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    Activists Push Radical Initiative Enshrining Abortion in Ohio Constitution

    Abortion proponents in Ohio submitted language for a radical new ballot initiative on Tuesday—one that would enshrine abortion into the red state's constitution. Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom and Ohio Physicians for Reproductive Rights, the groups behind The Right to Reproductive Freedom with Protections for Health and Safety amendment, said in a release that they hope…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    ‘The Church Cannot Remain Silent’: US Catholic Bishops Receive Instructions on When to Deny Communion to Pro-Abortion Politicians

    Tens of thousands of clergy members will soon receive a copy of Cardinal Raymond Burke's firm but clear instructions to Catholic priests and bishops on when to deny someone Holy Communion. "The Church cannot remain silent and indifferent to a public offense against the Body and Blood of Christ," a book with the instructions says….
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Can States Stop Do-it-Yourself Abortion Pills?

    The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown open the once impenetrable blockade on state abortion regulations with its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, and now the battle over do-it-yourself home abortions using abortion pills is heating up. Abortion pills are responsible for approximately 50% of American abortions…
    Sarah Parshall Perry
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    Three-Day Education Conference Requires ‘Abortion Access’

    An education organization has moved a previously scheduled conference in Texas to Colorado, saying it wants to make sure abortion services are available for attendees.  The Association for Education Finance and Policy announced in an August blog post that its March conference would relocate from Fort Worth, Texas, to Denver, after claiming it had heard…
    Tony Kinnett
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    Axios Story on Abortion Pills Describes Ending Unborn Life as ‘Care’

    An Axios reporter described abortion drugs as “care” in a news story published last week, apparently doing so with the approval of the news website’s editors.   “40 million more women would lose access to abortion care if a federal court revokes the use of a key drug in medication abortions, data from the abortion rights group…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Senate Advances Judge Nominations of SPLC Attorney, Abortion Lawyer, Biden Pick Who Called Voter ID ‘Grounded in White Supremacy’

    The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced 24 of President Joe Biden's nominees for federal judgeships Thursday, in a move that Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, described as an attempt to shield "the proverbial 'worst of the worst’" from "focused public scrutiny." “The Biden Administration is attempting to cram through all their most partisan, controversial nominees at…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    ANOTHER ONE: Authorities Punish Catholic Priest for Silently Praying Outside Abortion Clinic

    Authorities in the United Kingdom charged a Catholic priest with violating a censorship zone when he silently prayed outside an abortion clinic while holding a sign that said "praying for free speech." Father Sean Gough, a pro-life priest stationed in Wolverhampton, England, had also parked his car in the area near the abortion clinic, which…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    OB-GYN Responds to Biden’s Touting Abortion During State of the Union

    President Joe Biden took a few moments of his second State of the Union address to advocate abortion, and invited a guest who was personally affected by the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in June. Amanda Zurawski and her husband Josh were seated in first lady Jill Biden’s box during Biden’s speech Tuesday…
    Virginia Allen
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    What Biden Said When Asked About Catholic Bishops and Abortion

    President Joe Biden appeared to deny that the Catholic Church is calling for the end of taxpayer-funded abortion in an exchange Monday.  After Biden exited Marine One, EWTN correspondent Owen Jensen brought up the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ statements on abortion.   “Catholic bishops are demanding that federal tax dollars not fund abortions,” Jensen said to…
    Michael Ippolito
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    The Left Abuses State Constitutions for More Than Protecting Abortion Rights

    Abortion advocates are setting their sights on the states after the Supreme Court last year declared that the U.S. Constitution “does not confer a right to abortion.” They are not only attacking pro-life laws under state constitutions, but they are also trying to change those charters to explicitly protect abortion. Successful campaigns in Michigan, California,…
    Thomas Jipping
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    House Votes Expose Democrats as Pro-Violence, Abortion-Loving, Infant-Hating Extremists

    President Joseph Robinette Biden last fall accused Republicans of “doubling down on an extreme position” on abortion. Then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., shrieked: “With Roe now out of their way, extreme MAGA Republicans are gleefully charging ahead with their deadly crusade to punish and control women’s health decisions.” Well, look who’s extreme now. Pelosi’s successor,…
    Deroy Murdock
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    South Dakota Democrat Says the ‘Quiet Part Out Loud’ on Abortion

    A South Dakota Democrat characterized abortion as an act of “killing” during a Thursday press briefing at the state Capitol in Pierre. While speaking about exceptions for rape, state Rep. Erin Healy, a Democrat from Minnehaha County, warned that a woman might face risk of prison time “for killing her… her fetus.” She questioned whether…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Florida Supreme Court Rejects Planned Parenthood’s Bid to Block Pro-Life Law From Taking Effect 

    Florida's state Supreme Court on Monday denied Planned Parenthood's emergency motion to block the state's 15-week abortion ban.  “As [Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis] said, we are better when everybody counts,” the governor's press secretary, Bryan Griffin, said in a statement Tuesday, adding: The Florida Supreme Court denied both of Planned Parenthood’s emergency motions asking the court…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    If a Pro-Abortion Activist Went to the March for Life

    The Daily Signal went to the 50th March for Life in Washington, D.C. and asked pro-life advocates the questions pro-abortion activists would like to ask. We asked, why do you want to control women’s bodies, because Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has said that pro-life lawmakers are really advocating for “controlling women’s bodies.” And why do…
    Virginia Allen
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    EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmakers Take Aim at College Campuses Distributing Abortion Drugs

    Republican lawmakers are introducing pro-life legislation ahead of the March for Life aimed at protecting babies with Down syndrome and stopping college campuses from distributing abortion pills to students. Introduced by Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy in the House and Republican Montana Sen. Steve Daines in the Senate, the Protecting Life on College Campus Act…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    UK Army Veteran Fined for Silent Prayer Near Abortion Facility: ‘What Is the Nature of Your Prayer Today?’ Cops Ask

    English authorities accosted a British army veteran as he prayed silently in front of an abortion facility in Bournemouth in November, later issuing the man a 100-pound fine (about $123.65). Adam Smith-Connor, the veteran who prayed, told authorities he was praying and was aware that the area around the abortion facility is governed by a…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Poll: Majority of Americans Support Protecting the Unborn, Limiting Abortion to Early in Pregnancy

    Almost 70% of Americans support limiting abortion to the first three months of pregnancy, a survey by the Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll released Wednesday revealed.  Sixty percent of the survey’s respondents said they oppose using tax dollars for abortion services domestically, while 78% oppose funding abortion services abroad.  “Nearly 7 in 10 Americans believe abortion…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    New Abortion Numbers Don’t Show Whole Picture, Especially With Do-It-Yourself Abortions on the Rise

    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute each released new reports last November about abortion data for 2020, showing conflicting reports of a decrease in abortions versus a significant increase. While the lack of clarity in the number of abortions is alarming, the spread of do-it-yourself at-home abortions means that…
    Melanie Israel
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    The New Abortion Battleground

    Friday, Jan. 20, 2023, pro-life Americans will March for Life in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of thousands will march, as they have marched since 1973. But this year, it is different. This year, the march will take place, for the first time, in an America where Roe v. Wade is no longer the law of the…
    Star Parker
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    Fact Check: Rep. Ayanna Pressley Claims Abortion Is ‘Out of Reach’ for US Minorities

    Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., a member of the far-left “Squad,” celebrated the Biden administration’s unilateral decision to let retail pharmacies carry abortion pills—on the grounds that abortion has historically been “pushed out of reach” for minorities and the disabled. Pressley’s comments stand as a living testament that every fact can be inverted when touched by woke…
    Ben Johnson
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