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    Woman Escorted to Ambulance Outside DC Planned Parenthood Clinic, Witnesses Say

    Photos and videos show ambulances parked outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Washington, D.C., where witnesses say a woman in pain was escorted to an ambulance Thursday morning. The ambulances apparently were called to aid a patient in distress at Planned Parenthood’s Carol Whitehill Moses Center around 10:30 a.m., eyewitnesses told The Daily Signal.  Neither…
    Maggie Hroncich
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    Poll: 71% of Americans Want Limits on Abortion, Rejecting Central Tenet of Roe v. Wade

    Many Americans reject a central tenet of the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision on abortion and want to return the power to limit abortion to the states, a poll released Thursday found.  Some 71% of Americans support legal limits on abortion, according to a new poll commissioned by the Knights of Columbus and…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Blackburn, GOP Call for Answers on Federal Abortion Funding

    Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee is leading Republican lawmakers in calling on the Government Accountability Office to explain what kind of federal funding Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers are receiving.  In a letter sent Tuesday, the lawmakers reminded the Government Accountability Office that the agency has prepared several congressionally requested reports in the past…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    To End Abortion, Changing Hearts Is Even More Important Than Changing Laws

    I’ve attended the March for Life in Washington, D.C., numerous times since they began in the mid-1970s, but this year, I have a sense of anticipation and excitement like I’ve never experienced before. Along with other pro-lifers around the country, I’m encouraged to see better protections for our smallest citizens in Texas and Alabama. I’m…
    Dave Pivonka
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    Biden Administration Sanctions Mail-Order Abortion. Here’s How the Move Endangers Women.

    The Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will significantly weaken longstanding safety protocols that have applied to dangerous chemical abortion pills for more than 20 years, opening the door to widespread telemedicine abortion and abortion pill-by-mail distribution. The Biden administration’s decision is a response to the abortion industry’s demands at the expense of women’s…
    Melanie Israel
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    California Considers Funding Abortion Tourism as Part of Plan to Become ‘Sanctuary’ If Roe Overturned

    California is considering funding abortions for out-of-state women as part of a 45-part proposal to expand abortion accessibility if Roe v. Wade is overturned. The California Future of Abortion Council, started by Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, and made up of abortion providers and advocacy groups, published recommendations “to protect, strengthen, and expand abortion care in California” in early December….
    Laurel Duggan
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    Abortion Legacy of 7 Justices: More Than 62 Million Dead Babies

    After President Richard Nixon appointed then-Appellate Court Judge Harry Blackmun to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1970, Blackmun somehow convinced members of the U.S. Senate that he embraced judicial restraint and felt a duty to protect “little persons.” When Blackmun’s nomination came up for a vote, Sen. John McClellan, D-Ark., made the case for confirmation….
    Terence Jeffrey
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    ‘Women Will Die!’: Pro-Abortion Protesters’ Meltdown Over Danger to Roe v. Wade

    Pro-abortion activists predicted Wednesday that women in the United States will die if Roe v. Wade is overturned. The Daily Signal interviewed protesters on both sides of the aisle as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case concerning Mississippi’s last remaining abortion clinic. Abortion supporters predicted that…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Roe v. Wade: Days of Abortion on Demand Could Be Numbered

    The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case that could result in the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. While the nine justices considered the future of the country’s abortion laws, thousands of Americans gathered outside the court to express their views on the subject. Melanie…
    Virginia Allen
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    High Court Hears Arguments in Biggest Abortion Case Since Roe. Here Are Key Takeaways.

    The Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a case challenging the constitutionality of Mississippi’s Gestational Age Act. The law bans most abortions after 15 weeks’ gestation. The time allotted for each side was extended so that newly appointed U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar could participate and include the Biden…
    Thomas Jipping
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    What I Saw at the Supreme Court as Justices Heard a Major Abortion Case

    Large crowds of protesters gathered early on a chilly Wednesday morning in Washington as the Supreme Court prepared to hear a monumental abortion case. As is typical in these abortion protests, pro-abortion activists gathered on the left side of the Supreme Court building while pro-life activists gathered on the right side. Leaders and activists on…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Dispelling 3 Common Myths About Abortion

    With the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case before the Supreme Court and the ongoing litigation over the Texas heartbeat law, the issue of abortion looms large in our national discourse. Too often, pro-abortion actors make claims that are simply not true, and those claims are repeated without challenge in the media. Therefore, it’s…
    Melanie Israel
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    Abortion Is About Our Core National Values

    The Supreme Court will hear this week Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. At issue is the law in Mississippi that bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. A decision finding the Mississippi law constitutional will fundamentally change the abortion regime in our country, defined by Roe v. Wade since 1973. Roe said the mother…
    Star Parker
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    A Major Abortion Case Goes Before the Supreme Court. Here’s What You Need to Know.

    The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a major abortion case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, on Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know about the facts of the case, what’s at stake, and how to think about this consequential moment. Explaining the Moment Life is our most basic human freedom, and it…
    Melanie Israel
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    Most Countries Do Not Allow Abortion Through All 9 Months. Dobbs Can Give US Chance to Join Rest of World.

    Only six nations in the world allow abortion on demand through nine months of pregnancy. Among those six are countries guilty of placing religious minorities in concentration camps, starving their own people, imprisoning political opponents, and offering people with disabilities an option for assisted suicide but not for care—and, the United States. A case that…
    Mary Szoch
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    Mississippi Governor Calls Abortion Law at Supreme Court ‘Mainstream’

    The law at the heart of a Supreme Court case to be heard Wednesday is much more mainstream than abortion proponents want Americans to believe, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says. “This particular law that is going before the court is actually much more in the mainstream of abortion law across the world than the current…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Biden’s State Department Slips Abortion Into Human Rights Report

    Earlier this month, the U.S. State Department made a minor change to its annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Although the media largely ignored the move, the change adds to the ongoing shift in U.S. human rights advocacy taking place during the Biden administration. Its consequences could be far-reaching. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reinstated an Obama-era…
    Arielle Del Turco
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    To Protect Women, Trust the Science on Abortion

    Trust the science. These three words, when heeded, have the potential to save thousands of lives. As a rule, our leaders should defer to peer-reviewed medical research in all matters related to public policy. But in one critical area, they have failed us time and time again: women’s health. As the Supreme Court prepares to…
    Donna Harrison
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    McAuliffe’s Abortion Push Fails to Sway Voters in Virginia Election

    Republican Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin won the vote of Virginians who prioritized abortion, exit polling shows, even though Democrat Terry McAuliffe poured millions into advertisements accusing Youngkin of harboring a “far right” abortion agenda.  A Fox News voter analysis released late Tuesday evening found that 5% of Virginia voters cited abortion as “the most important issue…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    As Supreme Court Hears Challenges to Abortion Law, Texas Senator Tells Why He Wrote Heartbeat Act

    Texas state Sen. Bryan Hughes, author of one of the most controversial pieces of abortion legislation in decades, insisted Monday that his law is focused on protecting every “little baby” with a heartbeat.  The Texas Republican stood steps away from the Supreme Court building as the nine justices heard oral arguments in challenges to Texas’…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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