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The Dobbs case was struck down in the lower courts. But the fact that the Supreme Court agreed to take it up—soon after the court allowed another restrictive abortion law out of Texas to go into effect—is the first serious indication in a long time that the landmark law making abortion a right could actually be reversed. The new, pro-life trio of justices—Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh, all appointed by President Trump—could easily be joined by Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas in forming a majority on the court. At that point, the abortion issue will come roaring back into the political arena, and what happens next is anyone’s guess. Read more......

Staff with Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s office will appear before the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that he should have the right to defend an abortion law that has been struck down by lower courts. At issue is a 2018 law passed by the Republican-led legislature that would have banned the dilation and evacuation abortion procedure—most commonly used for people seeking to end pregnancies in the second trimester. A federal court struck it down in 2019, saying it would have created a “substantial obstacle” for Kentuckians seeking abortions. Then-Gov. Matt Bevin, a Republican, appealed the ruling to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, but the court upheld the decision in 2020 and Democratic...

Attorneys filed a federal lawsuit challenging the state of California's law that makes it a crime to film people within 100 feet of an abortion clinic. Last month, Governor Gavin Newsom signed two laws that aim to protect the privacy of abortion providers and their patients, declaring California to be a "reproductive freedom state." The law says the 100-foot distance is needed to keep protestors from intimidating patients going to get an abortion. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Right to Life of Central California filed the lawsuit saying the law attempts to unconstitutionally restrict speech based on viewpoint by creating 100-foot censorship zones outside of any...

A Michigan lawmaker is planning to unveil legislation Tuesday that would place new restrictions on abortion. Republican State Rep. Steve Carra of Three Rivers wants to prohibit abortion after a baby’s heartbeat is detected in the womb. He announced an event on the Michigan Capitol steps at 9 a.m. with several pro-life groups to discuss new bills. Carra said the plan is aimed at protecting the lives of unborn children in Michigan and defending human life. He pointed out the U.S. Supreme Court is planning to review a Mississippi law that would restrict abortion after 15 weeks of gestation. The Biden administration also is asking the court to overturn a Texas law that bans most abortions. Read...

The Supreme Court will take up the Texas abortion law on the merits next month in a rare highly-expedited case that could definitively resolve the fate of its six-week ban and unprecedented enforcement mechanism. SB8 will remain in effect for the near future until the court issues its decision, which wouldn't typically be expected for weeks to months after a case is argued. The justices granted the request of Texas abortion providers and civil rights groups to hear the case before lower courts ruled on the law, meaning the law will remain in effect for now. They also said they would also examine the question of whether the U.S. government, in a separate case, could even seek an injunction...

Pro-life doctors are pushing back against the notion that most women don't know they are pregnant by the time a fetal heartbeat is detected at six weeks, a claim made by pro-choice groups in lawsuits challenging Texas' abortion ban. "Modern pregnancy tests can detect pregnancy just one week from fertilization, as any woman trying to become pregnant knows. Our patients deserve access to better information about their healthcare than the lies offered by abortion industry lawyers or partisan medical providers," the American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians and Gynecologists said in a statement. Read more...  ...

For 47 years, abortionist Larry A. Burns took the lives of innocent children in the womb at his Abortion Surgery Center in Norman, Oklahoma. There will not be a forty-eighth year. That is because Burns retired in July and closed his abortion business for good. Burn's former clinic's location is now occupied by a medical office that does not conduct abortions. "It's a pathetic thing when your legacy is 47 years of dead babies and a lawsuit that protected child rapists," said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue. "Oklahoma is a better place today without Burns' abortion business preying on vulnerable woman and profiting off the backs of dead babies." Read more......

In their zeal to implement abortion on demand until birth, the abortion industry has increasingly pressured state and local governments to discriminate against pro-life pregnancy centers. Since 2014, this has resulted in state and local governments paying more than $2.3 million in costly judgments after enacting unconstitutional regulations targeting pro-life pregnancy centers. The state of Connecticut could be next, having passed a law earlier this year forcing pro-life pregnancy centers to comply with state-approved speech or face punishment. The U.S. Supreme Court found a similar California law to be unconstitutional in 2018. Why does the abortion industry try so hard to regulate pro-life...

A bill that would make it a first-degree felony to not provide newborn medical care to an infant born alive after an attempted abortion passed the Ohio Senate. Senate Bill 157 — sponsored by Sens. Steve Huffman, R-Tipp City, and Terry Johnson, R-McDermott — is one of several "born alive" bills introduced in various states. Some have passed it, and a similar bill has been introduced several times at the federal level. Senate Bill 157 expands "abortion manslaughter" to include failing to try to keep an infant alive after an attempted abortion. Doctors who did not do so, such as by transferring an infant to a hospital, would be charged with a first-degree felony. Read...