Domestic News: As pointed out earlier this week, Louisiana‘s state legislature passed legislation requiring abortion businesses to give women the chance to see ultrasounds of their children. Governor Bobby Jindal (R) is expected to sign the legislation. Following that, on Thursday, a bill passed the legislature which would prohibit use of funds associated with the […]
I’m trying a new format for my weekly news roundup – let me know what you think and please join in the discussion. Domestic News – In a strange twist, in Iowa a controversial new program has been set up where women virtually talk to a doctor and then a machine spits out their abortion […]
Decided I liked this format to provide our readers with a quick, easy to follow news roundup. So…here we go around the world in a single post. State Laws – In Louisiana, the State Senate just passed a law requiring ultrasounds to be performed before an abortion. The ultrasound would be used to determine the […]
Recently, someone had discussed the idea of not only religious musicians performing in support of pro-life values – but secular artists as well. As such, I did a little research and here’s a list and some reference links about some more secular, pro-life artists: Switchfoot POD Delores O’Riordan – lead singer of The Cranberries As […]
In Montgomery County, Maryland, laws requiring crisis pregnancy centers to post notifications that people should go elsewhere if they want an abortion are being challenged in court. The Alliance Defense Fund has filed an anti-discrimination case on behalf of certain crisis pregnancy centers in the County.One News Now has more on the topic and here’s […]
World Abortion Laws – CBC News has a great interactive map which discusses the legal status of induced abortion across the globe. Just scroll over your nation of choice and you can see a listing of when abortions are legal in that nation. It’s an excellent source of information. International News – In Brazil a […]
Late Term Abortions in Wisconsin – In February 2009, the board of the Madison Surgery Center had allowed all its organization to perform late term abortions. Documentation was obtained by pro-life groups in Wisconsin showing that the Center, which is connected to a number of university hospitals / clinics may have used the late term […]
State Laws – The Week wrote a brief article describing the 5 States with the strictest abortion laws. The winners? Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas, Louisiana, and South Dakota. In other Kansas related news, the state legislature came 2 votes shy of overturning the Governor’s veto of new proposed abortion legislation. If it passed, the legislation would […]
Supreme Court: President Obama stated this week that he will not use abortion or other social issues as a form of litmus test for who he nominates to the Supreme Court. With his very next breath, the President said that he wants a nominee “…who is going to be interpreting our Constitution in a way […]
The Missouri State Senate just passed legislation which will create a list of information that a doctor must provide to a woman 24 hours prior to performing an abortion. According to the Columbia Missouran, these include: “Illustrated handouts from the Department of Health detailing abortion risks and physical characteristics of the unborn child’s development in […]