Political Heavyweights Join Americans United for Life for its 40th Anniversary Gala

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Aug 15, 2011, 05:00 ET

Honorary Co-Chairs Texas Governor Rick Perry, U. S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions lead a stellar list of Honorary Hosts for a historic event.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National leaders and political luminaries will join together in November to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Americans United for Life -- the nation's premier pro-life legal team and the country's first national pro-life organization -- incorporated in 1971 before the infamous Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. The high profile event is already marked by an impressive list of pro-life leaders serving as honorary hosts of the much-anticipated evening.

AUL President and CEO Dr. Charmaine Yoest noted that the anniversary gala would mark the "accumulated pro-life victories AUL has earned through years of public service and the people who made them possible."

Milestones for AUL include: successfully defending the Hyde Amendment before the U.S. Supreme Court, establishing the intellectual groundwork for Fetal Homicide legislation now passed in 38 states, reducing abortions state by state through cutting-edge model legislation found in Defending Life (a catalogue of 39 pieces of model legislation), leading in the fight against assisted suicide, and testifying for life in state legislatures around the country and in the last two Supreme Court justice confirmation hearings. To read more about AUL's accomplishments in recent media coverage, click here.

Details for attendance
What:	AUL's 40th Anniversary Gala
Where:	The Newseum, Washington, D.C.
When:	Wednesday, November 2, 2011
How to Register:	Go here.

Honorary Hosts for the event include
FROM THE SENATE:
Senator Kelly Ayotte Senator Roy Blunt Senator Richard Burr Senator Tom Coburn Senator Jim DeMint Senator Michael Enzi	Senator Lindsey Graham Senator Chuck Grassley Senator Orrin Hatch Senator John Hoeven Senator Mike Johanns	Senator John McCain Senator Rand Paul Senator Marco Rubio Senator Richard Shelby Senator Roger Wicker

FROM THE HOUSE:
Congressman Robert Aderholt Congressman Todd Akin Congressman Steve Austria Congresswoman Michele Bachmann Congressman Dan Boren Congressman Paul Broun Congresswoman Ann Marie Buerkle Congressman Dave Camp Congressman Jerry Costello Congresswoman Renee Ellmers Congressman Blake Farenthold Congresswoman Virginia Foxx Congressman Trent Franks Congressman Scott Garrett Congressman Phil Gingrey Congressman Louie Gohmert Congressman Bob Goodlatte Congresswoman Kay Granger Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler Congressman Joe Heck Congressman Bill Huizenga	Congressman Randy Hultgren Congressman Darrell Issa Congressman Sam Johnson Congressman Walter Jones Congressman Adam Kinzinger Congressman James Lankford Congressman Tom Latham Congressman Steven LaTourette Congressman Daniel Lipinski Congressman Billy Long Congressman Frank Lucas Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer Congressman Don Manzullo Congressman Thaddeus McCotter Congressman David McKinley Congresswoman Candice Miller Congressman Jeff Miller Congressman Mick Mulvaney Congressman Randy Neugebauer Congressman Alan Nunnelee Congressman Steve Pearce	Congressman Mike Pence Congressman Collin Peterson Congressman Tom Petri Congressman Joe Pitts Congressman Mike Pompeo Congressman Ben Quayle Congressman Denny Rehberg Congresswoman Martha Roby Congressman Mike Rogers Congressman Todd Rokita Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Congressman Paul Ryan Congressman Tim Scott Congressman Chris Smith Congressman Lamar Smith Congressman Cliff Sterns Congressman Lee Terry Congressman Scott Tipton Congressman Fred Upton Congressman Allen West Congressman Lynn Westmoreland