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Pro-Life Diaper Maker Provides Parents With Healthier Alternative
Rather than donating to organizations that support abortion like some mainstream diaper makers, the new EveryLife diaper brand supports its customer base by donating to pro-life organizations. EveryLife debuted on July 13 as an alternative diaper option to mainstream liberal diaper brands. Launched by Public Square, an app that provides an online marketplace for people… -
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‘Everyone Noticed the Lack of Socks.’ Legacy Media Finally Noticing Biden’s Obvious Signs of Health Decline.
It seems even President Joe Biden’s allies in the media are finally acknowledging his deteriorating condition. Politico ran a piece Wednesday titled, “Biden downplays age talk—but subtle accommodations are being made.” The piece began with, “Everyone noticed the lack of socks.” Yikes. Politico noted how Biden walked across the tarmac to Air Force One on… -
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Iowa Governor Signs ‘Heartbeat Bill’ Banning Abortion After 6 Weeks
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a “heartbeat bill” into law on Friday, banning abortions after six weeks, when a fetal heartbeat can be detected. This makes Iowa the 13th state to have a heartbeat bill protecting the unborn. “Not only will I continue to fight against the inhumanity of abortion, but I will also remain… -
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Notre Dame Professor Sues Student Newspaper for Covering Her Abortion Promotion
A pro-abortion Notre Dame professor is suing the student newspaper that reported on her inflammatory abortion remarks, claiming that the reporting subjected her to harassment. The student newspaper says her claims are "entirely false." Notre Dame professor Tamara Kay takes issue with two stories from The Irish Rover, a conservative-leaning newspaper run by students at… -
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Texas Heartbeat Act Has Saved Nearly 10,000 Babies from Abortion, New Study Estimates
Since September 2021, the Texas Heartbeat Act has protected unborn children from abortion after a heartbeat can be detected—as early as six weeks of gestation. It became the first enforceable law in the United States to protect unborn life within the first trimester since Roe v. Wade. In fact, the law went into effect nearly… -
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‘ATTACK ON PARENTS’: Ohio Abortion Amendment Clears Hurdle as Critics Warn of Trans Ramifications
An amendment to enshrine abortion access until the moment of birth without parental consent has received enough signatures to be added to Ohio’s ballot this November. The ACLU-drafted amendment would strip parents of their right to be notified or give consent to their minor children getting abortions or irreversible sex-change operations. It would also create… -
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Indiana Supreme Court Rules Abortion Ban Is Constitutional
The Indiana Supreme Court issued a decision Friday that said the state’s abortion ban was constitutional in a 4-1 ruling, according to the text. Senate Bill 1 was signed into law in 2022 and prohibited abortion with limited exceptions in the case of preventing “serious health risk of the pregnant woman or to save the pregnant… -
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Repentant Former Abortion Doctor’s New Book Explains His Conversion to Pro-Life
Dr. Haywood Robinson and his now-deceased wife Dr. Noreen Johnson started their relationship as a married couple performing abortions. Together, they went through a conversion and became pro-life advocates. Johnson died in August 2021 due to complications from the coronavirus. And now, Robinson has published a book they co-authored telling their story: "The Scalpel and… -
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People ‘Assigned Female at Birth’ Are ‘Going to Be Dying,’ Pro-Abortion Activist Says 1 Year After Roe v. Wade Overturned
Pro-abortion activists gathered in Washington, D.C., Saturday on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that overturned Roe v. Wade. “Without abortion access, women and girls, and people who are assigned female at birth, they are going to be dying,” Olivia Anderson said at the Women’s… -
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On 1st Anniversary of Roe’s Demise, Most Americans Want Some Limits on Abortion, Poll Finds
A majority of Americans support protections for unborn children and their mothers, a new poll conducted for Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America shows. In the year since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court, 24 states have enacted pro-life protections for the unborn and their mothers, the pro-life group notes: Wyoming extended Medicaid… -
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Mike Pence Challenges 2024 Field to Support National 15-Week Abortion Ban
As his fellow 2024 presidential candidates shy away from abortion, former Vice President Mike Pence is instead embracing the issue—and calling for the 2024 field to support a national 15-week abortion ban. The former vice president spoke out at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C., an evangelical conference where candidates gathered on… -
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Pearls Before ‘Swine’: Pop Star Lovato’s New Song Is Profane Pro-Abortion Rant
Warning: This article contains language that could be offensive to some readers. While pro-lifers celebrate the first anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, singer-songwriter Demi Lovato’s new song “Swine” epitomizes leftists’ fear of, and fury at, a growing pro-life America. On Thursday, Lovato—perhaps best known among Generation Z for her lead role in… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Lankford Lays Out How GOP Should Approach Abortion Post-Roe v. Wade
FIRST IN DAILY SIGNAL: Saturday will mark one year since the historic day Roe v. Wade was overturned. Republican Sen. James Lankford sat down with The Daily Signal to discuss what the post-Roe landscape looks like, as well as the Republicans who shy away from discussing abortion and the Democrats who promote it. The Oklahoma… -
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‘We Don’t Need’ Abortion, Former NFL Star Ben Watson Says of Black Community
Former NFL tight end and pro-life advocate Ben Watson says he didn’t want to write a book about abortion and race. “It’s two heavy topics,” Watson says, adding that he saw a connection that needed to be made between the two topics, and “perhaps not in the traditional way.” Pro-abortion advocates argue that women, especially… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Colorado Health Clinic Promoted Drag Story Hour To Kids With Autism
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: A Colorado health clinic that works with children who have autism promoted a Drag Story Hour event featuring adult drag queens performing for children, according to documents obtained by a parental rights' group. Seven Dimensions Behavioral Health uses Applied Behavior Analysis, a therapy used primarily with those who have Autism… -
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From G7 to UN, Pressure to Codify Abortion as ‘Human Right’ Is Wrong
As we approach the first anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization abortion ruling from the Supreme Court, which overturned Roe v. Wade, the battle for the protection of human life continues unabated around the world. While here in the U.S. the fight to expand or limit abortion at the state level rages… -
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US Foreign Aid Used to Push Abortion, Gender Ideology Around the World
The United States spends more than $40 billion a year on foreign assistance. For decades, there has existed in Congress bipartisan support for humanitarian relief and other forms of foreign assistance, but that consensus is now threatened as federal agencies and the nongovernmental aid organizations they work with are increasingly promoting a far-left ideology and… -
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After Warren Attack, Tuberville Vows to Keep Fighting Pentagon Abortion Policy
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., is not backing down in his efforts to overturn the Pentagon’s policy of subsidizing abortions for members of the military by holding up the promotions of high-ranking military officers. “I’ve continued to reiterate my stance and my position over the last almost four months now about my opposition to this policy,”… -
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Baltimore Police Seek Assailant in Beating of 2 Elderly Pro-Life Activists Outside Abortion Clinic
Two elderly pro-life advocates were viciously assaulted outside of a Baltimore Planned Parenthood clinic on Friday, several witnesses confirmed to Baltimore police. Jay Walton, the head of Baltimore County Right to Life, said Tuesday morning that 73-year-old Mark Crosby and 80-year-old Dick Schaefer were "viciously attacked" while they were praying in front of a Planned… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Maine School Board Asks Church What It Believes About Marriage, Abortion, Gender Before Denying Lease
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Maine church that outgrew its meeting space applied with the local school board to lease space at a high school for worship services, but the school board appeared to apply a religious test to the church and negotiations fell through. Now, the church is suing. "Public institutions that seek to…