April 12, 2023
Chicago Abortionist Calls Off Ambulance for Hemorrhaging Patient
April 11, 2023
Biden Denies Tennessee Title X Funds for Not Requiring Abortion Referrals
April 10, 2023
Texas and Washington Judges Issue Conflicting Rulings on FDA Mifepristone Approval
”The court does not second-guess F.D.A.’s decision-making lightly. But here, F.D.A. acquiesced on its legitimate safety concerns — in violation of its statutory duty — based on plainly unsound reasoning and studies that did not support its conclusions. There is also evidence indicating F.D.A. faced significant political pressure to forgo its proposed safety precautions to better advance the political objective of increased ‘access’ to chemical abortion.”
"The legality of the 2000 Approval is now before this Court. Why did it take two decades for judicial review in federal court? After all, Plaintiffs’ petitions challenging the 2000 Approval date back to the year 2002, right? Simply put, FDA stonewalled judicial review — until now. Before Plaintiffs filed this case, FDA ignored their petitions for over sixteen years, even though the law requires an agency response within “180 days of receipt of the petition.”But FDA waited 4,971 days to adjudicate Plaintiffs’ first petition and 994 days to adjudicate the second. Had FDA responded to Plaintiffs’ petitions within the 360 total days allotted, this case would have been in federal court decades earlier. Instead, FDA postponed and procrastinated for nearly 6,000 days."
April 7, 2023
Michigan Governor Signs Repeal of 1931 Abortion Ban
“Standing up for people’s fundamental freedoms is the right thing to do and it’s also just good economics. By getting this done, we will help attract talent and business investment too. I will continue to use every tool in my toolbox to support, protect, and affirm reproductive freedom for every Michigander, and I’ll work with anyone to make Michigan a welcoming beacon of opportunity where anyone can envision a future.”
Federal Judge Upholds Indiana Dismemberment Abortion Ban
April 6, 2023
Washington Gov Stockpiles Mifepristone as Lawsuit Challenges Pill's FDA Approval
Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee (D) |
April 5, 2023
Maryland to Place Abortion Rights Amendment on 2024 Ballot
photo credit: Rudi Riet / Flickr |
April 4, 2023
Alabama Senator Blocks 184 Military Promotions to Protest DOD Abortion Policy
April 3, 2023
West Virginia Gov. Signs Law Providing Funding for PRCs
West Virginia Gov. Jim Jordan signing the Support for Mothers and Babies Act |
March 31, 2023
Anti-PRC Bill Passes Illinois Senate
Massachusetts Gov Threatens Pharmacists who Object to Abortion
March 30, 2023
Residents Fight Back after Abortion Business Purchases Danville Property
photo from Mark Lee Dickson |
“The people of Danville don’t want this abortion clinic in their community. My office has received numerous phone calls from people upset by what’s happening in their own backyard. There seems to be a sinister effort to bring abortion clinics to parts of Illinois that are overwhelmingly pro-life, just to make some sort of point. The far-left has moved far beyond merely making abortion legal. They have become abortion advocates.”
Mark Lee Dickson, Founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Initiative, also spoke at the conference. "Ladonna Prince in Indianapolis, Indiana wants to set up here in this city," Dickson said. "Well, the voice of this city is loud and they're saying, 'Not on our watch.'"
March 29, 2023
Coast Guard Announces Plans to Pay Abortion Travel Expenses
March 28, 2023
Oklahoma Supreme Court Upholds Trigger Law with Caveat
Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice M John Kane IV |
“The law in Oklahoma has long recognized a woman’s right to obtain an abortion in order to preserve her life (“unless the same is necessary to preserve her lie”). Our history and tradition have therefore recognized a right to an abortion when it was necessary to preserve the life of the pregnant woman. This right can be viewed as protected by the Oklahoma due process section. It can also be viewed as a right protected under the inherent rights provided in article II, section 2 of the Oklahoma Constitution.… We hold that the Oklahoma Constitution creates an inherent right of a pregnant woman to terminate a pregnancy when necessary to preserve her life. We would define this inherent right to mean: a woman has an inherent right to choose to terminate her pregnancy if at any point in the pregnancy, the woman’s physician has determined to a reasonable degree of medical certainty or probability that the continuation of the pregnancy will endanger the woman’s life due to the pregnancy itself or due to a medical condition that the woman is either currently suffering from or likely to suffer from during the pregnancy. Absolute certainty is not required, however, mere possibility or speculation is insufficient."
March 27, 2023
Hawaii Gov Signs Law Protecting Abortionists, Repealing Parental Notification
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green (D) |
March 24, 2023
Illinois March for Life Holds Rally at State Capitol
Formerly "March for Life Chicago," the organization changed its name to "Illinois March for Life" last year after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Rather than holding annual marches in Chicago, Illinois March for Life now plans to hold annual rallies at the capitol while the legislature is in session.
Among the bills currently being considered by state legislators are HB2463 and SB1909. The two bills would enact the "Deceptive Practices of Limited Services Pregnancy Act." If passed into law, it would empower the Illinois Attorney General to investigate pro-life Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRCs) whenever he "believes it to be in the public interest that an investigation should be made to ascertain whether a limited services pregnancy center has engaged in, is engaging in, or is about to engage in, any practice declared to be unlawful by the Act."
No evidence or complaint is required for the Attorney General to launch an investigation. The Catholic Conference of Illinois has expressed fears that investigations could be endless, forcing PRCs to close.
Practices declared to be unlawful by the act include "using or employing any deception, fraud, false pretense, false promise, or misrepresentation, or the concealment, suppression, or omission of any material fact" with the intent to "interfere" with a person trying to access abortion or "emergency contraception." Because "material fact" is not defined, many pro-life advocates fear that an Attorney General could interpret the law to punish PRCs that refuse to refer women for abortions. Clinics found guilty of violating the law could be fined up to $50,000.
Springfield Catholic Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki led a mass service at Sangamon Auditorium before the events of the day. "Fear and anxiety can push women to believe that abortion is their only option," he said. "As Catholics, we know that abortion is never the answer for a woman in need."
Click here to watch a recording of the rally at the capitol.
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March 23, 2023
Two Wyoming Pro-Life Bills Pass into Law
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon (R) |
March 22, 2023
New Mexico Gov. Signs Bill Overriding Local Abortion Bans
New Mexico Gov Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) |