Pro-Life News

The Massachusetts Senate passed a measure that, if signed by Democratic Gov. Maura Healey, will allow abortions up until birth for any reason. The Senate fast-tracked the bill to avoid the full committee process so the full body could vote on it before the formal session ended. Current state law allows abortion for the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. After that, abortion is allowed only if a physician believes it is necessary to save the mother’s life or her physical or mental health, or if the baby has a lethal fetal anomaly or would not be able to survive outside the womb. Read more...

A North Carolina representative wants to classify abortions as murder. House Bill 1232 or Life At Fertilization would rewrite the state law to include a fetus as human life and allow someone to use deadly force to stop an abortion. Representative Keith Kidwell is the primary sponsor. He's known for controversial proposals like permit-less gun carry. Representative Ben Moss was a sponsor but removed his name after public pressure. In a letter, the Rep. from Moore County said, "portions of the bill's current language have led to significant misunderstandings and different misinterpretations that distract from the core pro-life message and intent." Read more...

In a bill proposed on April 16, several senators are looking to close a loophole that has enabled hundreds of millions of federal dollars to go to Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers. The Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act, which would ban Title X family planning grants from going to any group that provides abortion or funds abortion providers. The bill makes exceptions for Medicaid coverage in cases of rape, incest, or situations that threaten the life of the mother. Read more...

Crisis pregnancy centers could reap protections under a bill passed by Kansas Republicans exempting centers from regulations that forbid or force centers to perform abortions. The "center autonomy and rights of expression act," or CARE act, establishes a regulatory shield for crisis pregnancy centers, sometimes called pregnancy resource centers. The bill says centers should be allowed to provide their own information, services and resources on pregnancy, childbirth and parenting, regardless of whether they perform abortions or prescribe abortion-inducing medications. Read more...

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon signed legislation banning abortions after embryotic cardiac activity can be detected, generally at about six weeks' gestation and often before women know they're pregnant. The signing makes Wyoming the fifth state to bar abortions at that stage of pregnancy, along with Florida, Georgia, Iowa and South Carolina. Thirteen other states bar abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with some exceptions. Gordon, a Republican, said in a letter to lawmakers Monday that he has some misgivings about the law he signed because it doesn't include exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest. Read more...

Ohio's pro-abortion Reproductive Freedom Amendment, passed in 2023, has now been used to block a state law requiring the humane burial or cremation of aborted children. Ohio's 1st District Court of Appeals upheld a ruling against Ohio's SB 27, which mandated fetal remains be buried or cremated. The appeals court concluded "that the plain language of the Reproductive Freedom Amendment constrains the State's ability to regulate all phases of an abortion, including conduct occurring after the procedure." Read more...

The Utah lawmaker who is mostly frequently tied to abortion restrictions since the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022 now wants to require doctors to differentiate some abortions in medical records upon patients' request — a move opposed by the country's largest OB-GYN group. Under HB480 from Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, R-Clearfield, Utah health care providers must, upon request, note in a patient's medical record that an abortion was "not an elective" one if it was provided for reasons listed in the legislation. The House of Representatives advanced the bill on party lines. Read more...

To date, four of Iowa’s six Planned Parenthoods have shuttered their doors permanently due to a lack of funding. Iowa senator Joni Enst has vowed to vote in favor of the Protect Funding for Women’s Health Care Act, which would permanently block federal funding from Planned Parenthood. “I am committed to defending the most vulnerable among us. That’s why I will always stand up to protect taxpayer dollars from funding any organization that takes the life of an unborn child. I’m glad the Trump administration is working to end the left’s radical abortion-on-demand agenda,” Ernst said. Read more...

U.S. legislators have introduced a bill to protect the conscience rights of medical students and residents who often feel pressured or even coerced into participating in abortions during their training. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas; Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma; and others introduced the Conscience Protections for Medical Residents Act, designed to "ensure medical students and residents are never pressured or coerced into abortion training that violates their moral or religious beliefs." Read more...

Students for Life Action (SFLAction) President Kristan Hawkins slammed Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's for signing a bill forcing Chemical Abortion Pills onto public college campuses, calling it "outrageous that the abortion radicals are forcing today's students to subsidize ending the lives of the next generation. Pregnancy is not a disease cured by abortion." House Bill 3709 would require public colleges with student health centers to offer access to contraception and deadly Chemical Abortion Pills, turning college campuses into abortion distribution centers. Read more...