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This ‘Pride’ Stuff Isn’t Healthy
I’ve never understood ethnic, race, gender, or sex pride. Even as a kid. For my bar mitzvah, someone gave me a book titled “Great Jews in Sports” or something like it. Aside from the usual jokes—it was not a long book; the print and the photos were very large—what I remember best was that I… -
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‘Sen. Tuberville Displayed Tremendous Courage’ in Pentagon Abortion Fight, GOP Rep. Eli Crane Says
A freshman Republican congressman is weighing in on why he signed a letter supporting Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., 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. "Sen. Tuberville displayed tremendous courage with his willingness to stand in the… -
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No Time to Waste: Securing a Better Medicare for America’s Seniors
Medicare, the huge federal health program serving 65 million seniors and disabled citizens, is America’s most difficult entitlement challenge. Sticking with the status quo not only threatens seniors’ access to care but also guarantees large and growing financial burdens for beneficiaries and taxpayers alike. That is why The Heritage Foundation is hosting a public forum… -
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Hearing on Abortion After Dobbs Shows Democrats’ Extremism
The Supreme Court is activist, abortion is health care, pro-life laws are confusing, and abortion drugs are safe. Those were the talking points from Democratic senators and their witnesses at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing held on April 26 titled “The Assault on Reproductive Rights in a Post-Dobbs America.” Committee Chairman Richard Durbin, D-Ill., opened by… -
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How a President Nikki Haley Would Seek to ‘Find a Consensus’ on Abortion
If elected president, Nikki Haley says she would strive to “find consensus” on the issue of abortion. “Pro-life political leaders and candidates must not put up with being demonized,” the former South Carolina governor said. “We should call out the extremism of the Left,” Haley said, adding: We don’t need a president who endangers lives… -
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Republicans Need to Stop Being Cowards on Abortion
How many voters know that the Democratic Party supports legalized abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, on demand for virtually any reason? How many voters know this position aligns with only six other countries in the world—three of them, not incidentally, being North Korea, Vietnam, and China? How many voters know that Democrats want… -
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EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Appeared to Minimize Leftist Role in Violent Pro-Abortion Attacks Ahead of ‘Night of Rage’
Department of Justice officials appeared to minimize the threat of leftist violence as they prepared for the "Night of Rage" the night that Roe v. Wade was overturned, according to an email obtained by The Heritage Foundation's Oversight Project. The email shows James Dunlap, former director of Security and Emergency Preparing Staff at the Department… -
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Appeals Court Reinstates Safety Restrictions for Abortion Drug While Lawsuit Against Its FDA Approval Continues
The legal conflict over the Food and Drug Administration’s lax regulation of abortion drugs is getting more complicated by the day as a lawsuit winds its way through the federal courts. Did the FDA skip critical steps to quickly approve the drugs, and did it illegally loosen important safety restrictions later on? Let’s sort it… -
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Will Supreme Court Hear Abortion Pill Case? Plaintiffs’ Attorney Weighs In
On Good Friday, a federal judge in Texas handed down a potentially historic abortion ruling. The case at hand revolves around the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. In 2000, the FDA approved the use of mifepristone to be used along with the drug misoprostol to terminate a pregnancy. But some… -
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Best Part of Federal Judge’s Ruling Against Abortion Pill Comes Down to 2 Words
A federal judge ruled late last week that the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of an at-home abortion pill over two decades ago was improper and didn’t consider all of the pill’s risks to patients. He also did what many in his profession have failed to do: recognize the humanity of the child in the… -
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Lawsuit Targets Ohio Amendment That Would Enshrine Abortion in State Constitution
Pro-life activists in Ohio are working to prevent approval of a ballot question that would enshrine abortion in the Buckeye State’s Constitution. Cincinnati Right to Life members Margaret DeBlase and John Giroux filed a lawsuit with the state's highest court to prevent the proposed constitutional amendment from appearing on the ballot in November, arguing that… -
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Does Research Point to Spiritual Crisis as Possible Cause of Teen Mental Health Crisis?
Ask any TikTok user about the app’s “For You” Page, and many will say that it “knows them better than they know themselves.” Between its manipulative technology and connection to the Chinese Communist Party, it’s unclear how much damage TikTok is doing to American society. We do know, however, that teen depression is skyrocketing, and… -
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Lawsuit Challenges Wyoming’s First-in-Nation Ban on Abortion Pill
The most utilized abortion procedure in America is now the abortion pill, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-choice research organization spun off from Planned Parenthood. More than half of all abortions in America are carried out using the abortion pill, but Wyoming just became the first state to ban the pill entirely. Wyoming Gov…. -
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Pence Pushes ‘Commonsense’ Reforms to Social Security, Medicare
Former Vice President Mike Pence called for “commonsense” reforms to Social Security and Medicare during remarks to college students at Washington and Lee University. “If we act in this moment with the support of this generation, we can introduce commonsense reforms that will never touch anyone who is in retirement, or anyone who will retire… -
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Liberal Media’s Cold, Calculating Language on Abortion
One way reporters are constantly telling us what they believe is inscribed in the words they use to describe matters of life and death, like abortion. Take this Associated Press introduction, for example, from Amarillo, Texas: A federal judge in Texas raised questions Wednesday about a Christian group’s effort to overturn the decades-old U.S. approval… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Grassroots Army Backs Senator’s Effort to Overturn Pentagon Abortion Policies
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Conservative leaders representing millions of pro-life Americans are joining forces with Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., to overturn the Defense Department’s newly revamped and expansive abortion policies. Tuberville is blocking the confirmations of U.S. military flag and general officers, as well as civilian nominees, unless the Pentagon rescinds policies that could lead… -
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FDA’s Procedure for Approving Abortion Pill Was Unlawful, Lawsuit Claims
Abortion rights advocates and the Biden administration are sounding the alarm after the filing of a Texas lawsuit that challenges the decades-old Food and Drug Administration approval of mifepristone, the first step of the FDA’s two-pill abortion process responsible for nearly 50% of all abortions in the U.S. In the first-of-its-kind lawsuit, four national medical… -
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6 Takeaways as House COVID-19 Panel Investigates Chinese Lab Leak
The House on Wednesday held its first hearing investigating the origins of COVID-19 after two federal agencies suggested the pandemic likely began when a new coronavirus escaped China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology. The Energy Department recently assessed, albeit with “low confidence,” that the virus originated in the Wuhan lab, while FBI Director Christopher Wray also… -
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FDA’s Answer to Lawsuit Contesting Its Authority to OK Sale of Abortion Drugs Is Specious
When then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992, he told the crowd at that party’s convention, “Abortion should be safe, legal, and rare.” That was in July. The following January—two days after his inauguration—Clinton made promoting abortion a central focus of his new administration. “Mr. Clinton signed five abortion-related memorandums on… -
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Former Planned Parenthood Manager Shows Others They Can Leave, Heal From Abortion
OXON HILL, Md.—The best way to support women in unplanned pregnancies is to show them such support is available, Abby Johnson, a Planned Parenthood manager-turned-pro-life advocate, told The Daily Signal. “A lot of times women choose abortion out of fear,” Johnson said. “There’s so many unknowns out there for women who are impoverished, women who…