Pro-Life

By John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., Catholic World Report - Issue One declares that “every individual has the right to make and carry out one’s own reproductive decisions, including … abortion.” Now, when it comes to the unborn child, is he a “person” or not?... Issue One is unclear. Is he a “person” whose personhood doesn’t count, or at least is preempted by the decision to have an abortion? Or is he not a person at all? Is he a never a person, sometimes a person, or always a person? Issue One doesn’t answer that question, at least clearly.

By Ken Blackwell, LifeNews - Ohio’s Issue 1 referendum is a contentious proposal that will undoubtedly impact the future of abortion policy within Ohio for the foreseeable future. So far, groups from within and outside the state have dumped more than $40 million into debating the so-called abortion rights amendment. However, some major policies outside the realm of the abortion debate will be impacted if voters write the language of the Issue 1 referendum into the Ohio State Constitution.

By Mia Steupert, M.A., Tessa Longbons, LifeNews - In 2022, there were 22,232 Texas abortions reported, a drop of 59% from 2021. Similarly, chemical abortions decreased by a significant percentage, 51%, from 26,972 in 2021 to 13,310 in 2022 (Fig. 1). Chemical abortions made up 60% of Texas abortions in 2022. The Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) estimates that Texas’ abortion rate also fell by 59% to 3.5 abortions per 1,000 women ages 15 to 44 (Fig. 2).1 Abortions performed in Texas dropped by 66%. As of October 2023, 23 states have released 2022 statistics, of which 10 reported that abortions had decreased from 2021.