Pro-Life News

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. Read more...

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." Read more...

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." Read more...

A Michigan federal judge dismissed a lawsuit that several pro-life groups and three Republican lawmakers had filed in hopes of overturning a 2022 amendment that added a right to abortion to the state constitution. U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney ruled that the pro-life plaintiffs lacked standing to bring a case against the amendment, known as Proposal 3. Right to Life of Michigan and four other pro-life organizations — the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Christian Medical and Dental Associations, Crossroads Care Center, and Save the 1 — brought the lawsuit against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other state politicians in 2023. Sen. Joseph Bellino, Reps. Gina Johnsen and Luke Meerman, and six private individuals also joined the suit. 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...

A Texas father is suing an out-of-state abortionist for contributing to the death of his preborn children. The federal class action suit, filed on behalf of "all current and future fathers of unborn children in the United States," could stop abortionists from mailing mifepristone, the chemical abortion drug, into pro-life states. Jerry Rodriguez alleges Remy Coeytaux, a California abortionist, illegally shipped chemical abortion pills into Texas, which caused the death of his two children. Read more...

 

"An activist judge just prolonged the forced taxpayer funding of Big Abortion, a desperate attempt to run out the clock, and a shameful abuse of our tax dollars. Every day her decision remains in effect, millions are funneled into a business that profits from ending unborn lives and putting women at risk," said Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of SBA Pro-Life America. "Planned Parenthood's desperate ploy for our tax dollars only underscores why the One Big Beautiful Bill is such a historic win. It halted, for the first time, over half a billion taxpayer dollars from propping up the corrupt abortion industry." Read more...

 

The Supreme Court just delivered a game-changing win for the pro-life movement and for every state fighting to strip abortion providers of taxpayer funding. In Medina v. Planned Parenthood, the high Court ruled 6–3 that individual Medicaid recipients cannot sue states for removing Planned Parenthood from their Medicaid programs. This means states like South Carolina – that want to respect life and protect conscience rights – can now take Planned Parenthood out of their Medicaid networks without being hauled into court by third-party activists using patient proxies. Read more...

The Montana Supreme Court has struck down three abortion regulations, drawing a sharp rebuke from the state's Republican governor, who accused the justices of rejecting modern medicine. In a 6-1 opinion, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that a law prohibiting abortions after 20 weeks gestation, a measure requiring pregnant women to have an ultrasound before undergoing an abortion and legislation requiring women to visit a doctor in-person before obtaining an abortion pill were unconstitutional. The laws were passed by the state's Republican-controlled legislature and signed into law by Montana's Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte in 2021. However, a lower court's preliminary injunction has put the rules on hold since 2021. Last November, Montana voters approved a measure establishing a right to abortion in the Montana Constitution. Read more...

The Missouri Supreme Court ordered District Judge Jerri Zhang to vacate her earlier orders from December and February, which had blocked the state's pro-life laws. The Court said Zhang applied the incorrect standard when issuing those rulings and ordered that abortions be paused for the time being. Planned Parenthood had to cease committing abortions following the state Supreme Court's ruling. In February, the judge had ruled that abortion facilities in Missouri do not need to meet certain health and safety licensing standards. Read more...