Pro-Life

By Tessa Gervasini, CNA – Father Tad Pacholczyk, senior ethicist at the National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC), discussed on EWTN this week the moral concerns and risks of in vitro fertilization (IVF) following the Trump administration executive order promoting access to the treatment… In a Feb. 20 interview on EWTN’s “The World Over with Raymond Arroyo,” Pacholczyk said IVF is “called a pro-life, pro-family technology, but at its core, it’s not.”

By Dan Hart, LifeNews – Washington, DC – In the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order issued on Tuesday to expand access to in vitro fertilization (IVF), pro-life organizations and advocates are expressing concerns over the destruction of embryonic human life that the process involves, highlighting alternative fertility treatments that are more effective, and encouraging guardrails to be put in place regulating the IVF industry and ensuring that conscience protections are established.

The Catholic Herald – The UK’s pro-life movement is calling on Catholic bishops to speak out more publicly and effectively against a culture that sees women being pressurised by medical staff to have abortions… The move comes after two mothers ended their pregnancies following Nottingham Univ. Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH)… mistakenly informing them that their unborn babies had serious genetic conditions… “The Church must accept its own part in this terrible situation, in which clergy and lay faithful have failed to speak up – through fear, discomfort or ignorance” …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Department of Health and Human Services today issued its updated definition of sex for all federal agencies and the public. The new guidance makes it clear that human life begins at conception… The guidance was issued to make it clear there are only two biological sexes, but the confirmation also makes it clear that that establishment of the sex of a human being – this the life of a human being – begins at conception… “The sex of a human, male or female, is determined genetically at conception (fertilization) and is observable before birth,” it reads.

By Jules Gomes, The Stream – Catholic bishops recently formed an unholy alliance with the abortion giant Planned Parenthood to thwart critical pro-life legislation in North Dakota insisting that classifying abortion as murder and recognizing unborn children as “persons” would criminalize women procuring abortions… While the abortion giant attacked the bill as “a harmful piece of legislation that would redefine human being and personhood to apply at the moment of conception,” the North Dakota Bishops’ Conference argued that “the U.S. Supreme Court has not held that unborn children are ‘persons’ under the 14th Amendment.”

By Tyler Arnold, CNA – Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reiterated that he plans to investigate safety concerns related to the abortion pill mifepristone during an interview on Fox News last week… “What [Trump has] asked me to do is study the … safety signals, and I think that that’s worth doing”… Kennedy also criticized the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for not requiring doctors to report nonfatal adverse side effects caused by mifepristone, saying: “The NIH did something that was inexcusable —

By Father David Nix, Padre Peregrino Hermitage Blog – In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) is defined by Yale Medicine as “a procedure that involves retrieving a woman’s eggs and a man’s sperm sample and combining the two in a laboratory dish.”  Most Catholics in the pro-life movement are against IVF because “IVF replaces the marital act with a laboratory act and that an affront to the dignity of a child who is conceived.”… While that is true, the main reason we should be against IVF is not a violation of the 6th Commandment, but rather a violation of the 5th Commandment:  IVF eradicates many embryos (new individuals) to yield only a few living children.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – President Donald Trump has signed an executive order expanding IVF despite significant concerns from pro-life Americans about the process… “The Order directs policy recommendations to protect IVF access and aggressively reduce out-of-pocket and health plan costs for such treatments,” Leavitt said in a post on X… The order also mandates the development of policy recommendations to protect access to IVF treatments. This initiative aligns with the administration’s broader efforts to enhance the availability and affordability of IVF for individuals seeking reproductive care.

By Dave Andrusko, LifeNews – You’re Planned Parenthood, the premier purveyor of death, and you know many Red States are coming after your funding, not to mention Congress and the Trump administration which has already signaled your federal funding is on the chopping block. At moments like this, you expect the media heavyweights who have carried your water for 60 years to stand firm… And then, on Saturday, The New York Times, among your staunchest allies, runs a long, long story written by Katie Benner under the petrifying headline, “Botched Care and Tired Staff: Planned Parenthood in Crisis”.

By Judie Brown, The Federalist – In his first weeks as president, Donald J. Trump dove right in and took some significant pro-life actions. He started by signing the Mexico City Policy, which prevents federal money from funding out-of-country abortions. He pardoned jailed pro-lifers and released them from prison. He removed Biden’s pro-abortion government website. He penned an executive order declaring that life begins at conception. And he enforced the Hyde Amendment, which bars federal funds from paying for domestic abortions… These actions all mark incredible strides in the effort to return our country to a nation that respects and cherishes all human beings, but they are only a start.

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, The Daily Signal – Pro-lifers convicted under the FACE Act and released from prison after President Donald Trump pardoned them on Jan. 24 tell The Daily Signal they are grateful to God and to Trump for returning them to their families… Trump pardoned 23 pro-lifers who were convicted for actions including praying outside abortion clinics and encouraging women in unplanned pregnancies to choose life… “They should not have been prosecuted. Many of them are elderly people. They should not have been prosecuted,” the president said. …

By Bob Unruh, LifeNews – A watchdog organization is demanding that the U.S. government, under the administration of President Donald Trump and his Department of Government Efficiency, defund a giant in the nation’s abortion industry… A report at Fox News explains the former administration, under Joe Biden, handed over $700 million in money collected from taxpayers to Planned Parenthood, during one reporting period. ….

By Jonathon Van Maren, First Things – The United States has been deeply divided on abortion for decades, but since the overturn of Roe v. Wade, those divides have deepened as differing legal regimes emerge across the nation. In some states, such as California and New York, destroying an unborn person in the womb is a fiercely defended “human right.” In others, such as Alabama and Mississippi, abortion is illegal with limited exceptions on the explicit grounds of unborn human rights.

By Ashlynn Lemos, LifeNews – “The message of Christianity is being distorted,” claimed Reverend Mariann Edgar Budde, known for her sermon at the Trump Inauguration. In a culture where people seek to reshape the Gospel, we must return to the heart of Jesus — a heart that values, cherishes, and defends life from his or her very beginning… Her perspective has been gaining traction, suggesting that a Christian can uphold the “spectrum of Life” while supporting a woman’s “right to choose” abortion. As Reverend Budde put it, “I think you can be adherent to the spectrum of Life and still respect a woman’s right to choose her reproductive health, including when to have an abortion in the early stages of pregnancy.”

By Steven Ertelt, Grace Porto, Joshua Mercer, LifeNews – A Catholic organization that funds pro-abortion groups has laid off 50% of its staff after losing USAID funds… Catholic Relief Services (CRS) was the top recipient of funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Forbes reported Feb. 3… According to Forbes, CRS, a nonprofit, received $4.6 billion from 2013 to 2022… At the same time, CRS has been the subject of controversy in the past for supporting pro-abortion aid programs.

By Grace Porto, LifeNews – Catholic Relief Services (CRS) was the top recipient of funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Forbes reported Feb. 3… According to Forbes, CRS, a nonprofit, received $4.6 billion from 2013 to 2022… Secretary of State Marco Rubio became the acting director of USAID Feb. 3, as CatholicVote previously reported. The decision came after the agency attempted to block the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing its financial records.

By Steven Ertel, LifeNews – The liberal media and abortion activists claimed that banning abortions would kill women… Women won’t get health care, they will be turned away when they have a miscarriage, and abortion bans will ultimately kill women. Those where the lies the pro-abortion left told people over and over again about what would happen if states ban abortions after the Dobbs decision overturning Roe. V Wade… Today, the CDC proved those claims totally false.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – New Attorney General Pam Bondi announced today after she was sworn in that she will launch a new investigation of lawfare against pro-life and conservative Americans… Bondi initiated significant changes today within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to address concerns over the politicization of justice. One of her first actions was to establish a “Weaponization Working Group” tasked with reviewing instances where legal proceedings may have been influenced by political biases.

By Monica Miller, Crisis Magazine – The twenty-three pardoned pro-lifers have now all returned to their family and friends filled with joy, gratitude; confident that at least while Trump is in office, pro-lifers who defend the unborn will not be hauled off to federal prison. But they all feel the injustice of abortion very keenly, oddly, perhaps now even more so. As they are all free, they know that the unborn, as a victim class, are not.  Will Goodman, after being imprisoned for five-hundred days, stated, … It is a travesty that our pre-born sisters and brothers continue to face the death penalty every day. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Elon Musk has confirmed that the Trump administration is shutting down USAID, the international agency that provides financial aid for nations worldwide. It has come under criticism over the years for promoting abortion in other countries… Musk, leading the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, announced plans to shut down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In an audio conversation on X Spaces, Musk stated, “We’re shutting it down. With regards to the USAID stuff, I went over it with [the president] in detail and he agreed that we should shut it down.”

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Planned Parenthood abortion business is opening its largest abortion business ever. The massive facility will be located in Oakland, California and could kill babies in abortions up to birth… Planned Parenthood officials expect it will be able to kill thousands of babies. The opening of the Oakland center is seen as a strategic move to attract more abortion customers coming to the Bay Area on flights from pro-life states for abortions.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – During a Senate hearing today, FBI Director nominee Kash Patel has confirmed that he will put an end to all targeting of pro-life Americans, marking a significant shift in federal law enforcement priorities… Under the Biden regime, pro-life activists and organizations have faced increased scrutiny, with some rightly alleging that the FBI unfairly targeted them for their beliefs. Patel’s commitment to ending such practices signals a move toward ensuring that law enforcement remains neutral and does not discriminate based on political or ideological perspectives.

By Father Raymond J. de Souza, National Catholic Register – ice President Vance’s speech at the March for Life was noteworthy for indicating a shift from the legal front toward a cultural and economic pro-life agenda… Pro-life Americans welcomed some early initiatives from the new Trump administration, including a restoration of the Mexico City Policy prohibiting American funding of abortion overseas, the granting of pardons to pro-life protestors convicted under the FACE Act, and canceling a Biden-Harris administration policy of considering abortion as “health care,” which permitted taxpayer funding of abortion.

By Emily Mangiaracina, LifeSiteNews – Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is President Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services, pledged to reinstate the first Trump administration’s ban on federal research with tissue from babies killed in elective abortions… Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri asked Kennedy during his Senate confirmation hearing, “Will you reinstate President Trump’s policy that ensures that no federal research and no federal tax dollars is conducted on fetal tissue taken from elective abortions?”… “Yes,” he responded. 

By Fr. Kevin Drew, Catholic Exchange – “Pregnant Cow That Broke Free on New Jersey Highway Inspires New Legislation.”… was the headline on January 22, 2019, from a CBS news affiliate in New Jersey. A cow had jumped off a truck which was ten minutes from the slaughter house… this “daring escape” by the cow inspired a new bill that would make transporting pregnant livestock for killing a crime under New Jersey’s animal cruelty laws… The giant abortion company Planned Parenthood, which received $700 million of our tax dollars last year and has made billions since the Supreme Court greenlighted abortion in 1973, was caught selling baby parts in 2015. …

By Daniel McCarthy, Patriot Post – The Trump-Vance approach has given pro-lifers victories that would have been impossible if abortion had remained a national issue… Nebraska wouldn’t have been able to pass an amendment to the state constitution prohibiting abortion after the first trimester, and Florida voters wouldn’t have been able to uphold their state’s ban on the procedure after six weeks — to name just two recent successes… The most hardline supporters of abortion, meanwhile, have been thwarted: Not only did they lose the showdown over Roe, they risk losing all their political momentum as Americans become more used to settling this most contentious of issues at the state level.

LifeNews, Center for Medical Progress – Today, the State of California reached an agreement with CMP founder and president David Daleiden and CMP undercover reporter Sandra Merritt to totally dismiss the the unprecedented video recording prosecution first launched by then-Attorney General Kamala Harris… The agreement, a negotiated settlement with zero punishment, involves no jail time, no fines, no admission of wrongdoing, and no probation, is in exchange for a new “no contest” plea by Daleiden and Merritt on a single video recording charge. The new “no contest” plea—which cannot be used adversely—will be entered into judgment as a misdemeanor in 6 to 12 months, and then converted to a “not guilty” plea, dismissed, and expunged.

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture – Many couples do not want to have children nowadays, having been conditioned by the psychoses of a society which fears the restriction of our ability to exercise the fullest possible autonomy. I wish more of those who have gone down this essentially barren path would write honestly about their sense of emptiness as they age. Of course, this wish does not imply that everyone is called to marriage and family. A vocation, to be discerned well, must be discerned in prayer.

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – Americans who overwhelmingly oppose taxpayer-funded abortions will no longer be forced to pay for overseas baby-killing after President Donald Trump signed an executive order reinstating prohibitions on the unpopular practice… In a January 24 memorandum, Trump ordered the secretary of state, the secretary of defense, the secretary of health and human services, and the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to immediately cease by reinstating the Mexico City policy first implemented by President Ronald Reagan.

By Matt Lamb, LifeSiteNews – In vitro fertilization (IVF) is “unjust and morally wrong” and promotes eugenics, according to Arlington Bishop Michael Burbidge… The Virginia prelate recently released a pastoral letter titled ‘The Christian Family, In Vitro Fertilization, and Heroic Witness to True Love.”… Bishop Burbidge noted that infertility is a difficult topic and urges his flock to “proceed with care.”… “Whether or not we are aware of it, we know or encounter others who have experienced fertility challenges or whose lives have been affected by IVF in some way,” the bishop wrote in his Jan. 22 letter.

By National Catholic Register Staff – Now the task of our movement is to protect innocent life. It’s to defend the unborn and it’s also to be pro-family and pro-life in the fullest sense of that word possible. Now, across my own lifetime, I can’t tell you the number of friends and other acquaintances I’ve had who, facing a pregnancy or the prospect of one, react not with joy but with concern. They wonder how can they afford it; what will it mean for their education, their career, their relationship or their family? …

By  John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., Catholic World Report – At one time, “birth” was supposedly a bright line that separated and differentiated a “clump of tissue” from a “person.” But that line has been eroding, as evidenced by the failure of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors’ Protection Act to pass this last week… On January 22nd, the United States Senate could not find 60 senators to vote to overcome a filibuster and pass the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors’ Protection Act. Although S.6 garnered a majority–52-47–it needed 60 votes to pass. Every Republican voted for it (except Tennessee Sen. Bill Haggerty, who was absent); every Democrat voted against it.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – In his first week of the new term, President Donald Trump took several significant actions to advance pro-life policies… Trump started his incredible pro-life week with removing Joe Biden’s web site that promoted abortion. He followed that up with an executive order that confirmed human beings begin their lives at conception. …

By Msgr. Charles Pope – It is a post Roe world, but still we march. Too many are still unconvinced that life in the womb is precious, a human person and given by God the right  to life… One common “moral” standard that many apply today, especially regarding sexual matters, goes something like this: “Two consenting adults should be able do what they please as long as nobody gets hurt.” Of course the sinners who talk like this think that they get to determine whether anyone gets hurt. Generally, their notions are egocentric, mostly considering only themselves, ….

By National Catholic Register Staff – As you know, this annual march started 52 years ago, on the first anniversary of the disastrous ruling known as Roe v. Wade. That unconstitutional decision took power away from the states and the voters, kicking off 50 years of division and anger. But thanks to your tireless work and devotion across five decades, that historic wrong was set right three years ago. I was so proud to be a participant. Six courageous justices of the Supreme Court of the United States returned the issue to the state legislatures and to the people, where it belongs. It became a vote of the people.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Today, Trump revoked Biden’s executive order canceling the Mexico City Policy: I hereby revoke the Presidential Memorandum of January 28, 2021, for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Protecting Women’s Health at Home and Abroad), and reinstate the Presidential Memorandum of January 23, 2017, for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (The Mexico City Policy).

By Clare Marie Merkowsky, LifeSiteNews – Arkansas has lowered its state flags to mourn the 65 million babies killed in abortion before the overturning of Roe v. Wade… On January 13, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders announced that the state would officially recognize January 22 as the “Day of Tears” to remember the tens of thousands of babies killed in Arkansas under Roe v. Wade… “Arkansas and its government acknowledge that we are all endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, among them the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

By Matthew McDonald, National Catholic Register – Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to address the March for Life rally in Washington D.C. on Friday… Vance identifies as pro-life, though some pro-lifers have expressed disappointment by his compromises on the issue after President Donald Trump identified him as a potential running mate last year… But Vance maintains he is pro-life, and he has repeatedly suggested that pro-lifers need to become more politically savvy if they are to save the lives of unborn babies, given that most voters in the country support allowing abortion in the majority of cases.

By John M. Grondelski, The Catholic Thing – As the Pro-Life March takes place in Washington D.C. today, it’s good to remember that January 22, 2025 was the 52ndanniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision imposing abortion-on-demand through birth on all the states.  Roe was the 20th century’s equivalent of the Dred Scott decision.  In 1857, the Supreme Court said Dred Scott – a black man taken by his owner to Illinois – could not be free because he was not a “person” and was thus subject to whatever choice his master made.  In 1973, the Supreme Court said unborn children were not “persons” and thus subject to whatever choice their mothers made.

By Emily Mangiaracina, LifeSiteNews – President Donald Trump’s new executive order affirming the immutable biological reality of sex includes language recognizing personhood from “conception.”… “‘Female’ means person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell,” the EO “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government” (emphasis added) states… Ethics and Public Theology professor Andrew T. Walker on X called the language a “brilliantly stealth” move.

By Jim Tonkowich, The Stream – Just in time for the annual March for Life, several homes in my neighborhood have yard signs reading: “Pregnancy Is Personal, Not Political.”… That’s half right: Pregnancy is not political. Politics involves who we elect as president, governor, or mayor. It has to do with strategic energy reserves and borders, diplomacy, and national defense. Politics along with public policy and law are abstract and impersonal. Pregnancy is none of those things, and the countries that are attempting to make pregnancy a political issue are failing.

By Steven Ertelt, Life News – The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act requires that, when a baby is born alive following an abortion, health care practitioners must exercise the same degree of professional skill and care that would be offered to any other child born alive at the same gestational age. It also requires that, following appropriate care, health care workers must transport the living child immediately to a hospital… With 47 Democrats voting against ending debate on the common senate bil, a filibuster remains and the pro-life measure can’t go forward for a final vote.

By Patriot Post – “The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” —Thomas Jefferson (1809)… January 22 marks the anniversary of the two most tragic Supreme Court decisions in American history, Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton. However, in light of the Supreme Court’s June 24, 2022, decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturning Roe and 1992’s Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Sanctity of Life Day has a whole new and far more joyous meaning.

By Alexandra Bedner, LifeNews – This year’s theme, ‘Life: Why we March’ focuses on returning to our roots to acknowledge the humanity of each person, while also highlighting the need to protect and support both mother and child through the thousands of resources available to them. Our goal this year is to remind and reignite everyone — politicians, legislators, families, and women – in the truth that every life, unborn and born, has inherent dignity, meaning, and value, and as such is always worth fighting for. Our speakers will serve as witnesses to emphasizes the joy and beauty of life, and the dedication of the pro-life movement.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – New reports have surfaced showing that Joe Biden broke federal law by funding abortions in Africa with taxpayer dollars.
As Congressional sources inform LifeNews.com,  the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has violated the Helms Amendment by illegally using U.S. taxpayer dollars from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) to pay for abortions in Mozambique. The Helms Amendment is federal law that makes it clear non foreign aid money can be used to directly fund abortions in other nations.

By Rachel Roth Aldhizer, First Things – At the end of 2024, Washington State implemented a month-long pilot program that allowed some pharmacists to prescribe mifepristone to patients via telehealth screening. Mifepristone is one component of the two-part drug regimen needed to end pregnancies up to ten weeks of gestation. (The second part, misoprostol, is widely available.) The program, Pharmacist Abortion Access Project, is spearheaded by Uplift International and aims to serve as a model for other interested states where abortion is legal. ….

By Jordan Estabrook, LifeNews – As the fires in California consumed Mel Gibson’s house and the homes of others, proclaimed Catholic Mel Gibson talked with Joe Rogan and entered philosophical territory. For almost three hours, they discussed the mismanagement of California neglecting the benefit of people for tiny fish, how choosing woke criteria over competence makes bad leaders, an in-depth discussion about the return of Passion of the Christ, and most interestingly, the longstanding nature of child sacrifice and how it lives today through abortion.

By Dan Hart, LifeNews – According to a newly released Gallup poll, Americans rate President Joe Biden as the second worst U.S. president since the 1960s, just barely above Richard Nixon… The survey, released Tuesday, asked respondents to rate how 10 presidents from the last 60 years will go down in history. The presidents included JFK, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump’s first term, George W. Bush, Joe Biden, and Richard Nixon.

By Daniel B. Gallagher, Catholic World Report – As we in the pro-life movement look toward the future, we will greatly benefit from continued discussions on the end or telos of human existence and our noble call to eternal life… By now, it is clear that overturning of Roe v. Wade was not a terminable goal. The battle goes on, and it always will. The moment we believe a single political leader or party will definitively resolve the abortion issue and ensure that every human life is protected from conception to natural death is the mome

By Sarah Neely, LifeNews – Earlier this week, pro-abortion group Uplift International announced a dangerous abortion pilot program recently launched in Washington state: the Pharmacist Abortion Access Program (PAAP). The pilot is described on UI’s website as “the first model for pharmacists to directly prescribe medication abortion to individuals.”… “Washington state has taken another step to further distance chemical abortion from legitimate medical care,” said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue.

By Alexandra Bedner, LifeNews – This year’s theme, ‘Life: Why we March’ focuses on returning to our roots to acknowledge the humanity of each person, while also highlighting the need to protect and support both mother and child through the thousands of resources available to them. Our goal this year is to remind and reignite everyone — politicians, legislators, families, and women – in the truth that every life, unborn and born, has inherent dignity, meaning, and value, and as such is always worth fighting for.

By Ashlynn Lemos, LifeNews – A Planned Parenthood director was put in charge of doctors’ medical licenses and discipline for the entire state of Texas for over 10 years. Yes, you read that correctly. With this authority, the anti-Life official could have given leeway to abortionists who illegally kill preborn babies in Texas… State Representatives Briscoe Cain and Brian Harrison sounded the alarm on this unsettling discovery and called for Dr. Robert Bredt’s removal from the board.

By Alex Schadenberg, LifeNews – Logan Washburn reported in the Federalist on January 8, 2025 that Canadian doctors are pushing for euthanasia by organ donation… Currently euthanasia is linked to organ donation in Canada, whereby, people who are approved for being killed by euthanasia are also encouraged to donate their healthy organs. Some Canadian doctors and “ethicists” are pushing for a change in the law to permit euthanasia by organ donation. Washburn reports: Canadian doctors have suggested killing euthanasia victims by taking their organs …..

By Texas Alliance for Life, LifeNews – The latest Induced Termination of Pregnancy (ITOP) report from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), released January 2, 2025, confirms that Texas’s pro-life laws are achieving their intended goal: protecting both women’s and unborn babies’ lives… During the first 26 months since the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, Texas doctors have reported performing 132 medically necessary abortions to save women’s lives or health through August 2024 — an average of five per month — with elective abortions dropping to zero… No doctor has been prosecuted, sued, or sanctioned for any of those abortions. No woman has lost her life for lack of an exception in the law.

By Jules Gomes, The Stream – President Joe Biden, who proudly identifies as a rosary-wielding “devout Catholic,” has awarded top honors to anti-Catholic gay marriage and pro-abortion campaigners in the final days of his presidency before flying to visit Pope Francis at the Vatican later this week… Biden, considered one of Francis’s closest political allies, showered presidential medals on globalist oligarch George Soros; radical feminist and abortion advocate Eleanor Smeal; and Mary Bonauto and Evan Wolfson, who were pioneers of legalizing same-sex marriage.

By Justine Brooke Murray, MRC TV – Who would’ve thought that in America, you could be arrested for “annoying” speech? That is what happened to the latest pro-life activist arrested for protesting outside an abortion clinic… “There’s hope in the Gospel of Jesus Christ for all of you. I want it for you but I can’t force you to take it and he won’t force you to take it,” Zack Knotts began preaching into a megaphone on a public sidewalk outside Northeast Ohio Women’s Clinic in Cuyahoga Falls on December 28.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – More human beings died in abortions than any other cause of death in 2023… A heartbreaking reminder about the prevalence of abortion, statistics compiled by Worldometers indicate that there were over 73 million abortions world-wide in 2023. The independent site collects data from governments and other organizations and then reports the data each day, along with estimates and projections, based on those numbers… Worldometers bases its daily abortion figures on a May 2024 fact sheet from the World Health Organization, which estimates a tragically high number of babies killed in abortions.

By Brittany M. Hughes, MRC TV – Just weeks after privately suffering a terrifying medical episode that could have cost both her and her unborn child their lives, actress Gal Gadot took to social media to share the inspiring, pro-life message she walked away with – even if she didn’t realize just how life-affirming it was… “Giving birth is a miracle, a testament to the strength and resilience of our bodies and spirits. But it also demands so much from us, reminding us to care for ourselves as fiercely as we care for others,” …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – In his first homily of 2025, Pope Francis defended the dignity of human life “from conception to natural death” and called on Catholics around the world to entrust 2025 to Mary, the Mother of God… The Holy Father celebrated Mass for the Solemnity of Mary Mother of God at St. Peter’s Basilica Jan. 1, 2025, at 10 a.m. Central European Time. Citing his statement issued for the World Day of Peace, the pope called “‘for a firm commitment to respect for the dignity of human life from conception to natural death, so that each person may cherish his or her own life and all may look with hope to the future.’”

By Nick Pope, LifeNews – The Biden administration quietly withdrew a proposal to reduce the ability of employers to opt-out of covering birth control for employees on Monday… HHS published notice in the Federal Register on Monday that the agency is pulling back its proposed regulations to bar employers from being excused from the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) contraceptive mandate on the grounds of “non-religious moral objections.” …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – This week, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised to implement President Donald Trump’s pro-life policies if he is confirmed as HHS Secretary. That has earned him support from pro-life Republican senators but also from Republican voters, according to a new poll… Republicans overwhelmingly support Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to polls from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and AP VoteCast.

By Craig Bannister, MRC TV – The abortion pill mifepristone was listed for sale on the Kroger and Sam’s Club websites in error, both retailers claimed after news reports exposed their online listings… “Days after Live Action News originally broke the news that both Kroger and Sam’s Club were displaying the abortion pill mifepristone (200mg) — also known by its brand name, Mifeprex — for sale on their pharmacy websites, the grocery store giants have issued statements insisting that the drug was displayed for sale on their websites due to ‘errors’ in drug listings by ‘third-party vendors,’ which the pharmacies use to “‘aggregate medication pricing.’

By Steven Ertelt , LifeNews – Paul Vaughn is the pro-life, Christian dad of 11 who suffered an early morning SWAT-style FBI raid on his home in October 2022 and was hauled away at gunpoint in front of his wife and children… When the Biden-Harris Department of Justice charged Paul with violating the FACE Act and engaging in a “conspiracy against rights,” Thomas More Society defended him and defeated the administration’s attempt to put yet another pro-life American in prison… Today, Vaughn shared his horrific experience and treatment at a Congressional hearing. His full statement appears below …..

By Matt Lamb, LifeSiteNews – Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly said he believes there are “too many abortions in the world,” while meeting with Republican Senators as he works to build support for his nomination to lead the Department of Health and Human Services… He also reportedly made promises that the Trump administration would reinstate pro-life policies from its first term and suggested he opposes efforts to include “gender identity” in federal healthcare law and mandate medical professionals provide transgender drugs and surgeries.

By Darrick Taylor, Crisis Magazine – Trump’s election is a reaffirmation of the basically liberal character of United States; it was moderate liberals forced right by the far left wing of the Democratic Party that carried him to his win… The election of Donald Trump has brought relief to many who feared another four years of Democratic Party rule. For some, his reelection represents the triumph of a nationalist conservatism after four years (or more, if you think of Joe Biden’s presidency as a third term for Barack Obama) of progressive mania. ….

Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – On December 12th the Catholic Church celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas and the Preborn. How desperately does modern society need the profound truths contained in this apparition of Our Lady—a message of prayer, love and compassion. In Mary’s motherly love we find the courage to emulate her faith and the strength to proceed with confidence, knowing that God will overcome the seemingly insurmountable barriers we face in life and the world today.

By Jamie Dangers, Daily Signal – Can you imagine being thrown in jail for peacefully protesting the deaths of babies in the womb? Well, you don’t have to, because it has happened… Today, the Left’s weaponization of a federal law called the FACE Act has led to exactly that, unjustly persecuting pro-life advocates who are its ideological opponents… But finally, after years of this form of persecution from the Biden-Harris administration, a much-needed airing will occur this week.

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell, LifeNews – The Biden administration is pressuring Sierra Leone to pass an unpopular pro-abortion bill before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a former senior U.S. government official who has worked in the West African region told The Daily Signal… It is common knowledge among nongovernmental organizations, or NGOs, in Sierra Leone that a U.S. foreign aid agency called the Millennium Challenge Corporation is threatening to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars from a U.S. agreement with Sierra Leone unless the West African country’s parliament passes the bill decriminalizing abortion, the former government official said.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – When President-Elect Donald Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as HHS Secretary, tapping him to an important post that makes significant health care policies related to abortion and pro-life issues, pro-life Americans were concerned about his stance on abortion… But Kennedy assured senators in multiple meetings on Capitol Hill today that he will ensure President Trump restores a host of pro-life policies that will save babies from abortions.

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – “In this case, an out-of-state doctor violated the law and caused serious harm to this patient. This doctor prescribed abortion-inducing drugs — unauthorized, over telemedicine — causing her patient to end up in the hospital with serious complications,” Paxton said in a statement. “In Texas, we treasure the health and lives of mothers and babies, and this is why out-of-state doctors may not illegally and dangerously prescribe abortion-inducing drugs to Texas residents.”

By Rita Joseph, The American Spectator – Christmas is a good time to think about pregnant moms and their little ones in the womb… In every pregnancy, there are two human beings. One larger, older, pregnant and for nine months extra vulnerable: the other much smaller, newer, very young, and for that nine months utterly defenseless… Third, the Constitution has always recognized the right of all human beings to be treated as “persons” — never as property… Both are unique, lively human beings.

By Samantha Swenson, LifeNews – Newly uncovered documents reveal more details about Planned Parenthood’s partnership with researchers at the University of California at San Diego, including the collection of “tissue” from potentially viable unborn babies… The documents, obtained recently by the Center for Medical Progress, show Planned Parenthood agreed to supply aborted “fetal material” to researchers in exchange for the “valuable consideration” of owning any “patents” and “intellectual property” developed from the experiments, according to a news release.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit today against a New York doctor who illegally sent abortion pills to a pregnant woman in Texas… New York physician Margaret Daley Carpenter trafficked the drugs across state lines without possessing a Texas medical license or authorization to practice telemedicine in the state… Dr. Carpenter prescribed and supplied two drugs to cause an abortion. The 20-year-old mother was then hospitalized for severe bleeding, and her nine-week-old preborn baby passed away. …

By Dave Andrusko, LifeNews – The 2022 Dobbs decision overturned Roe v. Wade and with it the right to abortion under our Constitution. We’ve written a great deal about the decision’s impact—primarily by Dr. Randall K. O’Bannon, Director of Education & Research—but not as much as we should about the independent abortion clinics… These are clinics that are not affiliated with the abortion behemoth Planned Parenthood. Yet they provide “approximately 58 percent of all abortions nationwide,” according to the latest report from the Abortion Care Network.

By Brian Simboli, LifeNews – Now is an opportune time for pro-lifers to advocate defunding research using tissue from abortion… A confluence of factors explains why. The incoming administration is now considering defunding Planned Parenthood, which has a history of purveying body parts used in this type of research. Later-term abortions received much attention in the recent election cycle. The previous Trump administration took an interest in this issue.

By Jennifer Roback Morse, National Catholic Register – Over the years, I have had many encounters with the pregnancy-care-center movement. I’ve encountered them when I’ve been a speaker at pro-family and pro-life conventions. I’ve provided training for administrators and counselors of these centers. I’ve interviewed some of them for my podcast… The totality of this experience convinces me that the pregnancy-care-center movement is an authentic “women’s movement.” I think they have more right to describe themselves as a “women’s movement” than some of the self-described “feminists.”

By Michael Schwarz, The Western Journal – Nominations have officially closed for 2024’s Most Demonic Social Media Post award. We have a clear winner… If that sounds flippant under the circumstances, then perhaps the reader will pardon a bit of facetiousness, for some outrages strike us as so shocking that we cannot muster the appropriate condemnatory words. Thus, we turn to humor and prayer. And that fact alone proves that God brings light even from extreme darkness.

By Ashley Frawley, First Things – Last week, the U.K. came a step closer to legalizing assisted suicide. Except that proponents were careful never to use the word “suicide,” despite the bill’s very clear amendment of the 1961 Suicide Act. In the debate that preceded the vote, advocates preferred euphemisms such as “the right to die” and “dignified death.” A government that couldn’t wait to lock down longer and harder just a few years ago suddenly extolled the sacred principles of “autonomy” and “choice.”

By McKenna Snow, LifeNews – Decrying the day of the vote as “a sad and shameful day,” U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson recently slammed the United Kingdom Parliament’s move to advance the legalization of assisted suicide… “It’s an ancient truth that medicine should always heal and never harm,” Johnson said. He criticized the UK for following in the footsteps of Canada, which legalized euthanasia in 2016. Canada’s deadly program is called “Medical Aid in Dying,” or MAiD… The UK’s move, like Canada, “[twists] that definition of medicine,” Johnson said.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed in a new interview that he wants to defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business… Still, Johnson said he would like to defund the abortion giant and is working to build the votes to do it. Likely, the only way that can be accomplished is via a reconciliation bill — which both the House and Senate can pass on a majority vote margin.

By Susan Berry, Ph.D., LifeNews – Data on the vote by Members of Parliament (MPs) in the UK on the pro-assisted suicide “Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill” reveals that, compared to the Labour and Conservative Parties, the Liberal Democrats had the largest ratio of MPs who supported the measure… The vote on the bill, which would allow eligible terminally ill adults in England and Wales to seek assistance to end their lives, was held November 29, with 330 MPs in favor and 275 opposed.

By Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, Catholic Culture – Unexpectedly, Donald Trump was the most effective pro-life US President since the 1973 abortion-on-demand Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade. During his 2016 campaign, candidate Trump promised to appoint originalists to the Supreme Court. Former Senator Rick Santorum—Catholic, pro-life, and nudged out of the Republican presidential primary—withheld his endorsement of candidate Trump in 2016 until he, Trump, specifically listed potential originalist jurists for nomination to the Supreme Court. Trump complied and received Santorum’s endorsement.

By Hannah Hiester, LifeNews – The number of nationwide abortions slightly dropped between 2021 and 2022, according to recently released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)… FOX News noted that the slight drop coincided with the reversal of Roe v. Wade in June 2022, which returned the regulation of abortion back to the individual states. ..

By Katherine Hamilton, Breitbart – A federal judge has paused an attempt by the Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) to imprison Christian pro-life activists for up to ten years… Judge Matthew Leitman, an Obama appointee, paused the DOJ’s FACE Act and felony conspiracy case against seven pro-life activists who are awaiting sentencing over a peaceful protest at a Michigan abortion clinic, citing the results of the 2024 election and the potential for the next presidential administration to handle such cases differently. …

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – Usually, when medically assisted suicide has been on a state ballot initiative, it’s to legalize the practice. But this year on November 5, West Virginians approved Amendment 1. This amendment established a constitutional ban on physician-assisted suicides in the state, making it clear that “no person, physician, or health care provider in the State of West Virginia shall participate in the practice of medically assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing of a person.”

By Sarah Holliday, LifeNews – New information has recently surfaced providing more evidence of Planned Parenthood’s involvement in the selling of fetal tissue from aborted babies. In 2018, a “Research Plan” was sent to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Institutional Review Board. In it was some shocking information. The plan, conducted by scientists, stated: “We will collect tissues from fetuses ranging from 4 to 23 weeks gestational age from subjects undergoing elective surgical pregnancy termination at Planned Parenthood in San Diego.”

By Chelsey Youman, LifeNews – Pro-life candidates just successfully withstood the most extreme pro-abortion presidential ticket in history… Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D) invested unprecedented amounts of money in abortion as the issue that would win them the White House — but exit polling shows that voters preferred Harris’s position on abortion by just four percentage points. What’s more, that slim margin was still shy of a majority.

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – Whether it is politically, scientifically, or artistically advantageous or not to acknowledge, IVF’s roots lie in accommodating the desires of adults without regard for the commodification of children. Purdy, Edwards, and Steptoe’s scientific development may have paved the way for millions of pregnancies and births, but it has also opened the door for horrors like switching embryos at birth, designer babies, motherless and fatherless children, the erasure of women’s vital role in reproduction, and fraud.

By Gavin Ashenden, Catholic Herald – (On November 29th) a majority of MPs at Westminster voted in favour of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, which is to say that the UK Parliament has now approved the principle of assisted suicide – death at the hands of the state. There is a small window of hope that it will be defeated the next time around, but in reality a momentum has built up that will be very hard to resist.

By Madeleine Teahan, Catholic News Agency – The Catholic bishops of England and Wales have expressed dismay after a historic vote today, Nov. 29, during which Members of Parliament (MPs) voted in favor of assisted suicide… Following the vote today, Bishop John Sherrington, Lead Bishop for Life Issues, said that he hopes and prays the Bill might be rejected at a later stage in the legislative process.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – A Michigan federal judge has paused the sentencing of seven pro-life activists unjustly convicted under the FACE Act and conspiracy charges related to protests at abortion clinics… The stay, issued by Judge Matthew Leitman, delays proceedings until after President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The pro-life activists, including Eva Edl and Heather Idoni, face over 10 years in prison and significant fines related to the lawfare prosecution the Biden administration brought.

By Erika Ahern, LifeNews – In keeping with his campaign promise to shake up the swamp, President-elect Donald Trump has handed the reins of America’s public health institutions to Robert F. Kennedy Jr… As the secretary of Health and Human Services, the maverick RFK Jr. becomes the effective CEO for over a dozen operating agencies, as well as the marquee divisions of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH)… Some pro-life advocates have raised concerns over RFK Jr.’s past comments in support of abortion (which he later “reversed”).

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – President Donald Trump has nominated pro-life Dr. Dave Weldon to be CDC director. Trump could not have made a more solid pro-life selection for someone to head the CDC as far as the pro-life perspective is concerned… Not only will Dr. Weldon strongly advocate for the conscience rights of pro-life medical professionals to not participate in abortions, he will make it abundantly clear as CDC Director that abortion bans do not prohibit legitimate medical care for women. …

By Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist – Planned Parenthood has been providing “viable nonanomalous” babies killed in “elective abortions” to the University of California San Diego (UCSD) for experimentation, according to a new report… Published by The Center for Medical Progress (CMP), the emails detail a “Research Plan” that documents the harvesting of babies for experimentation on their bodies. The plan was submitted to and approved by UCSD’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) in 2018. The heavily redacted communications were obtained by the group via open records request. …

By Erika Ahern, Contributor, Daily Caller News – In keeping with his campaign promise to shake up the swamp, President-elect Donald Trump has handed the reins of America’s public health institutions to Robert F. Kennedy Jr… As the secretary of HHS, the maverick RFK Jr. becomes the effective CEO for over a dozen operating agencies, as well as the marquee divisions of the CDC, the FDA and then NIH… Some pro-life advocates have raised concerns over RFK Jr.’s past comments in support of abortion (which he later reversed). Others point to his promise to combat the industrialization of humanity as an opportunity for major reforms when it comes to the way America sees reproductive healthcare.

By Michael Finan , LifeNews – In a bicameral letter led by House Pro-Life Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL), and Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY), 112 Members of Congress today asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate and report on the amount of federal funding that has been awarded to abortion providers—including the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the International Planned Parenthood Federation—over the past three years.

By Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency – More than a dozen pro-life activists are still in prison or awaiting sentences on federal charges brought by President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) for protests at abortion clinics — but President-elect Donald Trump has signaled he will likely grant them presidential pardons… Under the current administration, the DOJ increased its prosecution of pro-life activists under the 1994 Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – In a secret ceremony, Joe Biden awarded the former CEO of America’s biggest abortion business… Biden presented the nation’s highest civilian award to Cecile Richards, who ran the Planned Parenthood abortion giant for years and was responsible for it killing millions of babies… “The ceremony was not listed on Mr. Biden’s public schedule, nor was his decision to award the medal to Ms. Richards publicly announced until after the presentation,” …

CV News Feed – In a Wednesday op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal, businessmen Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy called out Planned Parenthood by name while outlining their plan for the soon-to-be established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) – of which President-elect Donald Trump appointed them co-commissioners… Musk and Ramaswamy outlined that, as one part of its plan to make the government run more efficiently, DOGE will “take aim” at the millions of taxpayer dollars currently being sent annually to abortion giant Planned Parenthood.

By Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency – Pro-life advocates plan to push federal- and state-level legislative and policy reforms on abortion when the United States Congress and many state legislatures enter into session in January 2025… Many plans look toward regulating the abortion drug mifepristone, which is used in chemical abortions. According to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion policy group, chemical abortions accounted for 63% of all abortions in 2023, which is an increase of 10 percentage points from 2020 and more than double what it was in 2014.

By Shawn Carney, LifeNews – Donald Trump is the most pro-life president in U.S. history. No other leader of the free world has matched his commitment to defending life, from defunding abortion providers to decisively reshaping the Supreme Court… As we look to a second Trump term, two pro-life policies are likely to take center stage and immediately should be adopted… A third—a national abortion ban—is not likely to get traction at this time.

By John D. Hagen Jr., First Things – As the smoke clears from the election, it’s worth analyzing the barrage of abortion rhetoric that the Democrats employed. In speeches, ads, and reportage, Democrats projected a set of slogans that have been carefully and intentionally crafted over the past five years. In 2019, the abortion lobby issued a manifesto entitled “Blueprint for Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice.” Seventy-six groups endorsed the document, including NARAL Pro-Choice America, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Planned Parenthood. Its purpose was to change abortion messaging from “choice” to “reproductive health care.”

Senator John Thune, LifeNews – On Jan 25, 2023, Sen. John Thune (R-SD) delivered an eloquent pro-life speech, which appears below. Yesterday, Senator Thune was elected Senate Majority Leader… Mr. President, on Friday, as they have done for decades, Americans from around the country— many of them young people—took to the streets of Washington, DC, to march for life. This year, of course, was a little different because for the first time since the march began nearly 50 years ago, pro-lifers marched in a post-Roe America.

By Sarah Holliday, LifeNews – Many assumed Vice President Kamala Harris, as a woman, would have secured the vote among young women in the 2024 presidential election. However, according to an exit poll from The Associated Press, that was not the case… It turns out at least 40% of Gen Z women who are under the age of 30 chose to vote for Donald Trump in what experts have described as a “historic comeback” for the former president.

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – Last Tuesday, President Donald J. Trump won his bid to become the 47th President of the United States, and the GOP is set to control the two Houses of Congress… This election cycle brought both some victories and tragic losses for life and family. Thankfully, people in Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota rejected ballot initiatives that would have legalized the on-demand murder of innocent children through all nine months of pregnancy. Devastatingly, initiatives to protect innocent life failed in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, and New York, which further enshrined the “right to kill.” ….

By Francis X. Maier, First Things – The story, dated November 8, appeared in Britain’s Catholic Herald. It details a post made on X by Emma Bonino. Bonino, noted the Herald, is “the Italian politician who successfully campaigned to legalise abortion in the 1970s.” To put it more graphically, she’s co-responsible for her nation’s license to kill millions of developing human children in the womb over the past forty years. Now seventy-six, she was recently hospitalized for health reasons. Francis paid an apparently surprise visit to her home, with gifts, after her release. The pope had earlier described Bonino as one of Italy’s “forgotten greats” …

By Stephen Kokx, Catholic Family News – What is going on with Pope Francis and Emma Bonino?… For those who don’t know who that is, Bonino has been the face of abortion in Italy for decades, having first established a facility in the country in the 1970s which she successfully used as a launching pad to push for its legalization years later… She has also spent decades as an elected official in the Italian and European Parliaments advocating for left-wing causes like recreational drug use and lax divorce laws…

By Hannah Hiester, LifeNews – CNN exit polls revealed that Kamala Harris was extremely popular with abortion extremists in the election but failed to win over those who said abortion should be legal in “most cases.”… She also surprisingly failed to raise more support among women than either Joe Biden or Hillary Clinton had in 2020 and 2016, which CNN called “a troubling sign for the vice president given that she tried to mobilize female voters on the issue of abortion.”

By David Clossen, LifeNews – On November 5, 2024, Donald J. Trump completed the greatest comeback in American political history by winning the 2024 presidential election and defeating Kamala Harris. Trump becomes only the second president to be elected for non-consecutive terms, the first being Grover Cleveland in 1892. For beleaguered pro-lifers, Trump’s victory offers hope and opportunity… Although “unprecedented” is an overused word in modern politics, the 2024 election featured a series of events truly without equal in American history. …

By Grace Porto, Catholic Vote – An analyst at the Free Press recently explained that Republicans picked the winning women’s rights issue in the 2024 election… keeping biological males out of female sports while the Democrats’ strategy of promoting unrestricted abortion failed… the Free Press (on) Nov. 7 (said) that the Democrats’ “big bet” on abortion rights did not pay off… “Not only was abortion a flop with the electorate, it was Republicans — not Democrats — who pushed the winning women’s-rights issue: fighting the encroachment of biological men into women’s spaces and sports,” she said.

By Emmy Griffin, Patriot Post – How did voters respond in 10 states? Bad for the most part, but peppered with some good… Over the last few weeks, Kamala Harris’s campaign has leaned heavily into pandering to all the vices. Her favorite vice to promote is abortion, and there were 10 states with this issue on the ballot: New York, Maryland, Florida, Missouri, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona, Montana, and Nevada.

By Louis Knuffke, CatholicVote – Pope Francis recently made a private, unannounced visit to Emma Bonino, one of Italy’s most prominent and controversial figures. Bonino is known for performing thousands of illegal abortions and paving the way for the procedure’s legalization in Italy… In a post on X, Bonino said of the Pope’s visit, “when he told me that I am ‘an example of freedom and resistance,’ it filled me with joy.”… Prior to the papal visit, the notorious abortionist expressed her continued commitment to advocating for such things as euthanasia. …

By Jonah McKeown, Catholic News Agency – Voters in Florida, Nebraska, and South Dakota on Tuesday night voted down major pro-abortion proposals in their states, while seven other states saw voters approve measures to expand abortion, in several cases codifying abortion access into the state constitution… After back-to-back pro-life losses in half a dozen states since 2022, the rejection of the pro-abortion measures in three states on Tuesday represent the first victories at the ballot box for pro-life advocates since the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

By Dan Hart, LifeNews – In the ongoing aftermath of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, the 2024 election saw an unprecedented 11 ballot initiatives in 10 states that mostly attempted to codify a “right” to obtain an abortion into state constitutions. Perhaps the most highly contested initiative took place in Florida, where the pro-abortion Amendment 4 failed to pass.

By Anne Reed, LifeNews – Newman added, “Christians must show up in massive numbers tomorrow and vote for Trump to keep this Marxist out of the Oval Office. We must understand that Christians are not welcome under a Harris regime. We will suffer grave consequences if we don’t take our responsibility seriously right now and leave Kamala in the pages behind us.”

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – As we cast ballots for the 47th president of the United States and elect people to fill various federal, state, and local positions, it is time once more to remind ourselves just how high the stakes of this election are and what our duties are as Catholic citizens… The results of Tuesday’s elections will impact every level of our society – from legislation, to judges, to the educational system, foreign policy, health care, and so much more. And though our vote is only one among millions, it nevertheless remains true that the accumulated weight of those millions of votes determines, in crucial ways, the future our country will take.

By Anthony Iafrate, CatholicVote – For pro-life Americans, the stakes in the 2024 election cycle could not be higher… While the lion’s share of media coverage surrounding Election Day has been focused on the all-important presidential race, in many parts of the country, extreme pro-abortion measures lurk down-ballot… On Tuesday, voters in 10 states will decide whether or not ballot initiatives creating a so-called “right to abortion” in their state constitutions will pass…

By Betsy McCaughey, The Stream – The biggest lie roiling the election is Vice President Kamala Harris’s claim that former President Donald Trump will ban abortion nationwide… Abortion rights do not hinge on who is elected president, nor on which party controls Congress. The issue is out of their hands. Wherever you live, the people you elect as state legislators will determine your abortion rights. That is what the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2022 when it overturned Roe v. Wade.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The biggest contest next Tuesday, November 5, is without doubt the race for the White House. With various suggestions that this will be the last quadrennial election in our democracy, put me on the side of those who think it likelier that the race for the White House in 2028 will be in the news before the doomsday talk takes hold. On one subject matter at least, however, next Tuesday’s election will be fateful: the installation of abortion on request in state constitutions.

By Anne Reed, LifeNews – Evidence of the present-day evil of child sacrifice can frequently be found in Operation Rescue’s regular undercover exposés. One such example is found in a report published Tuesday casting light on America’s second “satanic abortion clinic.” The so-called clinic is targeting abortion-free states and enticing mothers into satanic, narcissistic, ritualistic practices. The report notes, “Agreeing to do the ritual is how one avoids paying extra costs beyond the $90 prescription for the abortion pills.”

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – Pro-life activists have long warned that the most predictable consequence of legalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide will be the stripping away of the guardrails protecting the weakest, most vulnerable, and marginalized members of society… We warned this would lead to a litany of horrors… This is precisely what happened in nations like Belgium and the Netherlands, which were among the first to legalize these inhumane practices. However, no nation seems to be as determined to plumb the depths of the depravity introduced by legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide as Canada.

By Doug Mainwaring, LifeSiteNews – The Randall Terry presidential campaign produced a Halloween-themed commercial displaying dozens of incendiary images of aborted children aimed at dissuading voters from casting their ballots for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, a strident supporter of abortion up until birth… “She’s a baby killer,” Terry said in a recent interview. “This is an evil woman, a disgusting human being.”

By Thomas Jipping, Sarah Parshall Perry, Daily Signal – In an essay published by The New York Times and titled “Abortion Pills Are Safe. Post-Roe America Isn’t,” Dr. Chavi Eve Karkowsky, a physician who practices maternal-fetal medicine, demonstrates that the campaign for unlimited abortion is as fraudulent and deceptive as ever… From the beginning, the “right” to abortion was built on fraud. Abortion advocates pushed states to repeal their pro-life laws with baseless claims about illegal abortions.

By Tom McClusky, LifeNews – At a global warming event earlier this year, Vice President Kamala Harris stated, “When we invest in clean energy and electric vehicles and reduce population, more of our children can breathe clean air and drink clean water.” The White House quickly moved to let the press know she misspoke and meant to say, “reduce pollution.” Her record on children, however, shows that her verbal miscue was less a misstatement and more a Freudian slip.

By Tom McClusky, Washington Stand – At a global warming event earlier this year, Vice President Kamala Harris stated, “When we invest in clean energy and electric vehicles and reduce population, more of our children can breathe clean air and drink clean water.”… Even as she worked her way up the ladder in California politics, she built a reputation of abusing her power to attack individuals who try to protect unborn children and also targeting those who run maternity homes and offer alternatives to abortion in the Golden State.

By Laura Hollis, Patriot Post – Harris’ disregard for the religious freedoms of medical care professionals will not be limited to abortion… Democratic Party presidential candidate Kamala Harris has been struggling to articulate issues that resonate with voters in the final days of the campaign. Other than bland assurances about “an opportunity economy” and growing up “a middle-class kid,” the only issue Harris seems both emphatic and explicit about is abortion.

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – For decades now, pro-life activists like Human Life International’s founder Fr. Paul Marx have warned that the real threat facing the world isn’t overpopulation, but rather underpopulation… In making this claim, such prophetic voices were going against the grain, to put it mildly. Their views were drowned out by a cacophony of voices proclaiming imminent and apocalyptic catastrophe if nations did not concentrate their resources on reducing the birth rate.

By Michael New Ph.D., LifeNews – On Tuesday, the Society of Family Planning’s #WeCount project released updated abortion estimates up to June 2024. They found that abortion numbers continue to increase. Their estimates indicate that thus far in 2024 the number of abortions has increased by approximately 12 percent. They also found that, owing to women obtaining abortions via telehealth and to women obtaining abortions in other states, abortion numbers in states with strong pro-life laws have remained largely unchanged since the Dobbs decision. …

By Doug Mainwaring, LifeSiteNews – “Nearly 20 innocent Americans are in federal prison for peacefully protesting abortion,” Terry says at the start of the ad, while showing the names and images of the jailed pro-life heroes whose stories have been reported extensively by LifeSiteNews… “Abortion to the day of birth is on the ballot in these 10 states”… Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, and South Dakota.

By Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency – ice President Kamala Harris confirmed that she would oppose religious exemptions in abortion laws if elected president and emphasized that she would not make concessions to Republicans on the issue… “I don’t think we should be making concessions when we’re talking about a fundamental freedom to make decisions about your own body,” Harris responded.

By Patty Knap, National Catholic Register – The new documentary The 1916 Project — which is streaming free Oct. 22-Nov. 14 on X, with additional screenings at churches — goes a long way in answering that question. It explores the chronology of the secular moral revolution and the architects and intentions of our current culture of death…While many factors have played a role in the cultural downfall, the documentary explains that, for more than 100 years, one well-funded organization has been part of the equation: Planned Parenthood.

By Catholic Vote – Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris roiled Christian leaders Tuesday when she took a no-exceptions pro-abortion stance during an interview with NBC in which she announced her opposition to religious exemptions and called abortion a “fundamental freedom.”… “Kamala Harris admits she would deny religious exemptions for abortions—forcing Christians to kill unborn children and seemingly doubling down on weaponizing the government to jail pro-lifers who pray outside abortion facilities,” CatholicVote wrote. “Why would any Christian vote for her?”

By LifeNews,  National Right to Life – Many people are asking: Did Minnesota lawmakers and Gov. Tim Walz repeal the right to lifesaving care for born-alive infants? Is it really true that babies can be left to die?… Some journalists, advocates, and politicians have gotten this question wrong—often badly wrong. Let’s walk through the facts, one by one, with documentation and screenshots, and respond to frequently asked questions and confusions. …

A coalition of doctors and medical organizations are calling for transparency surrounding women’s health to combat misinformation about the abortion pill and pro-life laws… ProPublica published two articles claiming Georgia women died after taking abortion pills because the state’s abortion ban after six weeks of pregnancy prevented them from getting necessary treatment… the women did not die because of abortion bans, but rather because the abortion pill is dangerous…

By Kate Quiñones, CNA – The Biden administration announced on Monday that it will require insurance companies to cover over-the-counter contraception in what the White House called the “most significant expansion … in more than a decade” of access to birth control under federal law… The new rule requires insurance companies to remove the prescription requirement for coverage of contraception. The administration seeks to expand contraception in the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade, according to a White House press conference.

By Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, The Ruth Institute, The Stream – Was the Catholic Church prophetic in its warnings against the contraceptive revolution? Theologian Janet Smith joins Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse to explain how this countercultural stance has been sadly vindicated by the collapse of family, child-bearing, and society.

By Raymond Arroyo, EWTN News – Mr. President, I’m delighted, first of all, that you made the Downton Abbey auditions. I think we’re going to fit in nicely. We’re at the Al Smith Dinner, of course. Tell me, why did you decide it was important to be here? And what message is Kamala Harris sending by not being here to Catholic voters?… Well, I think you’re honoring the Catholic Church. And, you know, I’ve been a longtime supporter, and I’m surprised she’s not here. I think she’s the first one in many, many decades, actually, to miss it as a candidate.

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – “Even when not motivated by a selfish refusal to be burdened with the life of someone who is suffering, euthanasia must be called a false mercy, and indeed a disturbing ‘perversion’ of mercy. True ‘compassion’ leads to sharing another’s pain; it does not kill the person whose suffering we cannot bear.” ~Pope St. John Paul II, Evangelium vitae, no. 66

By Elizabeth Kidney, LifeNews – Bevelyn Beatty Williams turned herself in to federal prison on Wednesday after the Biden-Harris Department of Justice charged her with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act for preaching the Gospel outside of a New York abortion facility… Before surrendering herself into federal custody, Wiliams and her husband, Ricky Williams, released a video on Facebook and TikTok detailing how the ordeal has affected their family… “Thanks to the Biden/ Harris administration. My husband is becoming a single father today” …

By Rich Doerflinger, LifeNews – As VP, Kamala Harris was called the “border czar” — a task that some say was beyond her abilities. But as “the White House’s voice of unflinching support for reproductive health rights,” she has advanced a pro-abortion agenda far more passionately… Here I do not use the word “pro-choice,” for good reason. Over a decade ago, abortion-industry groups such as Planned Parenthood publicly abandoned that slogan. They said it no longer resonated with a younger generation – which would be a surprise to the rank-and-file supporters whose favorite sign at rallies remains “My Body My Choice.” …

By Justine Brooke Murray, MRC TV – As our pro-abortion mainstream media exploit the stories of pregnant mothers in need, the March for Life movement is aiming to amplify the voices of women who chose life… That is why the theme for their upcoming 52nd rally is “Every Life: #WhyWeMarch.”… MRCTV looks behind the scenes with March for Life’s organizers who countered common media myths and shared why fighting for the unborn is more important than ever, after the U.S. The Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade.

By Anne Hendershott, Catholic World Report – In a June 18th press conference at San Francisco’s Planned Parenthood, Mayor London Breed announced yet another pro-abortion measure designed to expand the City’s abortion services. Proposition O would also restrict and regulate any threat to the lucrative abortion industry from the City’s two pro-life crisis pregnancy centers… Claiming that the counselors at the pro-life crisis pregnancy centers in San Francisco are telling women that “they will go to hell if they get an abortion” …

By Justine Brooke Murray, MRC TV – “I don’t think I could bear to have her ripped piece by piece out of my womb and shorten the life that’s already so short, take her away from a spot where God has placed her in my hands, where she’s safe and she’s warm, and she only knows love and doesn’t know pain,” the young lady continued. “Why would I give her such a painful death, when she’s perfectly fine with me?”

The Editors, National Catholic Register – Despite the Democratic ticket’s attempts to skirt the issue, the facts show that Harris and Walz favor abortion at any time during a woman’s pregnancy… In order to push forward “abortion rights” as the centerpiece of their campaign to win the White House, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, are seeking to obscure an ugly and deadly reality: that late-term abortions continue to take place in the United States.

By John Lavenburg, Crux, (Cathlic Herald) – Abp. Salvatore Cordileone has criticised a measure that will be on the San Francisco ballot come national elections in November that could result in new abortion-related signage having to go outside pregnancy centres… The ballot measure called “ Proposition O” would require the signs to be placed outside of pregnancy resource centres that do not offer abortions, or do not refer for abortions… “Why would anyone want to stigmatise a primary health care facility and a pregnancy resource centre that gives pregnant women support for having their babies?”

By Jennifer Roback Morse, The Stream – I was heartbroken recently to see you repeating the talking points of the Abortion Lobby. I could hardly believe it. You personally lived through the tyranny of Communism, and the Ruling Party in America relies on the very same tyrannical tactics as the Communists. And the Abortion Lobby is very much a part of the Ruling Party in America… Like the Communist Party, the Ruling Party in the U.S. maintains its power by controlling law enforcement, the courts, and the flow of information. The Abortion Industry contributes to and benefits from The Ruling Party.

By Laura Echevarria, LifeNews – Democratic Party apparatchiks have cast Vice President Harris and Governor Walz as successful “moderate” candidates with extensive experience. But their most successful issue is the very opposite of moderate: abortion… Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are all about abortion. Harris’s and Walz’s full-throated support of unlimited abortion—available anytime, anywhere, under any circumstances—has garnered them the accolades of pro-abortion groups who have lavished praise (and huge amounts of political contributions) on their political darlings.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – … the billion-dollar abortion chain receives more than $500 million tax dollars annually… Pres. Donald Trump and his administration have been working to block that funding, beginning his first week in office. Some efforts have been successful, while others have been thwarted by the abortion industry and activist judges. But no one can accuse the Trump administrating of doing nothing to stop Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars from supporting the largest abortion chain in America.

By Jonathon Van Maren, LifeSiteNews – Kamala Harris is the abortion candidate, and America’s celebrities and influencers know it. They need abortion, and so they need her—and she knows that. She’ll get a pass until election day… There is something very appropriate about Vice President Kamala Harris going onto a sex podcast to make her pitch to voters for the presidency. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – In a huge victory for unborn children in Texas, the Supreme Court allowed a lower court ruling to stand, which lets the Texas abortion ban stay in place as is to continue protecting babies… In the lower court ruling, the court rejected a challenge from pro-abortion groups that wanted to expand narrow exceptions in the law that allow abortions in cases needed to save the life of the mother. They wanted to make it a full health exception loophole that would allow abortion on demand.

By Joshua Mercer, LifeNews – Recent polls show that former President Donald Trump is poised to post the best performance among Hispanic- and Arab-American voters of any Republican presidential nominee in the past two decades… Hispanic and Latino voters comprise over 20% of the electorate in two hotly-contested battleground states: Arizona and Nevada. Meanwhile, the crucial state of Michigan has a significant Arab-American community… About half of Hispanic Americans and over a third of Arab Americans are estimated to be Catholic.

By Aubrey Gulick, The Federalist – Melania Trump’s unequivocal support for abortion puts pro-lifers, the Republican Party, and her husband in a rather difficult position… It shouldn’t have been a surprise. Melania Trump had a successful career as a model. She’s married to one of the most prominent businessmen and politicians in the world. She fits the feminist demographic. Of course she supports abortion… But for pro-lifers who’ve been arguing that Donald Trump is the pro-life option since 2016, it still hurts a little. ..

By Allie Griffin, NY Post – A Las Vegas father and his 18-year-old daughter learned through an Ancestry DNA test that they aren’t related — and the pair are now suing the IVF doctors they say are responsible for the embryo mix-up… The teen took a DNA test last year and made the shocking, life-altering discovery, according to the lawsuit filed Monday and obtained by Good Morning America.

By Calvin Freiburger, LifeSiteNews – As previously covered by LifeSiteNews, the Catherine and Josephine Herring Act puts mifepristone and misoprostol, two drugs commonly used in combination to cause chemical abortions, on Louisiana’s list of Schedule IV drugs under its Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances law, classifying them as drugs considered to have the potential for abuse or dependence. It makes possession without a prescription a criminal offense subject to significant fines and up to 10 years in prison.

By Carmel Richardson, First Things – Previously, the twenty-week ban had been the bare minimum offer from the GOP, one moderate enough to have been a party plank through several election cycles. Trump endorsed it, and its concurrent statement on constitutional rights for unborn children, in 2016 and 2020… The broader movement’s shift raises an important question: Do Trump and Vance now sincerely favor more liberal abortion policies, or are they playing election politics, with the knowledge that no change can come without first securing the ballot box?

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture – If J.D. Vance is the future of American conservatism— as some enthusiasts are saying, in the wake of his effective debate performance— then I’m afraid American conservatism has become incoherent on the abortion issue… Last night Vance, who is a convert to Catholicism, and in the past has strongly endorsed a ban on abortion, offered no resistance to the liberal claim that women have a “right” to abort their babies. He clung adamantly to the line taken by Donald Trump, saying that the issue must be left to the states, signaling that he was willing to accept state laws that allowed for abortion in virtually all circumstances.

By Molly DeVito, First Things – Birth and death have much in common; they are mirror images. Both are inevitable. Once a child has been conceived, he or she must be born into the world. Many women who haven’t given birth by their due date lament, “I’ll be pregnant forever!” This, of course, is impossible. Similarly, many act as if they’ll live forever. My aunt always says, “We all know everyone dies, but no one really believes it is going to happen to him.” But whether we believe it or not, death comes for us all.

By Chuck Donovan, LifeNews – Without doubt, the last year and more has been a rough patch for the pro-life cause, even outside the realm of ballot questions and electoral politics. The surest sign of difficulty is the sharp division among pro-life forces about what course of action to take to advance the right to life… On July 9, the movement, already hampered by having few advocates outside the Republican Party, found itself with a national GOP platform in which pro-life policy positions had been sharply curtailed. …

By S.A. McCarthy, LifeNews – For the first time in recorded history, more Americans are identifying with the Republican Party in the third quarter of a presidential election year than the Democratic Party — and are aligning with the GOP on key issues heading into November. Gallup released an in-depth analysis this week revealing that 48% of adults in the U.S. either identify as Republican or lean towards the Republican Party, compared to only 45% who identify as Democrat or lean towards the Democratic Party.

By Sarah Holliday, The Washington Stand – The “portable suicide pod” is the latest means of killing to enter the assisted suicide market… It turns out, quite tragically, that 2023 saw the highest number of suicide deaths ever recorded within the U.S. since the 1940s. Over 50,000 Americans took their own lives last year alone. Just one year prior, at least 1.6 million Americans attempted suicide, 3.8 million planned to, and 13.2 million “seriously” considered it.

By Peter Pinedo, CNA – At a hearing held by U.S. Senate Democrats this week doctors, experts, and Republicans disputed claims that former president Donald Trump and state pro-life laws enacted after the overturn of Roe v. Wade are causing the deaths of women across the country… Dr. Christina Francis, an OB-GYN, along with several doctors from the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, testified that pro-abortion misinformation, not pro-life laws, is responsible for “dangerous” delays in women receiving emergency care.

By Jim Valois, Catholic Exchange – God made each of us the pinnacle of His creation. We can understand the special love that our Lord has for us by the very fact that He made us in His own image and likeness, the imago Dei (Gen 1:27). This great love includes unborn children since our immortal souls are created by God upon conception. It is upon our first moment of existence that personhood is established (CCC 366). This is why the Church uses the strongest and clearest language when telling us that we should not snuff out the lives of the unborn (Exodus 20:13, CCC 2270-72).

By Gates Garcia, First Things – On November 5, the people of Florida will vote on whether to amend the state constitution to remove abortion from political contestation. Abortion advocates are pushing Amendment 4 in response to the Heartbeat Protection Act, which was passed by the state legislature in April of 2023 and prohibits abortion after six weeks, with exceptions (such as rape, incest, or risk to the mother’s life). ….

By Sarah Holliday , LifeNews – It turns out, quite tragically, that 2023 saw the highest number of suicide deaths ever recorded within the U.S. since the 1940s. Over 50,000 Americans took their own lives last year alone. Just one year prior, at least 1.6 million Americans attempted suicide, 3.8 million planned to, and 13.2 million “seriously” considered it. And this does not take into account all the people who chose not to report their woes.

By Sarah Holliday, Patriot Post – “What faith says a baby in the womb is not a life?”… Vice President Kamala Harris, who is also the official 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, posted on X last week, “One does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree: The government, and certainly Donald Trump, should not be telling a woman what to do with her body.” In other words, Harris believes you can have faith and abortions — no big deal, right? Except, this is a big deal.

By United States Conference of Catholic Bishops – Biden-Harris administration said Monday that it is sending more troops to the Middle East as war in region intensifies with strikes and counter-strikes between Israel and the terrorist organization Hezbollah… The US already has about 40,000 troops in the region and has deployed a devastating selection of military hardware … Through the graces of this revival, may we witness, work, and vote so that all children in the womb will be protected in law and welcomed in love, and that all mothers and families will be strengthened by our support and accompaniment.

By Susan Berry, Ph.D., CatholicVote – Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her supporters in the media want Americans to believe pro-life legislation and Donald Trump are to blame for the deaths of two Georgia women who died from complications after taking abortion-inducing drugs… But Dr. Christina Francis, CEO of the American Association of Pro-Life OB/GYNs (AAPLOG), asserts that Harris and her surrogates are spreading “dangerous lies” and using the deaths of these two women to promote abortion rights – a central plank of the Democratic Party platform. …

By Regis Martin, Crisis Magazine – Kamala Harris, for all the word salads she throws together on issues like the border, crime, and inflation, is perfectly clear on the issue of abortion… Years ago, on a flight to Chicago to visit an old friend, I found myself seated next to a young woman wearing a t-shirt identifying herself as a proud member of the pro-choice generation. “How lucky for you,” I wanted to tell her, “your mother wasn’t a member.” …

By Kate Quiñones, CNA – More maternity homes are popping up across the U.S. to house and support pregnant mothers and their babies since Roe v. Wade was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2022… (In a) most recent 2023 report, there are now more than 450 maternity homes in the U.S. … While the more than 5,300 pregnancy centers outnumber Planned Parenthood clinics 14 to 1, according to the Charlotte Lozier Institute, the more than 400 maternity homes in the U.S. meet a different need that pregnancy centers often can’t fill — safe housing.

By F. Andrew Wolf, Jr., The Remnant – Unique? They are. They are silent, unobtrusive; one scarcely realizes the life that’s in them. But it’s there. To a court in Alabama, not only are they alive, they are “extrauterine children.”.. And the controversy surrounding them isn’t going away anytime soon… Controversy arose after the court issued a decision declaring cryogenically frozen embryos to be “extrauterine children,” human beings with ‘personhood’ – a right to live – to life.

By Sarah Parshall Perry, LifeNews – The pro-abortion lobby and legacy media are lying to you again. This week, shocking headlines portrayed the deaths of two women incorrectly, blaming a new Georgia law that had nothing to do with their tragic deaths… Here’s what really happened:.. Amber Nicole Thurman died after she took the abortion pill, deregulated by the FDA (with multiple safety restrictions eliminated), which caused complications and left parts of her twin unborn babies inside her. …

By Monique Chireau Wobbenhorst and Mary Hallan FioRito, The Federalist – Amber Thurman did not die because of Georgia’s abortion law, which was enacted to protect the lives of mothers and preborn children. She died from complications of medical abortion. Perhaps, had the FDA decided not to remove its mandatory requirement for a doctor’s follow-up visit from abortion pill labeling, and had she received more appropriate care, she might have survived… ProPublica says, “Thurman’s case marks the first time an abortion-related death, officially deemed ‘preventable,’ is coming to public light.”

By Al Perrotta, The Stream – A Georgia woman who tragically died from the side effects of a chemical abortion is now being used by Kamala Harris and her media allies to attack Georgia’s pro-life law… You read that right. Killed by an abortion, then used to promote abortion… Harris and friends are telling us that Amber Nicole Thurman died from “delayed” reproductive care because Georgia’s new pro-life law outlaws “life-saving” surgical procedures on women experiencing a miscarriage.

By Stephen Kokx, LifeSiteNew – Arizona is one of 11 U.S. states with abortion measures on the ballot in November… The Catholic bishops of Arizona have come out in “strong opposition” to a ballot proposal they say will permit “virtually unrestricted abortion” in the state if approved… In a press release issued August 30, the bishops of the state’s three dioceses condemned Proposition 139, which has been spearheaded by the pro-abortion coalition “Arizona for Abortion Access.”

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The nationwide “bus tour of death,” as guest host Jody Hice deemed it on Wednesday’s episode of “Washington Watch,” is simply the latest in the Democrat’s agenda to push “taxpayer-funded abortion on demand for any reason up until birth in all 50 states.”… Hice noted that “abortion advocacy is not only extreme. It’s also racist.” To further discuss this harsh reality, he was joined by John Amanchukwu, author and pastor… (who said) the DNC “.. (is) transversing the country [promoting abortion] really says something about the Democratic Party that [we] already know.” It’s not just a “bus tour of death,” but “a party of death.”

By Steven Mosher, LifeNews – A few years ago, it would have been unthinkable to make abortion—the death of unborn children—the centerpiece of a presidential campaign… But that’s exactly what the Harris-Walz campaign is doing… It’s not just that they have abandoned former President Bill Clinton’s “safe, legal, and rare” formulation and embraced the “right” to kill an unborn baby for any reason, at any time, up to and including the moment of birth—and even after birth, should the baby survive the abortion.

By Sarah Holliday, LifeNews – Pro-lifers are sounding the alarm on Florida’s 2024 ballot initiative, Amendment 4, which, if passed, would not only end Florida’s six-week pro-life protection but would “enshrine” abortion into the state’s constitution. As the initiative states, “No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider.”

By Mary Jo Anderson, Catholic World Report – The Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) is the basic model for all the amendments that will confront voters in November. WHPA, based on Senate bill 1645 sponsored by then Senator Kamala Harris, prohibits states from enacting laws that regulate abortion. These amendments are so extreme that the social fabric, culture and finances of states are at risk. Catholic Bishop Conferences in those states have alerted Catholic citizens to their obligation to vote NO on the amendments and to politically engage and educate fellow citizens in the public square.

By Margot Cleveland, The Federalist – Florida’s Amendment 4 ballot initiative is not about overturning the state’s six-week abortion ban. It is about inscribing an unlimited, unregulated access to abortion-on-demand for the entire nine months of pregnancy into the state constitution… Trump knows this, which is why he is voting “no” on Amendment 4. Yet the Kamala Harris-Tim Walz campaign and abortion apologists continue to deceive Americans, both about Trump’s position and the consequence of abortion initiatives. Now, prolifers have a unique opportunity to use the focus on Trump to counter the left’s lies.

By Jonathon Van Maren, First Things – Pro-lifers recognize that a Harris-Walz administration would be horrific; most also recognize that if the new pro-choice GOP becomes permanent, the American pro-life movement could find itself in the same situation as pro-lifers in Canada and the U.K., where no major party is willing to defend pre-born human rights. Both scenarios would be a disaster, and reasonable people can disagree in good faith on the best strategic way forward. What is not in question is that all available leverage should be used now, and that the MAGA activists insisting on blind loyalty must be ignored. 

By Jerzy Kwaśniewski, The Remnant – The debate over the regulation of IVF in the United States, which was sparked by the Alabama Supreme Court’s decision last February, appears to have somewhat subsided after the state’s legislature passed a law to protect IVF service providers, while at the same time bills limiting the ability of individual states to introduce restrictions on medically-assisted reproduction failed to pass in the US Senate…. In contrast with Poland, however, the United States remains a largely self-regulated market for IVF service providers, and if legislation is needed, it is rather legislation that would place some limits on what can and cannot be done.

By Jennifer Nuelle, LifeNews – Texas Democrat Shawn Thierry declared the party switch while attending the Moms for Liberty summit in Washington, D.C., noting that she cannot support some of the liberal policies like sex change surgeries for minors and stripping Title IX protections for female athletes… “This is not the party I grew up with,” Thierry said in a statement posted to X. “I have witnessed firsthand how the so-called ‘liberal’ left now stifles thoughtful debate, silencing dissent with an iron fist—demanding blind allegiance to ideology, where one must ‘comply or be cast out.’ This is not the Democratic Party I once supported and represented.”

By Patrick Novecosky, Catholic World Report – Pro-lifers in America have always been homeless, politically speaking… After President Trump’s cryptic assertion last week that his administration “will be great for women and their reproductive rights,” it should come as no surprise that he signaled support for Florida’s Proposition 4 before backtracking Friday afternoon… Trump told NBC on Thursday that Florida’s law protecting babies after six weeks in the womb is too short. “I am going to be voting that we need more than six weeks,” he said… He told Fox News the very next day: “I’ll be voting no.”

By Eric Sammons, Crisis Magazine – The relationship between the pro-life movement and Donald Trump has always been a tenuous one. Trump has never spoken our language, and his opposition to abortion has always seemed pragmatic at best. Yet, unlike previous Republican presidents who did speak our language, he was primarily responsible for achieving the Holy Grail of the movement: the overturning of Roe v. Wade… Achieving that long-sought goal strengthened the bonds between Trump and pro-lifers, and it seemed that the bond could never be broken. Apparently Trump himself wants to test that assumption.

By Brian Burch, CatholicVote – We’ve been enthusiastic supporters of Trump-Vance… We’ve argued that the threat of Kamala Harris – the most vile and aggressive enemy of everything we hold sacred – poses an existential threat to life, our Church, and more. We have also argued that Trump’s pro-life record and sanity on gender, the border, education, and more make him the obvious choice for Catholic voters.

By John Zmirak, The Stream – Several years ago, we learned from an explosive exposé of Planned Parenthood and its organ-trafficking partners that some of the pregnancies which they ended were so far along that the children whose body parts they harvested were nearly or fully viable at the time they were killed. As one of the profiteers in the ninth video of David Daleiden’s earth-shaking series admits, she witnessed procedures during which the “fetus was already in the vaginal canal. Whenever we put her in the stirrups, it just fell out.” …

By Catholic Vote – Republican nominee former President Donald Trump told NBC News’ Dasha Burns on Thursday that if elected in November, he would make in-vitro fertilization (IVF) free for “all Americans that get it.”… “Under the Trump administration, we are going to be paying for that treatment,” he said. “Or we’re going to be mandating that the insurance company pay.”… “So, either the government will pay for it or the insurance company,” Burns reiterated… “Under a mandate,” Trump interjected. “Yes.”…

By Tyler Arnold, Catholic News Agency – Live Action president Lila Rose is increasing her criticism of 2024 Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — arguing that his recent statements are alienating pro-life voters such as herself… “Given the current situation, we have two pro-abortion tickets,” Rose said in a post on X on Thursday, Aug. 29… “A Trump win is not a pro-life win right now,” she continued. “Pro-lifers will need to challenge both leaders either way. We only help Trump by sounding the alarm — Trump is losing pro-life votes regardless of what I say — because of his own actions.”

By Nathanael Blake, Catholic World Report – We should not expect much courage from politicians, but Christians are called to bear witness to the truth, regardless of what opinion polls show. And the truth is that IVF is wrong… When my wife and I said “No” to in vitro fertilization, we assumed that we were rejecting our last hope of bearing children. Our years of infertility were unexplained and unresolved, despite the best efforts of the Catholic Ob/Gyn practice we had been going to. They had been thorough, and the physician who offered us a second opinion had nothing to add—except pushing us to try IVF.

CV News Feed – “At the margin, abortion is a winning issue for the left,” Riley added: The country is broadly pro-choice—most people believe abortion should be all or mostly legal rather than all or mostly illegal. Still, a significant faction of the Democratic Party believes that there should be essentially no restrictions on abortion, a position that is rather unpopular. Highlighting liberal extremism could help neutralize the issue among moderates.

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – Pretending that pitting the most pro-life president against the most abortion-crazed one is suddenly an unprecedented moral dilemma for pro-lifers committed to advancing the core mission of saving every unborn baby from in-utero slaughter is not just disingenuous. It verges on a malicious attempt to distract voters from the ballot measure battles that, if left unchecked, will determine without pushback that abortion through all nine months of pregnancy is the new American standard.

By Jonathon Van Maren, LifeSiteNews – Without strong pro-life advocacy, the Republican move toward a pro-abortion platform could become permanent. To remain silent would be to participate in the coverup of the horror of abortion… Former President Donald Trump declared, shortly after the abortion-themed DNC, that his administration will be “great for women and their reproductive rights,” a euphemism for abortion. ….

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – Over the past week, the Democratic Party held its national convention in Chicago. Almost all you need to know about the event is encapsulated in the fact that Planned Parenthood decided that it would be a good idea to celebrate the occasion by offering free abortions and vasectomies nearby… Planned Parenthood Great Rivers.. is sending a mobile health center to the Windy City’s West Loop to offer reproductive services on Monday and Tuesday. [Chemical] abortions are reportedly available on both days, with vasectomies being exclusively offered Monday … Vasectomies are reportedly in high demand and there’s already a waiting list. …

By S.A. McCarthy, LifeNews – As Meg Kilgannon, Family Research Council’s senior fellow for Education Studies, contended during Wednesday’s “Washington Watch,” the incident is the latest example of a recurring pattern of the Biden-Harris administration targeting the free speech rights of pro-life advocates. “This case is one of many from this Department of Justice … that continues to prosecute people for expressing their First Amendment rights to free speech for objecting to … the taking of innocent life, unborn life.”

By Regis Martin, Crisis Magazine – Imagine you had been one of the five thousand fervid delegates at last week’s DNC. … suddenly you realize you’ve got a whole hour to kill between speeches. So, what do you do?…So, where do you go? Well, there is one option close at hand and perfectly suited to meet the needs of not a few of your fellow delegates. Thanks to the good people at Planned Parenthood, there’s a mobile health van parked nearby offering free vasectomies and abortions, along with a hotdog or two (also free) just for showing up. Who can resist?

By Carl R. Trueman, First Things – … there is a deeper issue with the grandstanding of abortion that goes well beyond the problem of showcasing moronic entertainers at a political convention. The move from abortion being sold to the public as “safe, legal, and rare” to being celebrated as a necessary social good is revealing. In part it is a reaction to the overturning of Roe. But it is more than just a reaction; the celebration of abortion as something to be proud of started long before 2022.

The Catholic Herald – From a Catholic morality point of view euthanasia is always wrong and all patients in coma, of any duration, must be nursed and cared for and that giving of fluid and nutrition are non-negotiable. The Church should recognise the specific vulnerability of patients in coma and should support the setting up of long term support and rehabilitation units for patient with prolonged brain injury to ensure they are cared for and nurtured.

By Nancy Flory, The Stream – This November, Arizona voters will decide whether to add the “right” to an abortion to their state constitution. However, those voters may be surprised if they read the voter pamphlet… Why? Because in describing the new laws and measures being proposed, the pamphlet will refer to the baby as an “unborn human being,” rather than “fetus,” the term abortions supporters prefer, thanks to an August 14 ruling from the Arizona Supreme Court.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Planned Parenthood abortion business has killed 25 babies so far in free abortions so far at the Democrat convention… Colleen McNicholas, the CEO confirmed the figure in an interview with the New York Post… Planned Parenthood planned on doing “about” ten vasectomies on Monday and a total of 25 medicated abortions throughout Monday and Tuesday, Dr. Colleen McNicholas, the chief medical officer of Planned Parenthood in the region …

Alliance Defending Freedom, UK – In a victory against UK censorship, Isabel Vaughan-Spruce – the Christian charitable volunteer who was seen being arrested twice for praying silently in viral videos – has received a payout of £13,000 from West Midlands Police in acknowledgement of her unjust treatment, and the breach of her human rights… With support from ADF UK, Vaughan-Spruce issued a claim against West Midlands Police for two wrongful arrests and false imprisonments ….

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – True justice for women begins in the order of love and respect for their inherent dignity. We need men to not only recognize their own uniqueness but also the unique gifts of women that enable men and women, complements to each other, to be drawn to each other to create a family and to shape the wider culture… The Church’s message about the human person and the dignity of human sexuality are harder messages to sell than Buttigieg’s. However, if men and society ignore these fundamental truths, they (and society) are gravely diminished.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – At political conventions, there will be free stickers, pens and other political paraphernalia. But the Planned Parenthood abortion business will give something else away for free: abortions… The nation’s biggest abortion company will be killing babies at no cost while Democrats celebrate Kamala Harris and her abortions up to birth agenda… Planned Parenthood Great Rivers of St. Louis announced in a X post that a bus is headed to the Democrat convention in Chicago this week to give away free abortions.

By Leila Miller, Crisis Magazine – When a politician calls for unity, it’s important to remember that we don’t all want the same thing for our country… “But we don’t all want the same things, do we?”… But the war does exist, and it exists as a clash between those who acknowledge the natural law (the universal moral law of God that is binding on all men) and those who reject it. Those who love the True God, and those who hate or ignore Him.

By Ben Johnson, LifeNews – A recently released official party document reveals that the Democratic Party intends to claim the Biden-Harris administration respects the value of all “innocent life” and stokes outrage that the next Republican president could shut down the national abortion pill business “by enforcing a law” that’s already on the books — implicitly conceding the Biden-Harris administration is breaking the law to promote abortion.

By Peter Pinedo, Catholic News Agency (Catholic World Report) – The ruling reverses a July decision by the lower Maricopa County Superior Court that struck the term “unborn human being” from a state explainer on the proposed abortion amendment. The superior court’s ruling claimed the term was misleading and “inherently political.”.. The Arizona Supreme Court, however, said in its Wednesday ruling that the Maricopa court erred in its decision and that the phrase “unborn human being,” which is used in the state’s existing law, “substantially complies” with the impartiality requirement.

By Katherine Hamilton, Breitbart – “If you care about building a culture of life in this state or this country, them winning in Florida I think really represents the end of the pro-life movement,” DeSantis said to a packed auditorium, the Tampa Bay Times reported… The proposed abortion measure, which will appear as Amendment 4 on the ballot, would bar the state from restricting abortion before viability (approximately 24 weeks) or later in pregnancy “when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider.”

By The Ruth Institute, The Stream – Louisiana is one of the most pro-life states in America. The Southern Poverty Law Center even has a section specifically on “hateful” Louisiana and its “extremist” legislation protecting human life… Pro-life activists in other states should learn from her successes in the bills she’s helped pass and others she’s helped block. One bill made it a crime to poison a woman with abortion-inducing drugs. It’s also now illegal to get these drugs by mail order or buy them out of someone’s car trunk.

By Charles C. Camosy, Frist Things – Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has picked Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota as her running mate. Walz recently legalized infanticide in the state of Minnesota. As someone who does not identify as conservative, I’d be delighted if this claim could be dismissed as a right-wing fever dream. Unfortunately, it is all too real. And by infanticide, I really do mean aiming at the death of newborn infants.

By Scott Giebel, MRC TV – Campus Reform reports the groups posted on Instagram, ”We are Westerners fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization. We stand in full solidarity with every movement for liberation in the Global South. Our Intifada is an internationalist one-we are fighting for nothing less than the liberation of all people. We reject every genocidal, eugenicist regime that seeks to undermine the personhood of the colonized.”

LifeNews, (Center for Medical Progress) – Newly-released undercover footage, which Planned Parenthood sought to block for eight years, shows the organization’s Houston, TX branch describing delivering late-term fetuses intact and alive and mutilating the bodies afterwards to cover up violations of the federal partial-birth abortion law, in conversations about selling fetal body parts.

By Ryan T. Anderson, First Things – Kamala Harris is an abortion extremist. Her words and actions over the course of her career—as California’s attorney general, as United States senator, and as vice president—leave no doubt as to that fact. From targeting pro-life journalists and forcing pregnancy centers to advertise for abortion in her A.G. days, to voting to override state pro-life laws in her Senate days, she has repeatedly made clear her fealty to the abortion lobby… Abortion is her top priority.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Just how pro-abortion are Kamala Harris and Tim Walz?.. As Vice President, Kamala Harris fully prioritized abortion, not just as an option, but as a moral good to be celebrated. She is the first sitting Vice President to visit a Planned Parenthood abortion business, a gesture that demonstrates her strong devotion to the abortion industry… Harris’s record and actions make it clear that she is not simply “pro-choice”, but actively “pro-abortion.”… Harris toured the abortion facility with running mate Tim Walz …

By McKenna Snow, Catholic Vote – A recent report from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission has found that from June 2022 to March 2024, “reported elective abortions in Texas have consistently dropped from thousands per month to zero,” according to a Texas Alliance for Life news release… The steep drop in elective abortions in Texas began after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – When Walz first ran for governor back in 2018, he joked about his extreme views on abortion… “My record is so pro-choice Nancy Pelosi asked me if I should tone it down,” he said. “I stand with Planned Parenthood.” Walz, who was in the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2019, has a 0% pro-life score from the National Right to Life.

By Mary Szoch, LifeNews – As Americans, it is our civic duty to vote, and in this election, there are two choices: former President Trump and his running mate, Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) or Vice President Kamala Harris. While the candidates’ words during the campaign season should not be discounted, what each candidate has done is more important… During his four years as president, Donald Trump accomplished more to defend the unborn than any other president in the history of America.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Conservative media personality Tucker Carlson didn’t mince words in a recent interview about abortion cheerleader Kamala Harris – calling her a “wild-eyed abortion fanatic.”.. Carlson talked with the Senator Mike Lee of Utah about the Democrat nominee… “She’s an abortion fanatic. It’s hard to understand the fanaticism, that sort of crazed, wild-eyed enthusiasm for abortion from her. What do you think that is?” Carlson asked.

By Justine Brooke Murray, MRC TV – “The [Biden] administration (Joe Biden’s DOJ) has repeatedly met and coordinated with the abortion industry, but has refused to meet with representatives of the millions of pro-life Americans and concerned Catholic citizens who are being threatened and intimidated across the country,” CatholicVote President Brian Burch… “Nearly every single prosecution of alleged violence against abortion clinics has involved application of the FACE Act despite the lack of enforcement on attacks against churches and pregnancy resource centers… What policies are in place at the DOJ which contribute to this imbalance, and what is being done to rectify it?”

By Matt Lamb, LifeSiteNews – The same industry that claims to help create human life is actually killing more babies than abortionists, a new report warns… A video published by American Life League (ALL) criticizes “self-proclaimed pro-life Republicans” for pushing for widespread access to in vitro fertilization (IVF), singling out Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Alabama Senator Katie Britt… Both want to create a federal “right” to the embryo-destroying procedure, with Sen. Cruz calling it a “miraculous technology.”

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – [L]et us show our tender love for the grandparents and the elderly members of our families. Let us spend time with those who are disheartened and no longer hope in the possibility of a different future. In place of the self-centred attitude that leads to loneliness and abandonment, let us instead show the open heart and the joyful face of men and women who have the courage to say, “I will not abandon you,” and to set out on a different path.

By S.A. McCarthy, LifeNews – “I don’t know how a Catholic can vote for the Democrats because they’re after the Catholics almost as much as they’re after me,” Trump stated. “How does a Catholic person vote for a Democrat with what they’re doing to Catholics? I just don’t get it.”… On Wednesday, Trump praised the conservative group CatholicVote for its efforts to expose Harris’s anti-Catholic record. “A large group of Catholics is launching a major Political Campaign against Crazy Kamala Harris. FINALLY!”

The Editors, National Catholic Register – Biden’s scandalous record as president on abortion is a direct and deplorable consequence of the political corruption of Catholic Democrats that began during the 1960s. Until that decade, it was simply inconceivable that any mainstream Catholic politician would ever advocate for “abortion rights,” given that Church teaching has always abhorred abortion as a grave evil.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – There have been hundreds of pro-abortion attacks on churches, pro-life groups and pregnancy centers since Dobbs. However, a new report from The Daily Caller shows 97% of prosecutions from Biden-Harris have been targeted at pro-life Americans… Last week, Biden put another pro-life American in prison for protesting abortion – this time putting a young mother in federal prison for more than three years for preaching outside an abortion center… Bevelyn Beatty Williams, a 33-year-old mom of a 2-year-old daughter, received a sentence of three years and give months in prison.

By Jennifer Bryson, Crisis Magazine – There is good news for the pro-life movement to report from Nebraska: with little lead time and even less money, an alliance of pro-lifers succeeded in gathering enough signatures from enough different counties to put a pro-life amendment to the State Constitution on the November ballot here. If the “Protect Women and Children Constitutional Amendment” passes, Nebraska would be the first state in the union to have restrictions on abortion in the State Constitution.

By Jeanne Mancini, The Federalist – While there are a number of reasons to oppose a Harris presidency, Americans should especially be concerned about her vocal push for limitless abortion up until birth… Harris’s radical record on abortion is enough to frighten even the most pro-abortion voters, let alone vulnerable mothers who face unexpected or unwanted pregnancies… Harris is unafraid to aggressively articulate her party’s agenda for unfettered access to abortion. She has also repeatedly refused to name any limits on abortion she would be willing to support. ..

By Michael J. Matt, Editor, The Remnant – In Britain in 1921, a eugenic society was founded to create a race of well-formed, well-endowed, beautiful men and women. The Society for Constructive Birth Control and Racial Progress, founded by Marie Stopes (later known as the UK’s Margaret Sanger) aimed to increase the offspring of the wise, healthy and well-to-do while reducing the progeny of the poor, weak and unemployed.

By Peter Pinedo, Catholic World Report – Harris pledges to codify Roe in federal law… Since replacing President Joe Biden as the presumptive presidential nominee for the Democratic party, Vice President Kamala Harris has already made abortion a major focus of her campaign, pledging in several speeches to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law…. In a Wednesday night speech in Indianapolis, Harris bashed former President Donald Trump for nominating three Supreme Court justices who voted to overturn Roe.

LifeSiteNews – The Catholic church in which the parents of disabled Margo Naranjo planned to hold her premature funeral has canceled the booking… The parish was not aware that the woman’s parents planned to withhold nutrition and hydration from their daughter to hasten her death in clear violation of Church teaching… St. Ann Catholic Parish in Coppell, Texas, where Margo’s parents hoped to have a funeral on August 2, cancelled the ceremony after discovering that Margo was not actually dying but that her parents wanted to remove her clinically administered nutrition and hydration.

By Craig Bannister, MRC TV – America’s enemies “have got to be laughing their heads off” about how Democrats forced President Joe Biden to drop his candidacy for reelection, Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) said Sunday… The leaders in Russia, China and North Korea all see the breach of democracy in the Democrats’ antics, Sen. Hawley said… “Now, the Democrats are rigging their own elections, Laura. I mean this is hysterical. It looks like, dare we say it, an insurrection.

By Jim Hoft, LifeNews – For pro-lifers and all Americans who care about the future of our nation, this is not the time to abandon the Republican party… Yes, it is disheartening that vice presidential nominee JD Vance has said he supports access to the deadly abortion drug mifepristone, which now accounts for the death of more unborn children than surgical abortion. And while many involved in pro-life would like to see a national ban, or better yet, a personhood amendment, the reality is, those things are not on the immediate horizon.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race today and endorsed his pro-abortion vice president Kamala Harris to take his place as the Democrat nominee… While Biden has become the most pro-abortion president in American history, Kamala Harris might be even worse. Harris would fight tooth and nail to impose abortions up to birth on the country nationwide.

LifeSiteNews staff – Following their announcement that Margo Naranjo is no longer going to receive artificial nutrition and hydration and will consequently die, her family has organized a ‘Celebration of Life’ party to take place on August 3… LifeSiteNews is calling for prayers for Margo Naranjo, a young Texas woman who suffered a severe brain injury in 2020 following a car wreck, whose parents have decided to withdraw life-sustaining artificial nutrition and hydration to bring about her death.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser called out Kamala’s pro-abortion record in comments to LifeNews… “Kamala Harris is determined to impose on all 50 states all-trimester abortion without any limits, even painful late-term abortions in the 7th, 8th, and 9th month of pregnancy. Harris is so committed to abortion that she can’t see anything else – including the developmental stages of children before birth or the real needs of women. …

By Sean Fitzpatrick, Crisis Magazine – Is it worth it? To paraphrase the words of that holiest of statesmen, St. Thomas More, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world, but for the White House? Given his hard anti-abortion position in the past, J. D. Vance is most likely acting in acknowledgment of the current state of affairs. And while it is good that he is not openly accepting the tragedy of abortion, it is disappointing all the same. All that being said, Mr. Vance seems like a smart, solid man and well-suited to run for office, and it is encouraging to see a generational shift; but as a Catholic, he needs our prayers just as much (or more) as our support. There is always time for another conversion.

By Jonathon Van Maren, First Things – The Republican National Committee proposed its 2024 GOP party platform in Milwaukee on July 8, and for the first time in forty years, this platform does not include support for a national abortion ban. Instead, the GOP’s anti-abortion positions are softened and many of the party’s previous pro-life commitments have been removed. In particular, the committee stripped a key line included in every GOP platform since 1984: “The unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed.”

By Christopher Manion, The Wanderer – “Avoid anti-abortion centers – they mislead you about your options if you’re pregnant.” This slogan appears on highway billboards, buses, and other public facilities in the state of Massachusetts. These taxpayer-funded attacks on pregnancy centers encourage women to “avoid” pro-life organizations… What to do instead? “Get care you can trust.” And whom can you trust? The Massachusetts State government, of course.

By Russell Shaw, Catholic World Report – If anyone had imagined the Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling was its final word on abortion, he or she surely knows better now… Two years ago, the Supreme Court vindicated the right to life by reversing a 1973 ruling, which abruptly asserted the existence of a constitutional right to abortion that no one had ever previously heard of. Suddenly, a new day dawned for the defenders of unborn human life in America… So how do things stand after two years?

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Following massive online criticism, Fort Liberty has walked back a slide in an anti-terrorism presentation that claims pro-life Americans are terrorists… As LifeNews.com reported, Journalist Sam Shoemate exposed the terrorism briefing on X (Twitter) that was held at Fort Liberty (Bragg) yesterday where they listed several Pro-Life organizations as “terrorist organizations.”… The military facility has since walked back the slide with a post on X (Twitter).

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Ted Budd (R-NC), along with Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) and their colleagues, sent a letter to Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth demanding answers after an anti-terrorism training conducted at Fort Liberty, North Carolina depicted Pro-Life Americans as terrorists.

By Alex Chediak, The Stream – How Big Is the Change?… Pretty big. Here’s the 2024 language: “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. After 51 years, because of us, that power has been given to the States and to a vote of the People. We will oppose Late Term Abortion, while supporting mothers and policies that advance Prenatal Care, access to Birth Control, and IVF (fertility treatments).”

By Darrick Taylor, Crisis Magazine – The problem is that, with the exception of the transgender craze, socially conservative Catholics and their allies are no longer “the people.” They are a minority, one that simply does not have the power to do what they most want—ban abortion and return marriage law to sanity. The problem is that the cultural revolutionaries who effected these legal changes have also managed to turn public opinion firmly in their favor. Most Americans favor some restrictions on abortion, but the majority want it to be legal in at least some cases.

By Calvin Freiburger, LifeSiteNews – The slide, reportedly from a terrorism briefing at Fort Liberty, names the pro-life organizations National Right to Life Committee and Operation Rescue as ‘terrorist groups,’ characterized by their opposition to abortion and Roe v. Wade (misspelled ‘Row’)… Military officials under the Biden administration continue to teach that their peaceful political opponents are violent extremists, according to a report about a terrorism presentation given to U.S. Army members at Fort Liberty (the renamed Fort Bragg).

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.”

By Peter Laffin, National Catholic Register – But for now, at least, the pro-life movement appears willing to cede ground and work in cooperation with the Trump-led GOP against their common enemy: Joe Biden and the pro-abortion rights Democrats… On Monday morning, the 2024 Republican convention platform committee plank on abortion was released, and despite claiming to “stand for families and life,” it does not include a call for a constitutional amendment to grant personhood protections for the unborn as it had for decades. It also voices explicit support for IVF (in vitro fertilization) and contraception.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The RNC’s platform committee has adopted a policy document that confirms the 14th Amendment “guarantees” the right to life for unborn children… “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,” the platform says… The platform does also promote the state’s rights position of nominee Donald Trump by saying states are free to pass their own abortion laws, including bans that protect babies from abortions.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The provision of transgender services at Planned Parenthood clinics has surged in recent years, coinciding with the growing profitability of the transgender medical sector that exploits children. Data from regional branches of the abortion giant indicates a significant expansion… Planned Parenthood began selling hormone treatments in 2005. By 2022, 41 out of 49 regional branches were  exploiting kids with the sales. However, the past three years have seen a substantial uptick in Planned Parenthood’s involvement in transgender healthcare. Now 45 of its affiliates sell the dangerous hormones.

By Joshua Mercer, LifeNews – After reportedly telling allies in private that he might drop out, President Joe Biden told his campaign staff on Wednesday: “I’m in this race to the end.”… The New York Times stated that the embattled president “told key allies that he knows the coming days are crucial.”…..

By Adeline A. Allen, First Things – In the wake of the recent Alabama Supreme Court ruling on in vitro fertilization (IVF), much discussion has focused on the status of embryos on ice, many of whom are the so-called “surplus” embryos created in the IVF process. Are they persons? Don’t they deserve legal protection? We pro-lifers answer both questions in the affirmative. The more robust the defense of the least of these, our tiny brothers and sisters, the better.

By Sarah Holliday, LifeNews – Last week, Family Research Council’s legislative arm, FRC Action, released the annual Vote Scorecard that tracks where members of Congress stand in their commitment to supporting faith, family, and freedom. On the 2023 scorecard, FRC Action found that “69 U.S. representatives and five U.S. senators scored a perfect 100 percent for votes cast in 2023” in championing these values.

By Mary Margaret Olohan, Daily Caller – A Tennessee judge ruled Tuesday that pro-life activist Paul Vaughn will not serve time in prison for trying to stop abortions from taking place at a Tennessee abortion clinic… President Joe Biden’s Justice Department had sought a year in prison for the pro-life activist… the judge instead gave Vaughn merely three years supervised release… “We rejoice in God’s plans,” said Vaughn in a statement issued by his legal firm, the Thomas More Society. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Human Coalition Action on Monday joined other advocacy groups in calling on 2024 Republican National Convention (RNC) delegates to uphold the party’s historic support for pro-life principles and policies… In a letter led by the group Advancing American Freedom and signed by Human Coalition Action and other pro-life and advocacy groups, the coalition urged RNC delegates to ensure that the party’s platform continues to be “bold and unambiguous on life.”

By Michael Warsaw, EWTN News – President Joe Biden’s disastrous June 27 debate performance was alarming on many fronts. But there was one element that was particularly troubling for pro-life Americans: his garbled articulation of Roe v. Wade… Biden reveres Roe. Never mind that he disagreed with its reasoning as a freshman senator when it came out 51 years ago. Today, it’s his fifth gospel, the lynchpin of his abortion-focused presidency and now-faltering reelection campaign.

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – Last week, I urged my readers to recognize that overturning Roe v. Wade was only the beginning of the fight to end abortion and its mindset in America… Numerous states have passed total or near-total abortion bans since Dobbs overturned Roe… Inevitably, pro-abortion forces will react to this new situation in the same way as pro-life activists. Except pro-abortion forces will first turn their attention to shoring up pro-abortion laws at the state level.

By Monica Miller, Crisis Magazine – …on the issue of legalized abortion, and in particular the Roe v. Wade decision itself, both Biden and Trump got it wrong. Indeed, it is staggering just how wrong a sitting president and a former president were regarding the most important social issue of our time. Biden especially misrepresented what the 1973 Supreme Court decision actually said and what it actually permitted in terms of the legalization of abortion, and Trump seemed not to understand the goals of the pro-life movement.

By John Murdock, First Things – Should I have been surprised that ReproductiveRights.gov exists? Joe Biden has shifted from touting his long record of supporting the Hyde Amendment and opposing late-term abortions to making unfettered abortion rights the centerpiece of his presidential campaign. But the “dot gov” should still matter, and it does to me as a federal employee… ReproductiveRights.gov offers resources for avoiding reproduction or snuffing out life in its early stages.

By Joshua Mercer, LifeNews – Per America First Legal, the newly released batch of documents “exposes how the Biden Administration classifies someone as a person likely to commit ‘domestic violent extremist’ attacks, particularly those who support President Trump, are ‘in the military,’ or are ‘religious.’”… The DHS document stated: “If you ask researchers to dive into indicators of extremists and terrorism, they might indicate being in the military or religious.”

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Donald Trump and Joe Biden debated abortion early in Thursday night’s presidential debate… During the debate, Trump said that overturning Roe v. Wade and allowing states to protect babies from abortions was a “great decision.”… “Fifty-one years ago we had Roe v. Wade and everybody wanted to get it back to the states. Everybody. Without exception. Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives, everybody wanted it back. Religious leaders,” he said.

By  Steven Ertelt, Josh Mercer, LifeNews – On Wednesday, the Supreme Court admitted to mistakenly publishing a document online concerning a pending abortion case. Bloomberg Law obtained the document before it was promptly taken down from the website… According to Supreme Court spokeswoman Patricia McCabe, the document was “inadvertently and briefly uploaded” to the court’s website. McCabe clarified that the ruling itself “has not been released.” …

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – Let us take encouragement from the words of Pope St. John Paul II to a group of Italian pro-life activists in 1998: “Dear brothers and sisters of the Pro-Life Movement, persevere in your courageous efforts!” he exhorted his listeners. “Every sacrifice and every hardship will be compensated by the smile of the many children who, thanks to you, can enjoy the priceless gift of life. I warmly encourage you to make every effort so that everyone’s right to life will be recognized and an authentic democracy, inspired by the values of the civilization of love, will be built.”

By Steven Ertelt , LifeNews – More than a dozen pro-life Americans are currently in federal prison. Their crime? Staging a peaceful sit-in at a late-term abortion business in the nation’s capitol because it potentially illegally killed babies in full-term abortions or infanticides… Those pro-lifers on trial conducted a rescue at the Washington Surgi-Clinic operated by the notorious late-term abortionist Cesare Santangelo who was busted by a LiveAction undercover investigator for admitting that he would not help a child with life-saving efforts if he or she survived a late-term abortion.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Pro-Life Americans across the country are celebrating the Dobbs anniversary (on June 24). They’re thankful the Supreme Court overturned the decision that has resulted in more than 65 million babies losing their lives to abortion… Fortunately, pro-life laws in multiple states are saving babies from abortions. In fact one pro-life leader tells LifeNews that current pro-life laws are protecting as many as 200,000 babies from abortions annually.

By Doug Mainwaring, LifeSite News – Two years ago today, the United States Supreme Court issued a decision that resounded across the land: “The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion!”… I was thrilled to have been among the throng of pro-life hopefuls in front of the Court alongside my LifeSiteNews colleague, Jim Hale, at 10:23 AM on June 14, 2022 when those words were announced, overturning Roe v. Wade.

By Stephen Kokx, LifeSiteNews – Condemning abortion in a conversation with Alex Jones, Tucker Carlson opined, ‘There’s something about killing other people ritually as an offering to the spirit world that is a constant through human history… the only logical answer is because some outside force was telling them that, right?’

By Anne Reed, LifeNews – Monday is the two-year anniversary of the fall of Roe v. Wade – the infamous U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision responsible for killing tens of millions of innocent babies over nearly 50 years. It is to President Donald J. Trump’s credit that Roe v. Wade met its climatic end – its foul remains finally tumbling into a heap of ashes on June 24, 2022.

By Ben Watson, LifeNews – What we’ve won with the overturn of Roe v. Wade is a battle. An important stone of remembrance on a journey toward protecting life. But the broader fight to defend and secure the dignity of every person remains with us today… Respectively, this should change how we celebrate these two days. Juneteenth and the Dobbs anniversary aren’t merely commemorative. These are reflective yet joyous moments that help us draw strength and resolve for the strenuous days ahead. These are days that remind us of the grave, staggering cost of victories like the abolition of slavery and the end of Roe.

By Jules Gomes, The Stream – America’s largest Protestant denomination voted last week to oppose the use of in vitro fertilization (IVF) because it results in the “willful destruction” of human embryos “wantonly created” in the process… In a 700-word resolution, the Southern Baptist Convention, which has almost 13 million church members spread across 45,000 churches nationwide, committed itself on June 12 to uphold its historic moral teaching affirming “the value of every human life” and opposing “the use of technology that disregards the sanctity of human life.”

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – A new Congressional bill would stop Biden from forcing Americans to fund abortions… A leading pro-life groups tells LifeNews that the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 (H.R. 8580) would stop Biden’s agenda that has turned the the VA into taxpayer-funded abortion centers… Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life, says, her group “thanks the House Appropriations Committee for their work fighting back against the Biden administration’s radical abortion agenda.”

By Rich Lowry, Patriot Post – The charge that Republicans are somehow working to cut off access to contraception amounts to an outlandish conspiracy theory… We don’t know who they are or where they are. All we know is that some place or other, a shadowy group of powerful Republicans is meeting to figure out how to ban contraceptives… The Democratic charge that Republicans are somehow working to cut off access to contraception is so ludicrously unfounded that it amounts to an outlandish conspiracy theory. Yet this allegation undergirds the Democratic effort to pass a sweeping new “Right to Contraception Act” through Congress.

By Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner – A Louisiana bill that would allow judges to sentence certain convicted child molesters to surgical castration may soon be landing on Gov. Jeff Landry’s (R-LA) desk… Earlier this month, the state’s House of Representatives passed the Senate bill by a vote of 74 to 24, but the legislator ultimately added amendments that were only just unanimously passed on Tuesday. Those changes must now be approved by the Senate. The original bill required all sex offenders to undergo the procedure, but the most recent version leaves it up to a judge. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Senate Republicans today blocked a bogus Democrat bill that actually promotes a right to kill babies in abortions and trans surgeries on children… Democrats claimed the measure was for a right to contraception – which already exists under the Griswald ruling the Supreme Court handed down before Roe. Instead, the measure was filled with funding for Planned Parenthood, America’s biggest abortion company.

By Calvin Freiburger, LifeSite News – As LifeSiteNews has extensively reported, the five activists stood trial for blocking access to the Washington Surgi-Clinic in downtown Washington D.C. in a “traditional rescue” in October 2020. Pro-life “rescues,” of which there were many in the early days of the pro-life movement before the FACE Act became federal law, involve activists physically entering abortion centers and refusing to leave in an effort to convince women to choose life for their babies ….

By Tierin-Rose Mandelburg, MRC TV – The Texas Supreme Court unanimously decided on Friday to reject a legal challenge that aimed to make abortion more widely available in the state… Presently, Texas law doesn’t allow a woman to abort her child based solely on the child having an abnormal fetal diagnosis. A group of 20 pro-abort women claimed in March 2023 that the Texas law was too narrow and sued the state. The case, Zurawski v. Texas, argued that the state’s abortion ban prohibited the 20 women from getting medical care for their “complicated pregnancies,” as reports indicate.

By Matthew McDonald, National Catholic Register – The billionaire philanthropist pledges $200 million to ‘reproductive freedom,’ among other things… For years, Melinda French Gates, who identifies as a Catholic, said she struggled with abortion as a public-policy issue and wouldn’t give money to it from the foundation she helped run with her now-former husband, Bill… The struggle appears to be over…Gates, who has written fondly about her Catholic upbringing, said this week she is giving multimillion-dollar donations to abortion-supporting groups.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – A coalition of 10 federal lawmakers led by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-FL, and Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-OK, pressed the Biden administration about an abortion-inducing drug’s possible risk to the American water supply… “We write with regard to the chemical abortion drug mifepristone and its potential … effect on water systems in the United States,” the lawmakers stated in a Wednesday letter addressed to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan ….

By Ben Johnson, LifeNews – Pres. Donald Trump (has vowed) to “protect American sovereignty” and the U.S. Constitution from the designs of unelected global bureaucrats… “As we speak, Joe Biden’s minions are in Geneva, secretly negotiating to surrender more of our liberty to the WHO,” Pres. Trump told the Libertarian Party National Convention, eliciting a fulsome chorus of boos. “Drafts of the agreement show that they want to subjugate America to foreign nations, attack free speech, [and] empower the WHOto redistribute American resources.”

By Michael Ippolito, Nicholas R. Swanson, Crisis Magazine – United States senators Ted Cruz and Katie Britt want you to think you can have your cake and eat it too. Cruz and Britt have introduced a bill this week that would withhold Medicare dollars from states that prohibit in vitro fertilization (IVF). The bill would essentially make IVF a federal right… The recent focus on IVF stems from a ruling in February by the Alabama Supreme Court. The case involved an IVF clinic in Alabama that mistakenly discarded a couple’s frozen embryos.

By Calvin Freiburger, LifeSiteNews – The Texas Supreme Court may soon hear its own case considering the personhood of frozen embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF), guaranteeing a controversy that establishment politicians wanted to sweep out of public view will only continue until it is resolved… the Lone Star State’s highest court is considering whether to take up a lawsuit stemming from how to distribute three frozen embryos created by divorcing couple Caroline and Gaby Antoun. The couple agreed in writing that the husband would get the embryos in the event of a divorce, but the wife contends that contract is no longer enforceable ….

By Monica Migliorino Miller, Catholic World Report – A first-hand account of the recent trials and sentencing of the “Garland 9” in Washington, D.C… As behavior protected by the Constitution and regulated by statue in every state, abortion cannot be defined as “public or private injury” As we have shown, the defendants’ contention that the fetus suffers great injury has no meaning for this Court, nor does it qualify as the requisite “injury” to justify the assertion of the defense of necessity….[T]he fetus has no rights, nor does the State or any individual have an interest in protecting the continuation of fetal development.

By Russell Shaw, Catholic World Report – Is the Supreme Court seeking a judicial middle ground in the abortion wars—a stance that pleases and displeases prolifers and prochoicers alike, although for opposite reasons? If so, two pending cases could provide opportunity for it to move in that direction… In one, the court is being asked to reverse a decision by the conservative 5th Circuit Court of Appeals approving restrictions on the abortion drug Mifepristone. The controversy originated with a group of prolife doctors who challenged Food and Drug Administration actions making Mifepristone easier to obtain.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Houck is suing Joe Biden and his DOJ over the bogus FBI raid on his family home and the politicized prosecution against him for merely protesting abortion… Shawn Carney of 40 Days for Life tells LifeNews, “This week, the 40 Days for Life Institute of Law & Justice filed a federal lawsuit against the DOJ and multiple state and local law enforcement officers on behalf of longtime 40 Days for Life participant Mark Houck.”

By CatholicVote News Feed – The Louisiana Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would classify the abortion-inducing drugs mifepristone and misoprostol as Schedule IV controlled substances… If Gov. Landry signs the bill as expected, it would make Louisiana arguably the most pro-life state in the nation… Louisiana is the southern state that has by far the largest percentage of Catholic residents, owing to its large Cajun and Creole communities. Around a quarter of the state’s population are self-identified Catholics.

CatholicVote News Feed – A chorus of conservative critics slammed a bill aimed at protecting the in-vitro fertilization (IVF) industry after Sens. Ted Cruz, R-TX, and Katie Britt, R-AL, introduced the proposed legislation on Monday… “The bill states that IVF is a ‘pro-woman and pro-family solution for those struggling to have children.’ Yet it is neither of those things,” Ethics and Public Policy Center (EPPC) Policy Analyst Natalie Dodson wrote in an op-ed published in The Hill Wednesday.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Biden administration has already put a dozen pro-life Americans in prison for protesting abortion, but that’s apparently not enough for Biden and the radical abortion activists in his administration… The (DOJ) on Monday filed suit against two pro-life groups and several pro-life advocates on Monday by falsely claiming their abortion protests are intimidating and somehow violate the bogus FACE law that limits the free speech rights of pro-life Americans. Biden’s cronies accuse them of “intimidating” abortion customers at two abortion businesses in Ohio.

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you’” (49:14-15)… Elsewhere, Isaiah writes this evocative passage: “As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem” (Is 66: 13). The Psalmist uses much the same analogy, writing, “Like a child quieted at its mother’s breast; like a child that is quieted is my soul. O Israel, hope in the Lord” (Ps 131:2-3).

By LifeSiteNews staff – Citing the recent D.C. FACE Act reports from LifeSiteNews regarding the mistreatment of imprisoned pro-lifers Jean Marshall and Heather Idoni, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, co-chair of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission and co-chair of the House Pro-life Caucus, and six fellow Republican representatives signed a letter (published in full below) demanding immediate answers from the U.S. Marshals Service and the Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Prisons.

By Ben Johnson, LifeNews – Seeking to stave off the increasingly perilous threat posed by Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Joe Biden’s campaign positioned the president as a moderate who “doesn’t support full-term abortions” — a claim pro-life advocates call deceptive. The assertion also clashes with Biden-aligned super PACs portraying RFK Jr. as a supporter of “national abortion bans.”

By Jonathon Van Maren, First Things – In 2017, Kellyanne Conway took the stage at the National March for Life in Washington, D.C., to tell the gathered crowd of thousands that she was “a mother, a Catholic, counselor to the president of the United States, and yes, I am pro-life!” The crowd roared. Conway continued: “It means to stand up, stand tall, and stand together against the indifference and the indefensible; and to stand up, stand tall, and stand together on behalf of babies in the womb.”… But during a recent interview on healthcare policy, Conway sang a different tune. …

By Calvin Freiburger, LifeSite News – 74-year-old peaceful pro-life advocate Jean Marshall was sentenced by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly to 15 more months in prison on Wednesday and denied a request to serve the rest of her sentence in home confinement due to health issues, including debilitating osteoarthritis in both hips… Marshall is one of several pro-lifers convicted over blocking access to a scandal-plagued late-term abortion facility in the nation’s capital, in a case criticized by pro-life leaders as an egregious example of Biden administration overreach.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Thanks to Joe Biden’s politicized Justice Department, a pro-life advocate will spend the next five years in a federal prison for protesting abortion… If Lauren Handy was an environmental activist or a leftist supporting Hamas, her sit-in at an abortion business would have earned her a misdemeanor charge and maybe a small fine. But because she is a pro-life advocate protesting abortion, the Biden administration used the FACE Act to prosecute her for supposedly blocking access to abortion.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Abortion advocates are not content to just scream and shout about pro-life laws protecting babies from abortion. They are taking their protests even further by sterilizing themselves… Last month, medical researchers published a paper analyzing data on “permanent contraceptive procedures” among 18- to 30-year-olds… liberal men are getting vasectomies in record numbers to protest abortion bans across the country ….

By Susan Klein, LifeNews – Today, May 9, 2024, Governor Parson signed HB 2634, putting in statute language that restricts tax-payer funds from going to abortion providers and their affiliates… Prior to 2020, Missouri restricted family planning funds to abortion providers through the budget process. In 2020, Planned Parenthood and others filed suit against that defunding process and the Missouri Supreme Court agreed that it was unconstitutional but also stated that the defunding could be done by placing the pro-life protective language in statute. …

By American Life League, The Stream – “Where are the abortion pill numbers?” asks American Life League National Director Katie Brown. “That’s the question that should be on every American’s mind.”… the Guttmacher Institute published on March 19 reveals that approximately 642,700 self-managed chemical abortions were reported in 2023… “Because Planned Parenthood spends a whopping $700 million of our United States tax dollars,” says Brown, “every American has a vested interest in what it does with that money. ….

By Steven Ertelt , LifeNews – Independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr has confirmed once again that he supports abortions up to birth… He said in a new interview that he would allow women to have abortions at full-term if that was their choice… As NBC reported, Kennedy confirmed he would not prohibit or limite late-term aboritons — even up to birth ….

By Peter Pinedo, Catholic News Agency – United States abortion law is “far more permissive than the vast majority of the world,” according to a study recently released by the pro-life research group the Charlotte Lozier Institute… Released on April 30, the study found that out of the nearly 200 members of the United Nations (U.N.), the U.S. is one of only eight with no federal limit on abortion.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Joe Biden’s party is shockingly vulnerable here, and they know it. Asked if the president supported any restrictions on abortion last month, his campaign staff deflected. Does he have a preferred “cutoff” like 24 weeks, the reporter asked? “The president believes that we should restore the protections of Roe,” the spokesman replied, which allowed abortion through all nine months of pregnancy. “He’s been pretty clear, pretty consistent on that,” the official insisted. “So we aren’t going to fall on any traps that Republicans may want to lay ….”

By CatholicVote – An op-ed published in The Washington Post Sunday charges that President Joe Biden’s pro-abortion messaging is a sign of “desperation.”… “It must be challenging for a Catholic president to make abortion the centerpiece of his reelection campaign,” wrote columnist Kathleen Parker in the op-ed. “I wonder whether Joe Biden has nightmares as he recruits abortion-denied women to serve as surrogates to make his case.”

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – Eleven states could see abortion through all nine months of pregnancy enshrined in their state constitutions this November… Democrats and their abortion giant allies want to legalize killing unborn babies throughout all nine months of gestation in every state. A majority of U.S. adults reject that position, but that fact hasn’t stopped the ballot measure battle that plagued Ohio last year from infiltrating several other states, including those controlled by Republicans, during the 2024 election cycle. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs has signed the bill to repeal Arizona’s abortion ban, making it so babies will continue being aborted in the southwestern state… In a gleeful message, Hobbs celebrated her own signing of the bill… “With the stroke of my pen, the 1864 abortion ban is about to OFFICIALLY become a thing of the past,” she wrote on X (Twitter).

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Florida’s new heartbeat law that prohibits abortions on unborn babies who have a detectable heartbeat at 6 weeks takes effect today… The pro-life law will save thousands of babies from abortions and end Florida’s status as an abortion destination in the southeast. Florida is surrounded by states with pro-life laws in effect that protect babies and help women and the abortion industry has been directing customers to Florida for abortions instead of helping women and unborn children… As a result, thousands of babies are expected to be saved from abortion and will get a chance at life.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – In an interview on Monday, radically pro-abortion former Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the Democrats extreme abortion agenda crystal clear. She said that if Democrats win Congress, they will kill the filibuster in the Senate so they can legalize abortions up to birth nationwide.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Florida’s new heartbeat law will take effect on Wednesday that prohibits abortions on unborn babies who have a detectable heartbeat at 6 weeks… Unborn children who can feel pain will remain protected and a law protecting babies with a heartbeat will go into effect on May 1… The pro-life law will save thousands of babies from abortions and end Florida’s status as an abortion destination in the southeast.

CV News Feed – An article published in The Washington Post Monday morning appeared to acknowledge “errors” in the process of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) which “are rarely made public.”… The analysis piece titled “Most IVF errors go unreported, experts say,” described IVF practices as “opaque.”… “When a storage tank at a San Francisco fertility center imploded, 4,000 human eggs and embryos were damaged or destroyed… A subsequent jury ruling attributed much of the disaster to a manufacturing flaw while also implicating the center itself,” Beard added.

By Joseph Eble, M.D., EWTN News – Pope St. John Paul II stipulated that for organs to ethically be harvested from brain-dead patients, moral certainty must exist that they are truly dead. But, in his foundational articulation of moral certainty, Pope Pius XII explained that moral certainty cannot exist if a competent judge finds evidence supporting the contrary position compelling. This precise situation exists regarding BD: The NCBC and the 151 endorsers of “Catholics United” acknowledge that many (if not all) brain-dead patients are alive.

By Nicolás de Cárdenas, ACI Prensa Staff – Biden went to Tampa, Florida, on April 23 for a campaign stop one week before a law restricting abortion in the state from 15 to six weeks of gestation was due to go into effect… While a Biden supporter on stage criticized Florida governor and former Republican candidate for president Ron DeSantis for signing the bill, Biden made the sign of the cross… José Ignacio Munilla, the bishop of Orihuela-Alicante in Spain said that making the sign of the cross in support of abortion constitutes a “sacrilegious” gesture and “the desecration of the sign of the cross.”

By Catholic Vote – According to recent reports, birth and fertility rates in the United States have plummeted to the lowest levels since they have been recorded… according to the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “There were about 3.6 million babies born in 2023, or 54.4 live births for every 1,000 females ages 15 to 44.”… The same day, Axios indicated that the “U.S. fertility rate in 2023 amounted to about 1.62 births per woman — well below the ‘replacement rate’ of 2.1 …. fits the general pattern.”

By Emily Mangiaracina, LifeSiteNew – On Tuesday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed the ‘Baby Olivia Act’ into law, requiring public schools to show school children a “high-quality, computer-generated animation or high-definition ultrasound” of unborn babies developing in the womb… The law cites Live Action’s computer-animated “Baby Olivia” video depicting fertilization and fetal development from conception as an example of an animation that would meet the law’s requirements, which include the depiction of “the development of the brain, heart, and other vital organs in early fetal development.”

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – A group of 24 states is fighting a decision by Joe Biden to yank Oklahoma’s health care funds just because it’s pro-life… Oklahoma has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration for denying it federal health care funds because it refuses to use them to fund abortions. And almost half the states in the nation are coming to its defense.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – America is aborting away its future. There’s no more glaring example of that than the fact that the fertility in the United States has hit a record low… According to newly-released data from the Centers for Disease Control, America’s total fertility rate dropped to 1.62 births per woman last year, a 2% decline from the year before. That figure is below replacement rate, which means that Americans are not having enough children to replace people who are dying.

By Joshua Mercer, LifeNews – Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. just released a new policy platform on abortion titled, “More Choices, More Life.”… “Abortion is one of the most divisive issues in American politics… We’ve been offered two positions — pro-life and pro-choice — with hardly any room between or outside them.”… Kennedy’s campaign claims that his proposed abortion policy “will dramatically reduce abortion in this country, and it will do so by offering more choices for women and families, not less.”… The policy clarifies that a Kennedy administration would seek to “make it easier for women to choose life.”

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – Until now, corporate media haven’t blinked an eye over the destruction of hundreds of millions of innocent embryos… After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled frozen human embryos should be treated with care, corporate media spent months lambasting in vitro fertilization critics and advocating for killing the embryos at adults’ leisure. Outlets’ tunes, however, changed this week when stories began to circulate about Israel allegedly destroying the “majority of Gaza’s frozen embryos.”

By Peter Pinedo, CNA – A former abortionist and several pro-life ethicists are urging lawmakers to protect children and parents from the in vitro fertilization (IVF) industry, which they say operates on “eugenic” principles… IVF is a fertility treatment that works by inducing hyper-ovulation during a woman’s cycle to harvest her eggs and then fuse them with sperm to conceive a child outside the womb. The Catholic Church is opposed to IVF because it separates the marriage act from procreation and destroys embryonic human life.

By Hannah Hiester, Catholic Vote – American Life League’s Planned Parenthood watchdog division, STOPP, released a statement condemning abortions and the use of taxpayer dollars to fund them… “This report should be the centerpiece of criminal investigations into misconduct by Planned Parenthood and its board. You cannot mix, mingle, and misuse nonprofit money for improper purposes, and Planned Parenthood continues to do so to the tune of nearly $1 billion in donations and another $700 million in taxpayer money,” STOPP said in the statement.

By John Stonestreet, The Stream – In 2015, pro-life activist David Daleiden of the Center for Medical Progress released a series of undercover videos showing high-paid executives from Planned Parenthood attempting to sell body parts from aborted babies. Their actions were appalling and indefensible. So, naturally, Planned Parenthood, pro-abortion activists, and media outlets did everything possible to discredit Daleiden. They claimed the videos were “edited,” even after Daleiden released the full, unedited versions. Daleiden was sued for allegedly using a fake ID and recording conversations without consent.

By Melanie Israel, LifeNews – Planned Parenthood’s 2022-2023 annual report is out. Unlike last year’s annual report, now we’re finally able to see how the 2022 Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade is affecting Planned Parenthood’s abortion numbers and bottom line… Spoiler alert: Abortions and government funding are at all-time highs. Actual health care for things such as cancer screening and preventive care continues to decline. More affiliates than ever are providing “transgender services.”

By Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing – For the better part of two generations, the pro-life movement in the U.S. was galvanized by a shared commitment to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Thanks to the Dobbs decision of 2022, Roe is now gone, and abortion policy in the United States has been returned to the democratic process… If Dobbs represented a generational legal victory for the pro-life movement, the ensuing two years have also revealed some of the massive political and cultural obstacles facing the pro-life cause. …

By Emily Zanotti, National Catholic Register – The (birth control) pill is known to have a number of side effects. The Mayo Clinic acknowledges that women may suffer everything from minor headaches, stomach pain, and breakthrough bleeding, to heart attacks and strokes, deep vein thrombosis, and liver disorders. It also lists several of the most common influencer complaints as potentially concerning developments in need of immediate medical attention: headaches, belly pain, dizziness, nausea and depression.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – A new poll shows more Americans side with former President Donald Trump than with Joe Biden on who should decide abortion law… In recent comments, Trump indicated he thought states should decide the issue of abortion law and whether to protect babies from abortion. Biden,on the other hand, wants Congress to pass a law re-implementing Roe v. Wade and allowing abortions up to birth… But a new Newsweek poll shows more Americans believe abortion restrictions should be decided by states rather than the federal government.

By Calvin Freiburger, LifeSite News – The Louisiana Senate unanimously passed legislation Tuesday to criminalize giving a pregnant woman abortion-inducing drugs without her knowledge or consent, motivated by the personal ordeal of the lead sponsor’s own sister… Abortion is generally illegal in the Bayou State, but SB 276 would establish the additional crime of “coerced criminal abortion by means of fraud,” defined as “knowingly and intentionally engag(ing) in the use or attempted use of an abortion-inducing drug on a pregnant woman, without her knowledge or consent, to cause an abortion.”

By Lauren De Witt, Crisis Magazine – Bill Maher, of all people, exposed the lie behind the Republicans’ supposed opposition to abortion… HBO’s Real Time host and longtime leftist Bill Maher made headlines this past weekend when he chastised Republicans’ ever-shifting stance on abortion in a panel discussion on the Arizona Supreme Court’s recent landmark ruling upholding a near-total abortion ban. The Arizona Court took up the case in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, which Republicans, including former President Trump, rightly take credit for.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Planned Parenthood abortion business released its newest annual report that shows it killed more babies in abortions in 2022-2033 than ever before… But the abortion giant also set another record – getting more of our ta dollars than ever. Thanks to Joe Biden, the Planned Parenthood abortion business raked in $699.3 million in taxpayer funding. That figure is itself an $81 million increase n revenue from when Biden took over the White House.

By Auguste Meyrat, Crisis Magazine – So how committed to abortion are Americans really?… This seems to be the burning question haunting the minds of pro-lifers right now. If we go by the recent referendums on abortion in reliably red states like Kansas or Ohio, then it seems like a majority of Americans really want the freedom to abort their unborn children. Recent polls in deep-red Florida, which will have the abortion issue on the ballot this November, already favor keeping abortion as an option. ….

By Emmy Griffin, Patriot Post – …comedian Bill Maher … went on to say: “I don’t understand the 15-week thing, or the Trump’s plan [sic] is, ‘Let’s leave it to the states.’ You mean, so killing babies is okay in some states? Like, I can respect the absolutist position. I really can. I scold the Left on when they say: ‘Oh, you know what? They just hate women. People who aren’t pro-choice.’ They don’t hate women. [The pro-abortion crowd] just made that up.”… “[Pro-lifers] think it’s murder. And it kind of is. I’m just okay with that. I am. I mean, there’s eight billion people in the world. I’m sorry, we won’t miss you. That’s my position.”

By Founder and President Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, The Ruth Institute, The Stream – Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse spoke at the recent Live Action Young Leaders Summit about how the Sexual Revolution came about and the many rotten fruits it has produced. Watch as she explains its three interlocking branches: contraception ideology, divorce ideology, and gender ideology… Learn how these aspects of our culture are ruining lives and society, and why the traditional biblical view of morality is the solution to our broken world.

By Kate Quiñones, CNA Staff – Louisiana legislators are advancing a measure to support women in crisis pregnancies by setting aside millions in funding for pregnancy resource centers and other social services, as part of a bill approved by the Louisiana Senate last month… Republican Rep. Jack McFarland and Democratic Sen. Katrina Jackson-Andrews are co-sponsors of the legislation, which puts money set aside for Alternatives to Abortion toward the new Louisiana Pregnancy and Baby Initiative. ….

By Michael J. Matt, Editor, The Remnant – With pro-life America at a crossroads, Michael J. Matt takes a hard look at Donald Trump’s political maneuvering … Can faithful Christians still vote for Donald Trump, or have we been sidelined and reduced to passive spectators as our country is handed over to the Party of Death?… What’s going on here, and how does this relate to Trump and any other politician who might be tempted to campaign on family and life issues?

By John-Henry, Westen, LifeSiteNews – A video of Bill Maher’s recent comments on abortion has gone viral, and it’s fascinating because Maher is honest and tells us what abortion advocates really feel and think… First, he recognizes that “abortion is murder.” Abortion is murder. It is the murder of an innocent human being made in the image and likeness of God.,, Second, he recognizes that the only credible position against abortion is to oppose all abortions. This is because every baby is equally loved by God and of equal value in the sight of God.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Doctors and medical groups are fighting back against a rule Joe Biden put in place that forces anyone receiving certain federal funds to promote abortions… On Friday, the pro-life legal group Alliance Defending Freedom filed legal papers supporting them. ADF attorneys filed on behalf of several pro-life and religious medical associations Friday in State of Tennessee v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. …

By Matt Kittle, The Federalist – January, six pro-life activists were convicted on charges of violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, for blocking the entrance to an abortion facility in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee in 2021. The FACE Act, signed into law by President Bill Clinton, punishes “violent, threatening damaging, and obstructive conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with the right to seek, obtain, or provide” abortions.

By Mariane Angela, Daily Caller – Republican Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake faces criticisms from both sides of the abortion debate after a visit to the University of Arizona on Thursday, NBC News reported… Lake faced criticisms about her changing position on Arizona’s strict Civil War-era abortion law, as she navigates the political arena ahead of the 2024 elections. …

By Jonathan Liedl, EWTN News – “My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation, or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land, in this case, the law of the state,” Trump said in the video… The presidential candidate added that his position was “all about the will of the people,” and that voters must follow their “heart, or in many cases, your religion or your faith.” Two days later, he told the media that he would not sign a national abortion ban if he retook the White House.

By Julianna Frieman, LifeNews – Comedian Bill Maher said Friday on “Real Time with Bill Maher” he is “okay” with abortion even though some consider it to be “murder.”… Maher told guests Gillian Tett, a British author and journalist, Piers Morgan and his audience that people who are pro-life are “kind of” right that abortion is “murder,” before highlighting the reason why he is “okay” with that… “None of you believe it’s murder. You know, that’s why I don’t understand the 15-week thing. Or the — Trump’s plan is, ‘Let’s leave it to the states.’ You mean, so killing babies is okay in some states?”

By Daniel Payne, Catholic News Agency – Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would not sign a national abortion ban if reelected to the office of the presidency in November… The Republican presidential candidate was at an event in Atlanta on Wednesday when a reporter asked him: “Would you sign a national abortion ban if Congress sent it to your desk?”… “No,” Trump said in response… Asked by the reporter: “You wouldn’t sign it?” Trump responded again: “No.”

By LifeSiteNews, Staff – Jonathon Van Maren explains why demographic and cultural crises afflicting Western nations are leading to increased support for legal euthanasia… Jonathon bases his observations on a column by British MP Matthew Parris that defends euthanasia. He opines that Parris, despite defending euthanasia, is also being “brutally honest” by facing “head-on” the problems the West faces and the “schizophrenic views” people seem to hold on politics and culture, even if the solution Parris proposes is wrong.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The European Parliament voted by a margin of 336-163 for a resolution “on the inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.”… “Whilst this is a non-binding resolution, it still places undue pressure on member states such as Poland, Malta, and Slovakia. It would generate significant opposition from millions of EU citizens who fundamentally reject the false premise that abortion should be considered a ‘fundamental right,’” she said.

By John Daniel Davidson, The Federalist – Abortion, like slavery, cannot simply be ‘left to the states,’ as if it’s an ordinary political issue. The republic itself is at stake… Former President Donald Trump declared this week that abortion should be left to the states, that there should be no federal abortion legislation because “this is all about the will of the people,” and “whatever they decide must be the law of the land.”

By John Zmirak, The Stream – What are we to make of Donald Trump’s statement on abortion? In a recent post on Truth Social, he adopted a 100% states-rights approach, opposing any federal legislation to allow or regulate it… Cold hard fact: Any federal legislation that could actually pass would leave unborn babies unprotected all the way through birth — and overturn good state laws like Florida’s. So there’s a sense in which Trump’s stance is the best we can hope for, the least bad outcome considering the GOP’s failure to profit electorally from Joe Biden’s disastrous presidency.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – … the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the state can enforce its abortion ban and protect babies from abortions. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to uphold the state’s pro-life law as written by overturning a lower court decision that misinterpreted the law… Asked if the state’s highest court “went too far” in the ruling, Trump replied: “Yes they did. And that will be straightened out.”… “And, as you know, it’s all about state’s rights and it will be straightened out,” Trump said. “And I’m sure the governor and everybody else have got to bring it back into reason and that it will be taken care of I think.” …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – In a huge pro-life victory, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that the state can enforce its abortion ban and protect babies from abortions… Planned Parenthood was challenging the potential reinstatement of the state’s near-total abortion ban from 1864, which has exceptions for life-threatening emergencies, but had been blocked by 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. The Dobbs ruling should allow it to go into effect but the nation’s biggest abortion business challenged it. …

By Tierin-Rose Mandelburg, MRC TV – The MRC has reported on other groups sounding the alarm on these treatments. In July, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) acknowledged that puberty blockers have the potential to cause sterility, though that group continued to advocate for using tax dollars to fund said treatments. In March of this year, the National Health Service (NHS) in England banned puberty blockers for minors, citing studies

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – Former President Donald Trump has a history of criticizing heartbeat bills when they come from his political rivals, misrepresenting the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs v. Jackson decision, and wrongfully blaming Republicans’ 2022 midterm losses on their unapologetically pro-life positions. His recent declaration on “abortion rights” only further confirms that his once-celebrated pro-life track record doesn’t meet voters’ demands of a Republican president.

By Fred Lucas, LifeNews – Joe Biden is on track to match and possibly surpass his predecessor in successfully appointing lower court judges… Biden announced his 47th round of nominees for vacancies on federal district and appeals courts in late March, bringing his total nominations to 229. That’s just 10 fewer nominees than Donald Trump had at this point in his presidency in the spring of 2020… Biden’s latest nominees include Kevin G. Ritz to be a judge on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as well as four choices for District Court vacancies.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Four pro-life advocates have been found guilty of violating a federal law protecting abortion centers and now face the possibility of a year in prison thanks to persecution from Joe Biden… They are the latest pro-life Americans who could face more than a decade in prison because Joe Biden is targeting pro-life people who peacefully protest abortion inside abortion centers. While radical environmentalists and Antifa block roads with sit in and protests and face no jail time, Joe Biden is aggressively trying to put pro-life Americans ….

By Nicole Russell, Human Events – President Trump is the de facto GOP nominee. While pro-life, he supports a 16-week ban, not the usual six-week ban many pro-lifers do. Trump’s position may be attractive to some Independents and maybe even Democrats who see it as a reasonable and tenable compromise. However, it could endanger his base’s support, since they tend to favor more conservative positions. How will Trump’s abortion position affect his ardently evangelical base? ….

By Niamh UÍ Bhriain, LifeNews – This week, Gript broke a shocking story around abortion in Ireland that showed that women’s lives are being put in danger by the blind and willful determination not to provide ultrasounds when women seek abortion… Presenting an alarming and disturbing case where a woman could have died, medical experts working in Limerick Maternity Hospital said that the practice of not offering ultrasounds before prescribing abortion pills could lead to maternal deaths.

By Calvin Freiburger, LifeSite News – The Louisiana House’s Civil Law and Procedure Committee voted 10-2 on Monday to quash a proposed amendment to the state constitution that would enshrine a state-level “right” to abortion… House Bill 245 would have proposed language to be added to the Louisiana Constitution declaring that “(a)ll persons have the right to decide and implement their decisions regarding reproductive healthcare including but not limited to contraception, fertility treatment, pregnancy continuation, miscarriage care, abortion care, and birthing options” …

By The Ruth Institute, The Stream – In this episode of the Dr. J Show, he speaks with Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse about the Alabama Supreme Court’s recent ruling case involving frozen embryos who were destroyed without the parents’ consent. The parents of these children sued the fertility clinics where their embryos were stored for wrongful death… This case raised questions regarding who are considered human beings. If frozen embryos aren’t children, are they medical waste? Is in-vitro fertilization ethical in the first place? …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Supreme Court heard oral arguments (Tuesday) in a case that could see the dangerous abortion pill prohibited from being sold by mail and important FDA warnings about the dangers of the abortion drug restored after the agency removed them for little or no reason… The case is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, and the Supreme Court heard arguments that the FDA has threatened women’s health because of its removal of key safety standards in its approval of mifepristone, one of the abortion pill drugs.

By Judy Roberts, National Catholic Register – The March 26 hearing before the Supreme Court will mark the first time the high court has considered a major case on abortion since Dobbs in 2022… Abortion advocates like to say their fight for the right to terminate life in the womb is simply about “women’s health,” but that assertion is being challenged by a case going before the U.S. Supreme Court March 26… At stake in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. FDA is the federal lifting, in 2016 and 2021, of restrictions by the FDA on use of the chemical abortion pill mifepristone, making it easier to obtain. ….

By McKenna Snow, LifeNews – The National Association of Pro-Life Nurses announced this week that it has joined the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine in the landmark case against the Food and Drug Administration about the chemical abortion drug mifepristone… The association’s president, Dorothy Kane, stated in a news release that the lawsuit, which is headed to the Supreme Court, “is about safeguarding women’s health, protecting the integrity of the healthcare profession, and committing to evidence-based care.”

By Nathanael Blake, Catholic World Report – We should not expect much courage from politicians, but Christians are called to bear witness to the truth, regardless of what opinion polls show. And the truth is that IVF is wrong… When my wife and I said “No” to in vitro fertilization, we assumed that we were rejecting our last hope of bearing children. Our years of infertility were unexplained and unresolved, despite the best efforts of the Catholic Ob/Gyn practice we had been going to. They had been thorough, and the physician who offered us a second opinion had nothing to add—except pushing us to try IVF.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Planned Parenthood abortions business was exposed several years ago as one of the biggest sellers of body parts from aborted babies… Over a dozen videos chronicled, how America’s biggest abortion company kills babies in abortions and then potentially illegally sells their body parts to universities for grisly, unproven research. Eventually, Planned Parenthood officials admitted under oath to doing this. ….

Posted on Newsmax, by Thomson/Reuters – Former President Donald Trump said he was leaning toward a 15-week national ban on abortion, but supports exceptions for rape, incest and saving the life of the mother because “you have to win elections.”… Abortion promises to be a galvanizing issue for some voters in the 2024 presidential election in which Trump will try to unseat Democrat President Joe Biden… A call for a 15-week national ban is likely to displease both sides of the abortion debate ….

By Tierin-Rose Mandelburg, MRC TV – Representative Marjorie Taylor Green (MTG) held a hearing on the investigation of the black market of baby organ harvesting on Tuesday. MTG (R-Ga.) along with witnesses David Daleiden from The Center for Medical Progress and Progressive Anti-Aboriton Uprising founder Terrisa Bukovinac, talked about the “D.C. Five” as well as how pro-abortionists harvest and sell organs of aborted babies.

By Mary Margaret Olohan, Daily Signal – Two leading conservative organizations are calling for the regulation of the in vitro fertilization industry amid media hysteria over a recent Alabama state Supreme Court ruling and Republican consternation over how to handle the issue… Following the Alabama court ruling in favor of protecting embryonic human life, Republicans on Capitol Hill have suddenly found themselves required to position on a nuanced subject matter tied closely to the dignity of the human person and the fight for life.

By Michael New Ph.D., LifeNews – This morning, the Guttmacher Institute released updated abortion estimates for 2023. The new figures show that 1,026,690 abortions were performed in 2023, an increase of 10 percent since the year 2020. This is consistent with a trend in increasing abortion rates that started around 2017. Another key finding was the increase in chemical abortions. Overall, 63 percent of all abortions performed in 2023 were chemical abortions — an increase of ten percentage points from 2020. …

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Recently, GOP campaign consultant Kellyanne Conway urged Republicans to stop highlighting how Democrats like Joe Biden and Kamala Harris support killing babies in abortions up to birth… Conway emphasized that she is “100% pro-life” and slammed Democrats for being “science-deniers” and “pretending you don’t know what you see on a sonogram.”… But she urged Republicans to stop highlighting Democrats’ abortion extremism and used a frequent Democrat talking point to support her position.

By Elise McCue, The Federalist – Pop star Olivia Rodrigo handed out free Plan B pills, provided by the Missouri Abortion Fund, to fans at the St. Louis stop on her “GUTS World Tour.”… In addition to the free abortifacient at her concert, Missouri fans received cards that read “Funding abortion? It’s a good idea, right?” — a play on her song, “bad idea right?”… No, Olivia, it’s quite a bad idea to promote killing preborn children to a largely adolescent, female fanbase.

By Michael Warsaw, Publisher’s Note, EWTN News – But there is a bigger issue at stake than winning elections or steering clear of the cancel culture: the truth… That truth begins with basic science. Whether the embryo is created through natural procreation or when sperm and egg are joined in a petri dish, it is a human being in the earliest of stages. This isn’t a religious doctrine or a conservative court’s opinion. It’s a biological fact, one that wouldn’t change even if 100% of Americans said otherwise.

By Joshua Mercer, LifeNews – Critics slammed VP Kamala Harris after she visited a Minneapolis Planned Parenthood facility on Thursday, becoming the first sitting administration official to do so in national history… Harris called it a “health care clinic” and said she was there “to uplift the work that is happening in Minnesota as an example of what true leadership looks like.”… “[I]t is only right and fair that people have access to the health care they need …..

By y Joshua Mercer, LifeNews – House Republican leadership will stress the party’s pro-life platform in the quest to expand its razor-thin majority in the chamber this November… The Wall Street Journal’s Natalie Andrews reported Wednesday that a “memo prepared by House Republicans’ campaign arm … says Republicans have a ‘brand problem, not a policy problem’” when it comes to the issue of abortion… Per Andrews, the memo noted that the party’s past “reluctance to discuss [abortion] left it to Democrats to define where the GOP stood.”

By Susan Ciancio, Catholic World Report – Euphemisms are often used in polite society to make distasteful words more palatable. But sometimes they are spoken to hide the truth. Nowhere was this more evident than in President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March 7th, when he refused to say the word “abortion” and instead repeatedly referred to it as “reproductive freedom”… Biden, who claims to be “a practicing Catholic” who is “not big on abortion”, spent just a handful of minutes discussing abortion. Yet his words were carefully crafted to not only incite anger but to make it seem like those who oppose abortion have waged a war against women.

By Susan Berry Ph.D., LifeNews – The founder of the Texas-based initiative that urges cities and counties to become “sanctuaries for the unborn” says that while the unborn are protected from abortion in Texas, “it doesn’t mean that the work is finished.”… Mark Lee Dickson, founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Initiative and a director with Right To Life of East Texas, told CatholicVote that one of his key focuses is on closing up two significant “loopholes”: abortion trafficking and the treatment of the bodies of aborted babies as “waste.”

By Anthony Campagna, PharmD, Crisis Magazine – This month marks a critical juncture in the ongoing fight against abortion in the United States. As Walgreens and CVS begin dispensing mifepristone (Mifeprex ®) in many of their retail pharmacy locations—and before the Supreme Court considers reinstating restrictions on the same—we must pause to consider mifepristone’s brutal history and raise awareness of rapidly changing laws and politics governing its use. We must also underscore the need to pray for an end to its bloody reign.

By Ryan Bomberger, LifeNews – These were the exact words President Biden spoke in an interview about the supremely wrong Roe decision that commercialized the killing of America’s Posterity. “I don’t like the Supreme Court decision on abortion,” Senator Biden explained. “I think it went too far. I don’t think that a woman has the sole right to say what should happen to her body.” That was 1974. Fast forward fifty years, and Joe Biden cannot celebrate and promote abortion enough.

By CatholicVote, CV News Feed – Three state legislative bodies recently passed bills that would require all middle and high school students to watch a three-minute video that shows fetal development from the moment of conception as part of their health education curriculum… The West Virginia State Senate, the Iowa State House, and the Kentucky House approved the video, known as the “Baby Olivia” video created by pro-life organization Live Action. ….

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – France made history by becoming the first country to embed a fictitious “right” to abortion in its constitution. Lawmakers from both chambers of parliament convened on Monday and easily passed this horrific amendment… The bill in this liberal nation garnered an overwhelming 780-72 vote in favor, prompting nearly the entire joint session to rise for a prolonged standing ovation. Leading pro-life campaigners were saddened to see politicians clapping for killing babies.

By J. J. Ziegler, Catholic World Report – “One sentence, only one, will form the reckoning of our life: as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me” (Mt. 25:40)… These words of the Servant of God Jérôme Lejeune continually impelled him in his state of life as a layman, spouse, and father of a family, and also in his work as a physician and scholar. Responding generously to the Gospel’s vocation to charity, he ministered to the suffering and gave diligent praise to the Creator for the beauty of human life.

By Jim Graves, Catholic World Report – Judie Brown is president and co-founder of American Life League (ALL), a pro-life education and advocacy organization which was founded in 1979. She has served three terms on the Pontifical Academy for Life in Rome, has authored 12 books, and has helped launch other pro-life organizations, including Human Life International, Priests for Life and the Pro-Life Action League. She regularly writes columns and has frequently appeared in the broadcast media advocating for life.

By Louis Knuffke, LifeSiteNews -The U.S. bishops’ conference has issued a letter to the United States Senate calling on senators to oppose and reject the so-called “Access to Family Building Act” (AFBA). The bill would create a “right” under federal law to in vitro fertilization (IVF), which the bishops condemned as being “built on millions of children who are created to be destroyed or abandoned,” as well as other anti-life practices, such as surrogacy and gene-editing.

Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The two largest pharmacies in America will start selling abortion pills this month that end the lives of unborn children by starting them to death… Walgreens and CVS will both sell the abortion pills despite the fact that they kill a developing human being and have killed at least dozens of women and injured tens of thousands more. They plan to initially roll out abortion drug sales in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, California and Illinois — all Democrat states where abortions are legal up to birth.

By Lauren Muzyka, The Federalist – As president and CEO of the nation’s largest sidewalk outreach organization serving outside of abortion facilities, I’m deeply concerned when I hear of someone being arrested for their presence at a facility. Recently, six pro-life activists in Tennessee were convicted for supposedly singing hymns outside an abortion facility. After throwing on my attorney hat and digging into the case, it became clear there was more to the story than many are letting on

By Father Roger Landry, EWTN News – The Feb. 16 ruling by the Supreme Court of Alabama, which by an 8-1 margin determined that cryogenically frozen human embryos are considered unborn children under Alabama law, has brought a long-awaited spotlight on the practices, lack of regulation and dearth of ethics in the in vitro fertilization (IVF) and assisted reproductive technology (ART) industries… The decision on the consolidated appeal by three families — the official title of which is an unwieldy 98 words — against the Center for Reproductive Medicine and Mobile Infirmary Medical Center allows their lawsuit to go forward.

By Ryan T. Anderson, First Thing – During the George W. Bush administration, Americans were repeatedly warned about Christian fascists or theocrats threatening to take over America. Now we’re told Christian Nationalists will be running the second Trump administration and imperiling all we hold dear as Americans… Ruth Marcus opened a recent Washington Post column with a “welcome to the theocracy.” She was referring to an opinion by Alabama Chief Justice Tom Parker on a state constitutional amendment regarding “the sanctity of unborn life” as applied to IVF embryos. Justice Parker had cited various sources in the Jewish and Christian traditions to explain the roots of “sanctity.”

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – In the majority ruling, Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell ruled that the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act “applies to all unborn children, regardless of their location.” He added: It applies to all children, born and unborn, without limitation. It is not the role of this Court to craft a new limitation based on our own view of what is or is not wise public policy. That is especially true where, as here, the People of this State have adopted a Constitutional amendment directly aimed at stopping courts from excluding ‘unborn life’ from legal protection.

By Dawn Slusher, MRC TV – Something magical appears to have been gifted to us out of the writers’ strike that gripped Hollywood for five months and delayed fall and winter show premieres – we are seeing much less liberal propaganda as these delayed shows finally roll out. Perhaps the writers have been too busy playing catch up to be working in cahoots with leftist groups such as Planned Parenthood, among others, and inserting liberal lectures as they normally do.In the case of Amazon Prime’s hit drama “Expats,”there was actually a very pro-life moment in the season finale ….

By Alex Miller, The Washington Times – House Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday teamed up with former President Donald Trump and dozens of other congressional Republicans in supporting in vitro fertilization following the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling that spurred a halt in fertility treatments… The aftermath of the bombshell last week left conservatives scrambling to get the message out that while they don’t support abortion, they do support IVF. The National Republican Senatorial Committee urged its candidates to defend IVF amid Democrats’ aim to use it and abortion as huge issues this election year.

By Calvin Freiburger, LifeSiteNews – “The Law of Life Summit is a vital opportunity to open people’s eyes to the reality of post-Roe America,” said Nate Robertson, vice president of Sidewalk Advocates for Life. “With a weaponized DOJ, misleading ballot measures in state elections all across the country, and governors of abortion-destination states advertising across state lines, we need people to understand that the movement to save lives and end abortion did not end with the Dobbs decision. We need to work together more than ever before. We need to reach out to women more than ever before.

By Harold Hutchison, LifeNews – MSNBC host Joy Reid attacked Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama on social media Monday after the former Auburn coach defended a ruling on in-vitro fertilization (IVF)… Tuberville praised the Alabama Supreme Court’s Feb. 16 ruling while attending the Conservative Political Action Conference(CPAC) last week, saying “we need to have more kids,” according to USA Today… “The United States has a population of north of 327 million people,” Reid said in a video posted on the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok. “Why do we need more kids?” …

By Emma Waters, First Things – Do human embryos deserve the same protections as human beings?… This is the question that drove three sets of parents—whose embryonic children were destroyed at an Alabama hospital’s fertility clinic—to sue the clinic and hospital under the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. On February 16, the Alabama Supreme Court released a 7-2 landmark decision in favor of protecting embryonic human life from destruction.

By Msgr. Charles Pope – Alabama’s state Supreme Court ruled last week that embryos created by In vitro fertilization, (IVF), are considered children. and this has raised concerns that embryos that are destroyed or damaged could lead to civil liability. So some Alabama fertility clinics are halting operations, and even some, otherwise pro-life advocates are are opposed to the decision… But why should they be opposed. If life begins at conception, a foundational belief of the pro-life movement, should not embryos be protected from deep freezing and frequent discarding once they are no longer “needed?”

By LifeSiteNews staff – Strickland began with the notion that the United States must reform itself to the ideal of being “one nation under God.”… “We need to really pray and reflect on what that means, and return to those values,” Strickland urged. “Because too many, in the political world especially, are encouraging an atheistic approach to leading this nation. That will never last. That will never thrive.”… Strickland emphasized to the audience that the first step to returning America to its proper place under God is “humility.” ….

By Aliya Kuykendall, The Stream – “Baby Olivia” is an educational animated video illustrating human development from fertilization until the point that a baby is ready to be born. Live Action, a pro-life advocacy group, made the three-minute video. This video, or ones like it, may soon be shown in classrooms in several states… “The Baby Olivia project provides a medically accurate, animated glimpse of human life from the moment of fertilization. The story details her growth as she progresses from one developmental stage to the next…”

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker issued the following concurring opinion in a case last week that ruled 8-1 that unborn children are human beings and the state’s wrongful death law can include them when it comes to destroying human embryos at an IVF fertility clinic… A good judge follows the Constitution instead of policy, except when the Constitution itself commands the judge to follow a certain policy. In these cases, that means upholding the sanctity of unborn life, including unborn life that exists outside the womb.

By Joshua Mercer, LifeNews – The Supreme Court of Alabama ruled Friday that frozen human embryos conceived in vitro fertilization (IVF) are children, with human rights under state law… In the court’s opinion, Justice Jay Mitchell cited the Wrongful Death of a Minor Act. He wrote that the state law “applies to all children, born and unborn, without limitation” and “regardless of their location.”

By Jorge Bonilla, Newsbusters – On the one hand, Amy Brown’s expression of regret is more fully captured in the written piece albeit, as noted by the great Mary Margaret Olohan, buried in its 27th paragraph: “I could tell that Sam understood that this hurt, and that it was a very difficult decision, and that it was one that I regretted,” she said. Amy said she initially thought that having an abortion would bring her “freedom” but she instead was filled with remorse over the decision and wished she would have considered other options. “I could tell that he got it and that he felt my pain.”

By Emma Waters, Daily Signal – In a landmark decision, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday in favor of protecting embryonic human life from wrongful death… Embryos are created routinely through in vitro fertilization, a process by which ova are fertilized with sperm in a laboratory rather than in a woman’s body… The process of creating and cryopreserving embryos can be dangerous for embryonic children, who often are destroyed intentionally or through neglect…

By  Hannah Hiester, LifeNews – A Texan pro-life group is calling for the University of Houston to cancel its plans to display a “satanic” statue that honors feminism, abortion, and the late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg… According to Texas Right to Life, the university plans to publicly display a statue called “Witness,” which the pro-life group described as “an 18-foot tall naked female figure with braids shaped like goat horns and arms like tentacles.” …

By Laura Echevarria, LifeNews – National Right to Life today released The State of Abortion in the United States, 2024. The eleventh annual edition summarizes key legislative developments on the state and federal level in the first year following the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade… “Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, the state of abortion in the United States has changed dramatically ….”

By Ben Johnson, LifeNews – Dozens of congressmen and pro-life organizations have demanded the Biden administration stop facilitating lawlessness, and officials in the nation’s capital hold an abortionist accountable for allegedly killing nearly full-term babies through illegal means… In March 2022, members of the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising (PAAU) uncovered a box containing the remains of 115 aborted babies outside the Washington Surgi-Clinic, an abortion business operated in the District of Columbia …

By Mary Margaret Olohan, LifeNews – Republican lawmakers and pro-life activists gathered Wednesday on Capitol Hill to call for transparency and clarity regarding the deaths of “The Five,” preemie-sized aborted babies whose bodies are in the possession of Washington, D.C., officials… Pro-life activist Terrisa Bukovinac, the founder of the Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising and the co-discoverer of “The Five,” spoke out on Wednesday at the House Triangle, as did other pro-life activists …..

By Catholic Vote, CV News Feed – The Supreme Court has set March 26 as the date it will hear oral arguments in a highly anticipated case regarding the legality of the abortion-inducing drug mifepristone… “The FDA’s own label for these drugs says that roughly one in 25 women who take them will end up in the emergency room,” said Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) Senior Counsel Erin Hawley, who represents the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. ….

By Kimberlyn Schwartz, LifeNews – Harrison Butker is a man of many talents, but perhaps his greatest is his unwavering faith in God. The Kansas City Chiefs kicker is not only known for his impressive skills on the field, but also for his deep commitment to his Christian beliefs. Throughout his career, he has been an outspoken advocate for Pro-Life values, and he has used his platform to spread a message of the dignity of human Life… Butker’s faith was put to the test this past season when he suffered an injury to his left ankle during the first game of the year.