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    Protecting Babies Who Survive an Abortion Should Not Be Controversial
    The Senate is set to vote Monday on the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, a bill that would provide desperately needed protections for babies who survive an abortion attempt. Such a policy should not be remotely controversial. Current federal policy does not do enough to protect these babies. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act would…
    Melanie Israel
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    Why This Abortion Survivor Had to Thank President Trump
    At age 14, Melissa Ohden learned that her biological mother was forced to have a saline abortion, one that she defied the odds by surviving despite being in the womb only an estimated 31 weeks. Years later, a nurse who cared for her in the NICU told Ohden: “A tall blond nurse rushed me in,…
    Ginny Montalbano
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    Right Side of History: How Abortion Became a ‘Positive Good’ to Proponents
    “The Right Side of History” is a podcast dedicated to exploring current events through a historical lens and busting left-wing myths about figures and events of America’s past. On this week’s episode, hosts Jarrett Stepman and Fred Lucas interview Kyle Sammin, a lawyer and writer from Pennsylvania, who recently compared the shifting philosophy of pro-abortion…
    Jarrett Stepman | Fred Lucas
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    Senate to Vote Soon on Bill Protecting Abortion Survivors
    Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., praised Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., for green-lighting a Senate roll call vote on Feb. 25 for Sasse’s legislation protecting abortion survivors.   “I want to thank the majority leader for scheduling this vote so that every American can know where their senator stands on the issue of infanticide,” Sasse…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    She Survived a Saline Abortion. Here’s Her Story.
    When Gianna Jessen had been in her mother’s womb for 29-and-a-half weeks and weighed less than 3 pounds, she was born despite a saline abortion. She has the medical records to prove it. “Instead of dying, I was actually born in an abortion clinic in Los Angeles,” Jessen tells The Daily Signal in a phone…
    Ginny Montalbano
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    Physician Says There Isn’t Single Scenario Where Late-Term Abortion Protects Mother’s Health
    Doctor and Kansas Rep. Roger W. Marshall wrote an op-ed saying there aren’t any reasons why a late-term abortion is necessary to protect a woman’s health. “To this day, I can’t think of a single scenario where I thought a late-term abortion would help to improve a woman’s mental health,” Marshall wrote in a Monday op-ed published…
    Grace Carr
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    ‘This Is a Human Rights Issue’: Abortion Survivors Share Their Stories
    Three abortion survivors told their stories on “Fox & Friends” Monday morning, and reacted to comments from Virginia’s governor supporting late-term abortion as well as pushes in a number of states to legalize abortion until birth. Abortion survivors Melissa Ohden, the founder of the Abortion Survivors Network, along with Josiah Presley and Claire Culwell joined…
    Grace Carr
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    How House Conservatives Are Planning to Force a Vote on Protecting Abortion Survivors
    Conservative lawmakers in the House are trying to force a vote on a bill protecting babies born alive after abortion, after a Democrat in the Senate last week blocked Republicans in the upper chamber from passing similar legislation by unanimous consent. “Protecting innocent life shouldn’t be a partisan issue and it shouldn’t be difficult,” House…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Supreme Court Halts Louisiana Abortion Law—for Now
    Late Thursday night, the Supreme Court put on hold a Louisiana law that would require abortion doctors to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their clinic. The Louisiana law was introduced by state Rep. Katrina Jackson, a Democrat, and passed overwhelmingly in the state’s House of Representatives and Senate in 2014…
    Elizabeth Slattery
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    Why Liberals Can’t Talk Honestly About Abortion
    Democrats will protect American children from the evils of trans fats and gay conversion therapy, but not from doctors who will kill them through negligent homicide in the first few hours of their lives. This is the ugly reality of the contemporary abortion debate. It’s why most advocates will do about anything to avoid describing…
    David Harsanyi
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    Rep. Liz Cheney Says Infanticide, Late-Term Abortion ‘Pure Evil’ and Not Matter of Debate
    GOP Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming called late-term abortion “pure evil” on “Fox & Friends” Thursday, adding the issue shouldn’t be put up for debate. “It should be an absolutely bipartisan issue that we protect babies,” Cheney said. “When we look at what we saw happen in Virginia, happen in New York, those bills that would allow…
    Nick Givas
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    The Moral Rot of the Left’s Abortion Agenda
    In a November 1789 letter to French scientist Jean-Baptiste Leroy, Benjamin Franklin expressed hope that the new U.S. Constitution would endure, but acknowledged that “nothing is certain except death and taxes.” The taxes part isn’t really true today. More than 40 percent of Americans pay no federal income tax, and one-third of them also pay…
    Thomas Jipping
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    Trump Urges Congress to Pass Late-Term Abortion Ban
    President Donald Trump advocated that lawmakers pass a late-term abortion ban in his State of the Union address. “To defend the dignity of every person, I am asking the Congress to pass legislation to prohibit the late-term abortion of children who can feel pain in the mother’s womb,” Trump said. “Let us work together to…
    Joshua Q. Nelson
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    Democrats’ Radical Push on Abortion Will Backfire
    In a frenzy to expand abortion access, several states have recently passed or proposed laws to legalize abortion up until birth. In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law that legalizes abortion even after the unborn child is viable as long as the abortionist makes a “reasonable and good-faith judgement” that “there is an…
    Jessica Anderson
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    Media Misses: Bias Exposed Over Abortion Extremism
    Few topics bring out media bias more than the issue of abortion. This week was a perfect example of that. Virginia state Delegate Kathy Tran, a Democrat from Fairfax County, introduced a bill that, the lawmaker acknowledged Monday, would allow abortions to be performed as a woman is giving birth. Then Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam,…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Man With Down Syndrome Who Spoke About Sanctity of Life Says He Wants to Make Abortion ‘Unthinkable’
    Former Special Olympian Frank Stephens spoke out about abortion on “Fox & Friends” Friday, after his video on the sanctity of life went viral on actor Ashton Kutcher’s Facebook page. “I’d like to thank my friend Ashton Kutcher for bringing back my testimony,” he said. “It’s like the walking dead because it just won’t stay…
    Nick Givas
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    I’m Asking ‘All 100 Senators to … Be Against Infanticide’: Sasse Reintroduces Abortion Survivors Act
    Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., is reintroducing the the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act in the Senate following New York legalizing abortion up to birth last week and the Virginia Legislature considering a similar bill Monday. “Everybody loves babies and that love has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with just having a…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Why This Planned Parenthood Clinic Manager Walked Away
    Annette Lancaster decided she had to leave her job as manager of a Planned Parenthood clinic in North Carolina after a particularly tough conversation with a patient there. Lancaster, 41, says she had been recruited by a headhunter to manage the Chapel Hill clinic after losing her previous job. “The turning point for me was…
    Ginny Montalbano
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    Podcast: The Left’s Abortion Extremism
    Well, if you’re against murdering infants, you might have been left reeling by recent statements made by Virginia Democrats in connection with a proposed extreme abortion bill. The Heritage Foundation’s Melanie Israel, an expert in pro-life matters, joins us to discuss the new radical abortion policies we’re seeing in New York and Virginia. Plus: We…
    Katrina Trinko | Daniel Davis
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    Virginia Governor’s Answer on Late-Term Abortion Hints at Support for Infanticide
    Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam couldn’t precisely answer whether he supports abortion until birth and suggested an infant could be born and then the mother and doctor could discuss what should happen next, in a Wednesday morning interview. “If a mother is in labor, I can tell you exactly what would happen. The infant would…
    Grace Carr
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