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    Republicans, Trump ‘Very Concerned’ About Obamacare Deal Funding Abortion, Senator Says

    As pro-lifers vigilantly track if the Trump administration’s deal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies will include abortion funding, a top Senate Republican said the issue is a priority for his party. “Republicans are very, very, very concerned about that,” Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., told The Daily Signal. Cassidy, chair of the Senate Health, Education,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    The Partisan Divide in Sinking US Birth Rates

    A few decades back, a Wall Street Journal editor named James Taranto posited what he called “the Roe Effect.” The idea was spawned by data showing a correlation between a woman’s political views and her views and actions regarding abortion. Taranto argued that, over time, conservative women and families would have more children and liberal…
    Chuck Donovan
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    Grotesque: Newsom Signs Law Allowing Abortion Drug to Be Distributed Anonymously and Nationally

    When Notre Dame des Victoires Catholic school celebrated its 100th anniversary last year, a famous former student taped a video presentation in honor of that moment. This was California Gov. Gavin Newsom. In a press release about its anniversary, the school said: “Located in the heart of downtown San Francisco, NDV remains dedicated to its…
    Terence Jeffrey
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    SCOOP: Trump Moves to Scrap Biden Rule Forcing Taxpayers to Fund Alien Children’s Abortion Travel

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump administration is moving to roll back a Biden-era regulation that allows taxpayer dollars to pay for unaccompanied illegal alien children in the U.S. to travel to get abortions, The Daily Signal has learned.  President Donald Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services is cleaning up the Biden administration regulation…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    New Colorado Clinic Offers Late-Term Abortions for ‘Any Reason’  

    In Boulder, Colorado, women can abort their child into the third trimester of pregnancy.   RISE Collective, an abortion clinic, opened its doors in October and is offering late-term abortions up to 34 weeks’ gestation, just six weeks shy of the average delivery time.  “At RISE Collective, we believe that any reason you have for…
    Virginia Allen
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    Pro-Life Senators Detail Shutdown Debate Over Extending Abortion Subsidies

    Pro-life senators are condemning Senate Democrats for supporting Obamacare enhanced subsidies for insurance plans that cover abortions and gender transitions. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has made extending government health care spending that was intended to be a temporary COVID-19-era benefit a central part of his fight in shutting down the government. Sen. Ron…
    Jacob Adams
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    RFK Says FDA Was ‘Required’ to Approve Abortion Drug

    Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new abortion pill only because of a federal law requirement. In a post on X Thursday evening, Kennedy said the FDA, which is part of HHS, “only approved a second, generic mifepristone tablet because federal…
    Mary Mobley
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    March for Life Won’t Just Oppose Abortion Next Year

    The new president of the March for Life announced that the theme for the 53rd annual march is “Life is a Gift.” On Jan. 23, tens of thousands are expected to gather on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to march to bring awareness to the hundreds of thousands of abortions that occur in the…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Fights Over Abortion, Transgender Procedures Are Subtexts to Shutdown Fight

    The federal government is currently in shutdown mode after Democrats pushed to continue taxpayer support for health care plans that cover abortions and transgender medical procedures.  In the legislative finagling prior to the shutdown on Wednesday, Democrats pushed to extend the Obamacare enhanced subsidies, which are set to expire on Dec. 31, and use taxpayer…
    Jacob Adams
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    25 Years Later: Abortion Pill Devastation Only Gets Worse

    On Sept. 28, 2000, the Food and Drug Administration approved the abortion pill mifepristone. Twenty-five years later, the devastation is hard to fully capture. In the wake of mifepristone’s approval, millions of unborn children have been lost—reversing the enduring long-term decline of abortion in America. Meanwhile, their mothers suffered immeasurable harms—emotionally, physically, and spiritually. And…
    Melanie Israel
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    Pro-Abortion Democrat Declines Catholic Award After Pro-Life Backlash, Pope Comments

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Amid mounting pushback, Sen. Dick Durbin, a pro-abortion Democrat from Illinois, declined a lifetime achievement award on Tuesday he was scheduled to receive from the Archdiocese of Chicago. Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, head of the Archdiocese of Chicago, had planned to present Durbin with the honor at the “Keep Hope Alive” Benefit on Nov….
    Melissa O’Rourke
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    FDA Confirms Abortion Pill Review

    The abortion drug mifepristone will finally receive much-requested scrutiny by the Trump administration, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary promised Republican attorneys general. After decades of pro-abortion administrations gradually loosening every last safeguard, the Trump administration’s FDA will conduct “its own review of the evidence, including…
    Joshua Arnold
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    Chicago Public Schools Offer ‘Family Planning,’ Condoms, Abortion Information to Students

    The Chicago public school system is offering “family planning” services and condoms to students as young as 12. Under school system policy, schools teaching fifth grade and up must make condoms “freely accessible” to all students 12 and older, according to The Daily Signal’s review of the district’s website. The system also requires schools to…
    Mary Mobley
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    EXCLUSIVE: Lawmaker Aims to Give Babies Faced With Being Aborted a ‘Second Chance at Life’   

    Rep. August Pfluger is working to give babies who face being aborted a “second chance at life.”   The Texas Republican congressman is introducing a bill requiring abortion pill providers to inform women seeking such an abortion that it is possible to reverse the effects of the drug if they change their mind about the…
    Virginia Allen
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    Over 70 GOP Lawmakers Commend Veterans Affairs Chief for Ending Biden Abortion Rule

    More than 70 members of Congress have sent a public letter to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins supporting his effort to end a Biden-era rule that allowed Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers to perform abortions. The members’ letter—spearheaded by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and signed onto by 13 other Republican senators and 57…
    Jacob Adams
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    Tennessee Memorial for the Unborn Reminder That Abortion Is Not Empowering

    Over the past few weeks, reports have revealed that Planned Parenthood facilities across the United States are shuttering or laying off staff due to Congress’ recent Medicaid cuts. Contrary to what pro-abortion advocates say, women are much better off without them.   I would know better than anyone.   Abortion data reveals that 60% of women who have…
    Regina Paulsen
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    EXCLUSIVE: Senators Ask AG Bondi to Investigate If Abortion Pill Manufacturers Deceived Women

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Three Republican senators are asking Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate whether drug manufacturers misrepresented the abortion pill’s safety and efficacy. “We write to you regarding a serious public health failure that endangers countless American women,” a letter obtained by The Daily Signal reads. “In light of new data, we request…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    How Many Abortion Clinics Have Closed Because of Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

    A provision in President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” has caused more than 30 Planned Parenthoods to close—with more closures on the horizon. In the bill, House Republicans removed Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in the country. The effort had been supported by dozens of pro-life legislators from around the country. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    ‘I Told You So’ Starts Here: Criminal Investigations Into High School-Assisted Abortions, Jan. 6 Truth, and More

    Over the first 200 days of the second Trump administration, many details have come to light that have confirmed things that the legacy media and Democrat officials for years had dismissed as “right-wing conspiracy theories.” Just this week, details emerged that the FBI had whistleblower testimony that it failed to follow up on regarding classified…
    Joe Thomas
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    Parents Angry as Virginia High School Faces Probe of Minors’ Abortions

    In what has become a chilling unearthing, Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia has launched an investigation into Centreville High School for accusations of arranging and funding students’ abortions back in 2021. The news, first revealed by the W.C. Dispatch Substack, has sparked outrage among parents, pro-life advocates, and concerned citizens, raising serious questions about parental rights…
    Sarah Holliday
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