Pro-Life News

Neutrality is not harmless. It is permission. And in the case of abortion, it is the quiet consent to end human lives. Today, the pro-life movement stands at a similar moral crossroads, again. With lives on the line, taking a neutral stance is not only irresponsible, it is dangerous. We are called not merely to speak out, but to lead. This includes supporting and advancing laws that challenge the status quo, stir controversy, and confront injustice head-on. Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade, the battleground has shifted from federal courts to state legislatures, and we must take definitive, courageous action. Read...

In response to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s update on the FDA's abortion drug safety review during his Senate Finance Committee hearing, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser issued the following statement: "We are grateful that Secretary Kennedy confirmed the FDA's review of abortion drugs is now underway and look forward to his promised release of new data after years of the Biden Administration ignoring this urgent issue. Secretary Kennedy even revealed that Biden's FDA 'twisted' data to bury safety signals." Read more......

Fairfax County resident Rosie Kostka spoke to the Fairfax County Public Schools board meeting of her experience coaching a public school's ultimate frisbee team and teaching at Our Lady of Hope School in Potomac Falls. "Virginia state law says I cannot give my Fairfax County high school athletes Tylenol for a headache, yet these girls were brought to surgery without their parents knowing," she said. "As a teacher, I keep my kids' parents in the loop. I would expect the same outreach, not only from my child's teacher, but also from the school counselor dealing with something as big as a pregnancy. School does not exist to take guardianship of our children." Read more......

New York and Texas are going head-to-head in court over abortion pills and so-called "shield laws." New York Attorney General Letitia James said she would step into the legal fight over Texas' ban on abortion pills. This started when Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Dr. Margaret Carpenter, a New York doctor, for breaking Texas law by mailing abortion pills to a woman in the state. Dr. Carpenter also co-founded a group that supports abortion providers in states with so-called "shield laws." Read more......

National Right to Life has released a new report, Missed, Misclassified, and Minimized: Why Abortion Pill Complications Are Underreported, by Randall K. O'Bannon, Ph.D., National Right to Life Director of Education and Research. The findings highlight the reasons why serious complications from chemical abortions are often underreported or misreported. "The abortion pill is being sold as safe, but independent data tell another story," said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. "Women are being harmed, and the dangers are being ignored or hidden." The report highlights three major reasons for underreporting. Read more......

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago is facing mounting criticism from two prominent American bishops. Senator Dick Durbin, a long-serving Illinois Democrat with a record of supporting abortion legislation, is to receive a "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Archdiocese of Chicago. The award, due to be presented at the annual Keep Hope Alive fundraiser for the archdiocese's immigration ministry, is intended to recognise Durbin's decades of advocacy for migrants. The senator, who is Catholic, has been one of the principal sponsors of immigration reform in the U.S. Congress. Yet the choice has provoked a strong reaction because of Durbin's longstanding support for abortion. Read...

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office has declined to prosecute a woman who left a pro-life activist bloodied during a street interview in New York City earlier this year, according to attorneys from the Thomas More Society. New York police arrested Brianna J. Rivers, 30, in April on one count of second-degree assault after she sucker punched activist Savannah Craven Antao during a street interview on abortion. The attack was caught on camera as Craven Antao asked Rivers questions about abortion on behalf of the pro-life organization Live Action. Read more......

A major pro-life organization is calling on Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to investigate a nonprofit it accuses of running "deceptive and misleading" abortion pill ads across the state. In a Sept. 19 letter, 40 Days for Life urged Uthmeier to take action against Mayday Health, a New York-based nonprofit that has placed billboards around Florida promoting the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol. The pro-life group argues the ads fail to disclose critical information, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) black box warnings about risks like hemorrhage and infection, while also omitting federally required safety protocols and potential legal...