Archbishop Bernard Hebda said he was “profoundly saddened” after learning that elected officials in both St. Paul and Minneapolis declared Tuesday “abortion provider appreciation day” in their cities.
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Attorney General Nessel Joins Legal Effort to Block Ohio’s Down Syndrome Abortion Ban
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of attorneys general in opposing an Ohio law that bans abortions from being performed on the basis of a Down syndrome diagnosis.
Read the full storyMinneapolis Mayor Declared Tuesday ‘Abortion Provider Appreciation Day’ to ‘Celebrate’ Local Abortionists
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey followed St. Paul’s lead in declaring Tuesday “abortion provider appreciation day” in the city.
Read the full storyCommentary: Pro-Lifers Should Get Same Access to Schools as Planned Parenthood Does
Many of the political and cultural trends that are anathema to traditional values or free-market conservatism in society today can be traced back to a lack of education, poor education, or education rooted in progressive bias.
Read the full storyOhio Bill Wants to Ban Abortion If the Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade
An Ohio State House member introduced a bill Wednesday that would outlaw abortion if Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.
Read the full storyRepublicans Call on Tina Smith to Condemn Schumer’s Threats Against Gorsuch and Kavanaugh
Republicans are calling on Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) to condemn Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) threats against Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.
Read the full storyCommentary: Will Chief Justice Roberts Flip on Abortion Like He Flipped on Obamacare?
Supreme Court watchers have been speculating intensely on how Chief Justice Roberts will vote in the case of June Medical Services v. Russo, which was argued yesterday.
Read the full storySt. Paul City Council Passes Resolution Recognizing ‘Abortion Providers Appreciation Day’
The St. Paul City Council unanimously approved of a resolution Wednesday night to recognize March 10 as “Abortion Providers Appreciation Day” in the city.
Read the full storyChief Justice Roberts Condemns Schumer for ‘Dangerous’ and ‘Threatening Statements’
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said House Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s Wednesday remarks were “dangerous” and “threatening statements.”
Read the full storySen. Schumer Threatens Supreme Court Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch: ‘You Will Pay the Price’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer seemed to threaten two United States Supreme Court Justices during a Planned Parenthood rally outside of the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
Read the full storyACLU Sues Seven Texas Cities That Declared Themselves ‘Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn’
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing seven Texas cities that have declared themselves “sanctuary cities for the unborn.”
Read the full storyMinnesota House Bill Would Punish Protesters Outside Abortion Clinics
A bill introduced last week in the Minnesota House would make it a gross misdemeanor to interfere with “access to reproductive health services and facilities.”
Read the full storyDemocratic House Majority Blocks Bill Protecting Babies Born Alive in Botched Abortions
The Democratic House majority blocked a bill Friday that would have protected babies born alive in botched abortions.
Read the full storyMinnesota Dems Seek to Repeal Informed Consent Requirements for Abortions
A Democrat-backed bill making its way through the Minnesota Legislature seeks to repeal the state’s informed consent laws for abortion.
Read the full storyRepublican Senators Murkowski and Collins Join Democrats to Defeat the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act
Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska voted with Democrats Tuesday against protecting unborn babies after 20 weeks.
Read the full storyThe ‘New’ Ninth Circuit Court Rules Trump Admin Stripping Funding From Abortion Clinics Is Constitutional
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the Trump administration can continue stripping federal funding from clinics that offer abortions.
The court upheld the Trump administration’s June 2019 declaration that taxpayer-funded clinics must stop referring women for abortions or be stripped of their Title X funding.
Read the full storyFlorida Governor Expected to Sign Bill Requiring Parental Consent for Minors to Get Abortions
The governor of Florida is expected to sign a bill requiring parental consent for minors to get abortions.
Read the full storyACLU Calls Ohio ‘Crazy Territory’ in Announcing ‘Abortion Is Still Legal’ Billboard Campaign
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Ohio recently erected ten billboards across the state to inform residents that “abortion is still legal in Ohio.”
Read the full storyCommentary: Buttigieg Is No ‘Moderate’ on Abortion
The radical Leftists who now make up the base of the Democratic Party have criticized presidential aspirant Pete Buttigieg, the former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, for being too “moderate” for questioning Far Left policies, such as Medicare for all.
Read the full storyOhio Bill Proposal Would Ban Telemedicine Abortions
A new bill introduced in the Ohio legislature this week wants to outlaw abortions performed through telemedicine.
Read the full storyNew Bill Introduced to House Could Require Doctors to Inform Women Seeking Abortion About Abortion Reversal Pill
A bill introduced to the Michigan House of Representatives on Wednesday would require doctors to inform women seeking chemical abortions about a pill that has the potential to reverse it.
Read the full storyBill Hagerty Commentary: Stand With President Trump for the Right to Life
As a fourth-generation Tennessean, I am proud of the Christian, conservative values that my parents instilled in my life and that I continue to hold dear. One of those values, that is so important to me, is the right to life. Tennesseans value life; we believe that all people – born or unborn – are valued.
Read the full storyPlanned Parenthood Acting President Predicts More Abortion Restrictions in 2020
Acting Planned Parenthood president Alexis McGill Johnson predicted that more abortion restrictions will take place during 2020.
Read the full storyMajority of Americans Want to Elect Candidates Who Support Abortion Restrictions, Poll Shows
A majority of Americans want to elect candidates who support restrictions on abortions, a January poll shows.
Read the full storyPresident Trump to be First President in History to Speak in Person at the March for Life
President Donald Trump will attend the March for Life in Washington, D.C., Friday, making him the first U.S. president to do so.
Read the full storyThousands Gather at Minnesota Capitol for Annual March for Life
Thousands of Minnesotans gathered on the steps of the State Capitol Wednesday afternoon for the annual March for Life.
Read the full storyCommentary: President Trump Is Preserving Religious Freedom for Future Generations
President Trump’s unwavering defense of religious liberty and the sanctity of human life, as well as his recognition of the value of America’s Christian heritage, are why I’m a charter member of the Evangelicals for Trump coalition that was just launched in Miami.
Read the full storyCincinnati’s Last Abortion Clinic Is in Peril
Cincinnati may soon have its only abortion clinic closed by state regulators for not following a law requiring facilities to have an agreement with nearby hospitals to send patients to if an emergency occurs.
Read the full storyNew Planned Parenthood Report Shows Increase in Abortions
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America aborted 345,672 babies during the 2018 fiscal year, the organization’s annual report shows.
Read the full storyPoll Finds 67 Percent of White Evangelicals Stand Firmly Against Abortion
A majority of white evangelicals strongly supports restrictions on abortion, a national poll released Thursday shows.
Read the full storyCollin Peterson Joins Republicans in Asking Supreme Court to ‘Reconsider’ Roe v. Wade
All three of Minnesota’s Republican members of Congress along with Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN-07) joined more than 200 of their colleagues in asking the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday to “reconsider” Roe v. Wade.
Read the full story2019 Was a Banner Year for the Pro-Life Movement
Pro-life lawmakers and advocates passed a tidal wave of pro-life legislation in 2019, the same year in which President Donald Trump cut down taxpayer funding for family planning clinics across the nation.
Read the full storyCommentary: Bloomberg Isn’t a ‘Moderate’ on Abortion, Religious Liberty and Guns
As soon as former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg entered the race for President as a “moderate” Democrat he began to abandon any pretense of being a moderate, even going so far as to disavow his one apparent success; continuing his predecessor Rudy Giuliani’s stop and frisk crime prevention program.
Read the full storyPennsylvania Gov Vetoes Bill That Would Have Protected Babies With Down Syndrome From Abortion
Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf vetoed a bill Thursday that would have protected unborn babies with down syndrome from abortion.
Read the full storyMore Than Two-Thirds of Americans Support State Safeguards on Abortions, Poll Shows
More than two-thirds of Americans support the ability of states to safeguard abortion practices, according to a national poll released Tuesday.
Read the full storyState Lawmaker Calls a Miscarriage ‘Just Some Mess On A Napkin’ as She Scoffs at Bill Protecting Bodies of Aborted Babies
Democratic Pennsylvania state Rep. Wendy Ullman bashed a bill protecting the bodies of aborted babies Tuesday, calling an early miscarriage “just some mess on a napkin.”
Read the full storyFederal Judge Temporarily Blocks Alabama Abortion Ban
A federal judge temporarily blocked the passage of Alabama’s abortion ban Tuesday.
Read the full storyPlanned Parenthood Advocacy Groups Announce Largest Political Effort to Date, Pushing Millions of Dollars Behind Candidates
Planned Parenthood advocacy groups announced their largest political campaign effort to date Wednesday, a plan to push millions of dollars behind candidates in upcoming elections.
Read the full storyOver 2,000 Fetal Remains Found on Late Abortion Doctor’s Property, Sheriff’s Office Says
Family members discovered 2,246 medically preserved fetal remains on the property of an abortion doctor who passed away on Sept. 3, authorities said Friday.
Read the full storyButtigieg Draws on Bible, Suggests Unborn Babies Can Be Aborted Up Until Their First Breath
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg suggested Friday that unborn babies can be aborted up until they draw their first breath, saying parts of the Bible mention “how life begins with breath.”
Read the full storyBernie Sanders Says Abortion Will Help Fight Climate Change
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he supports abortion, in part, as a way to curb human population in light of climate change.
Read the full storyWashington Withdraws From Title X Rather Than Comply With Trump Abortion Rules
Washington state withdrew Thursday from the federal family funding program Title X rather than comply with new rules imposed by the Trump administration.
Read the full storyGOP Lawmakers Ask for Docs on Potential Misuse of Taxpayer Money Related to Abortion Services, Referrals
Lawmakers are asking for the reports on AmeriCorps’ potential misuse of taxpayer money related to abortion services and referrals, as well as building renovations, a letter from ranking members on the House Oversight Committee reveals.
Read the full storyCongressman Scalise Says DC Liberals Are Actively Preventing Voting on Protections for Born Alive Babies
Republican Rep. Steve Scalise said Monday that Washington, D.C., liberals are actively preventing lawmakers from voting on protections for babies born alive in botched abortions.
Read the full storyMajority Supports Requiring Doctors to Care for Babies Born Alive in Botched Abortions, Poll Shows
The vast majority of likely voters support requiring doctors to provide medical care for babies who are born alive during botched abortions, according to a poll released Monday.
Read the full storyJC Bowman Commentary: Union Politics Hurt Public Education
Union politics often hurt public education and educators with an agenda that many parents and taxpayers are baffled by, and members are left to explain.
Read the full storyTrump Administration Ends Federally Funded Abortion Referrals
by Mary Margaret Olohan The Trump administration declared Monday that taxpayer-funded clinics must stop referring women for abortions effective immediately. Family planning clinics that refer women for abortions will be stripped of their Title X funding, according to a measure instigated by President Donald Trump’s administration as reported by CBS News. The Department of Health and Human Services has alerted clinics that they will be enforcing the Trump administration ban, according to CBS. The rules now require that organizations that perform abortions and make abortion referrals will have to do so in separate buildings from those that receive Title X federal funds – a move could potentially cost Planned Parenthood “tens of millions of federal family planning dollars,” according to Politico. “Our doors are still open,” said Planned Parenthood President Leana Wen in a statement. “We will not stop fighting for all those across the country in need of essential care.” “We thank President Trump and Secretary Azar for acting decisively to stop taxpayer funding of the abortion industry, as willed by the American people,” said Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser. “A strong majority of Americans have consistently voiced their opposition to taxpayer funding of abortion –…
Read the full storyFormer Obama Adviser Warns: Voters Are Not Aligned with 2020 Dems on Abortion
by Mary Margaret Olohan A faith adviser to former President Barack Obama warned that 2020 Democratic candidates campaigning for “abortion on demand” are underestimating American voters’ “more nuanced” views on abortion. Michael Wear, who served on both Obama’s presidential campaigns and in the White House as part of the former president’s “faith based initiative,” according to the New York Times, wrote in a Saturday op-ed that Democratic candidates’ hard line on abortion may alineate American voters who hold “more nuanced” understandings of abortion. Wear warns that Americans do not view abortion as a matter of moral clarity, as Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Kirsten Gillibrand recently said, but as “an issue of great moral complexity that our politics has not settled satisfactorily.” Citing both former Vice President Joe Biden’s and Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s comments on abortion at the Democratic debates in June, Wear said that “the 2020 Democratic candidates are out of step with American voters, even Democratic voters, on the issue of abortion.” “According to some progressives, Democrats need to learn from Mr. Trump’s style of politics and name enemies, draw harder lines and callously stoke the animosities that roil Americans’ lives for partisan advantage,” Wear wrote, adding that this “emulation”…
Read the full story‘Rogue’ Oklahoma Judge Upholds Law Banning Abortion Method
by Mary Margaret Olohan An Oklahoma judge upheld a law Friday banning a common abortion method for second-trimester abortions. Oklahoma County District Judge Cindy Truong upheld a 2015 Oklahoma law banning the dilation and evacuation method, CBS News reported. The law will go into effect as soon as courts issue a final order. The Center for Reproductive Rights challenged the law, according to the outlet. The dilation and evacuation method is considered the “standard of care,” according to Center for Reproductive Rights Litigation Director Julie Rikelman. Rikelman said the organization plans to immediately appeal the ruling to the Oklahoma Supreme Court. “There really is no other standard method of care for women at that point in their pregnancy,” Rikelman told CBS News Friday. “It really puts doctors and women in an impossible situation.” The dilation and evacuation procedure is used for second-trimester abortions when women are between 13 and 24 weeks pregnant. Dilation and evacuation involve pulling apart the limbs of an unborn baby in order to allow the limbs to be extracted from the womb. Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter, a Republican, weighed in on the matter Friday. “It is unconscionable to think that we would allow this…
Read the full storyCommentary: For Liberal CEOs, Abortion Is Good for Business
by Doreen Denny As more states pass restrictions on abortion, companies are coming out of the woodwork to oppose them. Recently, some 180 companies “employing more than 108,000 workers” purchased a full-page ad in The New York Times under the banner “Don’t Ban Equality: It’s time for companies to stand up for reproductive health care.” Translation: It’s time for businesses to defend abortion. Many of these companies aren’t typically considered far-left organizations. Exactly what message are they sending to women by spending ad dollars to promote abortion? Are they saying babies are bad for business? A closer look at these companies may help to unmask what’s driving this ad. It turns out that only two of them are listed among the top 180 companies offering the most paid maternity leave to women, according to Fairygodboss, a women’s career advancement network. And those two companies are nowhere near the top of the list. In other words, these companies are stingy. They aren’t supporting women; they’re protecting their bottom line. The fact is that parental leave imposes a cost on these companies. The disruptions of time off (even earned) for doctor’s appointments, managing morning sickness, and staying healthy during pregnancy are…
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