Advocates of legal abortion in Michigan have proposed a constitutional amendment that pro-life critics say is so poorly written it would do more than just remove legal protections for unborn children. It would affect almost everything related to pregnancy, threatening parental consent requirements […]
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Oklahoma Passes Law Prohibiting Abortion After Fertilization
The Oklahoma Legislature passed a bill that bans almost all abortions from the moment of fertilization and allows individuals to sue providers and anyone who "aids or abets" an abortion. If signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt (R), who has promised to approve any anti-abortion law that comes to his […]
Abortion Abolitionists Turn On 'Pro-Life Elites'
The way Florida Southern Baptist pastor Tom Ascol sees it, there is little difference between a woman who chooses to end her pregnancy and a hit man. Both pay someone to end a human life, his argument goes, and so both should face criminal charges. "It's like saying if I don't murder someone, […]
Pro-Life Democrat Slams Party As 'Extreme' on Abortion
A Democratic state representative from Connecticut is criticizing her own party's platform on abortion as "extreme," saying pro-life Democrats like her are being shunned. Connecticut state Rep. Trenee McGee, a Democrat who represents New Haven and West Haven and was elected last year, said […]
NYC Mayor Blasts Pro-Life 'Radical Extremists'
New York City Mayor Eric Adams slammed the pro-life movement as "radical" on Saturday and pledged that he would "fight" to ensure there are "no" limitations on abortion. "Abortion is health care. It's that simple. And New York City won't let a group of radical […]
Pro-Choice States Rush to Pledge Legal Shield for Out-of-State Abortions
After the bombshell leak of a supreme court draft opinion last week revealed that the majority of justices plan to overturn Roe v Wade, a handful of states have been reaffirming and expanding their abortion care. In recent days, a flurry of bills and statements have been emerging in largely […]
This Really Is a Different Pro-Life Movement
In the United States, the anti-abortion movement did not remain predominantly Catholic. Southern evangelical Protestants, who had once hesitated to embrace the anti-abortion movement in the belief that it was a sectarian Catholic campaign, began enlisting in the cause in the late '70s and '80s. […]
The 'Forced Birth' Falsehood
The argument that pro-life laws "force women to give birth" betrays the mistaken premise undergirding the pro-abortion case: They believe sex without any consequences is a fundamental right, bolstered ultimately by an adjacent right to kill any child who may come into being solely as the […]
How the Pro-Choice Movement Lost the Battle for Roe
The pro-choice movement) did not foresee a war here. NARAL's executive director in 1973, when Roe was ruled upon, told her board after the ruling, "The court has spoken and the case is closed." They saw this as, basically: It's over. We've won. The very, very opposite is true of the […]
Supreme Court Set to Overturn Roe Leaked Draft Opinion Shows
The Supreme Court is poised to strike down Roe v. Wade, according to an unprecedented leak of a draft opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito. The draft leak obtained by Politico was written in early February. It was not immediately clear if it has been rewritten or revised. The Court has declined […]
SCOTUS Leak Is Historic Act of Judicial Destruction
Supreme Court historians have always been able to rattle off significant decisions and important moments in Supreme Court history. Chief Justice John Marshall establishing "judicial review" in the 1803 Marbury v. Madison decision, FDR’s court-packing scheme in 1937, the court’s […]