Pro-Life

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews - Senate Republicans on Wednesday blocked legislation led by Democrats to push abortions up to birth nationwide... Democrats in the U.S. Senate held a vote tonight on a measure that would allow a pro-abortion bill to advance in the chamber... Democrats needed 60 votes tonight to force the Senate to vote on the bill itself, though Republicans were able to prevent them from getting to that figure. The vote was 49-44, falling short of the super-majority ....

By John Zmirak, The Stream - When Roe v. Wade got overturned in 2022, we felt the same way as when the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. This vast monolith of evil, caked with innocent blood, now lay in heaps of rubble. As someone who joined the pro-life movement at age 11 — waving off my mother’s fearful objections and going door to door collecting signatures — it was one of my happiest moments. No other political issue is half as important in God’s own eyes.

By Joshua Mercer, LifeNews - CatholicVote President Brian Burch is weighing in on the GOP Convention 2024 platform document draft, which some conservatives have criticized for its language on in-vitro fertilization and birth control... According to sources close to the process who spoke with CatholicVote, an excerpt from the RNC’s current draft of the platform reads: We proudly stand for families and Life. We believe that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that no person can be denied Life or Liberty without Due Process, and that the States are, therefore, free to pass Laws protecting those Rights.

By Peter Pinedo, CNA - While previous versions of the document said that unborn children have a “fundamental right to life which cannot be infringed” and called for a constitutional amendment to guarantee that right, this year’s platform uses much more moderate language and emphasizes the role of states in protecting life... It reads: “We proudly stand for families and life. We believe that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States guarantees that no person can be denied life or liberty without due process, and that the states are, therefore, free to pass laws protecting those rights.”