According to a study from the pro-abortion WeCount coalition, the answer is "yes," with the number of abortions nationwide falling by 10,000 in the first two months after the Dobbs decision. Ten thousand lives saved is cause for celebration, although you might not guess that from the […]
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South Carolina Lawmakers Fail to Pass Stricter Abortion Laws
Abortion laws in South Carolina almost certainly won’t get more restrictive, after Republicans in the General Assembly could not agree on a total ban on the procedure during a special legislative session. South Carolina was for decades at the forefront of more restrictive abortion laws that […]
Lindsey Graham's Abortion Ban Stuns Senate GOP
Lindsey Graham’s anti-abortion legislation once unified the Republican Party. The 15-week abortion ban he pitched had the exact opposite effect. The South Carolina senator chose a uniquely tense moment to unveil his party’s first bill limiting abortion access since this summer’s watershed reversal […]
Pro-Life 'Trigger' Laws Take Effect in Idaho, Tennessee, Texas
Life is now officially protected in three more states. Idaho, Tennessee, and Texas have anti-abortion "trigger" laws — pro-life laws restricting abortion — that went into effect. The three states are among more than a dozen states to pass trigger laws protecting the unborn that would take […]
Bills Passed in House Promote Extreme Abortion Agenda
Two abortion measures, the Women’s Health Protection Act and the Ensuring Access to Abortion Act, passed by the House "promote an extreme abortion agenda," said Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life. March for Life "strongly opposes the extreme pro-abortion legislation on the […]
A State-by-State Breakdown of Abortion Laws
Abortion laws and restrictions vary by state and, now the federal protection has been overturned, abortion will not be accessible everywhere in the U.S. Some states have trigger laws in place that immediately ban abortion once Roe was overturned. Others guarantee the right to an abortion via laws or […]
New York Moves to Protect Baby Killers
New York bolstered legal protections Monday for those seeking and those providing abortions in the state in a bid to become a national "safe harbor" ahead of a Supreme Court decision that could see the federal right to abortion overturned. Gov. Kathy Hochul vowed to protect abortion access […]
Oklahoma Passes Law Prohibiting Abortion After Fertilization
The Oklahoma Legislature passed a bill that bans almost all abortions from the moment of fertilization and allows individuals to sue providers and anyone who "aids or abets" an abortion. If signed by Gov. Kevin Stitt (R), who has promised to approve any anti-abortion law that comes to his […]
Florida Gov. DeSantis Signs Mississippi-Style Abortion Ban
Gov. Ron DeSantis has publicly signed into law a 15-week abortion ban that shortens by more than two months the current window available to legally terminate a pregnancy. Within minutes of his office announcing that he had received the bill (HB 5), approved by the Legislature in March, DeSantis held […]
Kentucky Lawmakers Override Governor's Veto of Pro-Life Law
By an overwhelming margin, the Kentucky legislature has overridden Democratic governor Andy Beshear's veto of a new pro-life law, with a 76–21 vote in the House and a 31–6 vote in the Senate. The law prohibits most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy and requires women to visit a physician in […]
Idaho Governor Signs Abortion Ban Modeled on Texas Law
Idaho became the first state to enact a law modeled after a Texas statute banning abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy and allowing it to be enforced through lawsuits to avoid constitutional court challenges. Republican Gov. Brad Little signed into law the measure that allows people who […]
Rubio Leads Effort to Stop Federal Grants to Abortion Providers
U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and 32 Republican Senators introduced a joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn the Biden Administration's 2021 Final Rule on the Title X Family Planning Program, which reversed the Trump Administration's 2019 ban on federal funding to […]
Missouri Could Make It Harder to Get Out-of-State Abortions
First-of-its-kind Missouri legislation shows that anti-abortion lawmakers in Republican-led states aren't likely to stop at banning most abortions within their borders but also could try to make it harder to go out of state to end pregnancies. A proposal that could be debated in the Legislature as […]
Colorado Pro-Lifers Filibuster Radical Abortion Bill
This week hundreds of pro-life Coloradans showed up to testify in opposition to the most radical abortion bill in the nation. The State House committee heard testimony from Colorado citizens for more than 14 hours. Pro-life testimony took well over nine hours of that time. Despite the pro-life […]
GOP Celebrates Restoration of Hyde Amendment
Republicans took a victory lap after defeating Democrats' attempts to strip out longstanding pro-life measures from spending bills. GOP negotiators said they were able to restore "important legacy provisions that protect life" — including the Hyde Amendment, which bars the use of taxpayer […]
Senate Blocks Democrats' Bill Enshrining Abortion
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., joined his Republican Senate colleagues in voting to block a bill to protect abortion rights as the Supreme Court reconsiders Roe v. Wade (1973) this term. The Senate voted 46-48 on whether to bring the bill up for debate, with six senators not voting. H.R. 3755, the […]
Federal Abortion Bill Unmasks Democratic Extremism
Senate Democrats’ decision to advance the deceptively titled “Women’s Health Protection Act” may play well with the abortion lobby. But for the rest of America – and especially Catholics – the move reveals Democrats’ ultimate endgame - an extreme abortion regime, stripped of all moderation and […]
Florida House Passes 15-Week Pro-Life Law
The Florida House of Representatives passed a bill protecting unborn children from abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The bill passed with overwhelming support in a nearly party-line 78-39 vote; one Democrat voted for the bill, and one Republican voted against it. Republicans in the Florida […]
Arizona Senate Passes 15-Week Pro-Life Law
In a 16-13 party-line vote, the Arizona Senate passed a pro-life measure protecting unborn children from abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, with an exception for medical emergencies. The bill text defines "medical emergency" as "a condition that, on the basis of the physician's […]
Wyoming to Consider Abortion 'Trigger' Bill
Rep. Rachel Rodriguez-Williams (R-Cody) is the lead sponsor of a bill that could have a significant effect on Wyoming, depending on a U.S. Supreme Court decision. The freshman legislator who represents part of east Cody and the rural area between Cody and Powell is introducing a so-called […]