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    Trump Admin to Revoke Biden’s Veterans Affairs Abortion Rule
    Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., is applauding the Trump administration‘s reversal of a Biden-era rule that permitted the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system to perform abortions. On Friday, the administration posted the proposed rule change in the Federal Register, which will be formally published on Monday, to prevent VA-run hospitals and other medical centers…
    Jacob Adams
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    Counting the Wins: Looking Back on Pro-Life Victories
    Thanks to the radical abortion industry, the pro-life movement consistently faces a seemingly unending slew of challenges—but nonetheless, it’s made hard-won progress this year. Today, one of the greatest challenges the movement faces is the growing prevalence of the abortion pill. This crisis ends the lives of thousands of innocent unborn children each year and…
    Elizabeth Weiss | Melanie Israel
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    Federal Judge Tries to Affirm a New Protected Status for Abortion
    Since the Supreme Court ruled in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that the Constitution contains no right to abortion, the abortion industry has waged a campaign to ensure that an abortion right would continue in effect, if not in law. Planned Parenthood, the cause’s corporate embodiment, won another victory in that campaign on Monday…
    Jack Fitzhenry
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    Judge Decides She Is the Law, Blocks Congressional Defunding of Planned Parenthood
    Wild judicial activism has become the norm in the age of Trump, but the latest decision from a federal court on Monday to block Congress’ defunding of Planned Parenthood is the most egregious example yet. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani appears to be on a crusade to ensure that Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    EXCLUSIVE: Think Tank Asks FDA for Documents About Abortion Pill
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Former Vice President Mike Pence’s think tank formally asked the Food and Drug Administration on Friday to turn over documents related to the dangers of the abortion pill, mifepristone. Pence’s think tank, Advancing American Freedom, believes that the FDA took illegal shortcuts under previous administrations that led to its approval of…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    There’s Still Plenty of Reasons to Celebrate OBBB’s Effect on Planned Parenthood
    Ohio has been experiencing winning results thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed into law earlier this month by President Donald Trump. Planned Parenthood, not so much. Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio announced closures of Springfield and Hamilton locations, effective Aug. 1. The announcement was made in a July 17 press release and included…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Planned Parenthood Does Not Provide ‘Care.’ Its Defunding Was Long Overdue.
    One day, a young woman named Sarah walked through the doors of the pregnancy center I help run and told me she wanted an abortion.  As we talked, it became clear that while Sarah didn’t truly want to end her pregnancy, she believed it was her only option. She had fought hard to escape a…
    Rebekah Cohen Morris
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    Ohio Judge Undermines Women’s Health in Abortion Pill Decision, Pro-Life Group Says
    An Ohio court endangered women’s health in siding with the abortion lobby in a case about abortion pills, Ohio Right to Life warned Wednesday. The Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday, preventing the state from applying a law allowing only doctors to provide chemical abortion pills. The court blocked Ohio…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Sorry, Planned Parenthood. Congress Doesn’t Have to Give You a Dime.
    When the Founders wrote the Constitution, they unambiguously gave Congress control over federal spending. But Planned Parenthood is now suing the federal government in denial of this fact—claiming the Constitution requires the federal government to give money to organizations that are abortion providers. Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution plainly states: “No…
    Terence Jeffrey
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    What You Need to Know About the Judge Protecting Planned Parenthood’s Funding From One Big, Beautiful Bill
    The Massachusetts federal judge who temporarily secured taxpayer dollars for Planned Parenthood after the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” defunding of the nation’s largest abortion provider has a career steeped in progressive politics and controversial rulings.  U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani of the District of Massachusetts imposed a temporary restraining order Monday directing the Department of…
    Fred Lucas
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    Judge Tries to Require Planned Parenthood Funding
    The Left has long looked to unelected bureaucrats and judges, rather than elected legislators, to get its way. Having failed to elect a Democrat president or Congress, they are hoping Democrat-appointed judges will block executive orders and statutes that they don’t like. Rogue judges participating in this scheme are eroding the judiciary’s integrity and undermining…
    Thomas Jipping
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    Judge Defies Congress, Trump on Planned Parenthood Funding
    A judge has temporarily prevented President Donald Trump from revoking Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, after both chambers of Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act defunding the abortion giant and the president signed it into law. Obama-appointee U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani’s temporary restraining order lasts just two weeks. It directs the Department…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Supreme Court Lets South Carolina Ban Abortion Clinics from Medicaid
    On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic to uphold South Carolina’s strategy for protecting taxpayers from subsidizing abortion through Medicaid. This case reveals how abortion advocates try to force taxpayers to subsidize their agenda—and how pro-life states can respond. Congress’ power to “provide for the… general welfare” is often…
    Thomas Jipping | Daniel Davidson
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    Supreme Court Rules Whether States Can Block Planned Parenthood From Receiving Medicaid Funding
    The Supreme Court ruled against Planned Parenthood Thursday, handing a significant win to the pro-life movement.   In the case Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, the justices ruled, 6-3, that South Carolina can legally block Planned Parenthood facilities from receiving Medicaid funding.   Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion, in which Chief Justice…
    Virginia Allen | Tyler O’Neil
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    How Easy Is It to Order an Abortion Pill? The Answer Is Shocking.
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION: In as little as five minutes, the Daily Caller News Foundation was able to easily order abortion pills opponents argue are unsafe without a doctor adequately verifying key eligibility requirements. Groups that launched online services after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved mail-order abortions will provide the pill under circumstances…
    Katelynn Richardson
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    Is Britain About to Legalize Abortion Until Birth?
    Britain soon could pass the most extreme abortion law Europe has ever seen. Members of Parliament have proposed amendments that would legalize abortion up until the moment of birth. The amendments could also allow for sex-selective abortions and would take away the ability to prosecute abusers who harm unborn children, according to the Society for…
    Quinn Delamater
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    House-Passed Budget Bill Defunds Planned Parenthood
    House Republicans delivered on their promise to defund Big Abortion on Thursday by passing the budget reconciliation bill that has consumed Washington’s attention for the past three months. In the bill, the House GOP removed Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood, the largest provider of abortions in the country. The effort had been supported by dozens of…
    Jacob Adams
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    EXCLUSIVE: RFK Jr. Urged to Make Good on Commitment to Review Safety of Abortion Pill
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A conservative think tank is seeking to hold Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to his commitment to review the safety and efficacy of the abortion pill. “I’ve asked Marty Makary, who’s the director of [the Food and Drug Administration], to do a complete review, and to…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Abortion, Government Funding for Planned Parenthood at an All-Time High
    Planned Parenthood released its latest annual report the day after Mother’s Day. For 2023-2024, abortions are at an all-time high. So is government funding. Nearly three years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and many states enacted strong pro-life protections, business is still booming. Congress and President Donald Trump can take action—but will…
    Melanie Israel
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    State Legislators From Across Country Urge End to Federal Funds for Planned Parenthood
    More than 180 pro-life state legislators from 49 states have sent a letter to congressional leaders urging them to end Planned Parenthood’s receipt of federal funds. The letter comes as Congress is considering restricting, through the budget reconciliation process, federal dollars from going to the nation’s largest abortion provider. “We’re absolutely making it clear to…
    Jacob Adams
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