August 9, 2022
Kentucky Appeals Court Lifts Injunction Against Pro-Life Laws
August 8, 2022
Indiana Gov. Signs First Post-Roe Abortion Ban
Indiana Gov Eric Holcomb (R) |
“Indiana Right to Life believes substantive changes to SB1 in the House provide renewed hope that over 95% of Indiana’s 8,414 abortions will end if it becomes law. House amendments will make abortion clinics a thing of the past in Indiana, requiring that abortions for limited circumstances be done in hospitals, or hospital-owned surgical centers. The House also tightened language for the life of the mother exception, limited abortions to ten weeks in circumstances of rape or incest, and limited abortions for lethal fetal anomalies to 20 weeks.While we are disappointed that an amendment to limit abortions to only the life of the mother fell short in a roll call vote, we applaud those House members supporting the amendment for doing all they could to limit SB1’s exceptions. We will continue to work to build consensus going forward that all lives are to be valued, regardless of the means of one’s conception.While we cannot fully endorse the amended SB1 due to it rape, incest, and lethal fetal anomaly exceptions, we acknowledge the path forward is either the potential to end the vast majority of abortions in Indiana, beginning with the closure of Indiana abortion clinics in mid-September, or allowing all abortions to continue under current law, as women from Ohio, Kentucky, and other states travel to Indiana for abortions. We urge every legislator to prayerfully consider how their vote will impact the path Indiana now chooses."
August 5, 2022
Rep Jackie Walorski Killed in Car Accident
Biden Signs Executive Order Allowing Medicaid Funding of Abortions
August 4, 2022
Kansas Voters Reject Pro-Life Constitutional Amendment
"Regulation of abortion. Because Kansans value both women and children, the constitution of the state of Kansas does not require government funding of abortion and does not create or secure a right to abortion. To the extent permitted by the constitution of the United States, the people, through their elected state representatives and state senators, may pass laws regarding abortion, including, but not limited to, laws that account for circumstances of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, or circumstances of necessity to save the life of the mother."
Pro-life leaders gave two potential explanations for the loss. The wording of the amendment may have been confusing, and pro-abortion organizations used false information and large amounts of spending to urge voters to oppose the amendment.
National Right to Life President Carol Tobias responded to the vote with the following statement:
"Sadly, thousands and thousands of babies will die in Kansas.
Lies about ectopic pregnancies and miscarriages, and false claims that women who have abortions would be prosecuted, promulgated by the media and the abortion industry, resulted in a tragic loss for women and their unborn babies.
Contrary to those lies, pro-life legislation allows the removal of ectopic pregnancies and other procedures to save the life of the mother, the treatment of miscarriages, and does not impose any penalties on women who have abortions. Over 70 pro-life organizations signed a statement opposing criminal penalties for women who have abortions."
Kentucky is set to have a similar amendment on its ballot this November.
August 3, 2022
Chicago Mayor Signs Executive Order to Protect Abortionists
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) |
August 2, 2022
Biden Nominates Dobbs v. Jackson Lawyer to 1st Circuit Court of Appeals
Texas Sues Biden Admin for Forcing Federally Funded Hospitals to Commit Abortions
The Biden administration threatened to revoke the funding of hospitals that refuse to commit abortions on women in life-threatening situations. It argued that federal guidelines under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) override any state laws that prohibit all abortions without exception. Currently, there are no state laws that prohibit abortion in absolutely all circumstances. State laws all include exceptions to save the life of the mother.
It is also worth noting that the legal definition of abortion under any codified law is the intentional killing of a preborn child. Providing lifesaving care that is not primarily intended to end the life of an unborn child (such as chemotherapy, emergency preterm delivery, or treating an ectopic pregnancy) is not legally considered abortion under any current statutes.
Texas's lawsuit asks a federal district court to block Biden's new abortion requirement; arguing that EMTALA does not create a right to abortion. “EMTALA does not mandate access to abortion or codify a right to an abortion as ‘stabilizing treatment’ for an ’emergency medical condition.’” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said. “The Abortion Mandate cites no other federal law that would authorize or require an abortion. No federal statute, including EMTALA, supersedes or preempts the States’ power to regulate or prohibit abortion.”
July 29, 2022
Federal Appeals Court Lifts Injunction Against Indiana Parental Notification Law
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita |
- On July 7, a federal district court lifted an injunction on the state's dismemberment abortion ban.
- On July 11, an appellate court vacated judgments in Whole Woman’s Health Alliance v. Rokita which invalidated several pro-life laws.
- On July 18, a US District Court vacated a judgment blocking a law that banned discriminatory abortions based on the unborn child's race, sex, or disability diagnosis.
July 28, 2022
US House Again Passes Bill to Codify Roe
July 27, 2022
Planned Parenthood of Illinois and Wisconsin Partner to Facilitate Abortions Across State Lines
July 26, 2022
Missouri Attorney General Sues St. Louis for Using Tax Dollars to Fund Abortion Travel
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt (R) |
July 25, 2022
Over 800,000 Lives Saved by PRCs in Five Years
July 22, 2022
12th Medical Emergency in Two Years at Granite City Abortion Clinic
A woman being loaded into an ambulance outside Hope Clinic For Women in Granite City on June 14 photo credit: Operation Rescue |
Operation Rescue, a pro-life organization that documents medical emergencies at abortion clinics throughout the country, was unable to obtain records of the incident through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.
Operation Rescue did find, however, that a 911 dispatcher reached out to Emergency Medical Services approximately eight minutes before the ambulance arrived on the scene. “EMS, can you contact us back for a possible transport?” a dispatcher says on the publicly available recording. Further details are not available. When emergency personnel returned the call, they did not do so on a publicly recorded line. Operation Rescue believes that this was done intentionally to prevent any information about the emergency from being accessed by the public.
“Operation Rescue has seen a surge in 911 abortion emergencies, coupled with more attempts to hide these abortion disasters,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “When mothers are rushed to the emergency room for abortion complications, it is an obvious threat to the abortion cartels’ narrative of ‘safe, legal abortion.’ Operation Rescue is pursuing legal remedies, and lawsuits if necessary, to force the public disclosure of the cartel’s botched abortions.
“We know women are being tormented at the hands of the abortion industry, and we will not relent until their malfeasance is uncovered and exposed,” Newman continued. “The more the public knows about the incredible dangers of terminating an emerging life, the more mothers will shun the lies of the cartel.”
July 21, 2022
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Introduces Bill Attacking Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) |
"We need to shut them down." Sen. Warren on Pregnancy Resource Centers.
— Family Research Council (@FRCdc) July 12, 2022
Leftist logic: Because PRCs don't kill unborn babies, they should no longer provide community medical care, parenting classes, help w/ financial programs, serve trafficking victims, housing, counseling, etc. pic.twitter.com/lBwxrmEHbd
July 20, 2022
Biden HHS Threatens Legal Action Against Pharmacies that Don't Fill Abortion Pill Prescriptions
July 19, 2022
Pro-Life Flight Attendant Awarded $5.1 Million After being Fired for Criticizing Union
July 18, 2022
Wisconsin Abortionist to Open Abortion Business in Rockford, IL
Dennis Christensen screenshot from "Lake of Fire" documentary clip available here |
July 15, 2022
Federal Court Reinstates Missouri Down Syndrome Abortion Ban
New York AG Asks Google to Remove Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers from Search Results
New York Attorney General Letitia James |