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49 Senate Democrats Vote for Extreme Abortion Bill
If it was a “show vote,” then it did its job. When Democrats decided to put the most extreme abortion bill ever drafted on the Senate floor, it showed people plenty. If anyone was under the illusion that President Joe Biden’s party was remotely reasonable on the issue of life, they learned pretty quickly that… -
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Pro-Abortion, Anti-Women Politicians Target Pregnancy Centers
We could be living in a post–Roe America by the time you go on summer vacation, based on the (egregiously) leaked Supreme Court draft opinion, with the official decision scheduled to be announced within the next two months. While many Americans are preparing to better serve women facing unplanned pregnancies, radical pro-abortion politicians are focusing… -
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Democrats’ National Abortion Bill Replaces Word ‘Woman’ With ‘Person’
Democrats’ latest abortion bill does not include the words “woman,” “women,” or “female.” Instead, the bill uses the word “person” to refer to those who bear and give birth to children. The Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday on legislation called the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is… -
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Democrats Seek to Pass What Could Be World’s Most Permissive Abortion Bill
Senate Democrats are seeking to pass legislation to remove all restrictions on abortion in every state. If they’re successful, America would be one of the world’s most liberal nations in access to abortion, surpassing China. The Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a bill that Democrats say would codify the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe… -
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We Hear You: A Leaked Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion’s Future
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's audience expressed joy that the Supreme Court appears posed to reverse Roe v. Wade and dismay at the leak of a draft majority opinion. Here's a sampling of what's in the mailbag at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I read with interest Douglas Blair's report on the protests Saturday evening… -
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Democrats Push Radical Abortion Bill Far More Expansive Than Roe
The Senate on Wednesday is expected to vote on whether to end debate on S 4132, the Women’s Health Protection Act of 2022. Even though a similar vote on the virtually identical HR 3755 failed on Feb. 28, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., quickly set up this repeat in the wake of the leaked… -
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Parishioners Thwart Abortion Activists’ Attempt to Derail Mass at Los Angeles Cathedral
Parishioners at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles ushered pro-abortion protesters out of their church Sunday, thwarting their attempt to disrupt the service, according to footage posted by the Catholic News Agency. During the church service, pro-abortion demonstrators walked between pews toward the front of the church in an apparent… -
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Bittersweet Victory for Doctor After Practice Unlawfully Suspended for Refusing Vaccine
After six months of suspension, Rhode Island, in its munificence, has permitted the “defiant” maxillofacial surgeon Dr. Stephen Skoly to reopen his medical practice. Of course, in the mind of the state, the suspension was always Skoly’s own fault. If only he had submitted. When the vaccine mandate for health care workers was promulgated to… -
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COVID-19 School Closures Were Absolute Disaster for Poor and Minority Students, Study Shows
Students that were forced into remote learning due to school closures experienced significant learning loss, which hurt poor and minority students the most, according to a study conducted by researchers at Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research. The study looked at the consequences of K-12 hybrid and remote learning over a period of two years,… -
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Time to Highlight Democrats’ Abortion Extremism
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will hold a vote on a bill codifying abortion’s legality so that voters, he contends, can “see where every senator stands.” Though Schumer believes this is a political slam dunk for Democrats, it presents a magnificent opportunity for Republicans to make their case. Though many conservatives have rightly avoided prematurely… -
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Left’s Reaction to Leaked Supreme Court Abortion Decision Exposes Its Misanthropy
News of the potential downfall of Roe v. Wade has prompted wailing and gnashing of teeth from the pro-abortion left. Though it might appear strange to deem a political party that proclaims empathy and equality as its highest virtues “misanthropic,” there is nothing that suggests a hatred of mankind quite like the practice and promotion… -
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Democrats Quietly Scrub Abortion Bill Language Saying Men Can Get Pregnant
The latest version of the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would effectively make abortion a statutory right, scrubbed references to transgender and nonbinary people’s pregnancies as well as language related to “reproductive justice.” Earlier versions of the bill used language tying race and transgenderism to the issue of abortion in its nonbinding “Findings” section. Sen. Richard Blumenthal,… -
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Woman Who Survived 2 Abortion Attempts Shares Her Message to Pro-Choice Activists
Denisha Workizer was in her 40s when she learned her mother had tried to abort her not once, but twice. With the Supreme Court apparently set to overturn its 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, Workizer says, she wants pro-abortion activists to consider that we “empower women by empowering life.” “It’s not empowering for a… -
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Adoption Provides Actual ‘Choice’ in Abortion Debate, Advocate Says
If you visited the Supreme Court in the days following the leak Monday night of a draft majority opinion in the abortion case known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, you would have seen many signs saying, “My body, my choice.” Choice means options, and it implies empowerment. But that isn’t the message of… -
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I Had an Abortion. Here’s Why I Want Roe Reversed.
The recent leak of a draft opinion from the Supreme Court potentially striking down Roe v. Wade is as shocking as it is gratifying. Shocking because, if adopted by the court, the opinion would reverse a horrendous decision America has been suffering under for nearly 50 years. And gratifying because, even though I myself had… -
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Leftists See Much More Than Abortion at Stake in Dobbs Decision
This week, an anonymous leaker violated generations of Supreme Court norms by passing on to Politico a draft decision by Justice Samuel Alito in Dobbs v. Mississippi, the case considering overturning Roe v. Wade (1973). That draft decision, reportedly supported by a majority of the court, including Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and… -
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‘They’re Protesting Our Lives’: Abortion Survivor Speaks Out on Roe v. Wade Debate
The debate over whether Roe v. Wade is about to be reversed is personal for abortion survivor Melissa Ohden. After what is said to be a draft of the Supreme Court’s majority opinion in the pending abortion-related case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was leaked Monday night—indicating that the court is poised to… -
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Democrats Seize on Roe v. Wade Reports to Call for Court-Packing, Federal Abortion Laws
Top Democrat lawmakers called for Congress to enact pro-abortion legislation as well as pack the Supreme Court after a Monday evening leak reportedly revealed that the court will likely overturn Roe v. Wade. Following a report from Politico that a majority of justices had reportedly voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, Democrats called for court-packing and for the codification… -
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Amazon to Foot the Bill for Employees’ Abortion Tourism
Amazon will fund up to $4,000 in annual travel expenses for employees seeking abortions, according to a company spokesman, joining several other large corporations with similar policies. The company announced in an internal message that it will cover travel expenses for abortions when an employee cannot obtain one within 100 miles of their home and… -
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Critics Challenge HHS Chief Becerra’s Claim Agency Has No ‘Anti-Racism’ Rule
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, testifying Wednesday before a House Energy and Commerce Committee panel, claimed his agency doesn’t have any policies explicitly “anti-racist” in nature, but the health policy group Do No Harm contends Becerra is either lying or uninformed. Do No Harm, launched April 19, bills itself as a nonprofit dedicated to protecting patients and physicians…