Pro-lifers are often puzzled at the notion that someone could believe that abortion is morally wrong or bad, perhaps even seriously morally wrong or bad, and yet also believe that abortion should not be criminalized. Along similar lines, pro-lifers are often puzzled by the notion that someone could desire that abortion be rare, and yet […]
Yesterday, as pro-life advocates around the United States celebrated Mother’s Day, Kermit Gosnell marked the five years of life as a convicted felon. Gosnell, the notorious Philadelphia abortionist, was convicted on May 13, 2013 of three counts of murder, one count of manslaughter, and 211 counts of violating Pennsylvania’s abortion waiting period law. The murder counts […]
Mississippi passes 15-week abortion limit: Last night, Mississippi governor Phil Bryant signed a law limiting abortion to the first 15 weeks of pregnancy, except to save the life or health of the mother. Here, for reference, is what a 15-week-old human looks like (via the Endowment for Human Development): While much media coverage noted that […]
[Today’s guest post is by SPL supporter Sylwia Gryciuk. She lives in Wrocław and is 25 years old.] It is a popular myth of our times that free access to abortion reflects society’s high level of cultural development. Another widely adopted view holds that we – as human civilization – gradually struggle towards greater equality […]
Above: underprivileged children from the Rio Grande Valley, a low-income area of Texas where abortion advocates bemoan the lack of “access” caused by HB2. This photo is from Buckner International, a faith-based charity that has been at work in the Rio Grande Valley since 1972, the year before Roe v. Wade. [Today’s guest post by […]
[Today’s guest post by Rebecca Downs is part of our paid blogging program.] As you have no doubt heard by now, a federal judge struck down a challenged provision of the Texas pro-life omnibus bill as unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel ruled that the requirement that abortionists have admitting privileges at a hospital within […]
Hinds County: location of the only remaining abortion clinic in Mississippi. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Mississippi may be the first state to have zero abortion clinics. Beginning July 1, all abortion-clinic physicians must have admitting privileges at a local hospital under a law passed by the Republican-led Legislature and signed by Republican Governor Phil Bryant in […]
NARAL, one of America’s most prominent abortion advocacy groups, has released its annual report card, ranking states on their adherence to NARAL’s agenda. This grade is supposedly based on a state’s friendliness toward “reproductive rights,” a phrase often abused as a euphemism for abortion. I’ll spare you a detailed statistical analysis (although if you have […]
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