Pro-Life

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews - In a victory for the pro-life movement, Washington state lawmakers have slashed $8.5 million from the state’s Abortion Access Project, marking the largest cut to abortion funding in the state’s history... The decision, finalized on April 26, is being hailed by pro-life advocates as a critical step toward protecting unborn children. ... The Democratic-controlled Senate and House approved a biennial budget that reduced funding for the Abortion Access Project by 55%...

By Grace Porto, LifeNews - President Donald Trump on May 1 established the Religious Liberty Commission through an executive order, in an effort to guarantee the religious rights of Americans. The announcement coincided with the annual National Day of Prayer... Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick will serve as the committee chair and Dr. Ben Carson will serve as vice chair. Besides Bishop Barron, other commission members include Ethics and Public Policy Center President Ryan Anderson, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Pastor Franklin Graham, Pastor Paula White, Gibson Dunn partner Allyson Ho, and Rabbi Meier Soloveichik.

By Carmel Richardson, First Things - With a record number of votes expected to be determined by abortion preferences, 2024 was supposed to be the “abortion election.” Political strategists reasoned that women—especially women under thirty, four in ten of whom said during the fall that abortion was their top priority—would secure the presidency for Harris... The election results paint a different picture. In exit polls, only 13 percent of young voters named abortion as their top priority, down from 44 percent in 2022. ...

By Elise DeGeeter, LifeNews - CatholicVote joined a coalition of over 30 pro-life organizations Tuesday in urging the Trump administration to evaluate the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of the abortion drug mifepristone, immediately following the release of a new study revealing serious health risks... In a letter to President Donald Trump, the coalition praised Trump’s pro-life leadership and called for swift action to protect unborn children and their mothers. The letter argues that mifepristone—used in over 60% of US abortions—was irresponsibly approved in 2000 and continues to harm women.