I’m sure you’re all aware by now that the Pence Amendment passed! H.R. 1, the continuing resolution, also addresses a number of other pro-life topics. Jill Stanek has a summary. In addition, the House decided not to fund Title X, which provides legitimate, non-life-taking women’s health care. (My guess? It’s a bargaining chip. The Senate […]
The vote will happen very soon. The National Right to Life Committee has a convenient page for finding your representative’s phone number. The Pence Amendment would deny all federal funding to Planned Parenthood and its affiliates for the rest of the fiscal year. It would not impact the amount of funding given to family planning […]
After a two-year delay, criminal charges against Planned Parenthood of Kansas are moving forward. The charges include 23 felonies and chiefly concern illegal post-viability abortions and failure to report statutory rape. Jill Stanek has a short synopsis of the case’s convoluted history. Kansas pro-lifers are trying to be optimistic. But they know that Planned Parenthood […]
The Defense of Human Life Act has passed North Dakota’s House of Representatives. The measure is written to ban abortion, but not contraception. There is only one abortion facility in North Dakota. Pro-life Christians are disgusted with Pastor Chuck Smith. On his radio show, Smith advised a woman to abort her conjoined twins. (He later […]
The Expose Planned Parenthood coalition has a protest planned for Monday, February 14. (Which is Valentine’s Day, for any forgetful men out there.) From noon to 1pm, pro-lifers will stand outside their local Planned Parenthood facilities in solidarity with the victims of underage sex trafficking and abortion. For some, this will be a prayer vigil. […]
If SecularProLife.org proves anything, it’s that the pro-life movement is far from monolithic. I do believe that our diversity is, on the whole, beneficial. However, we have to be careful to avoid infighting. During the initial debate over Obamacare, I was disappointed by the rift that developed regarding pro-life Democrats. Republicans campaigned very successfully on […]
Live Action continues to release undercover videos of its sex trafficking sting. In my opinion, the New Jersey video (released first) captured the most egregious behavior. Still, check out what’s coming out of Richmond, Falls Church, Roanoke, and Charlottesville. The New Jersey and Richmond videos were featured in last night’s Expose Planned Parenthood webcast, which […]
UPDATE: The language has already been changed. ORIGINAL POST: The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, a recent proposal that has not yet been passed, contains the usual exceptions for rape, incest, and the mother’s life. But unlike earlier legislation like the Hyde Amendment, it uses the phrase “forcible rape.” This has concerned pro- and […]
In August 2009, pro-abortion blogger Amanda Marcotte wrote an article (or, more accurately, a string of ad hominems) entitled “Birthers and Anti-Choicers: One and the Same?” She concluded by saying that “the anti-choicers have moved on to concocting theories about how Planned Parenthood is part of a child sex ring that they’re covering up…” At […]
Weekly guest blogger Matthew Newman, who lives in Maryland, has been keeping tabs on this case for several months. The City of Baltimore enacted an ordinance requiring pro-life pregnancy centers and clinics to post signs stating that they do not perform abortions or provide birth control services. Pro-lifers had a number of issues with this […]