[Guest Blogger Jen R., co-founder of All Our Lives, shares her thoughts on Todd Akin’s “legitimate rape” comments.] So Todd Akin, who thinks that pregnancy resulting from rape is “really rare” because “If it’s a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut the whole thing down,” announced yesterday that he is […]
Interesting piece by pro-choice author Jeannie explaining why mandated transvaginal ultrasounds should not be likened to rape. I don’t agree with her on every count–for example I don’t see how anti-abortion folks are to blame for imagery purported by abortion rights activists–but I still think her overall message is valid, particularly her 3rd point. Arguments that […]
Today’s post is by guest author Michelle Zhang. I recently read this statement from several people on Twitter, “Today, the greatest sexual assault on women is the assault on her right to choose.” I’ve seen the comparison over and over again between rape and taking away abortion rights but that comment really hit me. In […]
The big news in American pro-life circles today is that Planned Parenthood of the Golden Gate (PPGG) has been voted out of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). The cited reason was “management problems.” This of course leaves much room for speculation. Perhaps PPGG simply wasn’t earning enough money. But Abby Johnson, who used […]
Roman Polanski, the famous film director who fled the United States after pleading guilty to sex with a 13-year-old girl, is a free man. He is currently staying in Switzerland, which just announced that it will not extradite him. The case, which has infuriated people on both sides of the life issue, is being extensively […]
Various pro-life news outlets have highlighted this recent Washington Times op-ed. From the title, I initially thought that it would be about the millions of people who are “missing” because they were killed by Planned Parenthood before birth. Actually, the “millions” refers to dollars– it’s about a major financial discrepancy between Planned Parenthood’s records and […]
In response to Obama’s announcement of a new health care reform proposal, which would contain considerable funding for abortion, Live Action has released a new video from its Mona Lisa series, showing a Wisconsin Planned Parenthood failing to report an obvious case of statutory rape. This is the tenth video in the series. As Live […]
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