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    DC Jury Finds Pro-Life Activists Guilty on All Counts of Blockading Abortion Clinic

    A Washington, D.C., jury has convicted five pro-life activists of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act when they sought to prevent the abortions of unborn babies by blocking women from accessing a D.C. abortion clinic in 2020. The jury found pro-life activists Lauren Handy, Herb Geraghty, Heather Idoni, William Goodman, and…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Court Slaps Down FDA Again for Illegally Dropping Abortion Pill Rules

    On Wednesday, for the second time, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit concluded that the Food and Drug Administration violated federal law when it removed safety restrictions for mifepristone, the drug used for a majority of abortions in the United States. But despite the intense focus on the FDA’s decision to remove…
    Thomas Jipping
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    Pro-Abortion Attacks on Pro-Lifers Face Little to No Consequences From DC Authorities

    Police say they are still investigating a violent assault on pro-life activists that took place outside a D.C. Planned Parenthood clinic in late July. But a closer look at the manner in which D.C. authorities handle attacks on pro-lifers raises questions about the lack of consequences for the attackers—and how safe it is for those…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Federal Appeals Court Rules FDA Must Restore Safeguards on Abortion Drugs

    The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit decided Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration must restore the safeguards to chemical abortion drugs used to end the life of a human baby. The federal appeals court's decision came after it found that the federal government, under former President Barack Obama's administration, improperly loosened…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    In 24 Hours, RFK Jr. Backtracks on Abortion Limits

    Democratic 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. walked back his position on the unborn on Monday, clarifying that he does not support restrictions on abortion. "I am a firm supporter of the principles laid out 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade," Kennedy said in a statement Monday. "For constitutional and moral reasons, I…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Don’t Defend Planned Parenthood’s ‘Gender-Affirming Care.’ Defund It.

    In post-Roe America, Planned Parenthood is shifting gears. To make up for its lost abortion revenue, it’s expanding its reach into what it calls “transgender hormone therapy.” The recent spike in these services is telling. According to their most recent annual reports, most of the nearly 600 Planned Parenthood centers now dispense cross-sex hormones. In…
    Melanie Israel
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    Planned Parenthood, ACLU Fight to Keep Child Marriage Legal

    If you think child brides are the stuff of faraway cultures, think again. In 2017, child marriage was legal in all 50 states in America. Only recently have survivors started chipping away at the practice, using their nightmarish stories to put a stop to the abuse of (mostly) young girls. California was next in line…
    Suzanne Bowdey
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    Abortion Activists Turn to Legislation to Target Pregnancy Care Centers, Pro-Life Advocate Warns

    Pro-abortion forces have moved from physically attacking pro-life pregnancy care centers to weaponizing legislation against them, according to the Rev. Jim Harden.  In recent months, “we started to see an ebb in the violent attacks against pro-life entities and a rise in potential weaponization of legislation specifically targeting pro-life activity in the public square, and…
    Virginia Allen
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    Activists Warn ‘Hoosier Women Will Die’ as Abortion Ban Finally Goes Into Effect

    Indiana’s near-total abortion ban is set to go into effect Tuesday, as pro-abortion activists are fighting to block it. The restrictions put forth in the state’s Senate Bill 1 prohibit abortions at any point in pregnancy except in cases of rape and incest up to 10 weeks post-fertilization. A woman may also seek an abortion…
    Elise McCue
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    EXCLUSIVE: GOP Demands Probe Into $20 Million Planned Parenthood Obtained Through CARES Act

    FIRST IN DAILY SIGNAL—Republican lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the $20 million that Planned Parenthood and its affiliates allegedly took from the Provider Relief Fund in the COVID-19-related CARES Act. Sen. James Lankford and Rep. Josh Brecheen, both R-Okla., spearheaded the effort in sending a letter Monday to the inspector general of the…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Planned Parenthood’s Depraved Marketing Gimmicks

    Planned Parenthood’s history of depravity extends long before its representatives brought cards describing sexually explicit terms to a high school event in June, effectively getting the organization banned from Canadian high schools. For Planned Parenthood, nothing is off limits, from promoting abortion gift cards at Christmas to offering free abortions after the 9/11 terrorist attacks….
    Elise McCue
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    Vivek Ramaswamy: ‘Unapologetically Pro-Life,’ But Likely Won’t Sign a Federal Abortion Ban

    Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said last week that he isn't supportive of a federal ban on abortion, and he touted the difference between himself and his fellow Republican candidates on this point. The Daily Signal has learned that the presidential candidate is reportedly discussing with scholars whether federal protections for the unborn would be constitutional….
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    VA Grants Religious Exemption to Employees Against Abortion After Lawsuit

    A Texas nurse has won religious exemptions for Department of Veterans Affairs employees nationwide opposed to participating in performing abortions, the First Liberty Institute says. Stephanie Carter filed a lawsuit against the VA in December after seeking a religious exemption from taking part in abortions, and finding no such exemption existed, contrary to a VA…
    Elise McCue
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    Notre Dame Professor Sues Student Newspaper for Covering Her Abortion Promotion

    A pro-abortion Notre Dame professor is suing the student newspaper that reported on her inflammatory abortion remarks, claiming that the reporting subjected her to harassment. The student newspaper says her claims are "entirely false." Notre Dame professor Tamara Kay takes issue with two stories from The Irish Rover, a conservative-leaning newspaper run by students at…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Canadian Province Bars Planned Parenthood From Schools Over Graphic ‘Sex: From A-Z’ Cards?

    Is this what Planned Parenthood means when it says it provides more than just abortions? Planned Parenthood of Regina, Saskatchewan, in Canada brought "SEX: From A-Z" sexual topics cards to ninth graders there last week as part of a presentation about sexually transmitted diseases, contraception, and more. The sexually graphic cards had not been approved…
    Elise McCue
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    Repentant Former Abortion Doctor’s New Book Explains His Conversion to Pro-Life

    Dr. Haywood Robinson and his now-deceased wife Dr. Noreen Johnson started their relationship as a married couple performing abortions. Together, they went through a conversion and became pro-life advocates. Johnson died in August 2021 due to complications from the coronavirus. And now, Robinson has published a book they co-authored telling their story: "The Scalpel and…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    People ‘Assigned Female at Birth’ Are ‘Going to Be Dying,’ Pro-Abortion Activist Says 1 Year After Roe v. Wade Overturned

    Pro-abortion activists gathered in Washington, D.C., Saturday on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade.   “Without abortion access, women and girls, and people who are assigned female at birth, they are going to be dying,” Olivia Anderson said at the Women’s…
    Virginia Allen
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    On 1st Anniversary of Roe’s Demise, Most Americans Want Some Limits on Abortion, Poll Finds

    A majority of Americans support protections for unborn children and their mothers, a new poll conducted for Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America shows. In the year since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court, 24 states have enacted pro-life protections for the unborn and their mothers, the pro-life group notes: Wyoming extended Medicaid…
    Elise McCue
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    Mike Pence Challenges 2024 Field to Support National 15-Week Abortion Ban

    As his fellow 2024 presidential candidates shy away from abortion, former Vice President Mike Pence is instead embracing the issue—and calling for the 2024 field to support a national 15-week abortion ban. The former vice president spoke out at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C., an evangelical conference where candidates gathered on…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Pearls Before ‘Swine’: Pop Star Lovato’s New Song Is Profane Pro-Abortion Rant

    Warning: This article contains language that could be offensive to some readers. While pro-lifers celebrate the first anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, singer-songwriter Demi Lovato’s new song “Swine” epitomizes leftists’ fear of, and fury at, a growing pro-life America. On Thursday, Lovato—perhaps best known among Generation Z for her lead role in…
    Gigi De La Torre
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