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    New Poll: 8 Out of 10 Americans Support ‘Significant Restrictions’ on Abortion

    Forty-two years after the passing of Roe v. Wade, how do Americans really feel about abortion? A new Marist poll sponsored by the Catholic organization Knights of Columbus asked Americans if they were pro-life or pro-choice – but they didn’t stop there. The poll’s stated intention was to “understand Americans’ attitudes toward abortion,” including those…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Why Don’t Abortion Advocates Care About Women’s Safety?

    Should abortion facilities have to follow the same standards as other medical clinics? If you thought the answer to that, regardless of your views on abortion, should be “duh,” you’d be wrong. In fact, we had quite the spirited debate on PBS’s “To The Contrary” this week about that.  A provision in a Texas law…
    Genevieve Wood
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    House Republicans Introduce Late-Term Abortion Ban

    With majorities in the House and Senate, Republicans have renewed their push to ban late-term abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. On Wednesday, Reps. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced the “Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.” In a joint press release, Franks said that his bill would protect “innocent and defenseless children”…
    Philip Wegmann
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    Planned Parenthood Performed 327,653 Abortions in 2013, Accepted $528 Million in Taxpayer Funds

    Planned Parenthood performed 327,653 abortions in 2013—all while accepting hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds. The organization recently released its 2013-14 annual report, highlighting the “building momentum” and the “explosion of engagement” within Planned Parenthood. “In 2014, Planned Parenthood expanded our reach—and deepened our impact—providing the health care and education that help millions…
    Kate Scanlon
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    This Sheriff Wants More ‘Outrage’ Over Abortion of Black Babies

    According to this sheriff, black lives matter—even the ones in the womb. Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has been a vocal critic of anti-police demonstrations in the wake of the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. So when Clarke saw New York Times reporter Mitch Smith covering a “die-in” protest on Twitter, he responded. Clarke…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Nicki Minaj: My Abortion Has ‘Haunted Me All My Life’

    In a new interview with Rolling Stone, rapper Nicki Minaj openly discussed her decision to have an abortion, a choice that she says has “haunted me all my life.” While attending the prestigious LaGuardia Performing Arts High School in New York and dating an older man from Queens, Minaj discovered she was pregnant. “I was a…
    Philip Wegmann
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    Why the Abortion Rate Is the Lowest It’s Been Since 1973

    The abortion rate keeps dropping. The latest numbers from the CDC, released last week, show that the abortion rate is the lowest it’s been since 1973, the year the Supreme Court manufactured a constitutional right to abortion in Roe v. Wade. This raises two important questions: What is the cause of the decline in abortion?…
    Ryan T. Anderson
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    Conscience and Abortion Funding Concerns in the CRomnibus

    The CRomnibus released late last night is fraught with the same bloated spending that has propelled the nation further into debt. In addition to serious fiscal concerns with the massive spending bill—not to mention the problems inherent in dropping a 1000-plus-page bill at the eleventh hour—the CRomnibus has some concerning provisions on life and conscience….
    Sarah Torre
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    Clinton Judge Gives Catholic University Temporary Pass on Abortion Drug Mandate

    On Tuesday, a federal court in Tampa, Fla. stopped the Obama administration from enforcing the new and improved version of the Obamacare mandate that employers provide healthcare coverage of abortion-inducing drugs. Ave Maria University, a Catholic school based in Florida, challenged the so-called “accommodation” that allows it to avoid directly providing or paying for coverage…
    Elizabeth Slattery
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    Live Action Rallies Pro-Lifers Outside D.C. Planned Parenthood

    Speakers from several pro-life organizations gathered at a Washington, D.C. Planned Parenthood on Tuesday to protest abortion and the organization’s taxpayer funding. Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion provider in the country and received $500 million in taxpayer funds last year. Lila Grace Rose, the founder and president of Live Action, a pro-life advocacy group,…
    Kate Scanlon
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    Obama Administration Drops Fight Against 3 Businesses Over Abortion Pill Mandate

    Two months after the Supreme Court handed down its Hobby Lobby decision, the Obama administration has abandoned its fight against several family businesses arguing for an exemption from the Obamacare abortion drug mandate. Earlier this year, the businesses won temporary relief from the mandate, which they argue violates their religious beliefs. Yesterday's decision means the administration will…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Why the Abortion Rate Is Declining

    Over the most recent decade for which data are available (2001–2011), the overall U.S. abortion rate, calculated as the annual number of abortions per 1,000 women of childbearing age (15 to 44), has dropped, continuing a trend that first appeared in 1980. The decline has been steeper since 1990, with a brief plateau in the…
    Chuck Donovan
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    PBS to Air Documentary ‘Humanizing’ Late-Term Abortion Doctors

    Taxpayer-funded broadcaster PBS is airing a documentary this Labor Day weekend highlighting the lives of the four remaining late-term abortion doctors in America. The Public Broadcasting Service describes the film, “After Tiller,” as a “deeply humanizing and probing portrait” of late-term abortionists who remain “absolutely dedicated to their work” in the wake of the 2009 slaying…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    This Movie Star’s Planned Parenthood T-Shirt Proves She Doesn’t Understand Hobby Lobby Decision

    Planned Parenthood Action Fund released today a t-shirt designed by actress Scarlett Johansson that targets the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision. The front of the pink t-shirt reads “Hey Politicians! The 1950s called…” and the back reads, “They want their sexism back!” “When I heard that some politicians were cheering the Supreme Court’s decision to…
    Katrina Trinko
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    ‘Get a Horse Whip,’ Planned Parenthood Sex Counselor Advises ‘Teen’ Client

    A Planned Parenthood counselor was caught on video telling someone she thinks is 15 that if she’s too young to buy sex toys across the street, she could “get a horse whip” instead. Pro-life group Live Action captured the taxpayer-financed guidance on camera at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Eden Prairie, Minn., after having an…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Report: Planned Parenthood Boosting Profit by Overbilling Customers

    For the third year in a row, an annual report by Alliance Defending Freedom discovered widespread waste, abuse and potential fraud by Planned Parenthood on the taxpayer’s dime. Steven H. Aden, senior counsel with the Alliance Defending Freedom, called the latest findings “disturbing.” The report comes as the organization faces backlash following undercover videos that revealed…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Another Planned Parenthood Caught Promoting X-Rated Advice to Underage Girls

    Another Planned Parenthood clinic was caught on camera providing X-rated advice to underage girls. >>> This report and video contains graphic language. This time, the incident took place in Portland, Oregon, where an employee at the Planned Parenthood Clackamas Center told a 15-year-old girl how to best “enjoy” sex and explore “different types of fetishes.”…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    In Undercover Videos, Planned Parenthood Suggests Sadistic Sex to Teen Girls

    “Choking,” “whipping,” and “tying up” are a few of the sadistic sexual behaviors Planned Parenthood staffers in Denver were caught on camera promoting to underage girls as part of Obamacare-supported “sex education” inside their facilities. >>> This report and video contain graphic language about disturbing practices. Today, in two undercover videos released by the pro-life…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Undercover Investigation Exposes Planned Parenthood’s Controversial Sex Ed Advice

    Planned Parenthood, which is receiving taxpayer funding under Obamacare for teen sex education, is the subject of a new undercover investigation that exposes its counselors providing graphic sexual advice to minors. The undercover video consists of footage with counselors as well as Planned Parenthood’s own promotional materials. Those materials include a Planned Parenthood-sponsored series called…
    Monica Sanchez
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    In ‘Obvious Child,’ Abortion as Comedy at a Theater Near You

    The feature film “Obvious Child,” which hits the big screen June 13, is a feel-good romantic comedy about a 20-something’s “hilarious and totally unplanned” journey to self-discovery, empowerment, and … abortion. Some in the media are touting the summer movie as “the first successful abortion comedy ever made,” but pro-life advocates are skeptical. The plot…
    Kelsey Bolar
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