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Wednesday, July 29 2026
By System Admin,
Wednesday, July 29 2026
Paul Vaughn has reached a settlement with the federal government after being singled out and targeted by the Biden Department of Justice for his pro-life beliefs. This included a predawn FBI raid on his family’s home and a federal prosecution all stemming from praying, singing hymns, and peacefully protesting at an abortion facility in Tennessee. Vaughn, a devoted Christian father of 11 and pro-life advocate, was among a wave of Americans singled out and prosecuted under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act by the Biden Department of Justice because of their pro-life views. Armed FBI agents descended on his home in the early morning hours, terrifying his family—including his children—in a show of force that was grossly disproportionate to his alleged crime.
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Tuesday, July 28 2026
By System Admin,
Tuesday, July 28 2026
New York Attorney General Letitia James alleges that pregnancy help organizations violate state consumer protection laws by telling women about Abortion Pill Reversal (APR), a perfectly legal medical protocol that may help women who regret taking the first drug in a chemical abortion to continue their pregnancies. Heartbeat and its co-plaintiffs have challenged the attorney general’s actions, arguing that the state is violating their constitutional rights by attempting to silence protected speech and restrict women from receiving information about a lawful medical option.
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Saturday, July 18 2026
By System Admin,
Saturday, July 18 2026
A significant pro-life legal battle is unfolding in Missouri, and it demonstrates exactly what's at stake when an abortion amendment is approved and added to a state constitution. At issue is whether states may continue to enforce longstanding health and safety regulations governing abortionists or whether those legal protections will be deemed unconstitutional under adopted state constitutional language. In 2024, Missouri approved Amendment 3, which enshrined abortion in the state constitution. Following its passage, Planned Parenthood filed a legal challenge to invalidate numerous statutes governing abortion.
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Tuesday, July 14 2026
By System Admin,
Tuesday, July 14 2026
A federal district court judge issued a preliminary injunction to two Michigan anti-abortion organizations in their challenge to a state employment law that would require them to recruit and hire candidates with beliefs on abortion that do not align with the groups, as well as requiring them to cover abortion care in employee pregnancy benefits plans. The lawsuit, filed by Right to Life of Michigan and the Pregnancy Resource Center in Grand Rapids against Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and members of the Civil Rights Commission, alleges that the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act violates the first amendment protections of these groups by imposing hiring practices on them that go directly against the missions of the organizations.
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Saturday, July 11 2026
By System Admin,
Saturday, July 11 2026
A same-sex Canadian couple is suing the surrogate mother who carried their son after she refused their request to abort the preborn baby over signs of a cleft lip and possible health problems. The dispute began about two years ago when an ultrasound raised concerns about the unborn child’s health. The two men asked the Ontario woman carrying the child to have an abortion at about 22 weeks of pregnancy. She refused.
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Wednesday, June 17 2026
By System Admin,
Wednesday, June 17 2026
Speaker of the Wyoming State House Chip Neiman blasted a decision by District Judge Thomas T.C. Campbell that struck three pro-life laws passed overwhelmingly in the 2025 session. The three life-affirming laws beaten back by Judge Campbell included requiring: abortion clinics to be licensed as ambulatory surgical centers; ultrasounds and a 48-hour waiting period before a woman can have abortion; and strict limitation on how abortion-inducing medications could be prescribed or used.
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Monday, June 15 2026
By System Admin,
Monday, June 15 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a former high school student's free-speech challenge to an Indiana public school district's policy that barred her from displaying a flyer with an anti-abortion message on school walls. The justices turned away the former student's appeal of a lower court's decision that the Noblesville Schools district's policy did not violate the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment protections against government abridgment of freedom of speech. Justice Samuel Alito dissented from the court's decision denying the appeal. Read more...
Saturday, May 16 2026
By System Admin,
Saturday, May 16 2026
The Supreme Court granted a stay blocking enforcement of a lower court ruling that would have restricted access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail. The Court's decision allows abortionists to continue prescribing mifepristone through telehealth appointments, and sending it through the mail, while Louisiana's lawsuit seeking to require the FDA to reinstate the in-person dispensing requirement on mifepristone continues. The agency removed the requirement during the Biden presidency. Justices Thomas and Alito dissented from the Court's decision.
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Friday, May 8 2026
By System Admin,
Friday, May 8 2026
The nation's largest pro-life organization filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court asserting the impossibility of ensuring informed consent without an in-person doctor's visit as it relates to the abortion pill, since anyone can order the drug online. President of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America Marjorie Dannenfelser told The Center Square that her organization's brief "highlights how impossible it is to ensure the right to informed consent in this unregulated Wild West environment" surrounding the abortion pill.
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Tuesday, May 5 2026
By System Admin,
Tuesday, May 5 2026
The Supreme Court restored nationwide access to the abortion pill mifepristone, in a rapid reversal of a lower court ruling that blocked women from obtaining the abortion drug unless they first had in-person doctor's visits. The one-sentence order, signed by Justice Samuel Alito, will allow women seeking abortions to obtain mifepristone at pharmacies, through telehealth, or through the mail. In effect until May 11, the order allows parties on both sides time to file briefs so the full court can consider the issue.
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Saturday, May 2 2026
By System Admin,
Saturday, May 2 2026
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration must restore the in-person dispensing requirement for the abortion drug mifepristone pending appeal. This ruling prevents pro-abortion activists and doctors from mailing streams of high-risk abortion drugs into states that protect the lives of unborn babies. In the case State of Louisiana v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill and attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom asked the court to temporarily block the unlawful mailing of abortion drugs into pro-life states while the 5th Circuit considers Louisiana's appeal from the district court's denial of preliminary relief. Read more...
Wednesday, April 29 2026
By System Admin,
Wednesday, April 29 2026
The Supreme Court unanimously sided with a group of faith-based pregnancy centers that challenged the New Jersey attorney general’s investigation into whether the centers misled donors and the public about steering women away from having abortions. The case was brought by First Choice Women's Resource Centers, a group of five Christian-based facilities in New Jersey that provide various pre-natal services to women facing unplanned pregnancies. The Supreme Court found the state investigation violated the centers' First Amendment rights, handing a victory to the pro-life movement, which had argued the probe rattled the centers' donors.
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Wednesday, March 18 2026
By System Admin,
Wednesday, March 18 2026
The U.S. Justice Department is fighting Florida and Texas challenges to the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone, compounding the Trump administration's resistance to pro-life challenges by at least four other states. The Justice Department asked a Texas federal district court on March 13 to either stay or dismiss Florida and Texas challenges to mifepristone, arguing that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing the drug's safety. The federal filing follows the administration's active attempts to stay or dismiss similar challenges to mifepristone in Louisiana, Missouri, Idaho and Kansas.
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Saturday, March 7 2026
By System Admin,
Saturday, March 7 2026
Attorney General Todd Rokita has appealed a Marion County judge's ruling blocking Indiana's near-total abortion ban for a select group of Hoosiers who argue their religious freedom requires access to an abortion. Judge Christina R. Klineman ruled Thursday that Indiana's abortion law imposes a substantial burden on religious exercise protected by the state's Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The case was filed three years ago on behalf of several anonymous plaintiffs and Hoosier Jews for Choice. The plaintiffs don't believe that life begins at conception.
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Wednesday, February 11 2026
By System Admin,
Wednesday, February 11 2026
Right to Life, along with the Pregnancy Resource Center in Grand Rapids, have filed a federal lawsuit against state Attorney General Dana Nessel, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and members of the Civil Rights Commission. The pro-life agencies said that changes to the state’s employment law “force religious and pro-life groups to employ and associate with persons who do not share or live by – and may even oppose – the organizations’ beliefs on human life.” The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan.
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Thursday, January 8 2026
By System Admin,
Thursday, January 8 2026
Marking a dark day for protections for the unborn, in a landmark 4-1 decision, the Wyoming Supreme Court struck down two sweeping abortion restrictions, including the nation’s first explicit abortion pill ban, ruling that they violate the state constitution. According to The Hill, the court sided with Wellspring Health Access, Chelsea’s Fund, and four women who argued that Wyoming’s 2023 bans infringed on Article 1, Section 38 of the Wyoming state constitution, which affirms an adult’s “right to make his or her own health care decisions.” The laws under review included the Life is a Human Right Act, which enacted a near-total ban on abortion and specifically outlawed abortion pills, the first such law in the U.S. since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022.
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Wednesday, January 7 2026
By System Admin,
Wednesday, January 7 2026
Colorado has agreed to pay $6.1 million in attorney fees for its unconstitutional attack on abortion pill reversal that was struck down by a federal court. The state will pay $5.4 million in attorneys fees to Becket, and another $700,000 to Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). The ruling represents a significant victory in the fight for life in a notoriously pro-abortion state. ADF Senior Counsel Kevin Theriot said in a statement, "Government officials can't silence medical professionals and prevent them from saving lives."
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Friday, December 5 2025
By System Admin,
Friday, December 5 2025
An appeals court panel has ruled that efforts to stop pro-life pregnancy centers in New York from informing patients about abortion pill reversal are unconstitutional, as such organizations find themselves increasingly subject to investigations from Democratic politicians. A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously upheld a lower court ruling siding with two pro-life pregnancy centers, Gianna’s House and Options Care Center. The pro-life pregnancy centers filed a preemptive lawsuit against Democratic New York Attorney General Letitia James after she sued 11 similarly situated pro-life organizations, alleging fraud for promoting abortion pill reversal.
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Friday, November 21 2025
By System Admin,
Friday, November 21 2025
First Choice Women's Resource Centers provides a range of support for mothers in need, including counseling, baby clothes and diapers, parenting classes, ultrasounds, and telehealth options. But the state attorney general's office was demanding "10 years of documentation on our donor communications, our advertising, our statements about abortion pill reversal, and even our donors' identity," Huber said at a press conference. "There were no allegations of wrongdoing," Huber said. "It was simply a fishing expedition."
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Monday, November 10 2025
By System Admin,
Monday, November 10 2025
Florida is suing Planned Parenthood for up to $350 million for allegedly falsely advertising abortion pills as "safer than Tylenol," a claim debunked in a study this year. The 37-page lawsuit claims that Planned Parenthood has falsely advertised the abortion pill as "safer than Tylenol" despite evidence that shows a high rate of hospitalizations for women who take the drug mifepristone to induce abortions. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Planned Parenthood has been "wrongfully deceiving women."
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