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Dr. Yoest in US News: Postpone Kagan Nomination

Dr. Charmaine Yoest, AUL’s President & CEO, is making headlines with her letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy urging that the Kagan confirmation hearings be postponed until the Clinton Library releases information from her time as a White House lawyer and domestic policy aide. The US News and World Report feature "Washington Whispers" reports: “AUL President Charmaine Yoest wrote: ‘We are deeply concerned that the Senate Judiciary Committee will have insufficient time to review Elena Kagan's record before commencing her hearing on June 28, 2010. Therefore, we request that you provide whatever time is needed for members to thoroughly prepare for the hearing, even if it requires postponing the hearing date.’” Click here to read the full text of Dr. Yoest’s letter.

Oklahoma Becomes the 6th State to Opt Out of Taxpayer-Funded Abortion

AUL applauds the Oklahoma legislature’s decision to turn down the federal government’s plan for taxpayer-funded abortion—making theirs the sixth state legislature to do so. On Monday, the lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Brad Henry to opt the state out of the abortion mandate created by the new federal health care law.

“More than 70 percent of voters oppose the use of public funds for abortion; that’s why the state-by-state opt-out movement continues to gain momentum,” said AUL spokesman Matthew Faraci. “Oklahoma’s leadership on this issue serves as an example to other states looking to pass similar laws.”

So far, the opt-out bills in Arizona and Tennessee have become law, while bills in Florida, Mississippi, and Missouri are pending action. For more information on the opt-out efforts across the country, click here.

Catch up with the Kagan File

Supporters of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan want you to think that, with no judicial experience, she has no record on abortion. But readers of AUL’s Kagan File aren’t fooled. Every weekday morning, the blog update from AUL’s legal team spotlights memos and other information from the nominee’s lengthy paper trail, giving new insights into her extreme views.

If you’ve missed an installment of The Kagan File, the AUL Blog now features a summary of all the research from the first two weeks.Click here to read what the nominee’s boosters don’t want you to know, including her support of a national pro-abortion organization, her admiration for radical activist Israeli Judge Aharon Barak, her efforts at Harvard Law School to promote international law at the expense of American constitutional law, and her many years working for pro-abortion officials.