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    Team Biden Works at ‘Behest of Abortion Lobby’ in Defiance of Law, 84 GOP Legislators Say
    U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra violated federal law when they told the Justice Department to drop a lawsuit against a hospital that forced a nurse to assist an elective abortion, 84 Republican lawmakers say. In a letter Wednesday to the high-ranking Biden administration officials, first obtained by…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Mississippi Abortion Law Gives Supreme Court Opening to Overturn Roe v. Wade
    At least one case slated to be heard in the Supreme Court’s next term promises to be very controversial: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health. In Dobbs, the Supreme Court must answer a question it has never addressed; namely, whether all pre-viability prohibitions on elective abortions are unconstitutional. And Mississippi has just submitted its first arguments to the court on why…
    Sarah Parshall Perry | Melanie Israel
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    Biden Administration Set to Ignore Abortion Transparency Requirement
    The public comment period closed on Wednesday for a rule proposed by the Biden administration that would reverse a Trump administration rule regarding program integrity for certain health insurance plans that cover elective abortions. At issue is Section 1303 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. This section of the…
    Melanie Israel
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    Study Says European Laws Limit Abortion Earlier Than Mississippi Law Pending at Supreme Court
    Most European abortion laws limit abortion earlier than the Mississippi law at the heart of an upcoming Supreme Court case, a study released Tuesday found. The pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute released a comprehensive analysis of European abortion laws Tuesday showing that an overwhelming majority of European countries limit abortions to before 15 weeks. “Mississippi’s law brings the…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Pelosi’s Archbishop Rebukes Her for Saying She Supports Abortion as ‘Devout Catholic’
    Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone rebuked Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Thursday for calling herself a “devout Catholic” in her defense of taxpayer-funded abortion. “Let me repeat,” the San Francisco archbishop said in a statement. “No one can claim to be a devout Catholic and condone the killing of innocent human life, let alone have…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Abortion Law as ‘Imminent Threat’ to Women
    A federal judge has blocked a law that would have banned almost all abortions in Arkansas, calling it an “imminent threat” to women seeking abortions. District Court Judge Kristine Baker issued a preliminary injunction blocking authorities from enforcing the Arkansas Unborn Child Protection Act until she issues a final ruling, The Washington Post reported. The…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    How Pro-Lifers in This Texas Town Beat Planned Parenthood
    Just one month after Lubbock, Texas, became the state’s largest sanctuary city for the unborn (and the only sanctuary city for the unborn with an active abortion clinic), Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas last week agreed to stop performing abortions within the city limits. This announcement came after a federal district judge dismissed Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit, citing lack of standing….
    Mary Szoch
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    Biden Budget Would Scrap Decades of Consensus on Not Funding Abortion
    President Joe Biden released his budget proposal on May 28 as Americans headed into the long Memorial Day weekend. The “unreasonable and irresponsible” measure, as my Heritage Foundation colleague Matthew Dickerson described it, calls for dizzying amounts of spending across the federal government, paid for by American taxpayers. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet…
    Melanie Israel
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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 | Lauren Evans
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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 | Lauren Evans
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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 | Maeve Reilly
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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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