Pro-Life News

It is interesting that those who hide behind so-called “shield laws” should be the least bit surprised when pro-life states respond vigorously to pro-abortion states that are shipping mifepristone—the abortion pill—into their jurisdictions against their laws. Texas and Louisiana have been particularly aggressive in fighting New York physician Margaret Carpenter who not only is sending abortion pills into their states but is also not licensed to practice medicine in either state. Sixteen state attorneys general have urged Congress to consider federal legislation that would preempt state-level shield laws designed to block enforcement of pro-life laws. Read more...

Texas lawmakers increased funding this year for pregnancy centers, adoption agencies, and maternity homes to help families choose Life. The state budget includes $200 million for Pro-Life nonprofits, and officials also passed new legislation that will limit the ways bureaucrats sabotage the program. Although this is a big win, Pro-Life leaders still have a lot of work to do to crack down on mail-order abortion pills. These nonprofits give hope to mothers and fathers who might otherwise seek illegal or out-of-state abortions. Pregnancy centers offer free services like counseling, child care, diapers and formula, job skills training, adoption, housing placement assistance, parenting classes, and more. Read more...

State lawmakers approved a measure to roll back portions of a 2023 law criticized by pro-life advocates who said it prohibited crisis pregnancy centers from supporting women and families in the state. The measure barred pro-life organizations from advertising their services in a way that the state’s pro-abortion attorney general viewed as misleading. Providers accused of doing so faced fines of up to $10,000, though the law did not define “misleading.” The law also required licensed medical providers at pregnancy centers to supervise all services, even nonmedical information or counseling. Read more...

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 Woman and Child Protection Act (SB 2880 & HB 5510) seeks to combat the growing threat of abortion pills being sent to Texas from other states and countries. If passed, Texas will become the first to attack the abortion industry's underground network—setting a powerful example for the rest of the nation to follow. Read more...

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 preserve the life and health of the child as a reasonably diligent and conscientious health care provider would render to any other child born alive at the same gestational age." It would also allow people to hold abortionists civilly liable for causing the death of a child born alive following an attempted abortion, including deaths caused by negligence. Read more...

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 transvaginal ultrasound, rather than an abdominal scan. In his veto letter, Gordon also said he rejected the law because it did not include exceptions for rape or incest. The state House voted 45-16 to override the veto and the state Senate voted 22-9 to do the same. The requirement is the second pro-life law the legislature has passed this year. Read more...

 

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 university students in New Hampshire mandating that they view a "gestational development" video in order to receive a college diploma. "These are comprehensive, completely educational, well-done, non-political, non-religious videos," Rep. John Sellers, the prime sponsor of the bills, said. Read more...

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 legal protections to infants who survive abortions. The act "codified in law that a newborn, regardless of the circumstances of their birth, is to be legally recognized as a person from the moment of birth if he or she show any sign of life." However, that bill did not provide any measure to enforce the protection for these infants. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act "adds clear expectations of care, hospital transfer requirements, mandatory reporting, private rights of action for moms, and reasonable criminal penalties for health care professionals who violate the law." Read more...

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 insurance must fully cover abortions with no co-pays or deductibles. "We can't wait around and be reactive when the latest attacks come, the pro-choice majority in this country need to be proactive," Pritzker said during a signing ceremony. "The three bills that I am signing today send a single, straightforward message: Illinois will always be a place where women have the freedom to make their own medical decisions." Read more...