Pro-Life News

The Trump administration will restore millions in Title X family planning funds to Oklahoma and Tennessee that were denied by the Biden administration because the states would not refer for abortion. Previously the Trump administration moved to freeze some Title X funds to groups like Planned Parenthood, pending a review of their practices. Today at the U.S. Supreme Court, the state of South Carolina defended its right to exclude abortion businesses from receiving Medicaid taxpayer dollars in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. Read more......

A pro-abortion woman assaulted pro-life journalist Savannah Craven Antao while she filmed a Man on the Street interview for Live Action. Craven Antao was recording interviews regarding "What does Planned Parenthood do? Perception vs. Reality?" in Harlem, New York, when the attack occurred. According to Craven Antao and her husband, Henry Antao, a woman approached and started a conversation with Craven Antao, even complimenting her. But during the interview, she suddenly assaulted Craven Antao. Video footage shows Craven Antao and the woman discussing abortion before the woman punches her. Read more......

A federal district court permanently blocked an Illinois law that forced pro-life pregnancy centers to promote abortion in violation of their deeply held beliefs about protecting unborn life. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys represent the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates and three pro-life pregnancy centers in a seven-year-old lawsuit against the state of Illinois. In its decision, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois found that a provision of the law compelling the centers to promote abortion and its supposed "benefits," regardless of their ethical, medical, or moral views, violated their freedom of speech. The centers believe that...

The Bronx woman who was recorded punching an anti-abortion activist in the face last weekend has been arrested, the NYPD has confirmed. Brianna J. Rivers, 30, was arrested on one count of second-degree assault for the incident that found her attacking interviewer Savannah Craven Antao, a reporter for pro-life advocacy group Live Action. Shortly after the incident, Rivers acknowledged that things should not have turned physical while also accusing Craven Antao of provoking her violent response. Rivers earlier denied the violence on another post, "I will not allow my image to be defamed by this woman's actions. Anyone who knows me knows how respectful I am, I don't even litter, there's no...

Republican lawmakers are urging the FBI to investigate the deaths of five premature-sized babies discovered by pro-life activists in a 2022 rescue operation. Lauren Handy and Terrisa Bukovinac recovered the bodies of the aborted children, who appeared to have been killed in partial-birth abortions, outside of a Washington, D.C., clinic. Former President Joe Biden's justice department delayed an investigation into the deaths and instead, lawmakers said, waged war on pro-lifers. Five pro-life advocates noted evidence that the children were victims of partial-birth abortions. Read more......

The Kansas legislature voted to override the governor's veto of a bill that would require child support payments for unborn children. Gov. Laura Kelly (D) vetoed HB2062 the day before, 10 days after the bill was presented to her to sign. The nearly entirely party-line vote saw all 31 Republican members of the Kansas Senate vote to overturn the veto. In the Kansas House of Representatives, no Democrats and all but one Republican voted to overturn the veto. The bill would "provide for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception, including the direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses of the mother as a factor in child support orders." Read more......