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Watch the Abortion Survivors Ad Too Powerful for the Super Bowl
Pro-life group Faces of Choice recently created a powerful ad that seeks to show “the many faces of survivors of abortion, to put a face to the ‘choice’ of ending life.” It spent considerable time and money hoping that the ad would air on Super Bowl Sunday. However, according to Faces of Choice Executive Director Lyric Gillett, when they…Patrina Mosley -
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From the Chinese Coronavirus Crisis, 3 Early Lessons
The United Nations’ World Health Organization on Jan. 9 announced an outbreak of a new—or novel—coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Wuhan, China. In the three weeks since the announcement, the virus has intensified in China, infecting thousands there and is now spreading across the globe, far beyond its origin in Hubei province. Indeed, this new coronavirus has…Peter Brookes -
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Trump Administration Takes on California’s Abortion Funding Coercion
President Donald Trump wasn’t the only one making history at this year’s March for Life. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar put an even bigger exclamation point on the day when he broke news at Family Research Council headquarters about new action the agency was taking. After four years of watching California attack its…Tony Perkins -
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Problematic Women: Teen Vogue Shouts the Merits of Abortion
Friday is the 47th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. In honor of this special day, we have an episode dedicated to the pro-life movement. We break down the theme of this year’s march, the story of the original pro-life feminists, and some of the big positive and negative news stories surrounding the abortion…Lauren Evans -
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Half of Pro-Choice Americans Favor Restrictions on Abortion, Poll Finds
Nearly half of self-described pro-choice Americans actually support “significant restrictions” on abortion, a new poll finds. Marist Poll’s annual survey on abortion, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, found that 40% of those surveyed identified as pro-life and 55% as pro-choice, with 5% undecided. But when the question was rephrased to ask whether those surveyed…Virginia Aabram -
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Patriots’ Benjamin Watson to Produce Documentary on Abortion
New England Patriots tight end Benjamin Watson announced Tuesday that he is producing a documentary on abortion. The pro-life father of seven began filming “Divided Hearts of America” in May, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie is budgeted at less than $1 million and is financed by donors and by Watson’s One More Foundation,…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Pregnant Michelle Williams Says She ‘Wouldn’t Have Been Able to Do This’ Without Abortion
Pregnant actress Michelle Williams spoke out Sunday night at the Golden Globes saying she “wouldn’t have been able to do this without employing a woman’s right to choose.” The actress, who has a 14-year-old daughter with the late actor Heath Ledger and is expecting a baby with her fiancé and “Hamilton” director Thomas Kail, gave…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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March for Life to Highlight Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
The March for Life aims to foster a culture where abortion becomes “unthinkable.” To that end, Jeanne Mancini, president of the group that sponsors the annual pro-life march in Washington each January, says it will work to draw the public’s attention to the proposed Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. The legislation stipulates that if a…Jackson Elliott -
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‘My Life Was a Miracle’: The Journey of an Abortion Survivor
When she was 21 years old, Claire Culwell found out a huge secret about her past: her biological mom had tried to have an abortion when she was pregnant with Claire and her twin. While Claire’s twin didn’t survive, Claire did—and that revelation changed her life. “I knew that I couldn’t stand for what abortion…Katrina Trinko -
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HHS to Lift Obama-Era Restrictions on Grants for Faith-Based Adoption Services
Under a new proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday, the federal government no longer will withhold federal grant money from faith-based adoption providers that won’t compromise their views on same-sex marriage. “I don’t want to discriminate against anyone. I want groups to be able to continue their work without…Fred Lucas -
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Problematic Women: Kanye West Speaks Out Against Porn and Abortion
This week on “Problematic Women,” we are excited to bring you all the news on hip-hop star Kanye West’s new album, “Jesus Is King.” We also interview Katrina Trinko, editor-in-chief of The Daily Signal and co-host of The Daily Signal Podcast, on the transgender movement’s push to make periods gender-neutral. She also discusses a child…Lauren Evans -
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Will Senate Republicans Swallow Democrats’ Abortion, LGBT ‘Poison Pills’?
The Trump administration has made good on its promise to implement pro-life policies throughout the federal government, including in America’s foreign policy and in humanitarian aid. But those advances could be dealt a crippling blow as a result of a compromise by Senate Republicans, who are cooperating with an underhanded attempt to stymie the administration’s…Andrea Jones -
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Problematic Women: Abortion, Pornography, and Transgender Models
This week on “Problematic Women,” we discuss parents in the U.K. who sued a hospital for “wrongful birth” because their son was born with Down syndrome. They claim, had they known, they would have had an abortion instead. We discuss how prevalent aborting children diagnosed with Down syndrome is, both in Europe and the United…Lauren Evans -
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Meet 3 Abortion Survivors With Stories of Dignity and Forgiveness
Three abortion survivors told their stories of forgiveness and the dignity of human life Friday at a gathering of social conservatives, offering an emotional look at the consequences of abortion. The panel discussion, called “Aborted on Our Birth Days: They Say We Don’t Exist,” featured Melissa Ohden, founder of the Abortion Survivors Network, and fellow…Aaron Credeur -
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HHS Secretary Calls Trump Most Pro-Life President Ever
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar called President Donald Trump the most pro-life president in U.S. history Friday as he noted the accomplishments of his department and the administration. “When I think about the very core of our mission, and why I am so proud to do the work we are doing, it’s pretty…Fred Lucas -
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Planned Parenthood Secretly Builds ‘Megaclinic’ About 10 Miles From Embattled Abortion Facility
Planned Parenthood secretly has built an 18,000-square-foot “megaclinic” in southern Illinois, 10 to 15 miles from the last abortion clinic in neighboring Missouri, which is in a fight to keep its license. The nation’s largest abortion provider built the nearly complete facility in secret to circumvent protests and other setbacks that could suspend construction, said…Rachel del Guidice -
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Republican Lawmakers Warn FDA Against Planned Parenthood’s Call to Remove Restrictions on Abortion Drugs
Republican lawmakers opposed Planned Parenthood’s call to remove restrictions on at-home abortion drugs in a Wednesday letter provided to The Daily Caller News Foundation. Republican Indiana Rep. Jim Banks joined other lawmakers in calling on the Food and Drug Administration to “mandate collecting complete, accurate information on all adverse events related to” mifepristone—a drug used…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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HHS Secretary Tells UN General Assembly: ‘There Is No International Right to an Abortion’
The U.S. health and human services secretary condemned efforts to provide international access to abortion at a United Nations conference Monday. Secretary Alex Azar spoke Monday morning at the U.N. General Assembly in New York and told the gathered nations abortion is not an international right. Azar also condemned the use of “ambiguous terms and expressions such…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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A New Report Shows the US Abortion Rate Is Declining. Here Are 4 Things You Need to Know.
The pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute (Planned Parenthood’s former research arm) on Tuesday released a new report on U.S. abortion data. Encouragingly, the abortion rate fell by 20% between 2011 and 2017, and since the abortion rate peaked in 1980, rates have fallen more than 53%. The decline is certainly cause for celebration, but the report—and mainstream…Melanie Israel -
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How the Abortion Debate Displaced Economics on the G-7 Agenda
The recent meeting of the Group of Seven drew significant media coverage, but scant attention was paid to the war over abortion that infiltrated the meeting’s agenda. The G-7 is a forum for the world’s most advanced economic powers to discuss policies relating to the economy, but this year, economics was largely missing from the discussion. As Larry Kudlow, director of the White House’s National Economic Council, lamented in The Wall Street Journal, “The G-7 is in…Elyssa Koren