[10] Charles Rice, a professor at Fordham Law School, who was active in the AUL argued that "birth control fever" had infected American society.

[11] In 1980, AUL played a key role in the Harris v. McRae decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld the Hyde Amendment restricting federal funding of Medicaid abortions only to cases of life endangerment (and, since 1994, rape or incest) and determined that states participating in Medicaid were not required to fund medically necessary abortions for which federal reimbursement was unavailable as a result of the Hyde Amendment.

[7] In 2006, the organization supported legislation that was proposed in 21 states, which aimed to require that doctors who perform late-term abortions inform their patients that the fetus might feel pain during the procedure.

[19] Mother Jones was also critical of similar bills, also based in part on the AUL model legislation for the Pregnant Woman's Protection Act, that were introduced in South Dakota[20] and Iowa.

[21] On July 14, 2022, Catherine Glenn Foster, the organization's president, stated during U.S. House Judiciary Committee testimony: "If a 10-year-old became pregnant as the result of rape and it was threatening her life, that’s not an abortion,"[22] apparently referring to the case of a 27 year-old Ohio man charged with raping a 10-year-old girl who then traveled to Indiana to obtain an abortion after the Supreme Court's reversal of Roe v.

[23] Sarah Warbelow, legal director for the Human Rights Campaign, responded that Foster's remarks were "very significant disinformation," and further added, “An abortion is a procedure.

It stated that learning the gender at such an early point may lead some parents to terminate the pregnancy if they were hoping for a baby of the opposite sex to that indicated by the test.

AUL later came out in opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,[31] and its affiliated legislative action group launched a targeted campaign in congressional districts of House members who supported the bill.

[33][34] The organization has voiced opposition against Supreme Court justice appointments for judges who support abortion rights, including Ruth Bader Ginsburg[35] and Stephen Breyer.

[37] AUL provided testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee at the Congressional hearings to decide whether Sotomayor should be confirmed, as well as for then-Solicitor General Elena Kagan.

[41][42][43] Other campaigns have included a "Virtual March for Life" of around 85,000 people,[6] which it organized for members of the anti-abortion community unable to travel to Washington on the 37th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.

[47] The organization released a 174-page report on Planned Parenthood in July 2011, based on a study of 20 years detailing alleged abuses including misuse of federal funds and poor patient care.

The report contributed to the House Energy and Commerce Committee's decision to begin investigating Planned Parenthood under Representative Cliff Stearns.