Politics

May 4, 2018

South Carolina Senate Approves Bill to Ban All Abortions, Declares Unborn Babies People Under Law

By Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews - The South Carolina Senate approved a measure to ban all abortions in the state Wednesday night, barely 24 hours after defeating a similar proposal... The measure amended a bill to ban brutal dismemberment abortions that tear unborn babies limb from limb while their hearts are beating, The State reports. The newly amended bill would ban all abortions, except in cases of rape, incest or threats to the mother’s life...

May 4, 2018

On National Day of Prayer, Trump Establishes New Faith-Based Initiative

By Christine Rousselle, CNA/EWTN News - Trump reiterated his administration’s commitment to religious freedom, recalling that he was the first president to address the March for Life in a live video message… “Our country was founded on prayer. Our communities are sustained by prayer. And our nation will be renewed by hard work, a lot of intelligence, and prayer.”

May 3, 2018

Ireland’s Young Pro-Lifers Are Confounding Stereotypes

By Mary Kenny, Catholic Herald - But it’s time to recognise the political narrative here: it’s not the “conservative” power of the Catholic Church that is sustaining the campaign to protect the Eighth Amendment: it’s the driving force of a cohort of educated and motivated Irishwomen, who are bringing some of the fierceness of the maternal instinct to this serious constitutional matter.

May 3, 2018

Rep. Steve King: ‘If a Heartbeat Is Detected, the Baby Must Be Protected’

By Craig Bannister, CNSNews - “If a heartbeat is detected, the baby must be protected,” Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) declared Wednesday, cheering the Iowa General Assembly’s passage of “the nation’s strongest pro-life legislation.”... Rep. King’s federal Heartbeat Protection Act has 171 cosponsors, and the support of 162 pro-life organizations and leaders. On the House floor on April 27, Congressman King detailed his “Four Open Windows” strategy for outlawing abortion.