Pro-Life Hero Joe Scheidler Dies at Age 93

Joseph M. Scheidler
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Joe Scheidler, the 93-year-old founder of the Pro-Life Action League, passed away from pneumonia on the morning of Monday, January 18. The pro-life movement will sorely miss his passion to protect the lives of the unborn.

Below is a copy of a press release by the Pro-Life Action League.

Pro-Life Action League Mourns the Death of Founder Joe Scheidler

Chicago, January 18, 2021 — The Pro-Life Action League is mourning the death of founder Joseph M. Scheidler, widely known as the “Godfather of Pro-Life Activism.” Joe began his life’s work fighting abortion in 1973, shortly after the Roe v. Wade decision, and founded the League in 1980 to recruit and equip pro-life Americans to be a voice for unborn children in their own communities throughout the country and the world. Countless pro-life volunteers and leaders alike credit Joe with having inspired them to join the movement.

“My father’s proudest accomplishment was the pro-life work of those he inspired to take an active role in the fight against abortion, the greatest injustice of our time,” said Eric Scheidler, Joe’s oldest son, who serves as the League’s executive director. “For years, people have been telling me about the talk or protest where they met my father, and how his words and example prompted them to do more than just talk, but to take responsibility for addressing the injustice.”

Joe was born on September 7, 1927, in Hartford City, Indiana. After serving in the U.S. Navy as a military policeman at the end of World War II, he earned a bachelor’s degree in communications at the University of Notre Dame and a Master’s Degree at Marquette University. He spent eight years in religious life, studying for the Catholic priesthood at St. Meinrad Seminary in Indiana. After discerning that God was not calling him to the priesthood, he served as a teacher at Mundelein College, during which time he chaperoned a group of students on a pilgrimage to march with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. 

“It’s fitting that my father died on the day when Americans remember the legacy of Martin Luther King,” said Eric Scheidler. “Seeing the impact that regular Americans could have by taking action against racial injustice inspired my father to mobilize Americans in the same way in the fight against the injustice of abortion.” That story and many others from his five decades of pro-life activism are recounted his 2016 memoir Racketeer for Life: Fighting the Culture of Death from the Sidewalk to the Supreme Court.

Joe’s career as a pro-life activist took him to every state in U.S. and countries on four continents, as well as through countless court battles, including the notorious NOW v. Scheidler RICO case, the longest case in U.S. federal court history and the only one to make three trips to the U.S. Supreme Court, including 8-1 and 8-0 rulings in 2003 and 2006 that fully vindicated him. His 1985 book CLOSED: 99 Ways to Stop Abortion, a centerpiece of the NOW v. Scheidler trial, became the manual for pro-life activists throughout the world. 

Joe Scheidler died of pneumonia at the age of 93 at 9:45 a.m. on Monday, January 18, 2021, surrounded by his family at his home on Chicago’s northwest side. Joe is survived by his wife Ann, seven children, twenty-six grandchildren, and one great-granddaughter. Funeral arrangements will be announced shortly in his official obituary.

March for Life Chicago "Moving the Movement" Tour Holding Events in Indianapolis and Chicago this Weekend

March for Life Chicago is gearing up to end its pro-life bus tour with a bang by holding rallies in Indianapolis and Chicago this weekend.

Last weekend, March for Life Chicago continued its "Moving the Movement" tour by holding rallies in Fort Wayne, IN and Mundelein, IL. Videos of those rallies can be found here and here respectively.

This weekend, however, the pro-life events will be held in Indianapolis on Friday, Jan. 22 and in Chicago on Saturday, Jan. 23. At each event, there will be a diaper drive to help pregnancy resource centers in each city, as well as rallies featuring inspiring pro-life speakers.

At the Chicago event, attendees will also be able to participate in a car procession through downtown Chicago. The procession will move past important city, state, and federal buildings before ending at a diaper dropoff at Southside Pregnancy Center.

Caravans are scheduled to travel to each of these rallies. Click here to read information about each caravan group.

To see more details about these events and register to attend, click here.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Today, we celebrated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who inspired the nation to take action and ensure the rights of others are recognized. Just as the nation took action to fight against the injustice of racism, we must remember to continue fighting for the rights of those without voices. It takes effort to protect the rights of the unborn, and the pro-life movement must never forget to speak up for those who can't yet speak for themselves.

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetuate it.  He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

Ohio Governor Signs State Telemedicine Abortion Ban

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine

On January 9, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed SB 260, effectively banning telemedicine abortions in the state. 

SB 260 requires that a physician be present when mifepristone, the first drug of the abortion pill regimen, is administered. Physicians who fail to adhere to the law could be found guilty of a fourth-degree felony and could lose their medical license if they repeatedly neglect the law.

The rules put in place by the Ohio law closely mirror the FDA's Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) regulations, which similarly prohibit the distribution of mifepristone via telemedicine. The enforcement of those requirements was temporarily blocked by a district judge until earlier this week, when the Supreme Court ruled to have them reinstated.

While they may be redundant for the time being, it is certainly possible that the FDA'S regulation of abortion will change under the incoming Biden administration, and the passage of this law will be able to protect women and unborn children throughout Ohio.

“To me this bill is about safety,” said physician and state senator Stephen Huffman, who sponsored the bill. “It’s not about limiting access. It’s about the safety of that woman.”

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Class Action Lawsuit Challenges New York Reproductive Health Act

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On Tuesday, January 12, a class-action lawsuit was filed against the New York Reproductive Health Act (RHA), alleging that the legislation is unconstitutional and violates the rights of women and viable unborn children.

An important change in New York's RHA was a new definition of "person." By changing this definition, the state excluded viable unborn children from being considered legal "persons," thereby preventing them from being considered victims of homicide.

The new lawsuit alleges that changing this definition “escalates the threat of harm to women and unborn children and incentivizes deadly violence against women.” Christen Civeletto, one of the attorneys fighting against the RHA, said “New York has stripped women and their families of their ability to pursue justice for those deaths. That’s outrageous. In fact, it is contrary to the stated policy of the RHA itself: to affirm the ‘fundamental right [of women] to choose to carry the pregnancy to term, to give birth to a child.'”

The challenge “asks the court to acknowledge First Amendment rights for women whose unborn children are killed by assailants, to clarify dangerous ambiguities in the RHA that impact women, and to affirm existing, but previously unrecognized, rights for near-term unborn children and children who survive abortion.”

The lawsuit also challenges the fact that the RHA allows the abortion of viable preborn children. The RHA allows abortion through 24 weeks of pregnancy (which is already past the age of viability), but also allows exceptions for the benefit of the mother's broadly defined "health." This provision has been interpreted to include “physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman’s age,” essentially meaning that any abortion can be justified.

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After Hospital's Appeal to End Life Support was Rejected, Pro-Lifers Await District Court Decision

Tinslee Lewis

After the Supreme Court denied Cook Children's Medical Center's appeal to remove life support from 23-month-old Tinslee Lewis against her mother's will, the case will return to the 48th District Court.

Tinslee Lewis has been the subject of a legal battle for over half of her life. In November 2019, Cook Children's Medical Center attempted to invoke Texas's 10-Day Rule, allowing it to remove life-support from the child in 10 days if her family did not find another hospital willing to treat her.

Unable to do so, Tinslee's mother sued the hospital and is challenging whether the 10-Day-Rule is constitutional. A previous district court ruling prevents the hospital from removing life support from Tinslee until a decision is made. The district court has not yet announced when it will hear arguments on the case's merits, since it was waiting on the Supreme Court to rule on the hospital's appeal.

“T.L.’s life has value,” attorneys for Tinslee and her mother wrote in a brief to the Supreme Court. “Withdrawal of life-saving treatment would kill T.L., who has normal brain function, interacts with Mother, and experiences joy from living. Mother acknowledges that certain medical procedures, such as IV insertions, can cause T.L. pain, but T.L. is not in agony.”

According to Texas Right to Life, a judge will consider whether Tinslee’s rights have been violated, if a hospital should have unilateral authority to withdraw life-sustaining medical treatment from a patient against the will of the parents, if patients have any due process rights in these cases, and if the 10-Day Rule is unconstitutional.

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Supreme Court Restores FDA Regulations on Abortion Pill Distribution

The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration can once again enforce FDA guidelines regarding the distribution of abortion pills.

The court ruled 6-3 that District Judge Theodore Chuang did not have the authority to order the FDA to lift abortion pill regulations. “My view is that courts owe significant deference to the politically accountable entities with the ‘background, competence, and expertise to assess public health,’ ” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, adding, “In light of those considerations, I do not see a sufficient basis here for the district court to compel the FDA to alter the regimen for medical abortion.

Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan were the dissenting votes in the decision.

The American College of Obstetrician-Gynecologists (ACOG) sued the FDA in 2020 to halt the enforcement of federal Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) requirements. REMS restrictions require women to first see a doctor in-person before they receive the abortion drug Mifepristone. By doing so, a doctor can confirm the woman's pregnancy and determine whether abortion via the abortion pill regimen would be safe. Using the abortion pill regimen during later-term pregnancies or ectopic pregnancies could pose significant health risks to women.

In July, ACOG successfully convinced Judge Chuang that the requirements posed an undue burden to women during a pandemic, so he ordered the FDA to lift those requirements for the pandemic's duration. This allowed companies to sell abortion pills online and distribute them over mail to people across the country.

For the time being, however, REMS rules regarding abortion pill distribution have been restored.

Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life, commented on the decision: “We are pleased that the U.S. Supreme Court recognizes the serious nature of chemical abortions and the need for the FDA to have protocols in place to protect women from potentially life-threatening and devastating side effects.”

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As One-Fourth of Free-Standing Abortion Clinics in PA. Violate Health Rules, What Could be Happening in Illinois?

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Data from the Pennsylvania Health Department website reveals that a quarter of free-standing abortion businesses in the state have violated health and safety rules in the past four months.

The health department website lists 16 free-standing abortion clinics in Pennsylvania, four of which were found to be “not in compliance” with state requirements during the past four months.

Pennsylvania legislators were motivated to require regular inspections of abortion clinics after the infamous abortionist Kermit Gosnell was convicted of murdering three newborn babies and the involuntary manslaughter of a female patient, but state health officials apparently suspended those inspections for five months last year due to the pandemic. When legislators pushed for those inspections to resume, they quickly found several violations, suggesting that the lack of inspections allowed clinics to relax their health protocols.

Illinois is well-known for having some of the most relaxed abortion laws in the nation, allowing clinics to go long stretches of time without being inspected. According to Illinois Right to Life (not to be confused with the Illinois Federation for Right to Life), many Illinois clinics have never been inspected since they opened.

If the violations of Pennsylvania abortion businesses and the language of the Illinois Reproductive Health Act are any indication, Illinois abortion businesses likely have an easy time hiding safety hazards from the public. As time goes on, this only puts more and more vulnerable women at risk.

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Students for Life Wins Free Speech Lawsuit Against Oregon Community College

screenshot from Chemeketa Community College YouTube video

To end a federal lawsuit filed by a Students for Life chapter against Chemeketa Community College in Oregon, the college has agreed to revise its free speech policies.

On May 5, 2020, attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom filed the lawsuit against Chemeketa Community College on behalf of students Marcos Sanchez and Emma Howell, co-presidents of the school's Students for Life chapter. Due to the school's "speech zone" policy, which restricted controversial student speech to certain areas on campus and required students to obtain permission from the college to use their voices, the pro-life organization was prevented from pursuing its goals.

Now, as part of a settlement, the college has agreed to end these speech-restricting policies and paid $25,000 in attorneys' fees.

“Across the nation, we are seeing incredible opposition to the pro-life speech of our student leaders and volunteers as they speak for the defenseless and educate their fellow students on abortion,” said Students for Life of America President Kristan Hawkins. “But the law and the Constitution are clear on the matter: Public schools cannot silence pro-life groups or force them to self-censor. We are thankful that Chemeketa Community College clarified that Students for Life—and all students—can participate in the open exchange of ideas and ensure that the entire college community is a ‘free speech zone’ for pro-life students and their peers.”

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Planned Parenthood Reveals Lobbying Plans for Illinois in 2021

The Illinois state capitol building
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The Planned Parenthood Action Fund affiliate webpage for Illinois was recently updated to reveal the organization's legislative goals for 2021. Among the abortion business's top priorities are passing REACH Act and Repealing the Parental Notice of Abortion Act.

The REACH Act would mandate "that comprehensive, inclusive, and age-appropriate sex education is taught in grades K through 12 in public and charter schools statewide." It's a strong possibility that Planned Parenthood would lobby government officials to have its own sex education materials used in the law's implementation.

The Parental Notice of Abortion Act, on the other hand, is something that Planned Parenthood would like to get rid of. The law requires abortion clinics in Illinois to notify a minor's parent or guardian at least 48 hours before they have an abortion. According to Planned Parenthood, "Decades of research show that laws like this hurt young people and serve no valid purpose." In reality, allowing parents to be involved in a minor's decision to have an abortion saves lives and helps expose pregnancies resulting from rape.

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Louisiana Makes Record-Breaking Vote to Accept Love Life Amendment

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While the outcome from the recent Georgia Senate elections might be discouraging for pro-life advocates, it's good to know that pro-life candidates and ballot initiatives found success across the country during last year's election. One of these successful votes was Louisiana's Love Life Amendment.

The vote on the Love Life Amendment broke state records, receiving more favorable votes than any ballot initiative or candidate in Louisiana history. In total, the initiative received 1,274,167 votes.

Benjamin Clapper, the Executive Director for Louisiana Right to Life, wrote that this vote was despite $250,000 spent by out-of-state groups in the final weeks before the Nov. 3 election.

The amendment, as it appeared on the Louisiana ballot, read:

“To protect human life, nothing in this constitution shall be construed to secure or protect a right to abortion or require the funding of abortion.”

Because the amendment was accepted by the people of Louisiana, the state will now be within its legal rights to make abortion illegal if the Supreme Court chooses to do away with Roe v. Wade.

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Texas to Stop Awarding Medicaid Funding to Planned Parenthood in February

Texas state capitol
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Following a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the state of Texas will stop giving Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood on February 3.

After the court ruled that Texas could legally choose not to provide Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the abortion giant asked the court to provide a six-month grace period for the decision. The fifth circuit denied that request, but it did grant a 30-day grace period.

Texas made its original decision to end Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood after the abortion business came under fire for its involvement in the trafficking of aborted baby body parts in 2015. Only now will this decision actually be enforced.

In a statement responding to the Fifth Circuit's decision, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton wrote,

“The Fifth Circuit correctly rejected Planned Parenthood’s efforts to prevent Texas from excluding them from the state’s Medicaid program. Undercover video plainly showed Planned Parenthood admitting to morally bankrupt and unlawful conduct, including violations of federal law by manipulating the timing and methods of abortions to obtain fetal tissue for their own research. Planned Parenthood is not a ‘qualified’ provider under the Medicaid Act, and it should not receive public funding through the Medicaid program.”

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Georgia Mom Wakes from Coma the Day Life Support would be Removed

Lisa Martin leaving the hospital
screenshot from Memorial Satilla Health video

On Dec. 31, Lisa Martin, a 49-year-old mother of four from Waycross Georgia, awoke after spending 40 days in an induced coma. It was also the day that her ventilator was set to be removed, but she defied the doctors' expectations and is set to make a full recovery.

Martin entered the hospital on Sept. 27 due to pain in her lungs associated with COVID-19. She spent a total of 95 days in the hospital, 40 of them in a medically-induced coma. After Martin had spent a month in a completely comatose state, her family decided to give her 11 days before removing her from the ventilator and allowing her to die.

“But God had other plans,” reads a Facebook post from the hospital, Memorial Satilla Health. “On the eleventh day, Lisa broke through the sedatives and began tracking Jeff with her eyes and she moved her hand.”

“I can’t wrap my head around what all has happened,” she told PEOPLE. “I am shocked but amongst all the overwhelming feelings, I feel like this is definitely a God thing. I got to a point where I felt like no one cared for me. I didn’t have a lot of friends, my kids are all grown up and independent, and my husband works all the time. I was lonely, but this experience has shown me how loved I truly am.”

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Ohio Unborn Child Dignity Act Signed into Law

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine

On Dec. 30, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed the Unborn Child Dignity Act into law, requiring the Ohio Department of Health to create rules to treat the bodies of aborted children with respect.

Under the new rules, "humane disposal" of aborted children's bodies would be defined as burial or cremation.

 “After years of hard work and dedication, the Unborn Child Dignity Act has finally been signed into law,” said Mike Gonidakis, President of Ohio Right to Life. “No longer will the tiny bodies of babies whose lives have been tragically taken by abortion be treated like trash. In Ohio, we respect life and we bury our dead. The abortion industry, which has for decades tried to convince women that the lives of their children don’t matter and should simply be thrown away, will now be unable to hide behind this blatant lie.”

The Unborn Child Dignity Act was introduced after an investigation by then-Attorney General Mike Dewine found that Planned Parenthood was simply sending the bodies of aborted children to landfills. The administration was unable to take legal action against Planned Parenthood at the time since the Ohio Revised Code did not define "humane disposal."

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Eight Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Injunction Against Two Pro-Life Arkansas Laws

On Tuesday, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district judge's injunction that blocked two pro-life laws in Arkansas.

The first of the 2019 laws bans abortions that would take place after the 18th week of pregnancy, and the second law bans elective abortions that target an unborn child purely because they were diagnosed with Down syndrome. Both laws have exceptions for medical emergencies and cases of rape or incest.

In its ruling, the court wrote, “Before viability, a State ‘may not prohibit any woman from making the ultimate decision to terminate her pregnancy. It also may not impose upon the right an undue burden, which exists if a regulation’s ‘purpose or effect is to place a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman seeking an abortion before the fetus attains viability.”

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Report Shows Missouri to be First Abortion-Free State

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According to a survey of the nation's abortion facilities conducted by Operation Rescue, Missouri has become the nation's only abortion-free state for the time being.

The Reproductive Health Services Planned Parenthood in St. Louis remains open, but abortion appointments and abortion pills have not been available there for months. The facility risked permanent closure after the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services had revoked its license for violations of safety regulations, but an Administrative Court Judge ordered that it be relicensed. Rather than work to comply with state regulations, the facility opts to simply refer abortion-minded women to the Planned Parenthood mega-clinic in Fairview Heights, IL.

While the RHS Planned Parenthood remains open and licensed for abortions, we confirmed that none are being done there.  That means this facility is currently acting only as an abortion referral center.  There is no operational abortion facility in the State of Missouri, making it the first Abortion-Free State at this time,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman.

“It is obvious that Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region, which operates RHSPP, seeks to avoid having to comply with Missouri’s strong pro-life laws, and has opted to abort in Illinois where abortion facilities are essentially unaccountable. This shows a gross disrespect for the lives and safety of the women Planned Parenthood purports to serve,” she continued.

Illinois abortion laws are important not only because they endanger the lives of Illinois preborn children, but also because they directly undermine the pro-life legislation of nearby states.

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Dan Lipinski Calls on New Congress to Protect the Lives of the Vulnerable

Former Rep. Dan Lipinski
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Former Illinois Rep. Dan Lipinski (D) has now left Congress after being defeated in his primary by now-Congresswoman Marie Newman. He tweeted several messages regarding his departure this week, urging Americans to "protect life and liberty every day for all, especially the most vulnerable."

Lipinski was defeated in his primary by a slim margin of fewer than 3,000 votes. While his voting record showed that he compromised on pro-life ideals more than advocates would have liked, his departure is representative of an ongoing shift in the Democratic party to cast out pro-life voices.

“I want to thank the people of Illinois’ Third District for giving me the honor and privilege to serve you and our nation for 16 years,” former congressman Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) tweeted Jan. 3.

“America is not perfect, because humans can never be perfect. But we must pray and work every day that each of us and our nation better uphold the principle of equality, and that we better protect life and liberty every day for all, especially the most vulnerable.”

In a Nov. interview with CNA, he said that Democrats would be committing a “terrible political mistake” by repealing Hyde Amendment. The amendment is an addition to congressional spending bills which is designed to prevent federal tax dollars from funding abortions. He also lamented the fact that the pro-life movement is concentrated in one political party, arguing that pro-life groups should do more to push pro-life candidates through Democratic primaries.

Lipinski served for eight terms before losing the March 2020 primary to Rep. Newman. Pro-abortion advocates pushed heavily to remove him from the seat, but a spokesperson for his campaign claimed that his primary loss was heavily influenced by the early scare from the COVID-19 pandemic, which may have kept older Catholic voters home.

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Indiana Ultrasound Law Goes Into Effect After Four Years

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Four years after being signed into law, an Indiana law requiring women seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound 18 hours beforehand went into effect on Jan. 1.

The law was passed and signed by then-Governor Mike Pence in 2016. Planned Parenthood quickly took legal action to prevent the law from being enforced. In 2017, U.S. District Judge Tanya Walton Pratt placed a preliminary injunction against the law's enforcement, and that injunction was upheld by an appeals court. After Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill filed to appeal the ruling, the Supreme Court sent the case back to the appeals court.

In August 2020, Planned Parenthood and the state of Indiana agreed to have the injunction vacated on Jan. 1. Planned Parenthood dropped its lawsuit, saying that it now had functional ultrasound machines at all of its locations.

In addition to showing pregnant women the humanity of the unborn children they are carrying, ultrasounds are also used by abortionists to accurately date the gestational age of the pregnancy. An abortionist who assumes an incorrect gestational age might choose a method of abortion that has a larger risk of medical complications for the mother. Additionally, ultrasounds will allow abortionists to diagnose abnormal pregnancies such as ectopic pregnancies. Certain abortion techniques can have major medical complications, including death, when used on a woman with an ectopic pregnancy.

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45 Pro-Life Representatives Sworn into U.S. House of Representatives

Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach (R-MN)
accompanied by her husband while being sworn in
by GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy

While pro-life President Donald Trump's chances of staying in office for another term are questionable at the very least, pro-life advocates can at least celebrate the fact that 45 new pro-life congress members were sworn into the House of Representatives on Monday.

Of the new pro-life congress members sworn in on Jan. 4, 18 are women, 27 are men, and a total of 13 seats were flipped from pro-abortion politicians to pro-life ones. If challenger Claudia Tenney defeats pro-abortion Rep. Anthony Brindisi in New York’s 22nd Congressional District, that number will increase to 14.

“I’m very excited about the new GOP members in the 117th Congress!,” said Karen Cross, National Right to Life Political Director. “Every one of them is pro-life and will work with us to protect unborn children!”

While the new pro-life representatives are certainly good for the pro-life movement, they don't flip the House in favor of pro-lifers. All eyes are on Georgia's Senate run-off elections as they will determine which party (and likely which side of life issues) controls the senate during the upcoming administration.

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Planned Parenthood Celebrates after Financing Efforts to Legalize Abortion in Argentina

Argentina Capitol Building
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After Argentina legalized abortion in the early morning of December 30, an international branch of Planned Parenthood posted a celebratory message on its website. In addition to celebrating the now legal killing of preborn Argentinian children, the post also boasted about how the American abortion giant helped finance the political push to pass the controversial legislation.

The International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPFWHR) posted on its website:

"Argentina’s Senate just voted to legalize abortion up to 14 weeks! This is a historic moment for our region, our incredible partners in Argentina, and the countless activists and organizers who formed “the green wave” to advocate relentlessly for the rights of women and girls.

IPPFWHR has nurtured an ecosystem of feminist organizations and activists for more than 15 years that contributed to make today possible. IPPFWHR directly supports seven partners in Argentina, who in turn sub-grant funds to 20 other grassroots organizations from around the country. They have been coalescing around shared activities, such as advocating with policymakers and ensuring strong communications in favor of abortion rights stayed prominent in the public discourse. They’re also actively planning how to best support the implementation of the new law."

Argentinian President Alberto Fernández, who introduced the law, denied pro-life claims that the push to legalize abortion was coming from international organizations rather than the Argentinian people.

Further casting doubt on this claim, November polling by Giacobbe & Asociados found that 60% of Argentinians opposed the law, and only 26.7% were in favor.

Pro-life citizens from many nations in which abortion is not yet legal have complained that political forces from other countries often attempt to interfere with their abortion laws. That is the case with the United Nations, and will certainly continue to be true for Planned Parenthood as well.

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