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 […]
Pro-Life Movement Gets New Flag
Leaders in the pro-life community hope a new flag featuring baby’s feet held in a mother’s hands will serve as the universal symbol for protecting the lives of the unborn. The new flag was selected in an online vote organized by the Pro-Life Flag Project, a grassroots effort involving more than 70 […]
Mississippi Asks Court to Overturn Roe v. Wade
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch asked the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1973 decision Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion nationwide, calling the ruling "egregiously wrong." "Under the Constitution, may a State prohibit elective abortions before viability? Yes. Why? […]
High Court to Hear Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health
The U.S. Supreme Court has announced it will hear Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health in the Fall of 2021. The case involves a 15-week abortion ban law passed by Mississippi in 2018. The Oklahoma legislature passed a similar law this year and it was signed into law by Governor Stitt. There are 1,200 […]
Baby Killers Attack Texas Heartbeat Bill
Two months after Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law banning abortion as early as six weeks, more than 20 abortion providers responded with a lawsuit against top Texas officials aimed at stopping one of the country's strictest abortion measures to date. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for […]