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    White House Ducks Democrats’ Platform Demand for Taxpayer-Funded Abortion

    Although Barack Obama has been staunchly pro-choice during his presidency, the White House this week cited a “longstanding view” that doesn’t support federal taxpayer funding of abortions—a change embraced at the Democratic National Convention as part of the party’s platform. “I don’t believe we have changed our position on the Hyde Amendment, but if we…
    Fred Lucas
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    Undercover Filmmaker Who Exposed Planned Parenthood Calls His Case a ‘Huge Win’ for Journalists

    Two undercover filmmakers whose videos exposed abortion provider Planned Parenthood won’t face criminal charges after all. Instead, they’re hailing the news as a First Amendment victory for citizen journalists. On Tuesday, the Harris County district attorney’s office dismissed all charges against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt. The duo worked undercover to produce a series of…
    Leah Jessen
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    Only Miles From Democrat Convention, Kermit Gosnell’s Clinic Brings Abortion Industry Horrors to Forefront

    Three years after he was convicted of murder, Kermit Gosnell's shuttered abortion clinic still stands mere miles from Philadelphia's Wells Fargo Center, home to this week's Democratic National Convention. As Democrats gather in the city to anoint their presidential candidate, film director and citizen journalist David Altrogge is preparing the release of a new film, "3801 Lancaster: American…
    Terri Shepherd
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    The Difference Between Privacy Rights in Abortion and Same-Sex Locker Rooms Cases

    When most Americans consider the right to privacy they think about the privacy they enjoy in their homes and person. They don’t think about killing unborn children in the womb. But that is not true of liberal activists. To them, the right to privacy is all about abortion because seemingly everything is about abortion on…
    Jeremy Tedesco
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    The Supreme Court Abortion Safety Case, Explained

    The Supreme Court on Monday struck down a Texas law governing abortion clinics, serving a major victory to pro-choice advocates who opposed higher health and safety standards. The Daily Signal breaks down the case, and what the 5-3 decision means moving forward.
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Pro-Lifers on Supreme Court Abortion Case: ‘We’re Coming Back in Full Force’

    Members of the pro-life movement standing outside the Supreme Court on Monday were visibly discouraged by the 5-3 decision striking down a Texas law that imposed health and safety regulations on abortion clinics. But those activists showed no signs that they intend to back down from the battle over abortion in the United States. “The…
    Leah Jessen
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    Supreme Court Puts Abortion Industry Profits Over Women’s Safety

    The Supreme Court has issued its decision in the first major abortion case in nearly a decade. On Monday, the court ruled 5-3 to reverse Texas’ law requiring abortion clinics meet commonsense safety standards regularly followed by facilities that perform invasive outpatient surgeries and requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a…
    Elizabeth Slattery
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    United Way Affiliates Give $3 Million a Year to Planned Parenthood

    United Way affiliates provide almost $3 million a year to Planned Parenthood, according to a money-tracking website that examines consumer and political causes. 2nd Vote, a conservative, nonprofit watchdog that tracks corporate spending, conducted what it calls "exhaustive" research of United Way affiliates and their giving to Planned Parenthood.  “Last year, 2nd Vote compiled an exhaustive list of…
    Leah Jessen
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    Your Money Is Going to Planned Parenthood Whether You Like It or Not

    Whether you’re a painter, pastor, lawyer, or laborer (pro-life or pro-abortion), you work for Planned Parenthood. A portion of every paycheck goes to the world’s leading abortion business through the federal and state taxes allocated by your elected representatives and the unelected bureaucrats they empower. For the fiscal year ending in June 2015 (just before…
    Casey Mattox
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    Congressional Panel Issues More Subpoenas in Ongoing Planned Parenthood Investigation

    A House panel issued subpoenas to two organizations in an effort to access information related to the purchase and sale of aborted baby body parts. The House of Representatives Select Investigative Panel issued subpoenas on April 29 to Scinto Group, LLP and Five Star Bancorp to get accounting and bank records of StemExpress, a biomedical…
    Leah Jessen
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    Obama Administration Doubles Down on Forcing Religious Groups to Accept Abortion Drug ‘Accommodation’

    Two weeks ago the Supreme Court asked both sides in the Little Sisters’ case to file supplemental briefs. The Little Sisters’ case challenged Obamacare’s requirement that nonprofit employers must provide employee health insurance coverage that includes potentially life-ending drugs and devices. Now the briefs are in—and while the Little Sisters of the Poor and other…
    Elizabeth Slattery
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    New Study: ‘Sex-Selection Abortion Is a Global Problem,’ Including in US

    In advance of a Thursday House hearing on a measure that would ban abortions based on gender, a pro-life group published new research, provided exclusively to The Daily Signal, that suggests that prenatal sex discrimination “occurs globally” and is a problem, “including here in the United States.” “As Anna Higgins eloquently demonstrates in this latest…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Abortion Funding Slows Senate Support for Human Trafficking Bill

    Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., wants to build broad, bipartisan support for taxpayer funding of a nonprofit foundation with the audacious task of combating and ultimately eliminating the modern slave trade, known as human trafficking. Conservatives, however, argue that Corker’s bill would duplicate current government programs and not sufficiently guard against the use of funds to…
    Ken McIntyre
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    She Survived an Abortion. Now She’s Telling Lawmakers Her Story.

    Late-term abortion survivor Melissa Ohden sees Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary hearing as an opportunity to let the American public know “what late-term abortion looks like.” “As somebody who has lived to see the effects of abortion, I think it’s incredibly important for the public to pay attention to this hearing, to hear the stories of people…
    Mariana Barillas
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    She Had an Abortion at 15. How It Changed Her Life.

    Nona Ellington was 15 years old when she found out she was pregnant. A victim of rape, Ellington felt alone, ashamed, and desperate for help. After a free pregnancy test came back positive, showing that Ellington was five weeks pregnant, she went forward and scheduled an abortion. Around October 1983, Ellington, who was still in…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Rep. Marsha Blackburn: Panel Probing Planned Parenthood Finds ‘Surprising Amount of Agreement’

    Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., says the goal of her House panel looking at Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers is to determine whether the law must be “tightened” because the abortion industry is violating it. “Our hearing [Thursday] was on the ethics of fetal tissue research,” Blackburn, chairwoman of the Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives, told me…
    Genevieve Wood
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    5 Key Exchanges From Biggest Abortion Supreme Court Case in a Decade

    Wednesday, while a huge crowd of protesters stood in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building, the justices heard oral argument in the first major abortion case in nearly a decade. In Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the Supreme Court is considering whether Texas’ H.B. 2 law—a commonsense reform intended to increase women’s health and…
    Elizabeth Slattery
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    Increasing Health and Safety Standards for Abortion Clinics Is Reasonable

    The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in a case challenging a Texas law that places commonsense health and safety regulations on abortion clinics and abortion clinic doctors. Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt involves a Texas law, known as H.B. 2, that was passed in response to the conviction of late-term abortionist Kermit…
    Sarah Torre
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    How Gosnell’s Abortion ‘House of Horrors’ Led to This Week’s Supreme Court Case

    The Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt this week, a case challenging a Texas law that requires the abortion industry to follow commonsense health and safety regulations. Passage of the Texas bill was spurred by the discovery of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, the now infamous late-term abortionist who ran a…
    Sarah Torre
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    First Major Abortion Case in Nearly a Decade Will Go Before Supreme Court

    On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the first major abortion case in nearly a decade. In the case Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the Supreme Court will consider whether Texas’ H.B. 2 law—a commonsense reform intended to increase women’s health and safety—meets the test laid out in prior cases. Texas passed…
    Elizabeth Slattery
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