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    State Abortion Laws Being Reversed as State Courts’ Ideological Compositions Change
    For 50 years, the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which invented a fictional “right to abortion,” prevented most efforts to protect human lives before birth. Last year’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization corrected that egregious error, lifting that impediment to pro-life efforts in state legislatures and Congress. Pro-abortion forces,…
    Thomas Jipping | Matthew Turner
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    NYC Becomes First US City to Offer ‘on Demand’ Phone Appointment for ‘Abortion Kit’
    New York City’s health system has become the first in the nation to offer “on demand” virtual “abortion access,” the city announced on Monday. NYC Health + Hospitals and New York City Mayor Eric Adams launched the abortion program through “Virtual ExpressCare,” according to a news release from the city’s health system. “Beginning this week,…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    This Is the Pro-Abortion Activist Newsom Chose to Replace Feinstein
    California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has chosen Laphonza Butler, a pro-abortion activist, Democratic strategist, and former labor union boss, to fill the late Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat. Butler is the president of Emily’s List, one of the top pro-abortion groups in the country seeking to elect pro-abortion females into office. She has expressed support for…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Tucker Carlson Declares Abortion a ‘Spiritual Battle’
    Veteran reporter and cultural-cum-political commentator Tucker Carlson is declaring that the fight against abortion is in fact a matter of spiritual warfare.  Speaking at a recent gala hosted by the Center for Christian Virtue in Cleveland, Carlson stated that abortion is not a “political debate” but a “spiritual battle.” The former Fox News host said that…
    S.A. McCarthy
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    DOJ Silent on Pro-Abortion Activist Who Vandalized Pro-Life Center
    The Department of Justice will not say why it has not prosecuted a Buffalo woman for vandalizing a pro-life pregnancy center, one of over 200 attacks on pro-life centers and Catholic churches since the leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion indicating Roe v. Wade would be overturned. Forty-year-old Hannah Kamke pled guilty this month…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Left Sheds Crocodile Tears Over Military Pay to Dodge Debate About Abortion Extremism
    The Left wants our government and institutions to operate as if its values were the norm and must be enforced—or else. That idea hit a snag in Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., who has been making a prolonged stand against the extreme abortion policies adopted by the military under President Joe Biden. Tuberville has been blocking…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Lee Defends Tuberville in Pentagon Abortion Debate
    Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, gave a strong constitutional defense of his colleague, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, after Defense Department officials attacked the Alabama Republican’s move to block Biden administration military promotions. Tuberville is blocking around 300 military promotions until the Pentagon drops its policy of funding travel for women to get abortions. Democrats, the media, and…
    Fred Lucas
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    DC Police Backtrack, Say No Investigation Into DC Abortion Clinic
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL — The Metropolitan Police Department backtracked Thursday evening, informing The Daily Signal that it is not, in fact, investigating abortionist Cesare Santangelo and his Foggy Bottom abortion clinic. The police department had said Tuesday that it was investigating both Santangelo and Washington Surgi-Clinic, apparently related to the 2022 discovery of five…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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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 | Sarah Parshall Perry
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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 | Elise McCue
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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 | Macy Petty | Trey Boyd
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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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