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    EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Lankford Lays Out How GOP Should Approach Abortion Post-Roe v. Wade

    FIRST IN DAILY SIGNAL: Saturday will mark one year since the historic day Roe v. Wade was overturned. Republican Sen. James Lankford sat down with The Daily Signal to discuss what the post-Roe landscape looks like, as well as the Republicans who shy away from discussing abortion and the Democrats who promote it. The Oklahoma…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    ‘We Don’t Need’ Abortion, Former NFL Star Ben Watson Says of Black Community

    Former NFL tight end and pro-life advocate Ben Watson says he didn’t want to write a book about abortion and race.  “It’s two heavy topics,” Watson says, adding that he saw a connection that needed to be made between the two topics, and “perhaps not in the traditional way.”  Pro-abortion advocates argue that women, especially…
    Virginia Allen
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    From G7 to UN, Pressure to Codify Abortion as ‘Human Right’ Is Wrong

    As we approach the first anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization abortion ruling from the Supreme Court, which overturned Roe v. Wade, the battle for the protection of human life continues unabated around the world. While here in the U.S. the fight to expand or limit abortion at the state level rages…
    Rachana Chhin
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    Planned Parenthood Taxpayer Funding Up; Abortion and ‘Transgender’ Services High Priorities

    Planned Parenthood’s 2021-2022 annual report is out: Taxpayer funding is at an all-time high and abortion remains a key priority. Meanwhile, visits for actual health care—like cancer screening and prevention services and prenatal care—continue to decline. The abortion giant has also been diversifying its portfolio of services, trying to corner the market in so-called transgender…
    Melanie Israel
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    US Foreign Aid Used to Push Abortion, Gender Ideology Around the World

    The United States spends more than $40 billion a year on foreign assistance. For decades, there has existed in Congress bipartisan support for humanitarian relief and other forms of foreign assistance, but that consensus is now threatened as federal agencies and the nongovernmental aid organizations they work with are increasingly promoting a far-left ideology and…
    Tim Meisburger
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    After Warren Attack, Tuberville Vows to Keep Fighting Pentagon Abortion Policy

    Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is not backing down in his efforts to overturn the Pentagon’s policy of subsidizing abortions for members of the military by holding up the promotions of high-ranking military officers. “I’ve continued to reiterate my stance and my position over the last almost four months now about my opposition to this policy,”…
    Samantha Aschieris
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    Baltimore Police Seek Assailant in Beating of 2 Elderly Pro-Life Activists Outside Abortion Clinic

    Two elderly pro-life advocates were viciously assaulted outside of a Baltimore Planned Parenthood clinic on Friday, several witnesses confirmed to Baltimore police. Jay Walton, the head of Baltimore County Right to Life, said Tuesday morning that 73-year-old Mark Crosby and 80-year-old Dick Schaefer were "viciously attacked" while they were praying in front of a Planned…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    ‘Sen. Tuberville Displayed Tremendous Courage’ in Pentagon Abortion Fight, GOP Rep. Eli Crane Says

    A freshman Republican congressman is weighing in on why he signed a letter supporting Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., in his efforts to overturn the Pentagon’s policy of subsidizing abortions for members of the military by holding up the promotions of high-ranking military officers. "Sen. Tuberville displayed tremendous courage with his willingness to stand in the…
    Samantha Aschieris
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    This School District Teaches Middle School Sex Ed Based on Planned Parenthood Guide

    Warning: This report includes graphic language and references to such language, which some readers may find offensive. A Virginia school district is using a teacher’s guide for middle school sex education, co-sponsored by Planned Parenthood, that promotes student “role-plays,” urges normalizing of certain behavior, and refers to sterilization as “permanent birth control.”  The teachers guide…
    Fred Lucas
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    Planned Parenthood Backs Court-Packing, Term Limits for Justices

    Planned Parenthood announced Sunday that it supports Supreme Court reforms such as court-packing and term limits, according to a statement. After Roe v. Wade was overturned last year, Planned Parenthood launched a “Reclaim Our Courts” website and $100,000 ad campaign to highlight how former President Donald Trump “drastically changed the makeup of our courts.” Its latest position…
    Katelynn Richardson
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    Hearing on Abortion After Dobbs Shows Democrats’ Extremism

    The Supreme Court is activist, abortion is health care, pro-life laws are confusing, and abortion drugs are safe.  Those were the talking points from Democratic senators and their witnesses at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing held on April 26 titled “The Assault on Reproductive Rights in a Post-Dobbs America.”  Committee Chairman Richard Durbin, D-Ill., opened by…
    Thomas Jipping
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    How a President Nikki Haley Would Seek to ‘Find a Consensus’ on Abortion

    If elected president, Nikki Haley says she would strive to “find consensus” on the issue of abortion.  “Pro-life political leaders and candidates must not put up with being demonized,” the former South Carolina governor said. “We should call out the extremism of the Left,” Haley said, adding: We don’t need a president who endangers lives…
    Virginia Allen
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    Republicans Need to Stop Being Cowards on Abortion

    How many voters know that the Democratic Party supports legalized abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, on demand for virtually any reason? How many voters know this position aligns with only six other countries in the world—three of them, not incidentally, being North Korea, Vietnam, and China? How many voters know that Democrats want…
    David Harsanyi
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    EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Appeared to Minimize Leftist Role in Violent Pro-Abortion Attacks Ahead of ‘Night of Rage’

    Department of Justice officials appeared to minimize the threat of leftist violence as they prepared for the "Night of Rage" the night that Roe v. Wade was overturned, according to an email obtained by The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project. The email shows James Dunlap, former director of Security and Emergency Preparing Staff at the Department…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Appeals Court Reinstates Safety Restrictions for Abortion Drug While Lawsuit Against Its FDA Approval Continues

    The legal conflict over the Food and Drug Administration’s lax regulation of abortion drugs is getting more complicated by the day as a lawsuit winds its way through the federal courts. Did the FDA skip critical steps to quickly approve the drugs, and did it illegally loosen important safety restrictions later on? Let’s sort it…
    Thomas Jipping
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    Will Supreme Court Hear Abortion Pill Case? Plaintiffs’ Attorney Weighs In

    On Good Friday, a federal judge in Texas handed down a potentially historic abortion ruling.  The case at hand revolves around the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. In 2000, the FDA approved the use of mifepristone to be used along with the drug misoprostol to terminate a pregnancy. But some…
    Virginia Allen
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    Best Part of Federal Judge’s Ruling Against Abortion Pill Comes Down to 2 Words

    A federal judge ruled late last week that the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of an at-home abortion pill over two decades ago was improper and didn’t consider all of the pill’s risks to patients. He also did what many in his profession have failed to do: recognize the humanity of the child in the…
    Sarah Parshall Perry
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    Lawsuit Challenges Wyoming’s First-in-Nation Ban on Abortion Pill

    The most utilized abortion procedure in America is now the abortion pill, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-choice research organization spun off from Planned Parenthood. More than half of all abortions in America are carried out using the abortion pill, but Wyoming just became the first state to ban the pill entirely.  Wyoming Gov….
    Virginia Allen
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    Liberal Media’s Cold, Calculating Language on Abortion

    One way reporters are constantly telling us what they believe is inscribed in the words they use to describe matters of life and death, like abortion. Take this Associated Press introduction, for example, from Amarillo, Texas: A federal judge in Texas raised questions Wednesday about a Christian group’s effort to overturn the decades-old U.S. approval…
    Tim Graham
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    EXCLUSIVE: Grassroots Army Backs Senator’s Effort to Overturn Pentagon Abortion Policies

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Conservative leaders representing millions of pro-life Americans are joining forces with Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., to overturn the Defense Department’s newly revamped and expansive abortion policies. Tuberville is blocking the confirmations of U.S. military flag and general officers, as well as civilian nominees, unless the Pentagon rescinds policies that could lead…
    Rob Bluey
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