Pro-Life

By Elizabeth Weiss, Zeale – In an op-ed acknowledging the heartache of infertility and the temptation to use in vitro fertilization (IVF) that Catholic couples may experience, a Catholic author recently offered insight into where couples carrying this cross can turn while remaining faithful to the teachings of the Church… In an April 20 Angelus News op-ed, Leigh Fitzpatrick Snead reflects on her own journey of infertility, which she shares in her book Infertile but Fruitful. She encourages Catholics contemplating IVF to pursue their desire for children in a way that upholds life as a gift from God, the fruit of the loving conjugal union between a man and a woman.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – HHS Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accused the Biden administration of blocking Christian families from fostering children… Kennedy said Biden official were imposing rules that required placements to affirm LGBTQ identities, a policy he said dramatically reduced the pool of available homes for vulnerable kids… Kennedy made the remarks while highlighting efforts to roll back the Biden-era regulations during congressional testimony this week.

By Carole Novielli, Live Action – DOJ urged to investigate ‘predatory’ abortion pill manufacturer.. Senator Josh Hawley has sent a demand letter, urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate Danco Laboratories, the original manufacturer of the “chemical abortion drug mifepristone” — including the company’s “its original FDA approval [and] ongoing regulatory compliance.”

By Bridget Sielicki, Live Action – Mark Houck, the pro-life sidewalk counselor and father of nine who was shockingly arrested when FBI agents stormed his home in September 2022, has been awarded a seven-figure settlement in response to a lawsuit filed against the Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ)… In 2021, Houck was praying outside an abortion facility in Philadelphia when he had an altercation with an abortion facility escort who was harassing Houck’s 12-year-old son. Local police and authorities declined to charge Houck with any crime… Houck was later arrested by the Biden DOJ when FBI agents raided his home in 2022 at gunpoint …

By Craig Bannister, LifeNews – A new Justice Department (DOJ) report details specific ways the Biden Administration weaponized its law enforcement arm to persecute pro-life individuals and organizations… Titled “The Biden Administration’s Weaponization of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act,” the report released Tuesday presents the findings of the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group’s review of more than 700,000 internal records and provides more than 800 pages of exhibits documenting abuse of federal law enforcement power.

By Kelli Keane and Cassy Cooke, Live Action News – This week, a CBS News report claimed that “The Trump administration has repeatedly alleged without citing evidence that the Civil Rights Division under former Attorney General Merrick Garland used the [FACE] Act to intentionally target conservative Christians who are morally opposed to abortion.”… Today, that evidence was presented by the Trump Administration in a report nearly 900 pages in length.

By Kevin Wells, Crisis Magazine – Just steps from Preterm, Ohio’s blue-ribbon winner each year for most murdered babies, the scene outside resembles a kindly pop-up country fair. Slices of pepperoni pizza, snack bags, racks of sharp-looking maternity wear, shiny new toys, rosaries, and Miraculous Medals circulate like borrowed cups of sugar—passed hand to hand among white volunteers and their black friends outside LaRonde Apartments, a seven-story public housing project in a high-crime area of east Cleveland.

By Carole Novielli, Live Action NewS – A small study — published as a ‘research letter’ by JAMA Internal Medicine and alleging that the abortion pill [mifepristone (200mg)/Mifeprex] is safe for over-the-counter (OTC) use — was funded by an abortion pill investor and authored by researchers associated with groups working to expand abortion… The research letter, “Accuracy of Self-Selection for Medication Abortion Using a Prototype Drug Facts Label,” is receiving a great deal of abortion-friendly media attention for such a small sample size — 168 — who “completed study activities.” …

By Katelynn Richardson, LifeNews – Abortion advocacy groups routinely helped the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) track pro-life activists, providing information that became the basis for indictments, according to a new report.
The DOJ’s National Task Force on Violence Against Reproductive Health Care Providers “affirmatively asked the abortion groups about pro-life individuals’ travel and constitutionally protected advocacy,” according to a Tuesday report on the Biden administration’s “weaponization” of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.

By Carole Novielli, Live Action News – A U.S. District Court sided with the FDA by issuing a “motion to stay” an abortion pill lawsuit filed by the State of Louisiana while the FDA completes a safety review of the drug, but said the state is likely to succeed in its lawsuit… The Court also denied “without prejudice” a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the drug’s manufacturers, Danco and GenBioPro, while the FDA conducts a safety review of the abortion pill… The ruling surprisingly affirmed that the State of Louisiana not only has standing to sue ….

By Alexandra Bedner, LifeNews – Led by Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, 78 pro-life groups sent a letter to acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche urging the Department of Justice to stop siding with the abortion drug industry against pro-life states… Louisiana, Florida and Texas, and Missouri, Idaho and Kansas sued the FDA in three separate cases to protect their citizens from the harms of abortion drugs and to stop policies that undermine their state laws, and the DOJ previously moved to dismiss all three cases. …

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – 2026 is shaping up to be an important year in the fight over the rights of the preborn in the United States. In the past week, three significant stories related to abortion have captured my attention… The first story is encouraging: eight Planned Parenthood facilities have closed so far in 2026, continuing a four-year trend of declining abortion clinic numbers across the United States.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – In a major legal victory against blatant targeting and discrimination from former President Joe Biden’s administration, pro-life volunteer Mark Houck has secured a seven-figure settlement in his lawsuit against the U.S. DOJ… The settlement follows the Biden administration’s widely criticized prosecution and bogus arrest of the Pennsylvania father under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act… In 2022, heavily armed federal agents raided Houck’s home after he intervened to protect his young son from an aggressive abortion escort outside a Planned Parenthood facility.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The number of babies born in the United States declined in 2025 while the number of babies killed in abortions has hit record highs… Provisional figures released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show 3,606,400 babies were born in 2025, a 1% decrease from 3,628,934 births in 2024. The general fertility rate fell 1% to 53.1 births per 1,000 women and girls ages 15-44, continuing a decline that began in 2007… The figures come more than three years after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision returned abortion policy to the states. Pro-life advocates continue to push for stronger protections for unborn children as the nation grapples with falling fertility rates.

By Ellie Gardey Holmes, The American Spectator – Abortions have only continued to increase post-Dobbs… The data is in, and the conclusion is depressing: Planned Parenthood killed 434,450 babies in 2024, according to a new report released this week… That totals up to an impressive kill-to-patient ratio: 434,450 murders and 2.09 million patients “treated.”… This of course shows that abortions are all Planned Parenthood cares about. The additional services they render, like STD testing and pap smears, are just window dressing for their systematic murder machine.

By Chiara McKenna, Live Action News – Anita Petersen was only 47 years old when she died suddenly in October 2024. It took an autopsy to reveal the cause of death. This revealed that she had been suffering from an intracranial meningioma—more commonly known as a brain tumor.  It was bleeding caused by this undiagnosed tumor that led to Anita’s untimely death… But what had caused the tumor itself?… The answer is Depo Provera, an injectable contraceptive containing medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA). 

By Randall O’Bannon, Ph.D., LifeNews – Clarification for those who will not have time to read the document. Though the service and financial data from the 2024-2025 Planned Parenthood Annual Report spends a fair amount of time complaining about efforts of the Trump administration to shut them down, data from the 2024-2025 Planned Parenthood Annual Report actually covers only the last half of 2024 and the first half of 2025 before Congress actually defunded the group.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Kansas Legislature on Friday overrode pro-abortion Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of legislation shielding pro-life pregnancy centers from government regulations that could restrict their ability to offer life-affirming support to women… The House voted 87-35 and the Senate voted 30-9 to enact House Bill 2635, the Pregnancy Center Autonomy and Rights of Expression (CARE) Act… The measure protects private, nonprofit pregnancy centers and medical pregnancy centers by exempting them from certain regulations on the information …

By Bridget Sielicki, Live Action News – A father and son duo in Quebec, Canada, have been court-ordered to stop donating sperm after allegations that, between them, they have fathered hundreds of children… A judge in Quebec has ordered two men to stop donating sperm after a lawsuit against them proceeds… Philippe Normand and his son Dominik Seelos have reportedly fathered over 600 children between them. …

By S.A. McCarthy, LifeNews – A strong majority of Americans of all political stripes support restoring regulations surrounding the abortion drug mifepristone, according to a new survey. A poll conducted by CRC Research found that more than two-thirds (67%) of Americans would support a decision by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to require an in-person physician’s visit when prescribing and dispensing the abortion drug mifepristone. Over 70% of Republicans would support the move, along with a strong majority of both Independent voters (68%) and Democrats (63%).

By Angeline Tan, Live Action News – A 25-year-old Spanish woman, Noelia Castillo Ramos, who was left paralyzed after a failed suicide attempt following a brutal sexual assault, died by euthanasia on March 26… Her parents had attempted to save her life from state-sanctioned death after a previous suicide attempt left her paralyzed from the waist down. They were unsuccessful, despite multiple court appeals… She was gang-raped while institutionalized with mental health issues, which is what led to her first suicide attempt… the hospital pushed for the euthanasia to continue, as her organs had already been committed for harvesting.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – The Senate has launched an investigation into the companies that make the deadly and dangerous abortion pill – which has killed millions of babies and injured thousands of women… U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., joined by Sens. Steve Daines, R-Mont., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and James Lankford, R-Okla., has launched an investigation into three manufacturers of the chemical abortion drug mifepristone, raising serious concerns about compliance with federal safety protocols ….

By Carole Novielli, Live Action News – New abortion data for 2025 published by the Guttmacher Institute estimates that “1,126,000 abortions were provided by US clinicians in 2025” — an increase of about 0.18% (less than two-tenths of a percent) from abortion totals estimated for 2024… Though this percentage seems very small and is presented as “largely unchanged” by Guttmacher, it represents the deaths of approximately 2,000 more preborn children than 2024.

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International – Ehrlich predicted that by 1980 all important animal life in the sea would be extinct. He predicted that the United States would “be dying of thirst” by 1984. In a 1969 article, he declared that “by 1985 enough millions will have died to reduce the earth’s population to some acceptable level, like 1.5 billion people.” Visiting Britain, he announced that he would take “even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.”… Instead, the world’s population more than doubled, from 3.5 billion when his book was published to over 8 billion today, and humanity became vastly wealthier, healthier, and better fed. Extreme poverty plummeted. Life expectancy soared.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – A new report from the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute estimates that more than 1.12 million babies were killed in abortions in 2025… That is a heartbreaking figure that remained virtually unchanged from the previous year despite state-level restrictions following the 2022 Dobbs decision. It provides more evidence that pro-life states need to keep fighting mail-order abortions and President Donald trump and the FDA need to step in to reverse the Biden rule allowing them.

By Gregory Lyakhov, Patriot Post – One of the clearest indicators is generational imbalance. Millennials number roughly 74 million in the United States, while Generation Z — despite being the younger cohort — is approximately five million smaller. The older members of Generation X, at around 65 million, are already approaching retirement age. Under normal demographic patterns, each successive generation should be larger or at least comparable in size, particularly in a country with steady population growth. That pattern has broken down.

By The Editors, Live Action News – The abortion pill has a long — and somewhat surprising — history. The Live Action News articles below discuss the abortion pill’s history of eugenics and secrecy that still continues today, since it was first brought to the U.S. more than 25 years ago… This Live Action News article written in 2017 details individuals involved with the Population Council, which brought the abortion pill into the U.S. The article sums up below, and this summary is followed by a list of multiple individuals involved with the eugenics-based, population control organization …

By Cassy Cooke, Live Action News – Paul Ehrlich, the ecologist whose 1968 book, “The Population Bomb,” set off decades of panic over overpopulation, has died at the age of 93… Paul Ehrlich died in a retirement home due to complications from cancer, according to his daughter… His 1968 book, “The Population Bomb,” ignited a global panic about overpopulation, tragically inspiring multiple governments to put population control policies into place… Ehrlich’s predictions not only failed to materialize, but the furor they caused contributed to population control-related atrocities across the globe.

By Olivia Gans Turner, LifeNews – The composition of the 2026 Virginia General Assembly–the Senate and the House of Delegates–was a textbook example of the adage “elections have consequences.”  Not since 2020 have pro-abortion forces been able to do so much damage to the ability of concerned Virginians to protect innocent human life… Starting on January 14, day one of the session, the pro-abortion Democrats in control of both chambers took the steps to pass the proposed constitutional amendment, HJ1, allowing unlimited abortion in Virginia.

By Daniel B. Gallagher, Catholic World Report – The truth underlying Kaillie Humphries’s heart-wrenching story… This story, I think, will not be easy to read… So, let me start by heartily congratulating U.S. Olympic bobsledder Kaillie Humphries on her two medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics. With six medals, she’s the most decorated woman in the sport. Her unwavering dedication to the physical and mental preparation necessary to be a champion is unparalleled. After alleged harassment from Canadian coaches, Humphries crossed the border and was naturalized in time to earn a gold for the United States in the monobob event at the 2022 Olympics. …

By Cassy Cooke, Live Action News – Irish actress Jessie Buckley won the Best Actress Academy Award for her role in the film “Hamnet,” and in her moving acceptance speech, praised motherhood in a way rarely heard in the entertainment industry… Jessie Buckley won the Oscar for her role as Anne Hathaway, the wife of William Shakespeare, as they grieve the loss of their son, Hamnet… In her acceptance speech, she praised marriage and motherhood, and dedicated the award to mothers everywhere… The positive message about parenting is in sharp contrast to the negative message frequently espoused by Hollywood celebrities. …

By Virginia Allen, The Daily Signal – A team of doctors entered Shanyce Thomas’ hospital room to explain what had happened and why she could no longer have children. She never imagined her trip to Planned Parenthood would lead to multiple surgeries and a medically induced coma… Looking back nearly six years later, Thomas says her “message to Planned Parenthood is that you guys need to close down.”… Thomas is sharing her story publicly in hopes that it will prevent other women from having the experience at Planned Parenthood that she had.

By Jordan Boyd, The Federalist – Abortion polling is notoriously deceptive and known to (be) strategically skew and misrepresent public opinion to favor abortion activists’ radical agendas. Pew Research Center’s latest survey appears to be no different… In its 2026 American Trends Panel analysis, Pew uses its January 2026 survey of more than 8,500 U.S. adults to assert that a majority of Americans, 60 percent, “continue to say abortion should be legal in all or most cases.”…

By Anna Callahan, LifeNews – Last week the U.S. Department of Justice moved to dismiss lawsuits brought by Florida and Texas against the Food and Drug Administration – siding with the abortion industry on mail-order drugs against pro-life states for the second time in a week. In response, SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser issued the following statement: “It’s a disgrace that pro-life states like Florida and Texas are having to fight the Trump-Vance administration in court to uphold their laws and that extremists like Gavin Newsom are being allowed to dictate their policy ….

By Michael New Ph.D., LifeNews – Today Pew Research released the results of a new poll on public attitudes on sanctity of life issues. This poll, which surveyed over 8,500 people in late January, contains some good news for pro-lifers… The results show a gain in pro-life sentiment since the last Pew abortion poll in April 2024… Specifically, the percentage of Americans who think abortion should be illegal in all or most cases increased by two percentage points. …

By Ellie Gardey Holmes, The American Spectator – The University of Oregon, which hosts 24,000 students on its Eugene, Oregon, campus, has announced that its student health services center will now abort students’ babies… Beginning this fall, students will be able to obtain mifepristone and misoprostol from the university’s health clinic. Students will then birth what is often a recognizable dead baby, presumably in their dorm rooms.

By Sarah Holliday, LifeNews – At a press conference, the Missouri senator (Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)) unveiled his new legislation, the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act. This bill seeks to strip mifepristone — the drug responsible for the majority of U.S. abortions — of its longstanding approval from the FDA. According to recent data from the Guttmacher Institute, chemical abortions made up 63% of all abortions in 2023, with the trend only accelerating in the years since.

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews – Sen. Josh Hawley introduced legislation Tuesday to strip federal approval from the dangerous abortion drug mifepristone, which he described as “inherently dangerous” to women… The abortion pill has killed millions of babies and injured tens of thousands of women… The bill, titled the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion Act, would prohibit the use of mifepristone, withdraw its approval by the Food and Drug Administration and classify distribution of the drug for abortion purposes as a violation of federal law.

By Carole Novielli, Live Action News – The Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary has the authority to suspend an application for a drug’s approval — including the abortion pill — if they determine that the drug would be an ‘imminent hazard to public health.’… This information was included in a response from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an abortion pill lawsuit filed by the State of Louisiana. The lawsuit seeks an injunction over changes to the abortion pill’s safety protocols known as REMS, made in 2023, which enabled the mailing of abortion inducing drugs — an act already prohibited by federal law known as the Comstock Act.

By Carole Novielli, Live Action News – Planned Parenthood Southeast (PPSE), which currently oversees facilities in the largely pro-life states of Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi will now be managed by Planned Parenthood Los Angeles, an affiliate based in pro-abortion California that was recently awarded $90M from Governor Gavin Newsom…. Planned Parenthood Los Angeles will step in to oversee the facilities of Planned Parenthood Southeast following complaints of discrimination against PPSE’s interim CEO, Mairo Akposé.

By Randall O’Bannon, Ph.D., LifeNews – As you see in the accompanying chart that we have linked to, we have made substantial progress in reducing the number of abortions and lowering the abortion rate over the past thirty years. At the same time, though, as long as abortion is legal, each year we will keep adding to the total of lives lost to America’s greatest holocaust.