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    UN Committee Wants to Make Abortion and Assisted Suicide a ‘Universal Human Right’
    The United Nations Human Rights Committee drafted a memo saying that abortion and physician-assisted suicide should be universal human rights. The memo, or “general comment” on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, calls for abortion to be decriminalized everywhere. Nations and states should “not introduce new barriers and should remove existing barriers [to…
    Grace Carr
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    Planned Parenthood Says It Puts Women First. This Missouri Clinic Proves Otherwise.
    Planned Parenthood claims to put women first, yet the atrocious health code violations found at a Missouri clinic earlier this month suggest otherwise. The abortion giant was campaigning against newly proposed regulations on Missouri abortion clinics when state inspectors discovered a clinic in Columbia, Missouri, was already in violation of existing state regulations. The clinic’s…
    Monica Burke | Genevieve McNalis
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    Podcast: Why Are Western Nations Pushing Abortion on Africa?
    Western funding for “population programs” in Africa has historically been the lowest of all aid initiatives, dwarfed by much more critical needs like clean water, sanitation, and education. But now, these “population programs”—which include contraceptives and abortion—are the most highly funded on the continent, with groups like the Gates Foundation and Planned Parenthood pushing dangerous…
    Katrina Trinko | Daniel Davis
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    Western Nations Abandon Consensus to Push Abortion Agenda at UN
    In a severe loss for mothers around the world, the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva last month adopted a resolution on maternal mortality that doubles down on the failed policies in place now and ignores that the requisite medical advancements exist to prevent most of the common causes we see today. The resolution…
    Elyssa Koren
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    How the US Can Block Abortion and ‘Hate Speech’ Activism at the UN
    With another session of the United Nations General Assembly underway, the U.S. has a number of opportunities to advance U.S. interests and to protect life and religious liberty, especially as the Third Committee—responsible for social, humanitarian, and cultural affairs—convenes. In promoting U.S. foreign policy at the U.N. and through its many agencies, U.S. policymakers seeking…
    Grace Melton
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    For the Left, ‘Caring’ About Women Means Support for Unrestricted Legal Abortion
    I’ve been writing for years about the depth of the culture war taking place in America. I’ve done so with trepidation, with knowledge that without resolution, culture wars can turn into physical wars. It happened once in America. Can it happen again? The first major violent confrontation between citizens came about as result of the…
    Star Parker
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    California Governor Rejects Bill Mandating Abortion Pills on College Campuses
    California Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown rejected a bill Sunday that would mandate college campuses to offer abortion pills, calling it unnecessary. “According to a study sponsored by supporters of this legislation, the average distance to abortion providers in campus communities varies from five to seven miles, not an unreasonable distance,” Brown wrote in the veto letter….
    Neetu Chandak
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    Court Upholds Louisiana Law Requiring Abortion Doctors to Have Admitting Privileges With Nearby Hospitals
    Louisiana upheld a law Wednesday mandating that abortion facilities in the state have admitting privileges at local hospitals. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled 2-1 to uphold a law requiring abortion doctors to have privileges with hospitals within 30 miles of the abortion clinic so the doctor might admit a…
    Grace Carr
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    Problematic Women: Planned Parenthood Gets a New President
    Planned Parenthood names a new president and hardly anyone challenges her when she makes an appearance on “The View,” a new study finds alarmingly high rates of attempted suicide among transgender adolescents and teens, misleading hits keep coming against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and a local news anchor brings attention to the opioid crisis…
    Kelsey Bolar | Bre Payton
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    New Title X Rule Will Hold Planned Parenthood Accountable on Reporting Abuse
    Since the Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services proposed a rule to update compliance with legal requirements of the Title X family planning program, the move has received apocalyptic—and unwarranted—pushback from pro-abortion advocates on the left. The liberal media have predicted the rule would spell “doomsday” for women’s health. Title X is a…
    Rep. Glenn Grothman
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    The Left’s Sick Celebration of Abortion
    I thought we had seen it all from radical feminists—and what we’ve seen is way, way more than anyone other than a gynecologist needs to see. Six years ago, Code Pink zealots traipsed across the fruited plain in giant female reproductive organ costumes demanding “respect” for women’s bodies and women’s abortion rights. They called themselves…
    Michelle Malkin
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    ‘Roe V. Wade’ Film Director Describes How Hard It Was Shooting a Film About Abortion
    Filming the new movie “Roe V. Wade” wasn’t easy, co-director Nick Loeb revealed in an interview Tuesday. Nick Loeb, who gained notoriety after fighting with ex-fiancée and “Modern Family” star Sofia Vergara over frozen embryos, is co-directing a pro-life film set to hit theaters in January 2019, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The filming hasn’t been…
    Grace Carr
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    California Can’t Make Pregnancy Centers Advertise Abortion, Supreme Court Rules
    The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling Tuesday, struck down a California law mandating that pro-life pregnancy centers advertise where clients may get an abortion. The decision, supporters said, confirmed that government can’t compel citizens to promote messages they don’t agree with. “No one should be forced by the government to express a message that…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    All Public Hospitals in Ireland Will Be Forced to Perform Abortion, Despite Objections
    Ireland is reeling after its Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced that all publicly funded hospitals in Ireland will be forced to provide abortions. “It will not, however, be possible for publicly-funded hospitals, no matter who their patron or owner is, to opt out of providing these necessary services, which will be legal in this state once this…
    Grace Carr
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    We Hear You: Climate Change, Wedding Cakes, Social Security, Planned Parenthood, and Transgender Soldiers
    Editor's note: Our interview with a straight-talking climate change skeptic captured a big audience, and this week's roundup begins with that. Unrelated question: Have you been pressured to participate in an LGBT Pride Month celebration at work? Tell us what happened by writing [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Thank you, thank you, thank you for…
    Ken McIntyre
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    2 Universities Win Lawsuit Against Obama’s Abortion Pill Mandate
    Two Christian universities won a lawsuit against the Obama administration's abortion pill mandate after a judge ruled it violated their religious freedom. U.S. District Court Judge Mark W. Bennett ruled Tuesday that an Obama-era mandate requiring health care providers, including universities, to provide abortion services violated the religious rights of Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids,…
    Grace Carr
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    The Silent Suffering of Fathers After Abortion
    Thirty years ago, at the urging of my then-boyfriend, I had an abortion. He convinced me we weren’t ready to have children, promised we’d get married one day and have children later, said we’d be together forever, and assured me that he loved me. I believed every word. So, on a Saturday morning, I drove…
    Victoria Robinson
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    Planned Parenthood Frustrated With Arkansas Abortion Law. Asks Judge to Reconsider Again.
    Less than two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a case [that could have lead to an outcome] that would have allowed Planned Parenthood to continue offering medication abortions, the abortion organization asked a federal judge to reconsider the ruling. Planned Parenthood attorneys asked U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker Friday to block Arkansas’…
    Grace Carr
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    Exclusive: 56 Lawmakers Ask HHS Probe of Planned Parenthood’s Response to Child Sexual Abuse
    A group of 56 lawmakers led by Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., is urging federal officials to investigate the extent to which Planned Parenthood fails to report suspected sexual abuse of minors. In a letter Thursday to the Department of Health and Human Services, Hartzler and 55 other Republicans ask the agency to probe whether Planned…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Minnesota Students Launch Petition for University to Reinstate Abortion Fellowship
    University of Minnesota students are petitioning the university to reinstate a fellowship for medical students that would have them working at and learning the ins and outs of procedure at a nearby Planned Parenthood clinic. “Our hope is that our voices are heard loud and clear,” petition co-author Trish Palermo said, according to the Associated Press. She explained…
    Grace Carr
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