Iowa anti-abortion groups and some Republican lawmakers are starting the push for a "life at conception" bill that would ban all abortion in Iowa. Maggie DeWitte, who heads the Coalition of Pro-Life Leaders, announced the effort Monday at a Prayer for Life anti-abortion rally at the […]
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Tennessee Gov. Lee Proposes $100M for Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Brushing aside calls to tweak one of the strictest abortion bans in the United States, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee unveiled plans to funnel tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to crisis pregnancy centers as he declared the state had a "moral obligation" to support families. Lee, a Republican, […]
Minnesota's New Abortion Law 'The Worst Kind of Barbarism'
Winona-Rochester Bishop Robert Barron called a newly passed Minnesota abortion bill that enshrines abortion rights into law "the worst kind of barbarism." The bill, titled the Protect Reproductive Options (PRO) Act, enshrines a constitutional right to "reproductive freedom," […]
House Passes First Anti-Abortion Bill Post Roe Decision
House Republicans used their new majority to push through a largely symbolic bill that would require health care providers to provide care to infants born after an attempted abortion. The main difference between the 2002 law and the most current one — the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act […]
Pro-Life Laws Are Saving Thousands of Lives Across the Country
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 […]
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 […]