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    Biden’s Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Far Outspends Obama

    President Joe Biden has funneled nearly 20 times as much taxpayer money to the abortion industry as Barack Obama had at this point in his presidency, according to an analysis by a leading pro-life organization.  In office for only four months, Biden has directed almost $500 billion in federal funding to the abortion industry through…
    Fred Lucas
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    Over Legal Objections, Biden Moves to Reinstate Family Planning Funds for Abortion Providers

    The public comment period closed Monday for a rule proposed by the Biden administration that would roll back important provisions of the Trump administration’s 2019 “Protect Life” rule. At issue in the debate is the federal Title X family planning program. The law that established the program—Title X of the Public Health Service Act (1970)—says…
    Melanie Israel
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    Texas Passes Abortion Ban Protecting ‘Every Unborn Child With a Heartbeat’

    Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that Texas had passed an abortion ban protecting “every unborn child with a heartbeat.” “The heartbeat bill is now LAW in the Lone Star State,” Abbott tweeted Wednesday. “This bill ensures the life of every unborn child with a heartbeat will be saved from the ravages of abortion.”…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Roe v. Wade in Crosshairs as Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Major Abortion Case

    The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a Mississippi case challenging the constitutionality of that state’s 2018 law prohibiting abortions after 15 weeks except in cases of medical emergency or when a severe fetal abnormality is detected. The high court’s announcement that it will hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health came after it…
    Sarah Parshall Perry
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    Supreme Court Takes Up Major Abortion Case Directly Challenging Roe v. Wade

    The United States Supreme court has agreed to take up a major Mississippi abortion case that could directly challenge Roe v. Wade. The court announced Monday that it will hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization beginning in October and a decision on the case will likely come by June 2022, CNBC reported. This will be the first major…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Abortion Isn’t Essential Health Care. This OB-GYN Explains Why.

    Pro-life advocates worry that an abortion-friendly political agenda has worked itself into the medical specialty of obstetrics and gynecology.  Now, OB-GYN medical professionals who are pro-life are taking a stand for women and babies as they seek to uphold the sanctity of all human life and push back on the narrative that abortion is essential…
    Virginia Allen
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    How Lila Rose Challenged Abortion Industry and Became a Voice for Unborn

    Lila Rose first began investigating abortion clinics as a college student in California more than a decade ago. She says she quickly discovered that Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, “covers up child sexual abuse.” As founder and president of the pro-life organization Live Action, Rose, now 32, has conducted countless undercover investigations into…
    Virginia Allen
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    Texas Bill Would Provide Array of Supports to Women Seeking Abortion Alternatives

    A new bipartisan bill in Texas, the Every Mother Matters Act, looks to offer women considering an abortion an avenue of support, highlighting the pro-life movement’s commitment to the aid and well-being of both the unborn and their mothers. Fully 75% of women seeking an abortion report that under different circumstances they would choose to…
    Melanie Israel
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    CEO’s Attempt to Distance Planned Parenthood From Margaret Sanger Falls Flat

    Alexis McGill Johnson is not doing a good job in her new role at Planned Parenthood. McGill Johnson is the most recent “new” CEO of Planned Parenthood. Last week, she took to writing a New York Times op-ed in which she decided to be bold and add Planned Parenthood to the list of woke organizations….
    Shawn Carney
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    Sin of Planned Parenthood Is Abortion, Not Margaret Sanger

    The president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Alexis McGill Johnson, has used The New York Times as a confessional to fess up to the racist history of Planned Parenthood’s founder, Margaret Sanger. “We must reckon with Margaret Sanger’s association with white supremacist groups and eugenics,” she writes. Sanger’s involvement with the notoriously racist eugenics…
    Star Parker
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    Planned Parenthood’s Denunciation of Founder Rings ‘Hollow’ to These Black Pro-Life Leaders

    Black pro-life leaders condemned Planned Parenthood’s “hollow” denunciation of Margaret Sanger after Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson distanced the organization from Sanger’s “association with white supremacist groups and eugenics.” Human Coalition vice president Benjamin Watson, a former NFL athlete, said Sunday that Planned Parenthood’s denunciation of its founder rang “hollow” in light of the organization’s current work….
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    My Friend Was Pressured to Have an Abortion After Scan Showed Chance of Disability

    Every day in America, pregnant women sit in their doctors’ offices, waiting for scan results. These mothers—no matter their age, race, or economic backgrounds—all hope to hear the same news: that their baby is healthy and growing right on track. Hearing the all-clear, these moms can rejoice and continue with their medical appointments. However, for…
    Nora Sullivan
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    Abortion Industry Puts Its Cruel Paws on Pet Dogs

    The abortion industry has done some stupid things over the years—like putting forceps on its Christmas trees, fundraising on Mother’s Day, opening abortion “spas,” hosting condom art contests, and offering Black Friday deals—but NARAL’s latest “#ProChoicePup” hashtag is so ridiculous that The Babylon Bee had to clarify that it’s not satire. “In news that should surprise no one, the abortion industry is…
    Tony Perkins
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    Merrick Garland Approved Illegal Immigrant Teen’s US Abortion

    Three-and-a-half years ago, two alien children were caught illegally crossing the Mexican border into the United States. One of these children decided she wanted to terminate the life of the other. She was the 17-year-old mother. The other was the 7-week-old baby in that mother’s womb. The agency that arrested this pregnant teenager turned her…
    Terence Jeffrey
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    Planned Parenthood Is Providing Fewer Breast Screenings, Wellness Exams, and More Abortions, Transgender Services

    This month, Planned Parenthood Federation of America quietly released its 2019-20 annual report to little fanfare. Like previous years, both the total number of abortions as well as taxpayer funding increased. Meanwhile, the amount of private funding and active individual contributors decreased—the latter dramatically so. The organization’s super PAC spent $45 million during the 2020…
    Melanie Israel
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    Equality Act Is Trojan Horse for Abortion Lobby and More

    If you search the text of the Equality Act for the term “abortion,” you won’t find it. And while that might be by design, should the act ever become law, it would be disastrous for all Americans who care about protecting innocent unborn life. The House of Representatives is set to vote on this dangerous…
    Melanie Israel
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    Planned Parenthood More Involved in Transgender Revolution Than You Realize

    Journalist Abigail Shrier recently shed light on Planned Parenthood’s increasing involvement in what some call “transgender activism” or the transgender revolution. In a post on her Substack account, Shrier describes reading a Twitter thread from a former Planned Parenthood employee—a person she later interviewed. In both the thread and interview, the former employee highlighted the…
    Nicole Russell
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    What You Need to Know About Coming Abortion Debates

    President Joe Biden already has taken action to undo some of the pro-life policies set in place by his predecessor, Donald Trump. It appears likely that Biden and the Democrat-controlled Congress will continue to press a progressive abortion agenda that endangers the unborn, mothers, and American freedoms.  Melanie Israel, a Heritage Foundation research associate in…
    Virginia Allen
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    Socialism’s Disturbing Record on Abortion

    The word “socialism” terrifies some of today’s Democrats, even as leading figures in the party embrace the term. Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Richmond, Virginia, who narrowly won her House seat in 2018 and narrowly retained it in 2020, made news when her emphatic comment on a postelection phone call was leaked to the media….
    Chuck Donovan
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    ‘Completely Over Moon’: Here’s How Planned Parenthood Hopes to Work With Biden Administration

    Planned Parenthood plans to push “bold agenda items” under the Biden administration, Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson said in an interview. “We should be pushing bold agenda items in the name of building back better,” McGill Johnson told Business Insider, borrowing President Joe Biden’s campaign slogan. “We are engaging in the policy side, on the…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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