Pro-Life News

Pro-life supporters were thankful and pleased with the Senate passage of a constitutional amendment on abortion that puts the issue in the hands of Kentucky citizens. House Bill 91 is one sentence, but it speaks volumes and the Senate recognized that by passing it in the last hours of the 2021 General Assembly. The amendment that will be put on the ballot in November 2022 simply states: “To protect human life, nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the funding of abortion.” If it passes the constitution would then pre-empt any court ruling that could legalize abortion in the state, should the federal Supreme Court reverse its...

Biological fathers in Utah will be legally required to pay half of a woman's out-of-pocket pregnancy costs under a new law unique to the state that critics say doesn't do enough to adequately address maternal healthcare needs. The bill's sponsor has presented the measure as an effort to decrease the burden of pregnancy on women and increase responsibility for men who have children. But some critics argue the new legislation won't help women who are most vulnerable and could make abusive situations even more dangerous for pregnant women. Utah appears to be the first state to mandate prenatal child support, according to the state's Planned Parenthood association and the bill's sponsor. But a...

A judge temporarily blocked enforcement of an Ohio law that would require fetal remains from surgical abortions to be cremated or buried, agreeing that a lack of rules makes complying unworkable for clinics. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Alison Hatheway's decision came a day before the law was set to take effect in a case brought by a group of clinics that argued a lack of rules, including whether a death certificate would be required, made complying with the law "impossible." In a ruling from the bench, Hatheway also went further — barring the state from enforcing the law's new penalties against abortion providers until 30 days after rules are set. Read more......

The Second Chances at Life Act (HB 2982/SB 609) successfully passed in the West Virginia Senate. The bill will require that a woman be informed that the effects of the chemical abortion pill can be reversed to save her baby if she changes her mind after taking it. More than 40 percent of all abortions in West Virginia are chemical abortions. "The bill will do two things," said West Virginians for Life Political Liaison Karen Cross. "It will inform the girl/woman that if she changes her mind, she may be able to save her baby with the help of medical professionals. And it provides her the ability to act on that information by including a list of medical professionals versed in...

Key Republicans are lobbying fellow GOP lawmakers to nix an amendment attached to a Senate bill relating to Medicaid taxes hospitals pay that would bar the use of public money for "contraceptive treatments," including abortion. Majority Floor Leader Sen. Caleb Rowden, Columbia, Senate President Dave Schatz, Sullivan, and Senate Appropriations Committee chair Sen. Dan Hegeman, Crosby, all say the amendment could endanger Missouri's entire Medicaid program because contraception coverage is required under federal law. The amendment, filed by Sen Paul Wieland, R-Imperial, was attached to Hegeman's Senate Bill 1, which would extend the Federal Reimbursement Allowance (FRA) for another...

A bill that would require minors to clear an additional hurdle to get an abortion is on its way to Gov. Eric Holcomb's desk for consideration. Under House Bill 1577, parents would have to get their signatures notarized after signing permission slips for their minor children to receive abortions. The same legislation also would require abortion providers to share information on a so-called abortion "reversal" drug. Abortion clinics would have to provide information in writing about Progesterone, a drug some pro-life groups say can reverse medically-induced abortions, as long as a mother has only taken one of the two required abortion pills. Read more......

In 2021, 44 states introduced more than 470 measures aimed at limiting abortion, an increase over previous years. The initiatives are multifaceted. One of the seven abortion bills recently passed by the Texas Senate bans abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy. An Indiana law prohibits the use of telemedicine for medication abortion. And an Arkansas measure signed into law last month would allow abortions only in cases where the woman or fetus' life is at stake. The governor says he'd prefer it to make exceptions for rape or incest — but that enacting the law isn't the point. "I signed it because it is a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade. That was the intent of it," Arkansas...

Medical providers in Tennessee would be required to cremate or bury fetal remains from surgical abortions under legislation advanced by the GOP-controlled House. The proposal has sparked criticism among reproductive rights advocates, who argue such measures — which have been enacted in other Republican-majority states — are unnecessary and would stigmatize a legally available procedure. However, supporters of the bill argue that it will protect human dignity. "It's not fetal tissue, it's dismembered children," said Rep. Robin Smith, a Republican from Hixson. Read more......

The problem today is not what was but what is. The "sin" of Planned Parenthood is its horrible work in leading the nation in the destruction of human life. Per its annual report, in fiscal year 2019-2020, Planned Parenthood performed 354,871 abortions. This is roughly one-third of all abortions performed in the country. The recognition we need from Planned Parenthood is the recognition of the sanctity of life, not public confession of the racist history of its founder. Regarding racism, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, 34% of abortions performed in the U.S. in 2018 were on Black women. Given that Black women constitute 13% of the female population, the incidence of...

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed three anti-abortion bills into law, including ones to criminalize the procedure in certain cases and cost providers their medical licenses for performing them. The Republican-controlled Senate passed measures requiring physicians who perform abortions to be certified in obstetrics and gynecology, adding performing an abortion to the list of unprofessional conduct by doctors, and prohibiting abortions if a fetal heartbeat can be detected. In the case of the fetal-heartbeat bill, any doctor who performs an abortion after detecting a heartbeat would be guilty of homicide. Embryonic cardiac activity can be detected using vaginal ultrasounds as early as 6 weeks,...

Idaho became the second state this week to enact a so-called heartbeat ban -- a law barring most abortions at the onset of a fetal heartbeat, which can occur as early as six weeks into a pregnancy and before many people know they are pregnant. The Idaho bill -- which states that it will go into effect only if a federal appeals court upholds another heartbeat ban -- comes after a flurry of anti-abortion bills in the early months of the Biden administration, including this week alone. On Monday, Oklahoma enacted a near-total abortion ban and a heartbeat ban. Later that day, Montana banned abortion at 20 weeks based on the notion that a fetus can feel pain at that point in development. Read...