Texas abortion providers made a last-minute plea to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the state's new abortion restrictions law, which is set to come into effect Wednesday and would ban the procedure as early as six weeks of pregnancy — a period when many women are unaware that they are pregnant. […]
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Court Upholds Texas 'Dismemberment Abortion' Ban
A spokeswoman with Texas Right to Life said a federal appeals court ruling upholding the Texas Dismemberment Abortion Ban is a "long-awaited victory" Texans are celebrating. "Anyone can see the cruelty of dismemberment abortions, ripping a child's body apart while her heart is still […]
South Dakota to Appeal 8th Circuit Abortion Ruling
Following the District Court ruling in Planned Parenthood v. Noem, Gov. Kristi Noem announced Friday that the state will appeal the ruling to the United States 8th Circuit Court of Appeals. "All life is precious. Mothers should have the opportunity to hear all relevant information before they […]
Judgette Blocks Several Indiana Pro-Life Laws
A U.S. District Court judge placed a permanent injunction on Aug. 10 on several Indiana pro-life laws, including those that required physicians to examine patients in person before performing abortions and that mandated that only physicians can administer first-trimester medication abortions. An […]
Appeals Court Upholds Texas 'Fetal Demise' Law
Texas can limit access to the most common procedure used to end a pregnancy in the second trimester, an appeals court ruled Wednesday, in a decision likely to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. The ruling paves the way for Texas to be the first state in the nation to impose such a ban. At issue […]
Hyde Amendment Vote Could Cause Problems for Dems
By abandoning the Hyde Amendment, Democrats have placed themselves on the wrong side of national polling and may suffer politically in the 2022 midterm elections. If pro-life voters mobilize in key districts, political observers tell InsideSources they may weaponize national polling that […]
Lawmakers Question DOJ's Lawsuit Withdrawal
Lawmakers sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra demanding answers on why the Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped a lawsuit against the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMMC). The center, which has received federal […]
Texas Advances 'Mail-Order Abortion' Ban Bill
Senate Bill 4 by Brownsville Democrat Eddie Lucio, Jr., would prohibit what some lawmakers have referred to as "mail-order" abortions, a practice by which drugs that induce abortion are sent by mail to people seeking to terminate a pregnancy. During the pandemic, a Food and Drug […]
Why Is the South the Epicenter of Pro-Life Advocacy?
Nowadays the American South represents a hub of anti-abortion fervor, home to a series of laws and regulations that have eroded Roe v. Wade, as liberal states in the Northeast and elsewhere have enacted laws to codify that landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision. How that regional reversal came to pass […]
The Urgency of Ending Roe v. Wade
Science has been pivotal in shifting many hearts and minds on abortion. Written in 1973, Roe could not comprehend that expectant parents would one day use sonograms to look at their unborn children’s hands and feet and see themselves in the faces of their offspring. We now know that the fetal […]