facilitating, encouraging, referring for, assisting with, or providing material support for abortions considered legal under New Jersey law. It restricts certain investigations, legal actions, demands for records, professional disciplinary measures, and extradition proceedings arising from such activities.

The law also establishes criminal and civil penalties for specified acts classified as “interference with reproductive health care services.”

“S2260 attempts to prevent other states from enforcing their laws while shielding abortion providers who reach across state lines,” Tobias said. “This is not about protecting women’s health. It is about protecting abortion providers and expanding an industry whose purpose is the death of an unborn child.”

New Jersey Right to Life Executive Director Marie Tasy said the governor signed the legislation despite thousands of messages from New Jersey residents urging her to veto it.

“Governor Sherrill just signed a blank check for the abortion industry and a death warrant for countless unborn children with beating hearts,” said Tasy. “S2260 does not protect women. It protects the people who end the lives of living human children already growing in the womb. New Jersey should be a sanctuary for mothers and babies, not a legal fortress for those who profit from abortion.”

Supporters of S2260 repeatedly describe abortion as “reproductive health care.” National Right to Life rejected that characterization.

Tobias continued, “Abortion does not preserve or advance reproduction. It deliberately ends the life of an unborn child. Calling abortion ‘health care’ does not change what abortion does to that child or provide the meaningful support women deserve.”

National Right to Life and New Jersey Right to Life will continue working for laws and policies that protect unborn children while ensuring that women facing unexpected pregnancies receive compassionate assistance and genuine alternatives to abortion.

“Women deserve better than a government that treats abortion as the answer to difficult circumstances,” Tobias said. “They deserve practical support, compassionate care, and the assurance that both their lives and the lives of their unborn children matter.”

Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of affiliates in each of the 50 states, is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots pro-life organization. National Right to Life works through legislation and education to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, assisted su***de, and euthanasia.

Laura Echevarria
Director of Communications and Press Secretary
National Right to Life
Protecting Life in America Since 1968.
1446 Duke Street | Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 202.626.8810

Protecting life in America since 1968, National Right to Life is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots pro-life organization.

08/19/2026

99% of people with Down syndrome indicated they were happy with their lives.

97% reported they liked themselves.

99% expressed love for their families.
Abortion is depicted as "merciful" for babies with Down syndrome.
But it's brutal murder.

Every child deserves a chance at a joyful life—no matter their diagnosis.

08/19/2026

Law Enforcement that goes way above their job description.
Thank you for making our sick children happy.

Collin Genetti-Moore, 10, is battling cancer for the third time. On Tuesday, dozens of Connecticut police officers surprised him in Rocky Hill with gifts, K-9 units, specialty trucks and a police convoy: https://www.fox61.com/article/news/local/connecticut-police-officers-surprise-huge-police-fan-battling-cancer-third-time/520-e4f3f7eb-a77e-40b0-8bfd-d49163d20e77?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_FOX61

08/15/2026

As the Secretariat of the Geneva Consensus Declaration returns to the United States, we express our deep appreciation to Hungary for its exceptional stewardship. Hungary has faithfully safeguarded the Declaration and its principles, and we are grateful for its leadership and commitment to expanding....

08/12/2026

In honor of our UCONN Huskies & a smile on this Wednesday.

08/10/2026

For immediate release: Monday, August 10, 2026
For more information: Laura Echevarria, (202) 626-8825, [email protected]

Governor Healey Signs Extreme Massachusetts Law Allowing Abortion Until Birth

WASHINGTON — Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has signed H.5595, deceptively titled the “Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act,” eliminating the state’s remaining statutory limits on abortions performed after 24 weeks of pregnancy.

Previously, Massachusetts law permitted abortions after 24 weeks only when necessary to preserve the life or physical or mental health of the mother, or in cases involving a lethal or severe fetal diagnosis. The new law replaces those statutory conditions with the “professional judgment” of the physician performing the abortion—effectively allowing abortion for any reason throughout pregnancy, including when both mother and unborn child are healthy.

The legislation also eliminates the requirement that abortions after 24 weeks be performed in a hospital, removing an important safeguard for women undergoing dangerous late-term procedures.

“Governor Healey and the Massachusetts Legislature have erased the final protections for unborn children who can feel pain and who could survive outside the womb,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “At the very stage when premature babies are receiving lifesaving care in neonatal intensive care units, Massachusetts will permit abortionists to end the lives of children of the same age—and even older. That is not compassion, and it is not health care.”

Supporters claim the law protects the doctor-patient relationship, but it places the decision entirely in the hands of the abortion provider while denying any legal protection to the unborn child.

“Legalizing elective abortion up to birth on healthy mothers and healthy, pain-capable unborn children is not about protecting the doctor-patient relationship,” said Myrna Maloney Flynn, president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life, National Right to Life’s state affiliate. “It is about abortionists normalizing the deaths of fully developed infants and pressuring vulnerable women to permit their unborn children to die in heinous acts of violence. These abortions represent among the most severe human rights abuses permitted in only a few places around the world, including China and North Korea.”

The Massachusetts House passed H.5595 on July 22 by a vote of 119–33. The Senate approved the measure on July 31 and sent it to Governor Healey.

“This law exposes the dishonesty behind the claim that no one supports abortion until birth,” Tobias continued. “When lawmakers remove every objective limitation and authorize an abortion provider to decide whether an abortion may be performed at any point in pregnancy, abortion until birth is precisely what the law allows.”

National Right to Life and Massachusetts Citizens for Life remain committed to protecting mothers and their unborn children from an abortion industry that profits when vulnerable women believe they have no better choice.

Founded in 1968, the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), the federation of affiliates in each of the 50 states, is the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots pro-life organization. National Right to Life works through legislation and education to protect innocent human life from abortion, infanticide, assisted su***de, and euthanasia.

Laura Echevarria
Director of Communications and Press Secretary
National Right to Life
Protecting Life in America Since 1968.
1446 Duke Street | Alexandria, VA 22314
Phone: 202.626.8810

08/08/2026

Seriously, I have attended many, many of Andrea Bocelli’s concerts. I have almost every CD ( yes I am older & have a Bose CD player) and I am obsessed with listening to the Andrea Bocelli’s Duets CD that my brother sent to me at Christmas. His beautiful voice fills and comforts my heart, especially on sad days.
A voice straight from the heavens.

Meet Andrea Bocelli’s mother, who protected him from abortion.

While Edi was pregnant with Andrea, she suffered from appendicitis.

When her treatment was finished, doctors advised her to abort Andrea, claiming he would be disabled. Despite their pressure, Edi embraced Andrea’s life with unconditional love.

Andrea has publicly shared the story of his mom’s heroic decision to protect him:

“A young pregnant wife has been hospitalized for a simple attack of appendicitis. The doctors had to apply ice to her stomach and when the treatments ended the doctors suggested that she abort the child. They told her it was the best solution because the baby would be born with some disability. But the young brave wife decided not to abort, and the child was born. That woman was my mother and I was the child.” —Andrea Bocelli

Edi remained a steadfast mother when Andrea became blind at age 12 and continued to support him as he became a world-class tenor.

“My mother has always been by my side. She has supported and encouraged my artistic ambitions, even when few people believed I had a chance to break through as an artist; I was just a young man from the countryside, with no connections in the entertainment industry.”

The world has Edi Bocelli to thank for her son and his beautiful voice.

“I hope this could encourage many mothers that sometimes find themselves in difficult situations. In those moments when life is complicated, but want to save the life of their baby.” —Andrea Bocelli

08/06/2026

Thank you to those who put smiles on our sick children’s faces. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

08/06/2026

We can not let Assisted Su***de become legal in Connecticut.

Today marks a heartbreaking day in New York.

As of August 5, New York’s assisted su***de law is now in effect.

This law fundamentally changes the role of medicine by allowing healthcare professionals to prescribe lethal drugs intended to end a patient’s life. Supporters describe it as choice and autonomy, but many see it as a profound shift away from the traditional commitment of medicine to heal and care.

The concern is that once ending a patient’s life becomes an accepted medical option, it can gradually change the culture of healthcare and the way society responds to those who are suffering, elderly, disabled, or seriously ill.

True compassion means ensuring that people receive excellent medical care, pain management, mental health support, and palliative care—not making death part of healthcare.

A compassionate society is one where caregivers are committed to caring, never killing. Every person deserves dignity, support, and hope, especially during life’s most difficult.

https://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2026/08/reflecting-on-legalization-of-assisted.html