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EXCLUSIVE: Christian, Pro-Life Groups Push to Reauthorize Biden’s ‘Reimagined’ AIDS Program Promoting Abortion
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Several Christian organizations have supported full authorization of an AIDS relief program even though the money has gone to organizations that advocate more abortions abroad. In several public statements, President Joe Biden’s White House has called for promoting abortion abroad, frequently in references to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief,… -
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‘Off-the-Wall Abortion Policies’ Are Actually Common Sense, Widely Supported
Pro-choice Republicans in Congress are back. What had become a dying breed in the past couple of years, Republicans who consistently vote against basic pro-life protections have taken the House appropriations process hostage. This group of about eight to 10 Republicans have now helped to sink two appropriations bills over policies that are commonsense solutions… -
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Tuberville’s Effort to End Pentagon Abortion Policy Backed by Veterans on Heritage Foundation National Security Team
To mark Veterans Day, six national security analysts at The Heritage Foundation who served in the military released a statement Thursday supporting Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s stand against the Pentagon’s abortion policy. President Joe Biden “is the one playing politics with the military,” longtime Heritage national security expert James Jay Carafano, who signed the statement, told… -
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Ohio Voters Add Abortion to Constitution
Ohio voters on Tuesday voted to codify abortion into the state constitution, The Associated Press is projecting. The ballot language references abortion, but mostly used euphemisms, such as “reproductive medical treatment” or “reproductive freedom.” The measure, known as Issue 1, passed with 58% of the vote. It says “an individual right to one’s own reproductive… -
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3 States Sue FDA for Allowing Abortion Pills to Be Shipped Via Mail
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced Monday that several states sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for allowing abortion pills to be shipped through the mail. Missouri, along with Idaho and Kansas, filed a lawsuit alleging the FDA “failed” to meet its “statutory responsibility to protect the health, safety, and welfare of all Americans by rejecting or… -
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High School Students Chase Abortion Advocates off Property, Burn Contraceptives They Left Behind
When abortion advocates came to their high school to give a talk, pro-life students in the African republic of Malawi chased them off the grounds and then burned their boxes of condoms and other contraceptives. Malawi, home to some of the tightest abortion restrictions in the world, is a frequent target of abortion advocates. The… -
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Today’s Public Health Emergency: Restoring Trust in 7 Steps
The public health emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic ended long ago, but America faces a new emergency. Faith in health agencies has plummeted more rapidly since 2019 than any other government institution, with almost two-thirds now rating the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as “only fair or… -
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Federal Judge Blocks Colorado’s Abortion Drug Reversal Ban
A federal judge has blocked implementation of Colorado’s ban on abortion drug reversals, citing constitutional grounds. District Court Judge Daniel Domenico issued an order last Saturday halting Colorado’s ban on performing abortion drug reversal procedures, citing concerns about religious freedom. Domenico wrote: “The law at issue here runs afoul of these First Amendment principles. And because it… -
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Bidenflation: Hazardous to Your Health Care, Too
Bidenomics is driving up the cost of health care. In the release of its annual survey of employer health benefits, the Kaiser Family Foundation notes: “Amid rising inflation, annual family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance climbed 7% on average this year to reach $23,968, a sharp departure from virtually no growth in premiums last year,… -
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VA Won’t Explain What It Means to Save the ‘Health’ of the Mother in an Abortion
One year since it began performing abortions, the Department of Veterans Affairs released annualized data to the House Veterans' Affairs Committee under threat of a subpoena. The VA disclosed to Congress that it had provided 88 abortions through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30—of which 64 were said to have been performed… -
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The Haunting Reason Britney Spears Had an Abortion
So much for abortion being a woman’s choice. In her upcoming memoir, pop star Britney Spears reveals she had an abortion—and it wasn’t because she wanted one. “If it had been left up to me alone, I never would have done it,” Spears writes about her abortion in “The Woman in Me,” reports People magazine…. -
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Abortion Apathy Akin to Civil War-Era Indifference Toward Slavery
Everyone has encountered apathy about abortion: “I wouldn’t get one, but I can’t tell anyone else what to do” or “It’s not my problem what other people do with their bodies.” That spirit of apathy toward the greatest moral violation of the day isn’t new. Before the Civil War, Stephen Douglas said he didn’t care… -
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Ohio Governor Urges Voters to Reject Radical Abortion Ballot Measure
Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is urging voters in the state to reject a radical abortion measure on the ballot in November. DeWine and his wife, Ohio first lady Fran DeWine, deliver the message in an ad by Protect Women Ohio released Wednesday—the same day that early voting began on Ohio Issue 1, the Right to… -
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WATCH: Thousands March in Ohio Against Radical Abortion Ballot Measure
COLUMBUS—Thousands of pro-life activists marched in downtown Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, calling for protections for the unborn and urging their fellow Ohioans to vote against an upcoming pro-abortion ballot measure. Ohio Issue 1, the Right to Make Reproductive Decisions Including Abortion Initiative, would ban the state from interfering with “reproductive decisions,” including abortion—effectively enshrining the… -
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State Abortion Laws Being Reversed as State Courts’ Ideological Compositions Change
For 50 years, the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, which invented a fictional “right to abortion,” prevented most efforts to protect human lives before birth. Last year’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization corrected that egregious error, lifting that impediment to pro-life efforts in state legislatures and Congress. Pro-abortion forces,… -
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NYC Becomes First US City to Offer ‘on Demand’ Phone Appointment for ‘Abortion Kit’
New York City’s health system has become the first in the nation to offer “on demand” virtual “abortion access,” the city announced on Monday. NYC Health + Hospitals and New York City Mayor Eric Adams launched the abortion program through “Virtual ExpressCare,” according to a news release from the city’s health system. “Beginning this week,… -
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This Is the Pro-Abortion Activist Newsom Chose to Replace Feinstein
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has chosen Laphonza Butler, a pro-abortion activist, Democratic strategist, and former labor union boss, to fill the late Dianne Feinstein’s Senate seat. Butler is the president of Emily’s List, one of the top pro-abortion groups in the country seeking to elect pro-abortion females into office. She has expressed support for… -
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Tucker Carlson Declares Abortion a ‘Spiritual Battle’
Veteran reporter and cultural-cum-political commentator Tucker Carlson is declaring that the fight against abortion is in fact a matter of spiritual warfare. Speaking at a recent gala hosted by the Center for Christian Virtue in Cleveland, Carlson stated that abortion is not a “political debate” but a “spiritual battle.” The former Fox News host said that… -
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DOJ Silent on Pro-Abortion Activist Who Vandalized Pro-Life Center
The Department of Justice will not say why it has not prosecuted a Buffalo woman for vandalizing a pro-life pregnancy center, one of over 200 attacks on pro-life centers and Catholic churches since the leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion indicating Roe v. Wade would be overturned. Forty-year-old Hannah Kamke pled guilty this month… -
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UK Report: Over One-Third of Children on Puberty Blockers Experienced Worsened Mental Health
New research from the United Kingdom is showing that over a third of children placed on puberty blockers and hormone drugs suffered severe mental health deterioration afterward. A 2011 study conducted at the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service clinic for children reported that children who were put on puberty blockers suffered no adverse mental health…