Pro-Life News - PoliticsNews & Headlines from the Pro-Life Front Lines2024-03-22T03:13:33-04:00urn:md5:80553d5cf9619009328d3f4b69521dd9DotclearArkansans Warned About 'Extreme' Abortion Amendment Petitionurn:md5:39fba5fa89163e4d857da36daf6e3c662024-02-28T20:22:00-05:002024-02-28T21:22:31-05:00System AdminPolitics The Right To Life, along with other pro-life organizations, are asking Arkansans to decline to sign the petition to put an abortion amendment on the November ballot, calling it "more extreme than Roe v. Wade". "This will allow abortions up to the moment of birth, up to 5 months in pregnancy without any kind of questions asked," said Rose Mimms, executive director for Right To Life. "These are healthy babies, healthy mothers, healthy pregnancies where the baby is just not wanted by the mother." <B><a href="https://katv.com/news/local/pro-life-groups-warn-arkansans-against-signing-extreme-abortion-amendment-petition-sharai-amaya-obgyn-arkansas-central-petition-signing-pregnancy-danger-mothers-unborn-child-rose-mimms-executive-director-november-ballot-2024-state-capitol-samuel-watson">Read more...</A></B></p>Texas Threat to Woman Needing Abortion Is Not 'Pro-Life'urn:md5:1ed504f16a16c968eb075b6a46d6d4eb2023-12-08T22:25:00-05:002023-12-08T23:25:49-05:00System AdminPolitics Texas law after the fall of Roe vs. Wade makes only a narrow, rare exception for abortion — to save a woman’s life. That robust pro-life law, and heartbreaking reality have now intersected in the case of Kate Cox, a Dallas area resident, and Attorney General Ken Paxton’s interpretation of the law. A Travis County judge granted Cox’s petition to have an abortion, due to her unusual circumstances. Paxton said that even the judge’s order to allow the abortion to proceed “will not insulate hospitals, doctors, or anyone else, from civil and criminal liability for violating Texas’ abortion laws.” This is a lose-lose situation for everyone, most of all for Cox. Paxton’s punitive statement seems anathema to the pro-life movement that enacted Texas’ abortion ban. <B><a href="https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/nicole-russell/article282839313.html">Read more...</A></B></p>Ohio Abortion Supporters Outraise Pro-Life Side 3 to 1urn:md5:143dbe490633e83b6a05ea16953e1c532023-11-02T23:06:00-04:002023-11-02T23:06:32-04:00System AdminPolitics Supporters of the effort to enshrine a right to abortion in the Ohio Constitution outraised their pro-life opponents by a margin of nearly 3 to 1 in recent months, mostly with out-of-state funds by large donors, according to financial filings. Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights received about $28.7 million in total contributions. The pro-life campaign Protect Women Ohio only received about $9.9 million. One of the pro-abortion side's largest contributors was the Washington, D.C.-based Sixteen Thirty Fund, which contributed more than $3.3 million. The Fairness Project, which receives grants from the Sixteen Thirty Fund, donated another $2 million. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg donated $1 million to the pro-abortion campaign. <B><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/ohio-abortion-supporters-outraise-pro-life-side-3-to-1-ahead-of-november-referendum">Read more...</A></B></p>Biden Campaign Launches Extreme Pro-Abortion Adurn:md5:8b788dfb86820cf11d9aaa138a4e50592023-08-29T00:13:00-04:002023-08-29T00:13:57-04:00System AdminPolitics President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign launched a new pro-abortion ad in several swing states, which some pro-life groups are calling extreme. The ad, called “These Guys,” will run for two weeks in seven key states. It targets six states that Biden narrowly won in 2020: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Wisconsin. It also targets one state that former President Donald Trump narrowly won in 2020: North Carolina. The ad references the Biden administration’s efforts to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law, which would prevent states from restricting abortion before viability. <B><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/biden-campaign-launches-pro-abortion-ad-pro-life-groups-label-it-extreme">Read more...</A></B></p>Abortion Setback in Ohio Alarms GOPurn:md5:2e5728c62a805151e11a892b2e7d7c572023-08-09T23:37:00-04:002023-08-09T23:37:59-04:00System AdminPolitics A decisive defeat for abortion foes in the red state of Ohio, the seventh such loss since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, has sent alarm bells ringing among some Republicans and prominent conservatives over the clear salience of the issue. "The Ohio result tonight, coming on the heels of the shellacking in Michigan and the unexpected loss in Kentucky, needs to be a five-alarm fire for the pro-life movement," Patrick Brown, a conservative scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, tweeted. <B><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/abortion-setback-ohio-alarms-gop-democrats-see-roadmap-2024-rcna99029">Read more...</A></B></p>Vice President Harris Blasts States for Enacting Abortion Bansurn:md5:895907fe0502fcacf8f32740fc1367d52023-07-31T22:42:00-04:002023-07-31T22:42:14-04:00System AdminPolitics Vice President Kamala Harris lamented the growing number of states that have restricted abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade and encouraged Congress to enact pro-abortion legislation, drawing ire from national pro-life groups. The vice president suggested that the federal government step in and codify the abortion standards set in Roe v. Wade, which is in line with what President Joe Biden and his administration have called for since the Supreme Court overturned that decision. This would prevent states from enacting pro-life legislation. <B><a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254953/vice-president-harris-blasts-states-for-enacting-abortion-bans">Read more...</A></B></p>Abortion Groups Push to Enshrine Abortion in Ohio Constitutionurn:md5:a11fae8703a05ab38bbab47cedae59f62023-07-25T01:19:00-04:002023-07-25T01:19:52-04:00System AdminPolitics Ohio is the most recent battleground in abortion groups' ongoing efforts to add nearly unlimited abortion access to state constitutions. As pro-life battles have largely shifted to the states a little over a year out from the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the latest showdown will be in Ohio, where abortion groups are pushing an amendment to the state Constitution that would ensure virtually unlimited access to abortion. The groups behind the amendment include Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which are coming off successes they had in the 2022 midterm elections in adding language ensuring abortion access to the state Constitutions of California, Michigan and Vermont. <B><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/news/buckeye-state-s-battle-for-life-2023">Read more...</A></B></p>Ohio Abortion Amendment Is An Attack On Parental Rightsurn:md5:417c288c8b12a083456aa6c3517fb3c52023-07-05T23:28:00-04:002023-07-05T23:28:59-04:00System AdminPolitics A proposed amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in Ohio's constitution is being decried as an attack on parental rights by prominent pro-life groups. The amendment, which was drafted by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Ohio, declares that "every individual has the right to make and carry out one's own reproductive decisions" on contraception, fertility treatment, continuing one's own pregnancy, miscarriage care and abortion. "This amendment is dangerous for the women and children of Ohio," Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, said in a statement. "It removes parents from some of their minor children's most important health decisions such as parental notification before an abortion. It would eliminate basic health and safety standards for women. And it would permit late term abortion after the baby can feel pain and even right up until birth." <B><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ohio-abortion-amendment-attack-parents-pro-life-groups-initiative-clears-key-hurdle">Read more...</A></B></p>Biden Admin Punishes Oklahoma by Removing Family Planning Granturn:md5:fc8fbe562fa1f4f394a63ba9dac098952023-06-15T17:49:00-04:002023-06-15T17:49:23-04:00System AdminPolitics The Biden administration recently pulled $4.5 million in funding from the Oklahoma State Department of Health's (OSDH) family planning services in what critics call an act of retribution for the state's pro-life laws. According to the OSDH, Biden's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revoked the grant due to the OSDH's pro-life family services being deemed "out of compliance" by the federal government. OSDH officials said that by rescinding the $4.5 million in family planning funds, HHS was in violation of Title X of the Public Health Services Act. <B><a href="https://catholicvote.org/biden-admin-punishes-oklahoma-for-pro-life-policies-by-removing-family-planning-grant/">Read more...</A></B></p>Nikki Haley Dodges on Heartbeat Billurn:md5:497819faaacfacb738ccd8d64a66f1532023-06-06T16:28:00-04:002023-06-06T16:28:48-04:00System AdminPolitics Presidential candidate Nikki Haley would not say whether she would sign a bill banning abortions of babies who had a heartbeat, pointing instead to President Joe Biden's administration's extreme positions on abortion. While her reference to the Biden administration's extremism may have been an attempt to follow the messaging strategies of top pro-life groups, Haley repeatedly drew on the the importance of consensus for federal abortion legislation. Her remarks followed on the heels of two Republicans, Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina and Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, signing bills banning abortions of unborn babies with detectable heartbeats. <B><a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/06/05/nikki-haley-dodges-on-heartbeat-bill/">Read more...</A></B></p>Pro-Life Group Rips Trump for 'Morally Indefensible' Remarkurn:md5:a12196a737db5fea26cfea3151309a9c2023-04-21T15:28:00-04:002023-04-21T15:28:08-04:00System AdminPolitics A large pro-life group and predominant GOP donor has condemned former President Donald Trump for his newly shared views on abortion in the wake of the summer's Dobbs reversal. "President Trump's assertion that the Supreme Court returned the issue of abortion solely to the states is a completely inaccurate reading of the Dobbs decision and is a morally indefensible position for a self-proclaimed pro-life presidential candidate to hold," SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser said in a statement Thursday. "Life is a matter of human rights, not states' rights. Saying that the issue should only be decided at the states is an endorsement of abortion up until the moment of birth, even brutal late-term abortions in states like California, Illinois, New York and New Jersey. <B><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/anti-abortion-group-rips-trump-morally-indefensible-remark-1795769">Read more...</A></B></p>Feb. 21 Election Could Decide Wisconsin’s Pro-Life Futureurn:md5:b32d3097a2957769362f008714cdace52023-02-10T17:49:00-05:002023-02-10T18:49:29-05:00System AdminPolitics <p>Wisconsin pro-lifers face critical tests of their ability to shape abortion policy in the Badger State in two judicial elections on Feb. 21 and April 4 which could shift the balance of the state Supreme Court in favor of abortion. Currently split 4-3 in a pro-life direction, the retirement of Justice Patience Roggensack opens the way for the bench to flip pro-abortion ahead of a major case headed for the tribunal. Section 940.04 of Wisconsin Statutes, originally enacted in 1849, prohibits abortion except to prevent the death of the mother. Although Roe v. Wade made the law unenforceable, the June 2022 Dobbs decision allowed Wisconsin to restore its pre-1973 statute. Democrat Gov. Tony Evers and State Attorney General Josh Kaul have been in court since last June, seeking to have 940.04 thrown out. <B><a href="https://www.ncregister.com/blog/wisconsin-feb-21-election">Read more...</A></B></p></p>What Overturning Roe Did to the Anti-abortion Movementurn:md5:06fae298fbd783d914cb5fce187da8f92023-01-19T17:33:00-05:002023-01-19T18:33:37-05:00System AdminPolitics Before Dobbs, anti-abortion advocates seemed confident that once a handful of states banned abortion, many more would follow—that they could build a “culture of life” in America that would put the country on a righteous path. In some ways, the opposite has occurred. As a few states put limits on abortion rights, others, such as Vermont, California, and Michigan, have reacted by enshrining those rights into state law. Meanwhile, voters in red states including Kansas, Montana, and Kentucky rejected attempts to restrict abortion. <B><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/01/march-for-life-anti-abortion-movement-after-roe/672761/">Read more...</A></B></p>Pro-Life Centers Targeted by 70% of Abortion-Related Violent Threats Since Dobbsurn:md5:06fbcbbbefc1336005a166297ba7ca8a2022-11-17T18:18:00-05:002022-11-17T19:18:59-05:00System AdminPolitics Approximately 70% of abortion-related threats of violence in the US since the Dobbs decision have been against pro-life groups, according to the head of the FBI. FBI Director Christopher Wray gave the statistic while speaking at a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida questioned Wray during the hearing about recurring accusations that the FBI is not committing resources to combat an escalation in crimes committed against pregnancy centers, churches and other pro-life institutions. <B><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pro-life-centers-targeted-70-abortion-related-violent-threats-dobbs-decision-fbi">Read more...</A></B></p>Republicans' Abortion Silence Backfires in Midtermsurn:md5:8ee61415f337aa9678c336f5552865b42022-11-11T18:39:00-05:002022-11-11T19:39:56-05:00System AdminPolitics The blame game has begun around what led to Republicans' disappointing results in the midterms, with some outside groups zeroing in on the party's lack of an abortion message. Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, a large anti-abortion organization with close ties to GOP leaders, slammed Republican candidates who distanced themselves from abortion bans and failed to clearly communicate their stance on the issue, calling it "political malpractice." The group said in a memo that to "win in competitive races," candidates needed to focus on defining their opponents as "abortion extremists" and "contrast that with a clearly defined pro-life position centered around consensus such as pain-capable or heartbeat limits." <B><a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/10/republicans-abortion-midterms-results-silence">Read more...</A></B></p>Pro-Life Movement Suffered Losses in Several Statesurn:md5:ec61368cee7351c4357b88d0cd3efad02022-11-09T17:07:00-05:002022-11-09T18:07:35-05:00System AdminPolitics A pro-life ballot measure failed and several pro-abortion amendments succeeded during Tuesday's midterms, representing a significant spate of losses for the pro-life movement in the first general election since the repeal of Roe vs. Wade. Kentucky's Amendment 2, which would have amended the commonwealth's constitution to state explicitly that there is no "right" to abortions, was rejected by voters. Vermont will be among the first states to enshrine abortion rights in its constitution. <B><a href="https://catholicvote.org/pro-life-movement-suffered-losses-in-several-states/">Read more...</A></B></p>Kentucky Abortion Vote Will Test Support for Post-Roe State Bansurn:md5:4a0b09d28b8f462ce17d9cee07a826e62022-10-18T17:18:00-04:002022-10-18T17:18:58-04:00System AdminPolitics An abortion rights vote in Kentucky on Nov. 8 will determine if the conservative state becomes Kansas 2.0. Kentucky voters are being asked to amend the state's constitution to say residents do not have a right to abortions, three months after voters in Kansas soundly rejected a similar ballot question. The upcoming vote is a test of public support for Kentucky's strict abortion laws, which took effect after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade's federal abortion protections in June. Five states have put abortion-related measures on their November midterm election ballots, allowing voters to direct the future of abortion access in their states. <B><a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-10-18/kentucky-abortion-vote-will-test-support-for-post-roe-state-bans">Read more...</A></B></p>Prosecuting the Pro-Lifers: A Politicized FBI Cracks Downurn:md5:7f9dd9b14228b5b63c8d9e659c2b28e32022-10-10T19:06:00-04:002022-10-10T19:06:46-04:00System AdminPolitics Since the Dobbs decision leaked six months ago, we have been told over and over again that it would be positively un-American to bring criminal charges against doctors who perform abortions. But prosecuting everyday Americans who exercise their free speech rights to protest or engage in sidewalk counseling outside abortion clinics? Well, that’s just good politics, in the eyes of the Biden Administration. And so it is that the full might of the United States Department of Justice has been turned on grassroots pro-life activists in yet another example of the politicization of law enforcement by this administration. <B><a href="https://wng.org/opinions/prosecuting-the-pro-lifers-1665403464">Read more...</A></B></p>California Churches Battle Abortion Ballot Measureurn:md5:827a3208ef823952a0d08a498cdb87082022-10-03T18:28:00-04:002022-10-03T18:28:30-04:00System AdminPolitics Bishops and other clergy from California's dozen Catholic dioceses and archdioceses — spanning Sacramento to Fresno, Monterey to San Bernardino — have released videos to speak directly to the faithful, sometimes in multiple languages, about their concerns that the Prop 1 initiative would remove all existing restrictions on abortion in the state. "Life is precious from the very moment of conception," Father Michael Mahoney of Our Lady of Angels Parish in Burlingame said in a recent message filmed at the site of a future parish garden, where he encouraged families to take home "No Prop 1" signs for their yards. "This is against everything that we believe in as Catholics." <B><a href="https://calmatters.org/politics/election-2022/2022/10/california-ballot-measure-abortion-churches/">Read more...</A></B></p>Republican Candidate Tests a Novel Strategy on Abortionurn:md5:4170f003a8dda64232a3325e5d8fbed42022-09-15T23:46:00-04:002022-09-15T23:46:47-04:00System AdminPolitics <p>April Becker doesn't want to talk about abortion. As Democrats seek to make the November elections a referendum on Republican efforts to restrict abortion rights, the GOP nominee challenging Democratic Rep. Susie Lee in a competitive House district in Nevada is pursuing a highly unusual strategy: arguing that Congress doesn't have the power to regulate abortion. Becker's campaign website describes her as "pro-life, with exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother." But she told NBC News that she would "absolutely not" vote for a federal abortion ban because she believes "that would be unconstitutional." <b><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/republican-candidate-tests-novel-strategy-abortion-nevada-house-race-rcna47279">Read more...</a></b></p>
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