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Pro-Life Lawmakers: Planned Parenthood Shouldn’t Get Another ‘Dime of Taxpayer Dollars’
Pro-life advocacy group Live Action, joined with members of Congress, called Thursday for the ending of taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. “I hope that the sands of time blow over that Capitol dome before we ever give one more dime of taxpayer dollars to this insidious, deceptive, and evil enterprise,”… -
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Why a Delay of Obamacare Repeal Threatens Pro-Life Goals
Troubling signs are appearing that congressional Republicans may not be as committed to the life agenda as they once were. The pro-life movement, tens of thousands of whom gathered in Washington, D.C., this weekend to participate in the March for Life, has long advocated stripping funds to America’s largest abortion provider, Planned Parenthood. The movement… -
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Today, Pro-Life Americans March With Hope
Today, tens of thousands of Americans are expected to participate in the 44th March for Life, commemorating the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which invented a right to abortion on demand in the United States. While marchers make the now-familiar trek from the Washington Monument to the Supreme Court this morning, the pro-life… -
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The Fight Isn’t Over: Where Pro-Life Legislation Stands in Congress
Friday, hundreds of thousands of Americans will take to the National Mall to participate in the annual March for Life and peacefully demonstrate for the rights of the unborn. As men and women join together to show the power of the pro-life movement, let’s take a moment and go over the good, the bad, and… -
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How Gosnell’s House of Horrors Made Me Pro-Life
I never trusted or liked pro-life activists. Even at college I thought them too earnest and too religious. I thought the shocking images they showed were manipulative. I distinctly remember my argument: A heart transplant is gross to look at, too. I don’t want to look at pictures of that, and heart transplants are brilliant. So… -
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Pro-Life Women Explain Why They’re Still Going to the Women’s March
On Saturday, the day after the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, thousands of women are expected to gather in the nation’s capital for the Women’s March on Washington. The march was founded on principles of diversity, dignity, and inclusion. But over the course of the past few days, several pro-life groups have been ousted as… -
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Once Again, Feminists Silence Pro-Life Women
It’s 2017 and women are still being silenced. The twist is that it’s now by other women. The Women’s March on Washington, scheduled to occur the day after President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, had listed a pro-life group, New Wave Feminists, as a partner organization. After The Atlantic highlighted the group’s participation as a partner in… -
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Trump’s Arrival Means Obama Won’t Have ‘Last Word’ on Abortion, Pro-Life Leaders Say
In one of its final acts for a political constituency, the Obama administration issued a regulation Wednesday to block states from defunding Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. “There is a real chance of overturning Roe v. Wade,” a @March_for_Life VP says. But pro-life activists expect the political environment to change rapidly in their… -
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Pro-Life Americans Have the Opportunity of a Generation
The American people have returned a pro-life majority to Congress and have elected a president committed to rolling back the Obama administration’s radical abortion policies and to appointing pro-life justices to the Supreme Court. This presents an incredible opportunity for defending innocent human life. Now is the time to act. Executive Action President-elect Donald Trump… -
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Meet the 4 Siblings Behind the Designs of This New Pro-Life Apparel Company
Four siblings spearheading a pro-life apparel company are on a mission to spark everyday conversations about the beauty of life. “The idea that life is beautiful and that a culture of life is something to be sought after,” Aidan, one of the founders of LifeCulture Apparel, told The Daily Signal. LifeCulture Apparel, a brand that… -
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Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers Shouldn’t Be Forced to Promote Abortion
If a California pro-life pregnancy center refuses to speak the state government’s propaganda, it would face a civil penalty of $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for each subsequent offense. That’s the result of a decision in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Harris, issued by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S…. -
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Pro-Life Groups Fight Obama Administration’s ‘Parting Gift’ to Planned Parenthood
Pro-life groups are taking action against what they call the Obama administration’s “parting gift” to Planned Parenthood. “This is a political judgment, a parting gift,” Chuck Donovan, president of the Charlotte Lozier Institute, said of the new rule that could make it more difficult for states to defund Planned Parenthood clinics. “It’s part of the… -
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‘Voiceless’ Speaks for the Compassion Driving the Pro-Life Movement
The creator of the independent film "Voiceless" hopes to shift the national conversation about unplanned pregnancies by showing the impact one church can make through local outreach and pro-life advocacy. “My struggle has always been with the church, as it has been having confrontation with the world,” says Pat Necerato, a street preacher turned filmmaker who… -
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What Lawmakers Can Do to Protect Rights of Pro-Life Medical Professionals
James Madison once wrote that “Conscience is the most sacred of all property.” Sadly, over the course of the Obama administration, there has been an effort to strip away this most precious right when it is pitted against preferred liberal causes, such as abortion. Whatever you think about abortion, no one should be forced to… -
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Planned Parenthood’s Virtual Reality Exhibit on Abortion Isn’t ‘Real,’ Pro-Life Groups Say
Planned Parenthood’s virtual reality exhibit promoting access to abortion at the Democratic National Convention doesn’t depict reality, pro-life groups tell The Daily Signal. The nation’s largest abortion provider “is using technology and computer-generated imagery to perpetuate lies about the pro-life movement as a whole, and to advance its abortion brand,” pro-life advocate Arina Grossu said. Planned… -
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‘No American Should Be Forced to Participate in Abortion,’ Says Pastor Following Pro-Life Vote
Seated in the House gallery, one man watched the vote on the Conscience Protection Act with all the intensity of a general going into war. On July 13, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill, which intended to protect the rights of health care providers, churches, and other groups that object to participating in abortion…. -
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‘Clueless’ Star Stacey Dash Talks About Being Pro-Life and Pro-Gun in Hollywood
Hollywood is not friendly territory for conservatives, something actress Stacey Dash found out in 2012 when she tweeted out her support for GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney. The “Clueless” star sat down with The Daily Signal to talk about her experience stepping into the political fray. Dash also speaks about her new book, “There Goes… -
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Persecution of Pro-Life Doctors Isn’t Limited to Cuba. It Happens Here.
Want to know a good way to get yourself expelled from your life’s work and jailed in Cuba? Be pro-life. Dr. Oscar Elías Biscet, who is an Afro-Cuban physician and human rights activist in Cuba, is living proof. He, and a few others, went out in public and held up a piece of cardboard which read: “Aborto Asesinato de Niños” (“Abortion,… -
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How a Pro-Life Video Changes Minds on Abortion
A pro-life advocacy group published a series of man-on-the-street interviews to make the case that some pro-choice Americans shift to a pro-life position when encountered with the reality of abortion. On Tuesday, Live Action, a nonprofit organization based in Arlington, Virginia, released a video that showcases a series of self-proclaimed pro-choice Americans watching a four-minute video… -
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A Palm Sunday Convergence of Pro-Life Runners From Across America
When you turn to God after experiencing the raw side of life and run more than 3,700 miles across the entire country, it’s fair to say you’re someone who can endure intense physical, psychological, and emotional trauma. But if you’re Jeff Grabosky, and in you’re in the midst of another long run, you’re not convinced…