HHS allows contraceptive mandate to lapse, giving Christian colleges a victory

A federal judge ruled in favor of two Christian colleges that were suing the government regarding the Obama-era contraceptive mandate that would force them to pay for the birth control and abortions of employees. This comes after six other Christian schools won their lawsuits over the past two months.

Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, and Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, sued in October of 2013 arguing that the mandate forcing them to pay for abortion-inducing drugs and potentially abortifacient “emergency contraception” violated their religious freedoms.

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Trump admin pulls U.S. out of pro-abortion UN Human Rights Council

The United States will be exiting the United Nations Human Rights Council, Ambassador Nikki Haley confirmed Tuesday, citing the body’s record of failing and neglecting its titular mission.

“I want to make it crystal clear that this step is not a retreat from our human rights commitments,” Haley stressed. “On the contrary. We take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights.”

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Big pro-life win for Ark. and likely the rest of U.S.

It is argued that a recent ruling in Arkansas will have huge implications for pro-life measures not only within the Natural State, but across the entire country.

On Monday, United States District Judge Kristine Baker issued a temporary restraining order against Arkansas' 2015 Abortion-Inducing Drugs Safety Act. The law requires doctors who perform drug-induced abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital – or have a contract with a doctor who does.

Family Council President Jerry Cox – whose nonprofit Arkansas-based organization fights for the sanctity of human life – explained the benefits resulting from the recent landmark decision against abortion.

"So, if a woman has complications because of a drug-induced abortion, she'll be able to get quick medical care,” Cox pointed out. “She'll be able to have her records follow her there to the hospital – and all the other things that you would want … if you wanted good health care."

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Complaints filed against 9 Indiana abortionists who failed to report suspected sexual abuse

Indiana Right to Life has just announced that five news conferences given in the state today will focus on multiple complaints filed against nine Indiana abortionists for failing to report abortions on underage patients for possible sexual abuse — 48 times. A press release from IN RTL states:

Forty-eight consumer complaints have been filed against nine Indiana abortion doctors who have allegedly failed to follow the legal reporting requirements to protect young children from sex abuse. The doctors are: Jeffrey Glazer, Caitlin Bernard, Cassandra Cashman, Carol Dellinger, Mandy Gittler, Kathleen Glover, Martin Haskell, Resad Pasic and Sarah Turner. They are employed at all licensed Indiana abortion facilities: Women’s Med Center in Indianapolis, Clinic for Women in Indianapolis, and Planned Parenthood in Indianapolis, Lafayette, Bloomington and Merrillville.

The pro-life group adds that some of the minors that went unreported “were as young as 12 and 13.”

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Appeals court reinstates California’s deadly assisted suicide law

Last month, a judge overturned California’s law legalizing assisted suicide, which had been implemented in 2015. Superior Court Judge Daniel A. Ottolia ruled that the California legislature violated the state constitution by passing the law during a special session that was supposed to be dedicated to Medicare funding. A group of doctors had sued to stop the law, which was rushed through the special session after it failed to pass a regular legislative session. “That special session was called to address funding shortages caused by Medi-Cal,” Stephen G. Larson, lead counsel for the doctors who filed suit, said. “It was not called to address the issue of assisted suicide.”

Ottolia originally ruled that assisted suicide did not fall within the topic of health care funding, and gave Attorney General Xavier Becerra five days to file an emergency appeal to keep the bill alive. Becerra did file an appeal, and this weekend, a state appeals court reinstated the law. The Fourth District Court of Appeals in Riverside issued an immediate stay, meaning the law goes back into effect right away. Becerra praised the court’s decision, saying, “This ruling provides some relief to California patients, their families, and doctors who have been living in uncertainty while facing difficult health decisions. Today’s court ruling is an important step to protect and defend the End of Life Option Act for our families across the state.”

Opponents of the law will have until July 2nd to file objections to the appeals court’s decision.

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Pro-lifers sue to cut abortion exceptions from Iowa heartbeat bill

While the abortion lobby sues to invalidate Iowa’s recently-enacted ban on aborting most babies with detectable heartbeats, a pro-life group is taking legal action to strengthen its protections.  Attorneys representing the ACLU, Planned Parenthood, and Iowa City’s Emma Goldman Clinic sued, and a district judge temporarily blocked the law’s enforcement a month later.

Days before the governor signed it, the bill was amended to allow exceptions for babies conceived in rape if reported within 45 days, babies conceived in incest if the incest is reported within 140 days, or fetal abnormalities deemed “incompatible with life,” all of which were grouped under the banner of “medically necessary.”  On Saturday, the pro-life group Save the 1 announced it was filing a motion as “necessary third party intervenors of right” in the case, in the hopes of getting the “medically necessary” exceptions stricken from the bill as a violation of the affected babies’ rights to life, due process, and equal protection under the law.

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VIDEO: Pro-life commercial from Herbal Essences stirs up controversy

A new pro-life ad from Herbal Essences is taking a lot of heat for trying to show how capable women are. The abortion industry would have us all believe that pregnancy and motherhood are stumbling blocks on the path to success. Nothing could be further from the truth, but abortion facilities don’t make money off of women choosing life. Pro-life organizations are constantly proving that pregnant women can be and are successful when they are given support. Women are smart enough and strong enough to overcome any apparent obstacles before them, no matter what big abortion says.

With their #PregnantWomenCan campaign, Herbal Essences declares pregnant women to be “unstoppable forces of nature” while “doing it for two” and highlights that this year pregnant women will exercise, work, run businesses, volunteer, and:

Oh yeah, they’ll create over 4 million new humans.

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Video exposes how Planned Parenthood covers up child-sex abuse and gets away with it in court

Live Action released on Thursday the latest in its series of videos detailing how Planned Parenthood has enabled numerous instances of sexual assault, this time focusing on how the abortion giant treats victims in the courtroom.

The latest video, “Prosecution,” centers around an interview with Brian Hurley, an attorney who brought two civil cases against Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio for allegedly covering up the rape of teenage girls. Hurley reveals how the organization’s chief tactic was to attempt to make lawsuits too long and costly to pursue.

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Hilarious video makes a serious point about how bad pro-abortion arguments are

A video released last week that is going viral takes the abortion lobby to task for lack of logic and magical thinking. In the video, a woman posing as an abortion activist states, “Human rights – you may think you’ve always had yours, but you would be wrong.”

She then asks and answers the obvious question, “So how did you get your human rights? From the magical birth canal of course!”

The abortion industry claims that legal abortion is justified, because preborn babies are not human beings with the Right to Life and human dignity. What the abortion industry does not answer is how that suddenly changes the second the baby is born. Instead, they obscure the facts of preborn Life and use illogic to justify taking the life of an innocent and defenseless preborn baby.



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New Gallup Poll Shows Massive Opposition to Roe v. Wade

Every year Gallup does polling on the issue of abortion. They are one of the better polling outfits, because they will ask more specific questions than most others.

For the first time since 2012, Gallup asked respondents if abortion should be legal or illegal in each trimester. The results show a massive majority of adults oppose Roe v. Wade.

There’s one big caveat, sadly: a massive majority of adults have no clue about what Roe v. Wade does. That includes Gallup itself, an otherwise credible organization!

In their analysis of their poll, Gallup gets it utterly wrong: “The wording of Roe v. Wade aligns almost perfectly with where Americans stand on late-term abortions—keep them legal to save the life of the mother and in cases of rape and incest, but not for other reasons.”

What did Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton do? Those two Supreme Court cases legalized abortion through all nine months of pregnancy, for any reason. If you find an abortionist who will do one, and will say it’s for a “health” reason, no legal authority or court in America can stop it.

While Gallup does admit many Americans depart from Roe v. Wade about 1st trimester abortions, the above quote gets it wrong, both on what Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton did legally, but also when you consider the reasons women have abortions.

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Thomas More fights Illinois Taxpayers' Abortions

The outcome of a trial contesting state-funded abortions in Illinois is up for grabs.

The law in question expands use of tax dollars for abortions for economically disadvantaged women and state employees but attorney Peter Breen, special counsel for the Thomas More Society, argues it violates the Illinois Constitution, which calls for a balanced budget.  The government must estimate revenues on a bill and not spend above that estimate but the allegation is the Illinois General Assembly didn't do that.

The state argues the constitutional requirement is optional and the courts have no place in enforcing it.

"But the legal arguments really go toward fiscal sanity for the state of Illinois, which folks across the country know that Illinois is America's fiscal basket case," says the Thomas More attorney. "For the taxpayers of Illinois this case is very important. For people of faith, and people of life, it's very important because we can stop this funding for elective abortions here."

Taxpayers would be financing 20,000 to 30,000 more abortions each year.  A ruling from the court could be made as early as this fall.

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U.S. blocked Canada’s abortion agenda at G7 negotiations

In the lead-up to this year’s G7 summit in Quebec, Canadian officials were explicit: women and children were going to be central, and an essential component of their health and empowerment is abortion. But when the final declarations were released, all language about “reproductive rights” was removed, and, according to Devex, “the U.S. delegation…was responsible for the softer official language.”

For the first time, as G7 host, Canada established a Gender Equality Advisory Council which submitted its recommendations to integrate gender into the G7’s work. Other inputs included a statement from more than sixty feminists that included a call for an end to the “criminalization or restrictive regulation of abortion,”  which called for the withdrawal of the U.S. Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance policy (also called the Mexico City Policy), the provision of abortion as a component of humanitarian assistance, and funding for abortion advocacy, and government-subsidized coverage of abortion.

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Judge blasts peaceful pro-lifers as ‘dangerous,’ jails them 45 days

Monica Migliorino Miller, executive director of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society, and Will Goodman were arrested June 1 outside the Women’s Center of Michigan, run by abortionist Jacob Kalo at 6765 Orchard Lake Road in West Bloomfield county. They were charged with breaching 48th District Court Judge Marc Barron’s probation order to not go within 500 feet of any abortion center in the United States.  On Thursday, Michigan judge sentenced two pro-life advocates to 45 days in jail on Thursday.

48th District Court Judge Marc Barron told the two Thursday they were “anarchists” who followed their own laws, and referred to Goodman, a full-time pro-life activist, as “a danger to society,” according to Lynn Mills of Pro-Life Michigan, who was at the hearing.

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Pro-life Groups continue Fight against Illinois Funding of HB40 Abortion Law

Debate over taxpayer funding for abortions continued Wednesday in an Illinois courtroom.  Arguments were heard in the Fourth District Appellate Court in Springfield on if House Bill 40 violates the Constitution.

HB40 which was signed into law in September 2017 expanded abortion coverage for women insured by Medicaid and the State Employees Group Insurance.

Pro-Life groups argue the state can’t fund House Bill 40 because the General Assembly didn’t set aside funds to pay for these taxpayer-funded abortions.

A trial judge dismissed the case earlier this year.  Now the appellate court is reviewing that decision.

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New Video Reveals Fathers Deeply Hurt by Abortion, Afraid to Speak Out

Post-Abortive Father: "People need to have the courage to stand up and be brave enough to talk about it"

Save the Storks' Father's Day social media video series #ChooseFatherhood, asks men to share abortion stories ANONYMOUSLY at SaveTheStorks.com/ChooseFatherhood

Save the Storks is releasing episodes in its Father's Day social video series #ChooseFatherhood where men are--for the first time-- breaking their silence and sharing personal abortion stories.

The videos feature one of the millions of men who've suffered in silence from a past abortion. He's not alone. His story is not unique. He decided it was time to share and talk about an incident in his life that's haunted him for decades. We salute his bravery and courage and absolute transparency. There's no doubt his story is going to help other men to step forward and share their own. Men can't be silenced any longer. The conversations must begin. It starts with one," said Victoria Robinson, Director of External Relations at Save the Storks.

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If Planned Parenthood cared about women, it would report forced abortions and trafficking

When Americans hear about coerced abortions, they tend to think of far off countries like China, whose notorious One-Child Policy (now Two-Child Policy) has resulted in countless forced abortions. But the reality is that forced abortions also occur right here in the United States. One disturbingly common situation for forced abortions in the United States is human trafficking. Current estimates suggest between 14,500 and 17,500 people are trafficked into the United States each year.

A 2014 study involving 107 victims of human trafficking in the United States, published by Loyola University Chicago School of Law’s Annals of Health Law, highlights the serious health effects of trafficking in the United States on victims. Common health concerns for victims included sexually transmitted diseases, mental health issues, and physical injuries from violence suffered during the course of being trafficked. In the study, 99.1% of respondents reported at least one physical health problem during trafficking.

Over half of the victims in the study reported having at least one abortion during the time they were being trafficked. Out of that group, 34 victims responded to a question on whether the abortion(s) were forced on them. Over half of that group responded that at least one abortion was at least partly forced on them.

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Most Americans support restrictions on abortion

Americans who think abortion is morally wrong outnumber those who see it as morally acceptable, said a new Gallup poll, released Monday.

This result is consistent with Gallup’s findings since it first started surveying Americans about the issue in 2001.

In this year’s poll, 48 percent of respondents believe abortion to be wrong, and 43 percent say it is acceptable.

Most Americans favor at least some restrictions on abortion, the poll found. Fifty percent said abortion should be legal “only under certain circumstances,” while 29 percent said it should be legal in all circumstances, and 18 percent said it should be illegal in all cases.

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Effingham County Illinois to vote on becoming a "sanctuary for the unborn" - ACTION NEEDED

Effingham County is looking to follow in the footsteps of other counties by become a sanctuary. But instead of being a sanctuary for guns or illegal immigrants, it would be a "sanctuary for the unborn."

A vote on the issue is expected June 18.

If it passed, Effingham County would oppose abortions, except those necessary to save the life of the mother and officially declare that life begins at conception.

You can contact the Effingham board members at:

Effingham County Board
101 N 4th St
Suite 301
Effingham, IL  62401
Phone: 217-342-4990
You can email them by clicking here.

The vote is on Monday, June 18th so may your calls/emails as soon as you can.

Urge the board members to vote to make Effingham County a Sanctuary County for the Unborn.

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AMA vote causes worry in fight against assisted suicide

In a disappointing vote at its annual meeting, the American Medical Association (AMA) voted to continue to review, not maintain, its long-standing opposition to physician-assisted suicide.

After two years of hard and detailed work examining the dangerous trends and effects of legalizing physician-assisted suicide, the Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) issued a report to the full AMA recommending the organization maintain their opposition position to assisted suicide.

According to Lisa Schencker at the Chicago Tribune,

The AMA’s House of Delegates, however, narrowly voted at the group’s annual meeting in Chicago not to accept that report, instead sending it back to the committee for further review. About 56 percent of the delegates voted for further review.

By ignoring the CEJA’s recommendations and voting for “further study,” the House of Delegates tragically missed an opportunity to protect vulnerable patients.

For now, the AMA position in opposition to assisted suicide stands. However, this vote has almost certainly teed up another vote on this at the next annual meeting in June of 2019.

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American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology tries to legitimize late-term abortion

In a press release today, the American Association of Pro-Life OB/GYNS (AAPLOG) has announced that the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) is seeking a “new subspecialty certification for doing late-term abortions” to encourage Fellowships in Family Planning at universities across the United States. As AAPLOG points out, part of this subspecialty certification in “complex family planning” requires that those in such fellowships would be trained not only in contraception and in first trimester abortions, but late-term abortion as well.

The application for certification notes requirements for the Fellowship in Family Planning, and among these are the requirement to learn to use medications (mifepristone, misoprostol, prostaglandin, and methotrexate) for first and second trimester abortions, and to learn to utilize vacuum aspiration for first trimester procedures.

Those in a Family Planning Fellowship would also be required to learn second trimester procedures, such as D&E (dilation and evacuation), intact D&E or dilation and extraction, hysterotomy, and hysterectomy, as stated in the application.

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