More than 183 pro-life legislators in 49 states representing the National Pro-Life Leaders Network have sent a letter to members of Congress encouraging them to stop the flow of American tax dollars toward the abortion industry. According to their last annual report, Planned Parenthood alone took […]
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Texas Senate Passes Bill Stopping Abortion Pills
Texas Senators passed the Woman and Child Protection Act, which would crack down on abortion pills sent in the mail or brought in from other states and countries. On the same day, the Life of the Mother Act and Conscience Protections for Health Care Professionals also passed the Texas Senate. The […]
Kansas Legislature Overrides Governor's Veto of 2 Pro-Life Bills
The Kansas legislature voted to override the governor's veto of a bill that would require child support payments for unborn children. Gov. Laura Kelly (D) vetoed HB2062 the day before, 10 days after the bill was presented to her to sign. The nearly entirely party-line vote saw all 31 Republican […]
Missouri House Passes Born-Alive Protections
The Missouri House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the "Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Act" 109-32, with four Democrats joining all Republicans in approving it. The proposal would require doctors to "exercise the same degree of professional skill, care, and diligence to […]
Missouri Mulls Tax Break for Pregnancy Center Donations
Missouri residents donating to pregnancy resource centers that do not provide abortions could enjoy significant reductions in their state tax bill if a new GOP bill passes into law. SB 681, sponsored by state Sen. Jill Carter, a Republican, would establish a 100% tax credit for such donations […]
Wyoming Overrides Governor's Veto of Pro-Life Bill
A new state law took effect that requires women in Wyoming to receive an ultrasound no less than 48 hours before receiving abortion pills. The state legislature earlier that day overrode Republican Gov. Mark Gordon's veto of the bill, which he said was unnecessarily invasive because it requires a […]
New Pro-Life Laws Have Saved Thousands of Lives
The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) released a study on the impact of recently enacted pro-life laws. It analyzed state level fertility data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia from 2012 to 2023. It found that state level abortion bans and heartbeat acts resulted in […]
Pro-Life Videos Required in New Hampshire Schools?
A trio of proposed laws would require public school health educators to show students starting in sixth grade a series of videos created by a pro-life organization that depict abortion procedures and fetal gestation. One of the bills would also institute a new graduation requirement for all public […]
VA Senate Passes All-Trimester Abortion Amendment
The Virginia Senate this afternoon passed a constitutional amendment allowing abortion at any point in pregnancy. The amendment would also eliminate parental consent, end health protections for women and girls, and force taxpayers to fund abortion. The vote broke along party lines with 21 Democrats […]
Bill Introduced to Protect Babies Who Survive Failed Abortions
U.S. Senator James Lankford, R-OK, reintroduced the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act. The bill requires health care practitioners to provide newborn infants who survive abortions with appropriate medical care. In 2002, Congress passed the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act which granted […]
Virginia Pro-Abortion Ballot Proposal Advances
Virginia Democrats advanced a proposal to enshrine abortion as a right in the state constitution earlier this week. The amendment would ensure a "fundamental right to reproductive freedom," protecting abortion in the first two trimesters as well as in the third trimester with some […]
Illinois Governor Signs Three More Pro-Abortion Bills
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed three pro-abortion bills on Wednesday, calling the push to expand abortion in the already pro-abortion state "proactive" against potential pro-life laws. Less than two weeks ago, Pritzker signed a law mandating that both private and taxpayer-funded […]
Red State Votes To Make Abortion Pills Controlled Substances
Louisiana Republicans have advanced a measure that would criminalize possession without valid prescription of two drugs commonly used for illegal abortions. The measure (SB 276), which passed in the state Senate 29-7 and House 63-29 this week, adds both mifepristone and misoprostol to the state’s […]
Kansas Legislature Enacts Four Pro-Life Bills Over Governor's Vetoes
Kansas state legislators enacted four pro-life bills over the abortion-supporting governor's vetoes but didn't enact a bill that would have banned gender transitioning for children. The abortion measures provide $2 million in state funding for pro-life crisis pregnancy centers, provide tax credits […]
Despite Progress, SC Pro-Lifers Want More
It's an odd moment for the anti-abortion movement in South Carolina. Not only is their agenda momentarily stalled in the Legislature, talk of abortion restrictions barely registered during this year's first-in-the-South GOP presidential primary. In contrast to prior years, neither leading candidate […]
South Dakota 'Med Ed' Bill to Clarify Abortion Misinformation
The South Dakota Senate has approved a first-in-the-nation bill designed to inform doctors and medical professionals about the treatments available to pregnant women experiencing health-threatening or life-threatening conditions under abortion restrictions passed at the state level amid what […]
Kentucky Pro-Lifers Oppose Bills That Would Re-Legalize Some Abortions
At least three bills have been filed in the 2024 session of the Kentucky General Assembly that would roll back Kentucky’s current abortion ban, and pro-life leaders are calling on lawmakers to reject them. Rep. Lindsey Burke, D-Lexington, along with other abortion advocates announced the filing of […]
Republicans Urge Repeal of 'Weaponized' FACE Act Due to Bias
Texas Republican Rep. Chip Roy and 25 House Republicans introduced a resolution to repeal the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, a law that has been used extensively by the Biden administration to penalize pro-life activists. Passed in 1994, the FACE Act imposes criminal penalties on […]
Abortion Petitions in Missouri Draw Heat From Both Sides
Six initiative petitions filed last week seeking to add rape and incest exceptions to Missouri's abortion ban are facing pushback from both sides of the issue, pilloried as either an anti-abortion wolf in sheep's clothing or a clandestine push to allow abortion on demand. Filed by Republican […]
Iowa Republicans Push Through 6-Week Abortion Restriction
Republican Iowa lawmakers pushed through a six-week abortion restriction during a special session, setting up a legal battle with pro-abortion groups in the state. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds called legislators back for a special session and the state House and Senate passed legislation which bans most […]