December 5, 2022

Hope Clinic in Granite City Hospitalizes Patients Two Days in a Row

photo credit: Operation Rescue
Two days in a row last month, the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, IL hospitalized abortion patients. Pro-lifers on the sidewalk documented the arrival of ambulances on Nov. 8 and Nov. 9, and Operation Rescue retrieved 911 records. Disturbingly, the staffer who made both calls is recorded laughing on the Nov. 9 911 call.

Recordings of the 911 calls are available here.


The Nov. 8 emergency occurred at around noon. A 42-year-old woman suffered from heavy vaginal bleeding, so a staffer called 911 to request an ambulance. The 911 dispatch report tagged the emergency as "high priority" and the patient was transferred to Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO.

On Nov. 9, the same staffer is recorded laughing when the call connects to a dispatcher. She simply tells the dispatcher that the patient, "needs to be transferred to Barnes. She is currently stable but she just needs a higher level of care." No further information is requested by the dispatcher, but the statement must commonly indicate to dispatchers that the emergency should be classified as a "high priority." The dispatch report for this incident categorized the emergency as such.

Operation Rescue noted that it has documented 15 medical emergencies at Hope Clinic since the spring of 2020.

December 2, 2022

Appeals Court Reinstates Abortion Victim Burial Law

photo credit: Quinn Dombrowski / Flickr
On Nov 28, a federal appeals court reinstated an Indiana law requiring the bodies of aborted children to be respectfully buried or cremated rather than treated as medical waste.

In September, a lower court blocked the law by ruling that it violates the religious freedoms of women who do not believe preborn children have the same rights as born ones. The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit overrode that decision this week. The Seventh Circuit's decision notes, “Indiana does not require any woman who has obtained an abortion to violate any belief, religious or secular. The cremate-or-bury directive applies only to hospitals and clinics.”

The decision goes on to note that the bodies of animals are sometimes cremated or buried due to legal requirements regarding the disposal of their bodies. "Indiana’s statute about fetal remains therefore need not imply anything about the appropriate characterization of a fetus. At all events, a moral objection to one potential implication of the way medical providers handle fetal remains is some distance from a contention that the state compels any woman to violate her own religious tenets."

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita applauded the decision. “The bodies of unborn babies are more than mere medical waste to be tossed out with trash,” Rokita said in a statement. “They are human beings who deserve the dignity of cremation or burial. The appellate court’s decision is a win for basic decency.”

December 1, 2022

Indiana AG Accuses Abortionist of Exploiting Child Rape Victim for Political Gain

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita
An Indiana abortionist is suing Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita in an attempt to stop him from investigating suspicions that she illegally delayed reporting the rape of a minor.

Indiana abortionist Caitlin Bernard committed an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim earlier this year. She immediately went to the media to have them publish a story criticizing the recent US Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita quickly accused the abortionist of exploiting the situation for political gain, and his office is investigating Bernard for not reporting the rape of a minor in a timely manner. Now, Bernard is suing Rokita in an attempt to stop his investigation.

Bernard committed the abortion on June 30, 2022. The next day at 5:00 am, the Indianapolis Star published its story about the 10-year-old's rape and abortion. Bernard had to immediately contact the media to make this possible. Bernard filed a report about the rape on July 2. Indiana law requires Bernard to report such abuse immediately. According to Rokita, the delay, and the fact that Bernard took the time to speak with the Indianapolis Times, show that she was not reasonably following the reporting requirement.

Bernard, rather than prioritizing the safety of her patient, prioritized profit and politics. She probably should have reported the rape to authorities before even committing the abortion.

"The evidence strongly suggests that the doctor violated the mandatory reporting law, which required her to immediately report the child’s abuse to Indiana authorities," Rokita said in a statement. "Only by reporting to Indiana authorities immediately, as called for by statute, might the little girl have been spared from potentially being sent back to her perpetrator."

November 30, 2022

Lawsuit Against HHS Seeks Abortion Pill Safety Information

Judicial Watch (JW) recently filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the HHS seeking safety and assessment information about the abortion drug mifepristone.

JW President Tom Fitton said that the organization was forced to sue after the FDA (which is overseen by the HHS) failed to respond to three FOIA requests from February of 2022.

“Our experience is that this chemical abortion pill did not and will not receive appropriate review from the politicized FDA,” Fitton said in a press release. “It is outrageous that Judicial Watch has had to sue in federal court for basic safety information about the abortion pill, which is being pushed on women by a desperate pro-abortion movement.”

The press release says that the records requested include "drug stability test results, new drug applications and related materials of the abortion drug Mifeprex (Mifepristone, formerly known as RU-486), as well as requests for reviews and assessments of the manufacturing facilities DANCO and GenBio where the abortion pills are produced."

The drug stability information JW requested would verify the shelf life of mifepristone and what happens as the pill degrades during storage. For example, if the pill is stored for hours in a location with temperatures outside the range on the pill's label (59° to 86°F), what effect does the pill have? This question becomes increasingly important as pills are delivered through the mail with loosened FDA regulations. Mailboxes could hold pills for hours at temperatures above or below that range.

“The Biden administration wants the pill to have wide access, so anything that threatens that agenda will be kept secret,” Fitton told Fox News. “If this pill is as important as the Biden administration suggests, then American women have the right to as much information as possible on its safety and efficacy.”

JW's lawsuit is asking the court to recover attorneys' fees and litigation costs. It is also asking the court to require the HHS to produce “any and all nonexempt records” and enjoin the HHS from withholding such records in the future.

Kansas Judge Blocks Telemedicine Abortion Ban

On Nov 23, District Court Judge Teresa Watson issued an injunction blocking Kansas from enforcing its law banning the use of telemedicine to prescribe abortion drugs.

The 2011 law requires abortionists to prescribe the drug in person. This ensures that the abortionist is in a position to verify that the gestational age of the child is within the range where the abortion pill is considered "safe" and "effective." It would also allow the abortionist to check for any abnormal pregnancy conditions, such as ectopic pregnancy. If a woman with an undiagnosed ectopic pregnancy attempts the abortion pill regimen, she is likely to experience severe injuries.

“We’re sickened to watch another commonsense abortion limit be blocked by a judge after a law was challenged by the abortion industry, which consistently puts its own profits and convenience ahead of women’s health and safety,” said Jeanne Gawdun, Kansans for Life (KFL) Director of Government Relations.

Gawdun accused Watson of issuing the injunction the day before Thanksgiving to "quietly slip the latest loosening of abortion industry regulations past Kansans preoccupied with holiday preparations."

“The Value Them Both Amendment was written to keep broadly supported limits like this in place,” Gawdun continued. “The amendment failed to pass after the abortion industry and its allies mounted an out-of-state funded disinformation campaign to convince voters that abortion was already “heavily regulated” in Kansas and would remain so after a “no” vote. They lied. Last Wednesday’s ruling confirms that every existing abortion limit can now be blocked or struck down due to the extreme 2019 Hodes ruling from the Kansas Supreme Court.”

November 29, 2022

Illinois Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing Girlfriend and Preborn Son

Darius Coffie
photo credit: Decatur Police Department
Darius Coffie, a young man who was arrested and charged with the murder of his girlfriend and their preborn son in Decatur, Illinois, has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and intentional homicide to an unborn child. Coffie has been sentenced to life in prison for his crimes.

In May of 2022, Coffie shot and killed 25-year-old Shyann Foster in front of her young children. She was four months pregnant at the time. Coffie then fled in Foster's car. Before long, police found and arrested him in Springfield.

While he initially pleaded not guilty to the charges, Coffie changed his stance last week.

Mourning Foster's death, her mother wrote on Facebook, "He killed my only daughter and my unborn grandson💔💔"

November 28, 2022

Biden to Guarantee Migrant Children Have Abortion Access

Biden's Department of Health and Human Services issued a new directive this month stating that migrant children in federal custody must be given access to abortion if they want it.

The HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) issued the directive on November 10. The new directive states:
This Field Guidance confirms that ORR staff and care providers must not prevent [unaccompanied children] from accessing legal abortion-related services and that ORR staff and care providers must make all reasonable efforts to facilitate access to these services if requested by the [unaccompanied children]. This may involve transporting a minor to a state in which abortion is lawful and available if the minor is currently in a state in which abortion is not lawful or available.

By federal law, all children under the age of 18 who enter the country without a parent or guardian are under the custody of the HHS. 2021 ORR data says that one-third of the 123,000 migrant children taken into federal custody in 2021 were female. No data is available showing how many were pregnant.

An HHS spokesperson told CBS news that the administration's change in policy is another response to the US Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The spokesperson was quoted saying that the administration is "committed to supporting access to essential health care, including reproductive health care, for all the populations we serve."

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November 25, 2022

Georgia Supreme Court Reinstates Trigger Law

On Nov 23, the Georgia Supreme Court issued a one-page order reinstating Georgia's LIFE Act, which was blocked last week by Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney. The Life Act is a trigger law banning the abortion of preborn children with detectable heartbeats.

After pro-abortion organizations sued to block the LIFE Act, McBurney ruled that the law was invalid because it was unconstitutional by the precedent of Roe v. Wade at the time it was enacted. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr quickly appealed McBurney's ruling to the state Supreme Court.

The Georgia Supreme Court's order temporarily reinstates the LIFE Act while the court reviews McBurney's ruling. The law's chances seem good, however. Seven of the nine justices agreed with the order to temporarily reinstate the law.

November 23, 2022

Pro-Life Physicians Sue to Clarify Mississippi Abortion Law

The American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG) filed a lawsuit seeking clarification on Mississippi's abortion law.

Mississippi's pro-life trigger law went into effect after Roe was overturned in the US Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization this July. However, the 1998 Mississippi Supreme Court decision Pro-Choice Mississippi v. Fordice ruled that abortion is a right in the Mississippi constitution based on US Supreme Court precedent at the time.

“We’re in a situation where elective abortions appear to be both statutorily illegal but a constitutional right, according to this 1998 Mississippi Supreme Court opinion,” said Aaron Rice, director of the Mississippi Justice Institute (MJI). MJI is representing AAPLOG in the lawsuit with the assistance of attorney Andy Taggart.

The group of pro-life physicians is concerned about the current state of abortion law in Mississippi because they fear medical institutions and board certification authorities can punish them for refusing to provide abortions or abortion referrals.

November 22, 2022

State AGs Tell Biden Admin That Illegal VA Abortions will be Prosecuted

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch
On November 17, Attorneys General from fifteen states wrote a letter to Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough to challenge a new rule requiring VA facilities to provide taxpayer-funded abortions and abortion counseling to veterans and eligible dependents. The Attorneys General, led by Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, warns the Biden administration that VA abortions committed in violation of state laws will be prosecuted.

“We will not allow you to use this rule to erect a regime of elective abortions that defy state laws,” they wrote. “We stand ready to move decisively against departures from the rule’s terms or its promises. And we will enforce our duly enacted state laws and hold you accountable for violations of federal law. Those who perform abortions based on the interim final rule — and in defiance of state or federal laws — do so at their own risk.”

On July 8, the same day that the US Supreme Court issued its Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization ruling, Biden directed executive agencies to find ways to enable abortion and bypass state laws. The VA announced its new rule on September 9.

The VA appears to be undeterred by the challenge. In response, VA spokesperson Terrence Hayes told Military.com "As VA Secretary Denis McDonough has said, 'Pregnant veterans and VA beneficiaries deserve to have access to world-class reproductive care when they need it most. That's what our nation owes them, and that's what we at VA will deliver.'"

The fifteen state attorneys general who signed the letter to the VA include those from Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia.

November 21, 2022

Pro-Life Doctors Sue FDA Over Approval of Abortion Pills

On November 18, a coalition of four pro-life doctors and four medical groups filed a lawsuit against the FDA in an attempt to revoke its approval of the abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol.

The suit was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, and it argues that the FDA's approval of abortion pills wrongly characterized pregnancy as an "illness" for which abortion pills are "therapeutic." It also argues that the FDA did not study the pills' harmful side effects for women.

Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) is representing the plaintiffs. “On behalf of the national health care organizations and physicians we represent, we ask the court to hold the FDA accountable for its reckless, unlawful behavior,” said ADF attorney Erik Baptist. “We urge the court to reject the marketing and distribution of dangerous chemical abortion drugs so that the health, safety, and welfare of women are protected.”

“Pregnancy is not an illness, and chemical abortion drugs don’t provide a therapeutic benefit—they end a baby’s life and they pose serious and life-threatening complications to the mother,” added ADF attorney Julie Marie Blake. “The FDA never had the authority to approve these dangerous drugs for sale. We urge the court to listen to the doctors we represent who are seeking to protect girls and women from the documented dangers of chemical abortion drugs.”

November 18, 2022

Missouri Hospital Under Investigation for Refusing Citing Abortion Law to Refuse Care

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced last week that it is investigating Freeman Health System for refusing to provide care to a woman whose water broke months early.

Mylissa Farmer told the Associated Press that she was taken to the emergency room of Freeman Health System on August 2 when her water broke early. She said that she had lost all of her amniotic fluid, and she was told that it was unlikely her child would survive. Her child still had a detectable heartbeat. Farmer falsely claimed to the press that doctors prescribed abortion, but they were unable to provide it due to Missouri's new heartbeat law.

In truth, Farmer was never prescribed abortion. She was refused necessary health care by negligent doctors who cited the heartbeat law as their reasoning. Medical records show that doctors recommended induction of labor. Those records state that doctors told Farmer, “contrary to the most appropriate management based (on) my medical opinion, due to the legal language of MO law, we are unable to offer induction of labor at this time.”

Induction of labor is not abortion, because it is not intended to deliberately kill a child. It is not outlawed by any pro-life law. Missouri's heartbeat law defines abortion as the “act of using or prescribing any instrument, device, medicine, drugs, or any other means or substance with the intent to destroy the life of an embryo or fetus in his or her mother’s womb, or [t]he intentional termination of the pregnancy of a mother by using or prescribing any instrument, device, medicine, drug, or other means or substance with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth or to remove a dead unborn child.”

AP reports that Farmer eventually traveled to Illinois, where she got an abortion.

November 17, 2022

Activist Georgia Judge Strikes Down Heartbeat Law for Odd Reason

When the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this year in its Dobbs v. Jackson decision, it returned complete power to the states to set their own abortion policies. Some activist judges are still coming up with reasons to block pro-life laws, however. Some are ruling that state constitutions contain implied abortion rights (much like the US Supreme Court decided for the national constitution in its 1973 Roe decision). Georgia Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney came up with a completely new reason to block his state's heartbeat law that didn't even require him to find the law to be unconstitutional.

Georgia's LIFE Act prohibits the abortion of an unborn child whose heartbeat is detectable (six weeks). The law contains exceptions for rape, incest, medical emergencies, and pregnancies deemed "medically futile."

By Judge McBurney's own admission, Georgia's LIFE Act is constitutional. If the Georgia legislature were to pass the same law today, McBurney says that it would be enforceable. The judge still blocked the LIFE Act because it was passed at a time when Roe v. Wade was the US Supreme Court precedent.

McBurney argues that such a law is not valid unless the legislature, “determines in the sharp glare of public attention that will undoubtedly and properly attend such an important and consequential debate whether the rights of unborn children justify such a restriction on women’s right to bodily autonomy and privacy.”

It seems unlikely that a law can be blocked because a judge deems the public was not paying sharp enough attention to its passage. It also seems unlikely that the time a law was passed has a greater bearing on a law's validity than the constitutionality of its content. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr also seemed to think so, telling the AP that his office would seek an "immediate appeal."

November 16, 2022

FBI Releases Video of Arson Attack Against New York Pregnancy Center

On November 14, the FBI released video and photos of the arson attack made by pro-abortion activists against CompassCare Pregnancy Services in New York. The FBI also announced a $25,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of the arsonists. The announcement notes that the arsonists could be charged with a violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.

The FACE Act has been used recently by the Biden administration to press charges against pro-life activists with alarming frequency. There have not been any notable arrests connected to the barrage of attacks made by pro-abortion extremists since a draft version of the Dobbs decision leaked from the US Supreme Court this summer.


The FBI footage shows two masked vandals exiting a Dodge Dart, smashing the windows of the pregnancy clinic, and throwing something at the building. Clinic CEO Jim Harden expressed frustration that the FBI only released 18 seconds of the 90-second-long video that he has been trying to retrieve from police for several months.

Further, the FBI censored the video by covering the license plate number on the car. Harden was told by the FBI that the video was censored because “there’s key information in the video that they want to withhold from the public so that when they finally do get information leading to an arrest, the lack of information provided in the video can corroborate the testimony given by the person who’s giving the information about the perpetrators.”

November 15, 2022

Research Shows 80% of IVF Embryos are Rejected or Killed

New research published in Reproductive Biomedicine Online shows that 80% of the 2.5 million embryos created each year for IVF either die during the process, are frozen indefinitely, or are destroyed.

While it's not necessarily a true comparison (a pregnancy that is started with IVF can end in abortion), the World Health Organization writes that only 29% of all pregnancies end in abortion. The percentage of IVF embryos with negative outcomes is significantly higher than the percentage of pregnancies that end in abortion.

Fertility clinics often offer gender selection and allow parents to test their embryos to "weed out" children with undesirable traits. Many other embryos are abandoned or killed simply because they are "extra." Estimates say that there are about 1 million frozen embryos in the United States alone, many of which have been abandoned.

November 14, 2022

March for Life Moves from Chicago to Springfield

March for Life Chicago has officially changed its name to Illinois March for Life. Rather than organizing events in Chicago, the group plans to organize annual marches and rallies in the state capital during the state legislative session.

The next march and rally will take place in Springfield on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. This will allow pro-lifers to make their voices heard while state legislators are present to work and vote on laws.

Abortion businesses are flocking to Illinois from neighboring states to facilitate abortions for women traveling across the midwest and the rest of the country. Last year, Illinois legislators repealed the Parental Notification of Abortion Act. This deprived parents of the ability to be aware of significant events in their daughters' lives, including rape.

By moving the event from Chicago to Springfield, organizers hope to amplify the voices of pro-lifers and work even harder to save the lives of unborn children in Illinois and beyond.

November 11, 2022

Montana Born-Alive Infant Protection Referendum Fails at the Ballot

In the 2022 midterm election, Montana voters voted down a referendum that would have required healthcare workers to provide medical treatment to all children born alive—regardless of their gestational age or if they were born during attempted abortions.

As of Wednesday evening, the vote count was 52.55% opposing and 47.45% in favor. 

The language of Montana's referendum reads:
"This Act legally protects born-alive infants by imposing criminal penalties on healthcare providers who do not act to preserve the life of such infants, including infants born during an attempted abortion. A born alive infant is entitled to medically appropriate care and treatment. A healthcare provider shall take medically appropriate and reasonable actions to preserve the life and health of a born-alive infant…

A health care provider found guilty of failing to take medically appropriate and reasonable actions to preserve a born-alive infant’s life under this Act faces punishment of a fine up to $50,000 or imprisonment up to 20 years, or both."

Pro-abortion opponents of the referendum launched an advertising campaign claiming that this legislation would force physicians to take terminally-ill children out of their mothers' arms in an attempt to provide miraculously impossible care until they died. This is untrue. Such actions would not be considered "medically appropriate" or "reasonable."

Unfortunately, because the pro-abortion ad campaign was successful, no penalties will be levied against physicians who don't attempt to provide reasonable life-saving care to a child after birth.

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November 10, 2022

3 Successful Ballot Proposals will Create State Rights to Abortion

Voters in California, Michigan, and Vermont voted "yes" on ballot proposals that will enshrine abortion as a right in each of those states' constitutions.

California's Proposition 1 is expected to pass. As of Wednesday evening (with 42% of votes reported), 65% of voters voted to approve the amendment. The proposed amendment would create a constitutional right to abortion and contraception. The state previously protected some children after 24 weeks gestation, but now all unborn children in California will be vulnerable to legal abortion at all stages of development.

Michigan's Proposal 3 was declared to have passed by a vote of 55.4% to 44.6% with 84% of the vote counted on Wednesday morning. The proposal creates constitutional rights to abortion and contraception. As its proponents have stated, it will surely be used to override Michigan's 1931 law that would have banned abortion in Michigan with the repeal of Roe v. Wade.

Additionally, it prohibits the state from “penaliz[ing], prosecut[ing], or otherwise tak[ing] adverse action against an individual based on their actual, potential, perceived, or alleged pregnancy outcomes.” Opponents argue that the amendment prohibits law enforcement from investigating infanticide because doing so is an "adverse action" against a "perceived pregnancy outcome."

Proposal 3 does allow the state to limit abortion after viability at around 24 weeks. It should be noted that babies born as young as 21 weeks have survived with medical assistance.

Vermont's Proposal 5 passed. As of Wednesday evening, the vote was 77.2% in favor, and 22.8% opposing. The amendment states, “That an individual’s right to personal reproductive autonomy is central to the liberty and dignity to determine one’s own life course and shall not be denied or infringed unless justified by a compelling State interest achieved by the least restrictive means.” This would allow abortion at all stages of development if the mother feels that giving birth will prevent her from determining her "own life course."

Kentucky's Amendment 2, on the other hand, failed. As of Wednesday evening, the vote was 52.4% opposing, and 47.6% in favor. This amendment would have declared that the Kentucky constitution does not contain a right to an abortion, nor does it require the state to fund abortion. This initiative would prevent activist judges from creating a state right to abortion without legislative support.

November 9, 2022

New Bipartisan Bill Would Ban Online Sale of "Suicide Kits"

A new bipartisan bill would save lives by making it a felony to use mail or the internet to assist another person's attempt to die by suicide.

This issue gained traction after two families filed a lawsuit against Amazon for selling a suicide advocate's book alongside a poisonous chemical often intended to cause death. Both families allege that Amazon and Loudwolf (an Amazon seller) assisted in the suicides of the families' teenage children by selling the children these products.

Representatives Lori Trahan (D-MA), Mike Carey (R-OH), Katie Porter (D-CA), and Chris Stewart (R-UT) introduced the Stop Online Suicide Assistance Forums Act on Monday, November 7. The bill would make it a felony offense to use mail or the internet to assist another person's attempt to die by suicide. According to a press release from Trahan, the bill would also give the US Department of Justice additional authority to pursue cases against "suicide assistance forums."

“Suicidal ideation must be met with mental health care and therapies focused on prevention – not real-time instructions and encouragement to die by suicide,” Trahan said in the press release. “This bipartisan legislation will finally ensure the Department of Justice has the authority necessary to target websites and users that push those in need of help toward self-harm instead.”

“This legislation has broad, bipartisan support for one simple reason: it’s necessary,” said Congressman Stewart. “Suicide is an issue that hits home for everyone – it’s a top ten cause of death nationwide, as well as in my home state. If we want to reverse this tragic trend, that means eliminating environments that work to keep us on the same path. Simply put, online suicide assistance forums have no place in our communities. It’s time there be consequences for assisting another individual’s suicide attempt. I’m proud to introduce this legislation alongside my Democrat colleagues, and I’m eager to continue our work toward a healthier nation.”

According to the press release, this legislation "does not impact state sanctioned physician-assisted end of life care." One would assume this means doctors can still offer assisted suicide to suffering patients as long as the act conforms with state laws.

November 8, 2022

Pritzker Announces Free Abortions for Incarcerated Women

Governor Pritzker's administration has pledged to offer taxpayer-funded abortions to women in Illinois prisons. Additionally, taxpayer funds will reimburse the abortion costs for any incarcerated women who paid for their own abortions while they were in prison.

This news comes from a statement made by Illinois Department of Corrections Naomi Puzello. “Moving forward, abortion procedures and their associated expenses will not be covered by incarcerated women,” she wrote. Those who previously paid for expenses will be reimbursed.”

The policy change was made after WBEZ published an investigation showing that inmates had to pay for their own abortions. Facing criticism for the policy, the Pritzker administration quickly apologized and issued the change. “We recognize that this policy likely caused additional trauma, and we sincerely apologize for any additional harm it created.”

Pro-abortion organizations applauded the Pritzker administration for their commitment to funnel even more money toward abortion businesses.

“With access to abortion care under attack across the nation, Illinois should ensure that every person in need of abortion care, including those in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections, has unfettered access to this critical health care,” said Emily Hirsch, a legal fellow at the ACLU of Illinois. “We applaud the Governor’s Office for taking an important step toward that goal.”

Not only does abortion actively not qualify as health care (since abortion alone does not improve the health of a mother or her unborn child), but this new policy pressures incarcerated women to choose abortion. No initiative was announced to assist incarcerated women who want to respect a child's right to life by carrying them to term and giving birth. The Pritzker administration's new financial incentive for incarcerated women to choose abortion will create pressure for women to women to select that option.

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