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photo credit: Jim Bowen / Flickr HB1797, which would the Repeal of the Parental Notification Act of 1995, was introduced on February 16, 2...

March 8, 2021
Federal Judge Rules ERA Ratification Deadline Still Applies
March 5, 2021
Live Baby Rescued after Abandonment in Boston Trash Can
Both the mother and the baby have since been found according to CBS, and both are being treated at a local hospital. Police are investigating the circumstances and may press charges against the mother.
Silvana Sanchez, who found the child in the trash can, told WBZ-TV, “To be honest, I was just really nervous so I didn’t want to look inside of it and be the one to find it and do all the stuff.” She continued, “You probably don’t even believe me, but it was kind of by luck that EMTs were there and he came over. They ran with the baby to the truck and took him straight to the hospital.”
Both Massachusetts and Illinois have safe haven laws that allow mothers to give their newborn children anonymously. These children can continue to live full lives, even if the mother doesn't believe they can provide for them.
In Illinois, newborns up to 30 days old can be left at a staffed police station, fire station, hospital, or emergency care facility. From there, the baby will be given medical care and can be adopted by a loving family.
New Mexico Gov. Legalizes Abortion-on-Demand
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NM Gov. Lujan Grisham (D) |
The bill repealed a 1969 law that outright banned the practice of abortion in New Mexico. After Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, however, the law became unenforceable.
Pro-life legislators in New Mexico voiced concerns, not only that this bill endorses the practice of killing unborn children, but also that physicians' consciences won't be adequately protected by the remaining legal code.
The Republican Party of New Mexico gave the following statement:
“This is a sad day for New Mexico. When Gov. Lujan Grisham penned her name to Senate Bill 10, she signed a death warrant. She, along with dozens of New Mexico Democratic lawmakers, approved the order to end the lives of thousands of unborn children. The new law is an immoral, dangerous one–a law that allows late-term abortion and offers no protections for girls, women or health professionals. It permits the murder of the unborn, endangers the health and lives of women and eliminates any conscience provision to allow a doctor to opt out if he or she opposes the procedure on moral, ethical or religious grounds.”
Pro-abortion Legislators Call on Biden to End Amendments Blocking Abortion Spending
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The letter (which was co-signed by IL Sen. Tammy Duckworth and IL Rep. Janice Schakowsky) requests that Biden "eliminate the Hyde Amendment, the Weldon Amendment, the Helms Amendment, and other similar abortion coverage restrictions from your Fiscal Year 2022 budget."
The Hyde Amendment restricts the use of taxpayer funds for elective abortions in the U.S., while the Helms Amendment does the same for funds that are spent abroad. The Weldon Amendment restricts federal funding to states that discriminate against pro-life health care entities.
The Hyde and Helms amendments have been applied to Congressional spending bills since the 1970s, but recently pro-abortion lawmakers have taken a hard stance against them.
Pro-life lawmakers urging Congressional leadership not to end the amendments. Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN.) led a group of pro-life congressmen in sending another letter to House and Senate leadership.
That letter read:
“Each year since 1976, Congress has included Hyde protections in annually enacted appropriations. No president in American history has ever vetoed an appropriations bill due to its inclusion of the Hyde Amendment. Moreover, President Obama maintained the Hyde Amendment in each of his budget proposals. As recent as June 2019, former Vice President Joe Biden supported the Hyde Amendment and acknowledged that it works harmoniously with federal funding for women’s healthcare.”
It goes on to point out that the majority of Americans oppose using taxpayer dollars to fund elective abortions. “Years of public polling indicate that repealing the Hyde Amendment is opposed by most of the American public. Congressional Democrats now seek to further erode public trust in government by ignoring mainstream public opinion in favor of placating the radical Left.”
The letter supporting the pro-life amendments was co-signed by IL Representatives Mike Bost, Darin LaHood, Rodney Davis, and Mary Miller.
March 4, 2021
Senate Finance Committee Votes to Advance HHS Secretary Nomination of Xavier Becerra
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California Attorney General and HHS Secretary Nominee Xavier Becerra photo credit: Gage Skidmore / Flickr |
The committee's vote was evenly split 14-14 along party lines. As a result, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer broke the tie to bring Becerra's nomination before the full Senate for a vote.
“Xavier Becerra has no health care experience but, if confirmed, would lead the Department of Health and Human Services during a pandemic,” Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “While Mr. Becerra lacks health care experience, he makes up for it with his proven track record of extreme abortion advocacy and hostility to pro-lifers.”
Becerra is known for going after pro-life Californians using his power as Attorney General.
- He targeted pro-life pregnancy resource centers and forced them to advertise abortion under the Reproductive FACT Act (which has since been struck down).
- He sued the federal government when an HHS rule granted the Little Sisters of the Poor a religious exemption from a contraception coverage mandate
- After the Center for Medical Progress exposed Planned Parenthood for harvesting and selling the body parts of aborted babies, Becerra prosecuted the pro-life undercover journalists for their work.
“Mr. Becerra’s nomination by this administration is a favor to the abortion industry,” Tobias said. It is difficult to conclude otherwise when Mr. Becerra brings no public health experience to the position. Putting him at the head of the nation’s health care agency is a prescription for disaster.”
March 3, 2021
March 3 Parental Notification Repeal Update
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photo credit: Jim Bowen / Flickr |
HB1797, which would the Repeal of the Parental Notification Act of 1995, was introduced on February 16, 2021, by Rep. Anna Moeller (D). It is currently in the Rules Committee awaiting assignment to a standing House Committee.
Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch (D), the new Speaker of the House, has joined as a Co-Sponsor of the bill.
Please watch for our updates and alerts as we track this legislation.
Pro-Abortion Activists Have Occupied a Mexican State Capitol for Months
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photo credit: Carl Hancock / Flickr |
The activists held a sit-in outside the congress building in Chetumal starting on Nov. 25, 2020, but then on Nov. 27 they stormed the building and have continued to occupy it since. Now, the building is damaged and tagged with graffiti.
Recently, the feminists replaced the Mexican flag outside the building with a green cloth displaying the slogan "abortion on demand." The Mexican army stepped in to remove the banner on Feb. 26.
The women demanded that the legislature vote to legalize abortion. Several legislators supporting such legislation have met with them and promised them that they would not be prosecuted for their actions.
The group had told officials that they would leave in early February, but they instead chose to stay after pro-life legislators temporarily stopped an attempt to pass a bill legalizing abortion.
Brenda del Río, the founder and director of the National Campaign for Life--Long Live Mexico, said to ACI Prensa that these actions are "green terrorism," after the color used by pro-abortion activists in Latin America.
del Rio told ACI Prensa that pro-abortion legislators- by dealing with the radical group- have promoted the idea that “if you want to advance a social cause, legal or illegal, you have to vandalize, threaten, take over public buildings and force lawmakers to fulfill an international agenda that is alien to the principles of Mexico. This amounts to the promotion of violence.”
She went on to argue that the legalization of abortion is being pushed heavily by foreigners and that the real problems plaguing Quintana Roo were going unanswered.
“Is it really a healthcare problem that seven women from this state went last year to Mexico City to get an abortion? Of course not. What really is a shame in Quintana Roo … is the trafficking of children in Playa del Carmen, where pimps rent Mexican children for hours or even days to Europeans, Americans, and Canadians.”
"What do we urgently need to legalize in Mexico? Maternity. Workers who are pregnant are fired from their jobs. Pregnant women are abandoned by the man. Poor women are pressured in clinics to be temporarily or permanently sterilized. Pregnant students do not have childcare in high schools or at the university,” del Rio said.
South Dakota Gov. Signs Legislation Protecting Abortion Survivors
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South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) |
Gov. Kristi Noem signed South Dakota House Bill 1051 on Feb. 24, requiring medical professionals to give the same degree of care to babies who survive attempted abortions as they would to any other children born at the same gestational age. Additionally, the law allows mothers to sue doctors or abortion facilities that don't provide the required health care to their babies.
Doctors or abortion facilities which violate the law could be subject to fines, and they will be required to report all live births occurring during attempted abortions to the South Dakota Department of Health.
“The pro-life cause continues even after a child is born, and this bill will guarantee the right to life for every baby that is born alive,” said Gov. Noem. “We expect doctors to treat all children equally, even those born in horrific circumstances. That’s basic human decency.”
March 2, 2021
Defense Files Opening Brief with Ninth Circuit in David Daleiden Case
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David Daleiden photo credit: American Life League / Flickr |
Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging Constitutionality of Protect Life Rule
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photo credit: Davis Staedtler / Flickr |
The HHS rule prohibited organizations that received funding from the Title X family planning program from providing abortions, co-locating with abortion facilities, or referring patients to abortion facilities.
In response to this rule, Planned Parenthood chose to withdraw from the Title X program. It is estimated that the abortion giant stepped away from $60 million in annual taxpayer funding with this decision.
While the Biden administration has already directed the HHS to review the Protect Life Rule (and it is unlikely that the rule is currently being enforced), the court will still hear arguments on the constitutionality of the Trump administration's rule. This is important because it will determine whether a future president will be allowed to enforce similar rules.
So far, courts have ruled on both sides of the issue. The Ninth Circuit upheld it last February, while the Fourth Circuit ruled against it last September.
March 1, 2021
House of Representatives Passes $1.9 Trillion Spending Bill without Hyde Protections
February 26, 2021
Rep. Anna Moeller Introduces Bill Repealing Illinois Parental Notification of Abortion Act
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43rd District Representative Anna Moeller (D) photo from Illinois General Assembly bio |
US House Passes "Equality Act," which would Expand Abortion and Remove Conscience Protections
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photo credit: John Brighenti / Flickr |
The legislation would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by defining "sex" to include “pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition.” It is known that abortion is considered to be a "related medical condition" for the sake of this legislation.
The "Equality Act" reads that “pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition shall not receive less favorable treatment than other physical conditions,” and would add “establishments that provide health care” to the list of covered “public accommodations.”
Jennifer Popik, director of federal legislation for the National Right to Life Committee, said, “If enacted, H.R. 5 would open the door for widespread litigation wherein any attempt to restrict abortion, including the funding of abortion, would constitute discrimination.”
Provisions in H.R. 5 also override moral and religious conscience protections physicians have to object to abortions and gender transitioning procedures.
“Forcing health care providers to perform abortions in violation of their conscience rights clearly violates the Constitution,” said NRLC President Carol Tobias. “But pro-abortion forces and their allies in Congress are more concerned about expanding access to abortion.”
All House Democrats voted in favor of the bill, along with three Republicans. Those three representatives are Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Rep. John Katko of New York, and Rep. Tom Reed of New York.
February 25, 2021
Irish Catholic Bishop Censored on Twitter for Denouncing Assisted Suicide
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photo credit: Joshua Hoehne / Unsplash |
Bishop Kevin Doran of the Diocese of Elphin, Ireland wrote on Twitter:
“There is dignity in dying. As a priest, I am privileged to witness it often. Assisted suicide, where it is practiced, is not an expression of freedom or dignity, but of the failure of a society to accompany people ‘on their way of the cross’.”
His tweet also included a link to a message inviting healthcare professionals to add their names to a petition arguing against a bill that would legalize assisted suicide in Ireland.
After Twitter's removal of his Tweet, Doran was also blocked from Tweeting any other messages on the social media platform.
When he initially appealed Twitter's disciplinary action to support staff, they doubled down on their censorship with the following reply:
"Our support team has determined that a violation did take place, and therefore we will not overturn our decision."
The tweet, and Doran's ability to post messages on his account, have both been restored since that incident.
Big tech is becoming more brazen in its attempts to censor pro-life content and interfere in both national and international politics. If one day there isn't an outcry about what these corporations are doing to prevent their political opponents from having a voice on the internet, then actions like these will never be reverted.
HHS Secretary Nominee Xavier Becerra Questioned on Pro-Abortion Actions
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California Attorney General and HHS Secretary Nominee Xavier Becerra photo credit: Gage Skidmore / Flickr |
On Tuesday, he was asked by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions why he voted against a partial-birth abortion ban in 2003 (he was US congressman at the time). He refused to answer the question.
“I think we can find some common ground on these issues, because everyone wants to make sure that, if you have an opportunity, you’re going to live a healthy life,” he said in response to a question about partial-birth abortion by Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT).
“I think we can reach common ground on many issues. But on partial-birth abortion, it sounds like we’re not going to reach common ground there,” Romney responded.
Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) also highlighted Becerra's record on abortion, and called on him to promise he would commit “to not using taxpayer money to fund abortions and abortion providers.”
In response, Becerra said that he would “definitely follow the law when it comes to the use of federal resources.” He followed up that response by saying “we probably will not agree on all the issues.”
Roger Severino, former head of the HHS civil rights office, told CNA that he should have to answer for violating federal conscience protections as California's Attorney General.
“Becerra should have been asked to explain why he preferred to have California lose $200 million in Medicaid funds over allowing nuns to have insurance without abortion coverage, after my office had found him liable for violating the law,” said Severino.
When California passed an abortion coverage mandate on health plans in the state, Becerra enforced the mandate against religious institutions as well. This violated the Weldon Amendment, which gives religious institutions conscience protections from such mandates. The HHS Office of Civil Rights warned Becerra of the violation, but he refused to comply. 10 months later, the HHS announced it would withhold $200 million in Medicaid funds as a result of the violation.
Severino further argued that Becerra's actions indicate he “would try to shut down the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division” and that he would remove HHS regulations that prevent physicians from prescribing the abortion pill regimen remotely.
During his time as California's Attorney General, he has also prosecuted pro-life undercover journalist David Daleiden for recording videos revealing the fact that Planned Parenthood was harvesting and selling the body parts of aborted babies.
Pro-life groups, including Democrats for Life of America, are speaking out against Becerra's nomination for the position of HHS Secretary.
Becerra has no experience working in the health care industry.
February 24, 2021
Flossmoor, IL Planned Parenthood Delays Patient's Emergency Care by Calling Private Ambulance Instead of 911
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Planned Parenthood in Flossmoor, IL photo credit: Operation Rescue |
This is significant because it means that the clinic did not call 911, the fastest way to get emergency care. Rather than ensure that the patient the clinic harmed received the fastest care possible, the clinic chose to call a private company that is not obligated to provide information about the call via a Freedom of Information Act request.
Operation Rescue, which often makes these requests so that it can highlight the dangers of abortion procedures, has recorded five other medical emergencies at this Flossmoor clinic since December 2018.
“When abortion businesses like Planned Parenthood bypass the 911 system, they are doing it to cover up the fact that they hurt someone during an abortion. Any concern for the life or health of the woman involved is secondary,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “Planned Parenthood wants the public to think that abortions are the safest thing in the world, but incidents like this completely expose that lie.”
New Tennessee Bill would Give Biological Fathers Power to Protect Children from Abortion
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Tennessee State Capitol photo credit: Gary Todd / Flickr |
Republican state Sen. Mark Pody introduced SB0494 earlier this month. If passed, the bill would allow fathers to petition a court for an injunction that would prohibit a woman pregnant with that father's child from having an abortion. The petitioner would have to provide proof that they are the unborn child's father (either through DNA testing or the acknowledgment of the pregnant mother).
Additionally, the man would have to submit a "voluntary acknowledgment of paternity" that cannot be rescinded. The father would then be legally responsible for child support and other parental obligations.
If the Senate and House bills are both passed, the legislation would take effect on July 1.
February 23, 2021
Illinois REACH Act would Mandate Pro-Abortion Sex Education in K-12
State Senator Ram Villivalam (D) and House Representative Kathleen Willis (D) proposed the bill in February of last year, and legislators are gearing up to push for its passage in 2021.
Given that this education would be "non-stigmatizing", and Planned Parenthood supports this legislation, it is likely that this education would be pro-abortion. Additionally, it is likely that Planned Parenthood will lobby the state to use its own sex-ed materials in public schools. If minors are taught by schools that abortion is a morally acceptable practice that they shouldn't feel bad about choosing, then Planned Parenthood stands to profit.
Live Action News posted an analysis in which it broke down several other problems with the bill:
- While the REACH Act emphasizes the importance of "consent," it does not inform students about the negative consequences of early sexual activity.
- Students won't be informed about the health risks associated with hormonal birth control, which include blood clots and depression.
South Carolina Heartbeat Law Blocked by Federal Judge
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson |
Planned Parenthood filed a lawsuit against the state after South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed it into law last Thursday. Then, on Friday, Judge Mary Geiger Lewis placed a 14-day restraining order against the law's enforcement until a hearing on March 9. The restraining order is renewable.
In the papers they filed against the state to ask for a restraining order, Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights wrote that over 75 women were scheduled to have abortions over the next three days.
"Heartbeat" abortion bans have been passed in several other states, but none have succeeded after they were challenged in court. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says this time could be different since former President Donald Trump appointed three justices to the Supreme Court during his administration. This would potentially allow the court to overturn Roe v. Wade and other pro-abortion precedents.
February 22, 2021
Planned Parenthood Fiscal Year 2020 Report Shows Record High Abortions
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photo credit: American Life League / Flickr |
The report showed a total of 354,871 abortions, more than ever recorded by Planned Parenthood before. This is a 3% increase from last year. This averages to one unborn baby killed every 89 seconds.
Planned Parenthood also received $618.1 million in taxpayer funding during its 2019-2020 fiscal year. This is an increase of $1.7 million from the $616.8 million it received from federal and state taxpayer funding in the previous year.
In total, Planned Parenthood's revenue for the fiscal year was about $1.6 billion, and its expenses were only about $1.5 billion. This left the corporation with $69.7 million in excess revenue.
Click here to read a full breakdown of the report by Live Action News.
February 19, 2021
South Carolina Gov. Signs "Heartbeat Bill," but Planned Parenthood Prepares Lawsuit
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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) |
The law took effect immediately, but it does include exceptions for medical emergencies, rape, incest, and fetal diagnoses. Doctors who violate the law by aborting a child after their heartbeat is detectable can face felony charges, fines, and jail time.
Pro-abortion House members walked out in protest of the bill during the debate, one going as far as to call it a “farce of a vote about pretend life.”
The vote in the House was very nearly along party lines, with only two Democrats voting in favor of the pro-life bill.
Planned Parenthood and the Center for Reproductive Rights announced that they will file a lawsuit against the heartbeat bill before the end of the day on Thursday, likely preventing the law from taking effect until the suit is resolved.
Actress Says "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" Creator Abused her for being Pregnant
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Charisma Carpenter photo credit: Gage Skidmore / Flickr |
February 18, 2021
Pro-Life Conservative Radio Host Rush Limbaugh Dies at age 70
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Rush Limbaugh with the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the 2020 State of the Union address |
In February of last year, Limbaugh announced that he had been diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. During his State of the Union address shortly afterward, President Donald Trump awarded Limbaugh with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Limbaugh continued to host his radio show while having treatments. After a few months passed, he told listeners that his diagnosis was terminal.
At the end of 2020, he told listeners, “I wasn’t expected to be alive today,” he said. “I wasn’t expected to make it to October, and then to November, and then to December. And yet, here I am, and today, got some problems, but I’m feeling pretty good today.”
Limbaugh openly opposed abortion and Planned Parenthood. He criticized the abortion business and the cultural shifts caused by abortion heavily, especially after the Center for Medical Progress released undercover videos detailing Planned Parenthood's sale of aborted baby body parts.
In another show two years earlier, however, he detailed the "cultural rot and decay" caused by the rise of abortion.
I just want to tell you something. I really think that abortion is at the root — you could do a flowchart — I think abortion is at the root of so much that has and is going wrong in this country. I think that the number of abortions themselves, but what in toto it all means, culturally, in terms of the sanctity of life, how that’s crumbled, I think it’s almost at the root of everything. And if it’s not at the root of everything, it’s clearly had a profound impact on our culture, our society, and our politics, I think in ways that people don’t even stop to consider.
None of it good and it’s caused all kinds of horrible problems that nobody knows how to fix. Because they refuse to even accept that abortion is more than what it is. To most people, it’s just a woman’s right to choose, and it’s nobody’s business, and leave it alone and I don’t want to talk about it.
But it’s really had much more impact on this country than just that. It’s had impact on crime. It’s had a profound impact on our politics. It is at the root of our cultural rot and decay.
California Bill would Force Doctors to Participate in Assisted Suicide
An excerpt from California's SB 380 states:
(3) If a health care provider is unable or unwilling to carry out a qualified individual’s request under this part and the qualified individual transfers care to a new health care provider or health care facility, the individual’s medical records shall be provided to the individual and, upon the individual’s request, timely transferred with documentation of the date of the individual’s request for a prescription for aid-in-dying drug in the medical record, pursuant to law.
(4) Failure to provide information about medical aid in dying to an individual who requests it, or failure to refer upon the individual’s request to another health care provider or health care facility that is willing to provide the information, is considered a failure to obtain informed consent for subsequent medical treatments.
(5) Neither a health care provider nor a health care facility shall engage in false, misleading, or deceptive practices relating to a willingness to qualify an individual or provide a prescription to a qualified individual under this part. Intentionally misleading an individual as to the willingness of a provider or facility to participate under this part constitutes coercion or undue influence.
Under this law, doctors who refuse to refer their patients for assisted suicide could be subject to professional discipline or lawsuits for medical malpractice.
Critics of the bill argue that it could also cause doctors to either retire early or leave the state.
February 17, 2021
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act Introduced in US House
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Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) |
Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has introduced a similar ban in the Senate.
Unfortunately, since votes on this issue are nearly party-line, the law is unlikely to pass. Only 142 representatives (less than one-third of the 435 total representatives) in the House co-sponsored Smith's bill.
20-week abortion bans passed the House in 2015 and 2017, but they failed in the house on both occasions.
The most recent bill of this type was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Graham in 2020. It failed to gain the needed 60 votes, however. That vote also closely followed party lines, with four exceptions. Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.), and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) voted in favor of the bill, but Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) voted against it.
"Miracle Baby" Survives Risky C-Section Procedure at 25 Weeks
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photo from family's GoFundMe page |
February 16, 2021
Operation Rescue Highlights Medical Emergencies Caused by Abortion Clinics in 2020
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photo credit: Jonnica Hill / Unsplash |
- Unknown complication: 27
- Hemorrhage: 20
- Uterine perforation/internal injuries: 6
- Sick/vomiting: 6
- Severe pain: 3
- Possible heart attack or stroke: 3
- Seizures: 2
- Sedation overdose: 2
- Not responding/unconscious: 2
- Incomplete abortion: 1
- Life-threatening complication from the abortion pill: 1
- Maternal death: 1
Thailand Legalizes Abortion Through 12 Weeks
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photo credit: Florian Wehde / Unsplash |
Thai legislators rejected a proposal to legalize abortion through 24 weeks of pregnancy, but it did end up legalizing abortion through 12 weeks for any reason. Abortion remains legal after that point if the pregnancy resulted from rape, giving birth poses a physical or mental health risk to the mother, or if the baby is diagnosed with a disability.
This comes just two months after Argentina legalized the practice of abortion within its own borders.
February 15, 2021
YouTube Permanently Bans LifeSiteNews for Criticizing Vaccines' Use of Aborted Fetal Cell Lines
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photo credit: Christian Wiediger / Unsplash |
February 12, 2021
New Study Suggests Abortion Pill Complications are Underreported
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photo credit: Hush Naidoo / Unsplash |
The largest reason that abortion pill complications may be underreported is that abortion clinics often aren't involved in the aftermath of those complications. The study found that over 60% of surgeries initiated due to abortion pill complications were handled by a different medical facility than the one that provided pills to the patient. If the abortion clinic is never made aware of a complication, it will not report it.
Live Action News has reported instances in which the abortion industry has told women to say that medical problems stem from miscarriage rather than the abortion pill if they have to go to the emergency room. This would further limit the number of reports that the FDA receives showing the dangers of mifepristone.
The study's authors wrote,
“Many of the AEs [adverse events] experienced by women were unknown to the abortion provider until the follow-up examination, which is troubling considering the poor follow-up rate and elimination of the requirement for an in-office follow up visit. Some of the patient deaths were not known to the abortion provider until they saw the death in an obituary or were contacted by an outside source.”
Other studies indicate that between 5% and 8% of women seek follow-up care at an urgent care clinic or the emergency room. This would suggest that thousands of women require medical attention after taking mifepristone every year.
"Five to eight percent is no small number and may represent anywhere from 17,000 to 27,000 possible emergency or urgent care visits in one year, based off the most recent data (2017) showing 339,640 medication abortions were committed nationally out of 862,320 total abortions reported."
The study goes on to say that the quality of reports received by the FDA varies drastically. Researchers said that many of them "didn’t even have enough information to tell the FDA or anyone else what actually happened to the woman."
New Report Shows Abortion Facilities in 21 States Violated Informed Consent Laws
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photo credit: Luis Galvez / Unsplash |
- Failure to obtain required informed consent at the required time, such as on the same day of procedures or within the state’s required window of time;
- Failure to have the appropriate licensed staff member obtain the required informed consent;
- Failure to post or provide patients with contact information for complaint hotlines;
- Failure to post clinic’s license information in a place where patients could easily see it.
February 11, 2021
Researchers Conclude Third-Trimester Preborn Children React to Pain
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screenshot from Right to Life UK video |
The study involved thirteen mothers with babies between the gestational ages 28 and 34 weeks. Five of these babies had diaphragmatic hernias requiring intrauterine surgeries. The other babies were placed in two different control groups.
The group undergoing the surgery received an injection of anesthesia, and those children were recorded via ultrasound for 45 seconds before and after the injection. One control group was stimulated with acoustics while being recorded, and the other group was recorded after the mother sat in a quiet, dark room for five minutes.
Researchers who did not know which babies were which analyzed the facial expressions of the ultrasound images to find indicators of pain.
According to Live Action News,
"The researchers watched for brow lowering, eyes squeezing shut, deepening of the furrow of nose and lip, open lips, horizontal mouth stretch, vertical mouth stretch, and neck deflection. Each baby received one point for each action that was present."
On their seven-point scale, the researchers found that the group which experienced injections scored no lower than five, and scored about six on average. The control groups, on the other hand, scored in a wide range between zero at the lowest and four at the highest.
After analyzing the results, the researchers concluded “[O]ur data indicate AP [acute pain] group participants exhibited an acute nociceptive-related [pain-related] facial response, that may have been experienced as pain.”
This would suggest that unborn children in the third trimester would in-fact feel pain. During that trimester, abortionists often practice dilation and evacuation abortions, which involve tearing the arms and legs off an unborn child before crushing its skull. This is because the child has grown too large to be removed from a mother's womb by other means.
Iowa Legislators to Consider Pro-Life Constitutional Amendment
The amendment would add Iowa to the growing list of states considering such amendments. Louisiana voters accepted their state's "Love Life" Amendment last month, and the Kansas legislators approved the "Value them Both" Amendment just two weeks ago.
Iowa's amendment, similarly to the others, simply states, “Iowa does not recognize, grant, or secure a right to abortion or require the public funding of abortion.”
These amendments will allow states to ban abortions within their borders if Roe v. Wade is overturned at the federal level. They will also allow state governments to withdraw funding to abortion clinics if judges previously found that their constitutions implied a right to abortion. This is the case for Iowa, which had a 72-hour waiting period law overturned when the Iowa Supreme Court opined, “a woman’s right to decide whether to terminate a pregnancy is a fundamental right under the Iowa Constitution.”