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‘MESSAGE RECEIVED’: Inside the White House’s Reaction to Pro-Life Backlash After Trump Comment on Abortion
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—After pro-life leaders rejected President Donald Trump’s admonition to be “a little bit flexible” on the Hyde Amendment, some White House officials are looking to walk back that statement, three sources familiar with the administration’s thinking told The Daily Signal. Many pro-life leaders objected to the call to be flexible on… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Doctors Press Trump Admin to Review Abortion Pill Safety
A group of pro-life doctors are calling on the Trump administration to promptly review the safety of the abortion pill. “As physicians who uphold the Hippocratic oath to do no harm, we oppose any delay in a much-needed safety review of mifepristone that prioritizes political expediency over patient safety,” five doctors told the Trump administration in a letter Thursday. The four-page letter, addressed… -
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Will Republicans Allow Taxpayer-Funded Abortion?
Most House Republicans appear to uphold the party’s longstanding principle against allocating taxpayer funds for abortion, despite President Trump’s call for them to be “flexible” on it. “We’re not going to authorize taxpayer funding for abortion. I mean, It’s been a consistent policy,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who spoke at the March For Life… -
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Pro-Life Leaders Push Back on Trump’s Advice to Be ‘Flexible’ on Abortion Funding
The pro-life movement is rejecting President Donald Trump’s admonition to be “a little bit flexible” on the Hyde Amendment, a policy which prohibits taxpayer-funded abortion. “You’ve got to be a little bit flexible on Hyde,” Trump told House Republicans at their Members Retreat Tuesday. The Hyde Amendment is federal policy, and Congress has enacted it… -
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Judge Indira Talwani Attempts to Override Congress, Forcing Taxpayers to Pay for Abortions
California and Rhode Island judges won our October and November “Dishonorable Conduct Award” for their judicial misbehavior. The December award winner, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, is a super legislator who identifies as a federal judge. In a ruling in July, Talwani, a Biden appointee in Massachusetts—call us shocked—tried to override Congress’ constitutional authority over the federal purse and force taxpayers to subsidize Planned Parenthood. Some judges who… -
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I Was Coerced Into Abortion Training. We Need Conscience Protections for Medical Providers.
“Do no harm.” It’s one of the first principles of ethical medical care, dating back to the ancient Greeks. But political pressure and a false understanding of patient autonomy have instead forced physicians to violate their patients’ dignity and their own conscience. It’s a troubling paradigm shift in modern medicine, especially in the OB-GYN field. Physicians are reduced… -
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Abortion Pill Tragedy in Toledo Once More Making Headlines
An Ohio woman has filed a lawsuit against her doctor boyfriend after he allegedly forced her to take crushed-up abortion pills. As The Daily Signal previously reported, Dr. Hassan Abbas, a Toledo surgical resident, is facing felony charges after allegedly forcing his girlfriend to ingest crushed-up pills after she informed him that she was pregnant…. -
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Trump Weighs If Obamacare Deal Should Include Abortion Funding
As Congress works to reach a deal addressing the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies, President Donald Trump revealed abortion funding is a “factor” in the decision. The Daily Signal asked Trump Friday night if he would assure Republicans he won’t propose or accept a health care deal that continues to allow abortion funding under… -
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National Archives Fires Security Officer Who Ordered Students to Remove Pro-Life Apparel
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: The National Archives and Records Administration says it has fired the security officer responsible for telling students that they could not wear pro-life apparel in the museum. On Jan. 20, 2023, the day the national March for Life took place in Washington, D.C., security officers at the National Archives ordered… -
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I’m a Pro-Life Doctor. Here’s How We Win the Abortion Debate.
In last June’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In response, pro-choice activists and lawmakers, aided and abetted by their media allies, began a campaign of misinformation. Americans are now hearing that without access to abortion, women are at risk of injury or death due to pregnancy… -
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Cruz, Other GOP Lawmakers Demand Answers on Smithsonian’s ‘Unjust Expulsion’ of Pro-Life Students
Three Senate Republicans and two House GOP lawmakers are demanding answers from the National Air and Space Museum about its employees’ reported discrimination against pro-life students. Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott of South Carolina wrote a letter on Tuesday to the Smithsonian Institution asking it to respond to… -
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FACT CHECK: Biden Paints Lifesaving, Pro-Life Laws as ‘Extreme’
President Joe Biden painted lifesaving legislation restricting abortion as “extreme” during his State of the Union remarks on Tuesday. “Congress must restore the right the Supreme Court took away last year and codify Roe v. Wade to protect every woman’s constitutional right to choose,” Biden said. “The vice president and I are doing everything we… -
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Glenn Youngkin Leads Pro-Life Virginians Marching for Life
RICHMOND, Virginia—Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, marched at the very head of Virginia’s first state March for Life post-Roe v. Wade, smiling broadly and chatting with pro-life Virginians around him. “I believe that we are supposed to express our views and the March for Life is a way to express my view that Virginians… -
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Pro-Life Priest Who Padlocked NY Abortion Clinic Gate to Appeal ‘Politically Motivated’ Verdict
A pro-life Catholic priest who blocked the entrance to a New York abortion clinic was convicted on Wednesday in federal court under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York tried Father Fidelis Moscinski earlier in a bench trial in connection with his July 7 pro-life… -
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House Democrats Move to Force Pro-Life Taxpayers to Fund Abortions
House Democrats continue their attack against the pro-life movement, with their latest victim being the long-standing Hyde Amendment. The House Democrats, led by Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., plan to reintroduce the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act, which would repeal the Hyde Amendment and force United States citizens to have their taxes… -
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Florida Supreme Court Rejects Planned Parenthood’s Bid to Block Pro-Life Law From Taking Effect
Florida's state Supreme Court on Monday denied Planned Parenthood's emergency motion to block the state's 15-week abortion ban. “As [Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis] said, we are better when everybody counts,” the governor's press secretary, Bryan Griffin, said in a statement Tuesday, adding: The Florida Supreme Court denied both of Planned Parenthood’s emergency motions asking the court… -
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Kamala Harris Omits ‘Right to Life’ Referencing Declaration of Independence, Swipes at DeSantis
Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have purposefully avoided mentioning the right to life Sunday in an abortion speech as she referenced the Declaration of Independence. Harris spoke in Tallahassee, Florida, on the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the monumental Supreme Court case overturned in June 2022. “America is a promise,” Harris said. “It… -
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Abortion ‘Fight Is Far From Over,’ Pro-Life Activist Says
Today, Jan. 20, marks the first March for Life in Washington since the Supreme Court overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision last June. The Rev. Dean Nelson, executive director of Human Coalition Action, shares what he thinks is next for the pro-life movement. “I think that the key strategy moving forward is, really, for a unified national… -
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After Roe, Pro-Life Movement’s Just Struggle Shifts to States
The sanctity of life for every human being remains the No. 1 justice issue in America, and it’s the leading global human rights issue of the 21st century. In 2022, abortion was among the leading causes of death in America and the leading cause of death worldwide, with an estimated 44 million lives lost. As… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Pro-Life Group to Protest CVS, Walgreen Offering Abortion Drugs
A major pro-life group is calling on advocates across the nation to protest outside CVS and Walgreens over the corporations’ decision to turn “pharmacies into abortion facilities.” After the Food and Drug Administration changed regulations to permit women to obtain abortion drugs without first meeting with a physician in person, Walgreens and CVS announced that…