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    IVF Kills More Babies Than Planned Parenthood
    As the Trump administration considers new rules governing in vitro fertilization, the pro-life movement is grappling with a new ethical challenge. For more than five decades, the pro-life movement has focused on abortion and consistently upheld the scientific principle that life begins at conception. But if that principle is true, it cannot stop at the doors…
    Aundrea Gomez
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    Pro-Life AG Suggests a Reason Why the Trump Admin Hasn’t Cracked Down on the Abortion Pill
    Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, a Republican, faulted the Food and Drug Administration for failing to quickly restrict access to mifepristone, the key drug in the abortion pill regimen. “There’s obviously a political calculus that has gone on in the administration for pro-life issues,” Marshall told the Daily Signal in an interview Wednesday. He acknowledged…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Planned Parenthood Plans to Spend Big in 2026 to Keep Accessing Your Tax Dollars
    Planned Parenthood Votes, the political arm of the nation’s largest abortion provider, plans to spend $47 million on the midterm elections, targeting members of Congress who voted to cut funding for the organization. That’s a significant price to gain access to taxpayer dollars, said Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Committee. “It’s…
    Fred Lucas
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    The Abortion Misinformation Debate That Could Put Women at Risk
    In a recent interview with Tara Palmeri, Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., was unexpectedly asked about the life-threatening ectopic pregnancy she experienced in 2024. The discussion the interview sparked between pro-life and pro-abortion advocates online uncovered the dangerous spread of misinformation surrounding abortion laws. The video interview, titled “What Happens When Pro-Life Congresswoman Cammack Needs an…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    States-Only Abortion Experiment ‘a Failure’: An Inside Look at the Pro-Life Movement’s Federal Strategy
    A pro-life leader told the Daily Signal that returning the issue of abortion to the states was a strategic failure of the movement, adding that pro-life advocates must now turn to a federal strategy. Marjorie Dannenfelser, the president of SBA Pro-Life America, said the movement is “not better off” following the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs…
    Joseph Buff
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    Trump Terminates Grants to Planned Parenthood for Pushing ‘Sexually Explicit’ Content on Kids
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Health and Human Services on Friday notified more than 50 organizations, including Planned Parenthood affiliates, that they will no longer receive teen pregnancy prevention grants after pushing “sexually explicit” content on kids. The agency sent letters to several Planned Parenthood affiliates, state and local health departments, university systems,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    SCOOP: Members of Congress Told Abortion Pill Safety Review Possible by September
    A few members of Congress were told to expect the Food and Drug Administration’s safety review of the abortion pill to be completed by September, a lawmaker who asked to remain anonymous told the Daily Signal. Pro-life members on the House Appropriations Committee earlier this month considered a provision in a bill funding the Agriculture…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    The GOP’s Last-Ditch Effort Behind Closed Doors of Reconciliation 3.0 Meeting
    Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on Wednesday called the House Budget Committee to his office for an impromptu closed-door meeting to plan the must-pass “Reconciliation 3.0.” With their deadline approaching, this could be the GOP’s last chance to eliminate fraud and wasteful spending, permanently defund Planned Parenthood, and pass the SAVE America Act. Rep….
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Steve Daines Commemorates Dobbs Anniversary
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Four years ago, on June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision, sending the abortion issue back to the people through their elected representatives. On Wednesday, for that anniversary, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., introduced a resolution from the Senate floor…
    Rebecca Downs
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  • opinion

    No, JAMA Didn’t Just Prove That Pro-Life Laws Lead to Worse Miscarriage Care
    The Journal of the American Medical Association is at it again, with yet another downright deceptive pro-choice study, this time alleging that state pro-life laws lead to worse care for pregnant women who suffer miscarriages. Planned Parenthood announced: “JAMA’s study finds that patients in states where abortion is banned at or before six weeks of…
    Jamie Bryan Hall
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    Pro-Life Doctors Urge FDA to Reinstate Abortion Pill Safeguards
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Pro-life doctors are urging the Food and Drug Administration to reinstate abortion pill guardrails stripped during the Biden administration. Four years after Roe v. Wade was overturned, abortion rates are higher than ever because these safeguards are no longer in place. It’s not just babies dying from abortions; mothers’ lives are…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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    Ohio Group Demands Action on Mail-Order Abortion Pills: ‘This Is About Law and Order’
    As scrutiny surrounds the abortion pill, the Center for Christian Virtue is calling on U.S. attorneys in Ohio to use federal law to take action against mail-order distribution. Aaron Baer, president of the organization, cited the Comstock Act in his letters to Dominick Gerace, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, and David Toepfer,…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Virginia State GOP Set to Vote on Radical Democrat Amendments
    The State Central Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia is meeting Saturday morning in Fredericksburg to consider whether to oppose or remain neutral on three highly controversial proposed Democrat amendments to the Virginia Constitution. The amendments cover abortion, same-sex marriage and gender identity, and voting rights for those convicted of felonies. The abortion amendment…
    Austin Ruse
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    ‘Moderate’ California Governor Candidate Weaponized the Law Against Conservatives on Abortion, Transgender Ideology
    To hear the legacy media tell it, the sensible “middle-of-the-road” and “centrist” Xavier Becerra is likely to proceed to the runoff in the California governor race, and while he may have been the establishment pick, he’s far from moderate on abortion or transgender ideology. In fact, Becerra has an ugly record of weaponizing the law…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Chip Roy Pushes for FACE Act Repeal
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Texas Rep. Chip Roy is pushing to repeal a law that has resulted in the imprisonment of pro-life protesters, arguing the legislation could be used to unfairly target Americans in the future. In a Tuesday letter to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., Roy called for a floor vote on…
    George Caldwell
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  • news

    What Trump Can Do to Combat Abortion ‘Tomorrow,’ According to Pro-Life Expert
    The second administration of President Donald Trump—once hailed as the most pro-life president ever—isn’t taking advantage of the opportunities presented by the Supreme Court opinion that overturned abortion precedent Roe v. Wade, a pro-life expert says. “The pro-life movement has been frustrated with the Trump administration—at least this time around—because they have so many [fewer]…
    Joseph Buff
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    Top Pro-Life Group Will Give Lawmakers Failing Grade If They Don’t Extend Planned Parenthood Defund
    The pro-life advocacy group Students for Life Action says it will give lawmakers a failing grade if they let Planned Parenthood funding resume on July 4. President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” passed last summer, defunded Planned Parenthood for one year. However, the abortion giant will once again receive Medicaid reimbursements beginning on America’s…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    A New Congressional Plan to Save $1.5 Trillion and End Abortion Funding
    The Heritage Foundation released its version of Reconciliation 3.0, a new plan to end federal funding for abortion, combat fraud, and save America $1.5 trillion. The leading conservative policy institute on Wednesday unveiled “Setting the American Opportunity Agenda,” a special budget and spending report for Congress, and House Speaker Mike Johnson said he is ready…
    Virginia Grace McKinnon
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  • news

    ACLU Funnels Millions Into Abortion Ballot Initiative in ‘Reckless Disregard’ for the Law, Watchdog Says
    The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation has poured $2.5 million into a pro-abortion and pro-transgender ballot initiative campaign in Missouri after receiving millions from foreign sources. A watchdog group alleges the donations are in direct violation of the state’s law. Americans for Public Trust filed a complaint with the office of Missouri Attorney General Catherine…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • opinion

    ‘This Will Be FUN!’: The Texas Senate Race Stars an Anti-Texan
    “This will be FUN!” So said President Donald Trump about the upcoming Texas Senate race after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated Sen. John Cornyn in the GOP primary runoff. Paxton will square off against Democrat nominee James Talarico in what may turn out to be the most expensive U.S. Senate race ever. It’ll certainly…
    Al Perrotta
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