By Bridget Palm, WRTL Fall 2026 Intern Since it was passed 50 years ago on September 30th, 1977, the Hyde Amendment has saved the lives of an estimated 2.6 million unborn babies. The Hyde Amendment, named after its sponsor Republican…
By Bridget Palm, WRTL Fall 2026 Intern On September 12, 2026, Illinois’ assisted suicide law took effect, nine months after Governor Pritzker signed it into law, despite last-minute attempts to stop it in federal court. On September 10, a federal…
By Bridget Palm, WRTL Fall 2026 Intern The Grant County Right to Life chapter’s pro-life bus, which has been in the works for several years and features multiple pro-life pictures on it, was refused entry into the Platteville Dairy Days…
By Bridget Palm, WRTL Fall 2026 Intern In 2007, Wisconsin man Manishkumar Patel spiked his pregnant girlfriend’s smoothie with crushed abortion pills in an attempt to kill their unborn child. Since RU486 (mifepristone), the drug he used, was not…
By Heather Weininger, Executive Director of Wisconsin Right to Life A year ago this week, our nation lost Charlie Kirk, a beloved husband, father, and a tireless advocate for his convictions. Charlie's life was marked by bold courage, steadfast faith,…
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Right to Life today responded to the lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Ozanne, which asks Wisconsin courts to find a right to abortion in the state Constitution's protections of…
We've heard this line so many times: “abortion is a private decision between a woman and her doctor. Keep government out of a woman’s decisions about her body.” But when did a “woman and her doctor” become a vulnerable teenage…
MADISON, Wis. — September 9, 2026 — Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments in Louisiana v. FDA, an important case challenging the federal government’s removal of safeguards surrounding the abortion drug mifepristone. At…
On August 27, 2026, Attorney General Josh Kaul announced that the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) is joining a suit to block a federal policy requiring providers and states to comply with updated U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) funding…