Women’s rights advocates have dismissed concerns about late-term abortion as a right-wing talking point, but pro-lifers are flagging data showing the spurious phenomenon is surging in blue states. Figures released by the Oregon Health Authority show that the number of abortions performed after 23 […]
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Abortions Dropped by Nearly 40% in Iowa After Six-Week Ban
Abortions dropped sharply in Iowa immediately after a strict abortion ban went into effect there, according to data from a major pro-abortion group. Data from the Guttmacher Institute, released on Thursday, show an average of 400 clinician-provided abortions per month in Iowa over the first six […]
State Attacks on Pro-Life Pregnancy Care Centers on the Rise
State government legal attacks on pro-life pregnancy care centers have been increasing since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, according to a conservative legal expert. Daniel Schmid, associate vice president of Legal Affairs at Liberty Counsel, told reporters that he […]
Shield Laws Enable Chemical Abortions in Pro-Life States
The mail-order abortion business is booming under "telemedicine shield laws"— state policies that protect doctors who prescribe and send chemical abortion kits to states where abortion is illegal. But pro-life advocates like John Seago, the president of Texas Right to Life, say […]
Fort Liberty Responds to Calling Pro-Life Groups 'Terrorist Organizations'
Fort Liberty is responding to backlash after a slideshow presentation used for training at the U.S. Army base referred to anti-abortion organizations as "terrorist organizations." A photo circulating on social media shows one slide from a presentation used to train soldiers. The slide, […]
Massachusetts Launches Effort to Target Pregnancy Resource Centers
The Massachusetts state government this week announced what it billed as a “first-in-the-nation” effort to discredit — and steer pregnant women away from — pregnancy resource centers in the state. The state’s Department of Public Health said in a press release on Monday that it was launching what it […]
Pregnancy Centers Provided Services Worth $367 Million in 2022
“Hope for a New Generation” provides both data and testimonials that highlight the positive impact that pro-life pregnancy help centers had in 2022. That year, pregnancy help centers saw over 970,000 new clients and provided goods and services worth over $367 million to women, youth, and families. […]
Pro-Abortion States Are Blocking Others From Protecting Babies
Since the fall of Roe v. Wade in 2022, pro-abortion states have begun devising measures to shelter abortionists whose operations were hampered by states that chose to protect unborn life. These so-called "abortion shield laws" — many of which are likely unconstitutional — will defeat any […]
Justice Department Violates Religious Rights of Pro-Life Catholic
A 75-year-old devout Catholic under house arrest for an abortion facility protest is being denied her request to attend Mass on Sundays by President Joe Biden's Department of Justice. A federal judge agrees with the Justice Department that a wheelchair-bound woman with multiple health problems […]
New Fertility Data Show the Lifesaving Impact of Pro-Life Laws
New data from the Centers for Disease Control show that strong state level pro-life laws that were enacted in 2022 saved lives in 2023. There were 14 states that either protected all preborn children or had a heartbeat law in place for at least three months in 2022. In these 14 states, the birth […]
16 AGs Demand Youtube Drop 'Misleading' Abortion Notice
A coalition of 16 attorneys general has demanded that YouTube remove information labels attached to videos discussing chemical abortions that they argue are "misleading" to viewers. YouTube added an information panel at the bottom of the video stating that "An abortion is a procedure […]
Pro-Life Fetal Development Video Headed to Classrooms
Baby Olivia isn’t a real baby. It’s an animated fetus that develops over the course of a three-minute video that has become a new front in state-level abortion politics. Bills in the Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and West Virginia legislatures would require public school students to watch a video like […]
Scholars Challenge Study That Claims Abortion Pills 'Safe' and 'Effective'
Several pro-life scholars are pushing back on a recently published study that claims abortion pills are "safe" and "effective" when prescribed without an in-person meeting and distributed through the mail. The referenced study, which was published by pro-abortion academics in the […]
Medical Examiner Wants to Destroy "D.C. Five"
The secular pro-life group Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) originally obtained the remains of the aborted babies in March 2022 from the Washington Surgi-Clinic run by Dr. Cesare Santangelo, an OB-GYN and well-known abortionist. PAAU announced that the D.C. medical examiner's office told […]
Charities Deemed Not 'Worthy of Support From Pro-Lifers'
A pro-life advocacy organization claims that more than two dozen charities, including Christian organizations, have ties to or supported pro-abortion and LGBT advocacy. The American Life League recently updated its "Charity Watchlist," placing charitable organizations into three categories […]
The Pro-Life Movement's Unfinished Business
"I personally think that we need to get back to basics in the pro-life movement," said Abby Johnson, a former clinic director at Planned Parenthood turned founder of And Then There Were None, a ministry dedicated to helping abortion clinic workers leave the industry. "We've got to get […]
Post-Abortion Women: They Regret It
A research paper that studied post-abortion women across the globe concluded what many already know: Terminating a pregnancy leads to depression. The study, which was performed by Ethiopian medical researchers, concluded there is strong evidence women who experience abortions suffer psychological […]
Pro-Life Groups Look to Courts, Statehouses for Path Forward
Anti-abortion groups are firing off a warning shot for 2024: We're not going anywhere. Their leaders say they're undeterred by recent election setbacks and plan to plow ahead on what they've done for years, including working through state legislatures, federal agencies, and federal courts to outlaw […]
Pro-Life Laws Have Saved Tens of Thousands of Lives
A new analysis of birth data published by the Institute of Labor Economics in Germany provides powerful statistical evidence that post-Dobbs pro-life laws have saved tens of thousands of lives. This study analyzed U.S. birth data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) up to June 2023. It found […]
Wisconsin Pro-Life Group Targets Doctors' Licenses
After being rebuffed by local law enforcement, an official with one of Wisconsin's largest pro-life groups has filed complaints with the state's licensing agency against doctors who provide abortions in the weeks after Planned Parenthood resumed those services. The move comes as advocates on both […]