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I Had 3 Abortions. Here’s Why I’m Fully Behind Alabama’s Pro-Life Law.
Alabama rocked the news cycle with its near-total abortion ban signed by Gov. Kay Ivey last week, and to hear the mainstream media tell it, the law is human trafficking in disguise; it echoes communist-era Albania; and miscarriages will land women behind bars. What none of these stories mention is the life-crippling abortion regret that…Jessica Francavilla -
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I’ve Had 2 Abortions. Here’s Why I Support Alabama’s Pro-Life Law.
I’m an unlikely person to be supporting Alabama’s new pro-life law. I was pro-choice for many years, and as a young woman I had not one, but two abortions. Both of my abortions would have been illegal under Alabama’s new law passed last week. The law bans abortion at all stages and allows an exception…Leslie Dean -
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Pennsylvania Democrat Offers Reward for Identifying Pro-Life Teens in His Video
Democratic Pennsylvania state Rep. Brian Sims filmed himself hassling and wanting to dox several teens who were praying outside an abortion clinic in April before repeating this behavior in early May. Sims filmed himself in front of a southeastern Pennsylvania Planned Parenthood in a live Facebook video posted three weeks ago. The Pennsylvania state representative…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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I Was Born at 29 Weeks. That’s Why I’m Pro-Life.
“My body, my choice.” This is a common slogan among those who are pro-choice. It’s a handy little slogan. Any pro-choice woman can use it to immediately shut up a pro-life man, since his opinion doesn’t count, no matter the merits of his argument. But what about my story? On March 29, 1997, my parents…Zachary Mettler -
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Pro-Life Activists Lobby House Lawmakers to Force Vote on Protecting Babies Born Alive
Conservative grassroots activists are lobbying House lawmakers to sign a petition in hopes of forcing a vote on a bill that would protect babies born alive after an attempted abortion. “It is not right to have babies aborted,” said Jeff Balek, who was born blind in 1980 at 26 weeks’ gestation, late in the second…Rachel del Guidice -
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Pro-Life Movie ‘Unplanned’ Opens at No. 4 at Box Office
A movie about Abby Johnson, the former Planned Parenthood clinic director who became a pro-life activist, overcame a lack of advertising venues to become the No. 4 film at the U.S. box office during its opening weekend. “Unplanned,” which took in an estimated $6.4 million, according to Box Office Mojo, tells the true story of…Joshua Q. Nelson -
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Rep. McMorris Rodgers Shares Her Pro-Life Convictions: ‘The Science Is on Our Side’
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a leading House member, shares how House Republicans are working to get a vote on legislation that would protect babies born alive after abortion. Read the transcript below or listen to the podcast. Plus: We also talk to Hayden Williams, a conservative who was recently assaulted at UC Berkeley while recruiting…Rachel del Guidice -
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More Democrats Now Identify as Pro-Life, Poll Finds
Americans are split down the middle as to whether they are pro-life or pro-abortion, a new poll finds, with more Democrats joining the pro-life camp. “In a substantial, double-digit shift … Americans are now as likely to identify as pro-life, 47 percent, as pro-choice, 47 percent,” reads a Marist poll conducted for the Knights of…Rachel del Guidice -
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New Pro-Life Movie ‘Unplanned’ Gets R Rating
The Motion Picture Association of America officially gave the upcoming abortion film “Unplanned” an “R” rating Friday for “some disturbing/bloody images” of aborted babies. Movies are rated R for profanity, nudity, sex, or violence. “Unplanned” contains no profanity, nudity, or sex. “Ironically, the MPAA seems to be indirectly endorsing the pro-life position: namely that abortion is…Grace Carr -
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Trump Meets With Abortion Survivor, Pro-Life Activists
President Donald Trump met with a survivor of an attempted abortion, now in her 40s, as well as a young boy who survived when born just over 20 weeks of pregnancy. Trump’s conference with pro-life activists Thursday comes after Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam suggested that unwanted children can be terminated shortly after birth and New…Fred Lucas -
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Podcast: Reaching High Schoolers, College Students With the Pro-Life Message
Are young Americans open to the pro-life message? Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, joins us to discuss the work her organization does, and how they help pro-life students reach students with different views. Plus: Justin Bieber tells Vogue magazine he decided, after he and his now wife started dating again, to…Katrina Trinko -
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This Democratic Lawmaker Explains Why She’s Pro-Life
“Being pro-life isn’t a party issue, it’s based on a value system. Caring about every stage of life is pro-life.” These are words from Democrat Katrina Jackson, an African-American state legislator from Louisiana who shared her personal story of becoming an advocate for both life and women’s health in an interview with The Daily Signal….Joshua Q. Nelson -
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Pro-Life Movement Sees Hope in Trump, Senate in Wake of Republicans’ Losses in House
It may seem that pro-life activists have a steeper hill to climb after the results of the midterm election results, but one of the movement’s leaders says he sees avenues for hope. “When you’re in the minority, there are ways you can kind of build up your base,” Tom McClusky, vice president of government affairs for…Troy Worden -
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BREAKING: Trump Administration Seeks ‘Pro-Life, Pro-Science’ Alternatives to Fetal Tissue Research
The Trump administration is investing up to $20 million for the next two years to determine effective alternatives to using tissue from aborted babies for research. The announcement Monday from the Department of Health and Human Services comes after the administration in September terminated a government contract with California-based Advanced Bioscience Resources Inc. to provide…Fred Lucas -
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Podcast: The Pro-Life Victories in the Midterm Elections
There was a lot of good news for pro-lifers in the 2018 election results—and proof that talking about pro-life values is the way to win over, not lose, voters. Mallory Quigley, vice president of communications for the Susan B. Anthony List, joins us to discuss the group’s door-to-door efforts, and what they saw through contact…Katrina Trinko -
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Judge Bans Enforcement of California Law Requiring Pro-Life Groups to Promote Abortion
A federal judge in San Diego has permanently barred enforcement of California’s Reproductive FACT Act, which requires pro-life crisis pregnancy centers to disseminate information about abortion. The Friday order follows a June 26 Supreme Court decision that found that the FACT Act likely violates the First Amendment. “The government has no business forcing anyone to express a…Kevin Daley -
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March for Life Theme in 2019 Is ‘Pro-Life Is Pro-Science’
The organization which holds “the largest pro-life event in the world” has formally announced the theme for its next march in 2019: “Unique from day one: Pro-life is pro-science.” This Thursday the March for Life Education and Defense Fund, a pro-life organization which aims to “end abortion by uniting, educating, and mobilizing pro-life people in…Troy Worden -
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The Supreme Court Recently Sided With Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers. The Ripple Effect Has Begun.
Pregnancy centers were victorious at the Supreme Court earlier this summer, and that win is having a major ripple effect. In NIFLA v. Becerra, the court ruled 5-4 that states cannot require pro-life pregnancy centers to post advertisements promoting abortion, holding that such laws would violate the free speech rights of those centers. The ruling…Moira Gaul -
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In a Win for Free Speech, Supreme Court Says California Can’t Force Pro-Life Centers to Promote Abortion
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of free speech in NIFLA v. Becerra, a case regarding California’s attempt to force pro-life pregnancy centers to advertise the state’s free or low-cost abortion program. The court rightly held that the California law in question, the Reproductive FACT Act, “likely violates the First Amendment” and “unduly burdens…Elizabeth Slattery -
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Abortion Activists and University Staff Wash Away ‘Provocative’ Pro-Life Messages
Abortion activists at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, erased a number of pro-life chalk etchings, alleging that they are hurtful and could cause harm to others. A number of students erased the pro-life messages on June 7 because they didn’t like that other students were leaving pro-life content on the university campus, according to a Students…Grace Carr