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SANFORD, Fla. - A Florida man who killed his 18-year-old girlfriend and their unborn son after she refused to get an abortion is facing the death penalty. Donovan Faison, 23, was convicted last week in the first-degree murder of Kaylin Fiengo, of killing an unborn child and of burglary with a firearm. The jury later voted 11-1 to sentence Faison to death, the Office of the State Attorney said in a news release Friday. Faison shot Fiengo in the head as she sat in her car at Coastline Park in Sanford in 2022. Investigators discovered a bullet casing and an...

Destigmatized abortion increases the pressure for women to abort. If abortion is supposed to be a morally neutral option, then it makes sense to expect women to abort if we conceive in difficult circumstances. The circumstances could be conceiving while in poverty or in an abusive relationship, or any number of situations, but the pressure becomes especially clear when we conceive children with disabilities that can be detected prenatally. For example, when discussing options with a woman who receives a prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis, a significant number of physicians and genetic professionals will self-report that they emphasize the negative aspects...

In recent months, the Population Research Institute (PRI) has documented, with significant amounts of evidence, the activities of three major abortion networks: FIGO, CLACAI, and FP2030. Each of these has played a specific role in the international expansion of abortion. Now, we have turned our attention to another key player: DKT International. Founded in 1989, this organization presents itself as a promoter of “sexual and reproductive health,” but in reality, it has become the world’s largest distributor of abortion pills, using sophisticated social marketing networks specifically designed to evade pharmaceutical regulations. On September 2, 2025, DKT announced that it would...

In a surprising story out of India, a couple who is serving life in prison for murder has been paroled so they can undergo in vitro fertilization (IVF) to have a baby. Key Takeaways: * The couple, Jayendra Damor and Sejal Bariya, have spent 15 years of their life sentences behind bars for murder. * Now in their late 30s, they want to have a child and have been granted temporary parole to undergo IVF. That parole has been extended at least twice. * As convicted murderers, it is unclear why a judge would allow them to leave prison to...

A man has been arrested in South Carolina after threatening a group of pro-life activists with a deactivated grenade. Key Takeaways: * Pro-lifers from the group Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust were threatened with a grenade while protesting outside a church Sunday morning. * Police later determined the grenade was hollowed out. * The pro-life group was protesting the church's involvement with pro-abortion organizations. The Details: Richard Lovelace, 79, a retired lawyer, faces charges after allegedly harassing pro-lifers from the group Survivors of the Abortion Holocaust, whose members were gathered outside St. Anne's Episcopal Church in Conway, South Carolina. Police...

Republican Virginia state Del. Carrie Coyner, who was the recipient of the infamous violent text messages sent by Democratic Attorney General-elect Jay Jones, lost her bid for reelection to the House of Delegates on Tuesday. Jones, who defeated incumbent Jason Miyares on Tuesday, drew backlash for lost by more than five percentage points by Democrat Lindsey Dougherty. “Tonight’s results mark the end of my time serving our community in elected office, but not the end of my love for this community or my commitment to its people,” Coyner wrote in a statement. “For 14 years, it has been the greatest...

Pennsylvania voters on Tuesday opted to retain three Democrat justices on the state Supreme Court, preserving a 5-2 liberal majority that pro-life advocates warn will expand abortion access to any reason throughout all nine months of pregnancy. With more than 54% of the vote tallied, 62.3% voted yes to retain Justice Christine Donohue, 62.5% for Justice Kevin Dougherty and 62.4% for Justice David Wecht. The outcome ensures Democrats maintain control of the court, which pro-life groups had urged voters to reject as a direct threat to unborn children. The Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, in a pre-election alert, called on voters to...

ay Jones is projected to be the next Virginia attorney general, defeating incumbent Republican Jason Miyares, according to several news outlets. “I want to thank every Virginian tonight who placed their trust in me,” Jones told supporters in Richmond, Virginia. Jones emphasized that he is the first black attorney general of the commonwealth, “The weight of that trust is not lost on me at all.” Democrat Abigail Spanberger is also projected to win and be Virginia’s next governor, while Democrat Ghazala Hashmi is projected to be lieutenant governor. “Politics is like a pendulum,” Miyares told supporters in Virginia Beach during...

Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a staunch advocate for unrestricted abortion, won New Jersey’s gubernatorial race Tuesday night, defeating Republican Jack Ciattarelli in a contest that pro-life leaders decried as a setback for vulnerable unborn children. With nearly all votes counted, Sherrill captured 53% of the vote to Ciattarelli’s 46%, according to projections. The victory extends Democratic control of the governor’s mansion for a third consecutive term — the first such streak for the party in New Jersey since 1961 — and positions Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor, to succeed pro-abortion Gov. Phil Murphy in January. Sherrill’s...

A New York judge dismissed a legal challenge Friday from Texas seeking to enforce a more than $100,000 civil judgment against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman in an early test of the state's “shield law” designed to protect providers. Republican Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton wanted a New York court to enforce a civil decision from Texas against Dr. Margaret Carpenter, who practices north of New York City in Ulster County, for allegedly prescribing abortion medication via telemedicine. But acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck refused to file the judgment, saying he was...

While promoting abortions, life-altering trans-ideology, and the sexualization of children, sex-ed leader SIECUS (Sex Ed for Social Change) claims that Live Action's "Baby Olivia" video brings "shame" and is a "fright" akin to the horror film "Rosemary's Baby." Key Takeaways: * SIECUS, a notorious sex-ed groups that promotes abortion, transgender ideology, and more to kids in public schools, sent out an email slandering Live Action's "Meet Baby Olivia" video as well as "Baby Olivia" bills seeking to add prenatal development education to school sex-education curricula. * In its email, SIECUS claimed the video "spread(s) misinformation and shame" and even likened...

A surrogate mother in the U.S. who thought she was helping an infertile couple have children was horrified to find out her baby had been sold as part of an international baby trafficking scam. Key Takeaways: * Carole-Anne Kelly (a pseudonym) was sent the profile of an infertile couple by her surrogacy agency. * Kelly agreed to work with them and carry their baby, and successfully gave birth. * She later found out that her baby was not biologically related to the couple she was hired to be a surrogate for. * The baby was sold for $100,000 to a...

Benjamin Turland lost both of his grandmothers to Canada's legalized euthanasia and assisted suicide program, known as Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD). While much has been shared about the devastating numbers of Canadians who are dying through the program, less has been shared about the lasting impact those deaths have on the family members left behind. Key Takeaways: * Benjamin Turland said that losing both his grandmothers to MAiD "wrecked" him, and caused lasting trauma. * He explained the difference between watching a loved one die naturally and watching one choose death — and how it affects those left behind....

Democrat Abigail Spanberger is projected to be elected Virginia’s first female governor Tuesday, defeating pro-life Republican Winsome Earle-Sears in a contest that pro-life advocates warned could transform the state into the “abortion capital of the South.” With exit polling data and early precincts reporting, the abortion activist is projected to become Virginia’s next governor and the first woman to hold the state’s highest office, according to Decision Desk HQ. With 9% of the vote counted, Spanberger had a 56.7-43.4% lead over her pro-life challenger. During the race, pro-life groups accused Spanberger of supporting “unlimited abortions up to birth” and sidestepping...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a steadfast pro-life advocate whose conservative congressional voting record and support for abortion restrictions defined key aspects of his Republican legacy, died Tuesday at age 84. The cause was complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said in a statement. Cheney had battled cardiovascular issues for much of his adult life, including a heart transplant in 2012. “For decades, Dick Cheney served our nation, including as White House Chief of Staff, Wyoming’s Congressman, Secretary of Defense, and Vice President of the United States,” the family said. “Dick Cheney was a great and...

Olivia Olander reported for the Chicago Tribune on November 3 that Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has not yet decided if he will sign or veto the recently passed assisted suicide bill. Olander reported: Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday said he was still deciding whether he’d sign legislation that would permit doctors to help terminally ill people end their lives, after the bill narrowly passed the General Assembly last week. “It was something that I didn’t expect and didn’t know it was going to be voted on, so we’re examining it even now,” Pritzker said. We need everyone to call...

Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday said he was still deciding whether he’d sign legislation that would permit doctors to help terminally ill people end their lives, after the bill narrowly passed the General Assembly last week. “It was something that I didn’t expect and didn’t know it was going to be voted on, so we’re examining it even now,” Pritzker said. The Democratic-run state Senate, before dawn broke Friday, voted with the bare minimum 30 votes to allow mentally competent, terminally ill adults the right to access life-ending prescription medication with physician oversight. The vote sent the bill to...

(CN) — A divided Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday agreed that Oregon Right to Life had made a sufficient showing that its beliefs are religious and sincerely held to proceed with a lawsuit to avoid having to provide health insurance coverage to its employees for abortions and contraceptives. In a split decision, the three-judge panel overturned a district judge’s dismissal last year of the anti-abortion organization’s complaint as well as her denial of the nonprofit’s request for a preliminary injunction. “ORTL put forth significant evidence of its religiosity, and there was no conflicting evidence against ORTL’s claim that...

BOSTON – A former Stoughton police officer who was previously indicted for allegedly murdering Sandra Birchmore, a pregnant woman, to prevent her from disclosing information about his sexual exploitation of her beginning when she was a minor, has been indicted for allegedly causing the death of Birchmore’s unborn son. Matthew Farwell, 39, of Easton, has been charged with one count of causing the death of Birchmore’s unborn child. Farwell was arrested and charged in August 2024. He remains in federal custody and will be arraigned at a later date. According to the superseding indictment, on or about Feb. 1, 2021,...

In an ongoing lawsuit filed by the state of California’s attorney general against two pro-life organizations for promoting abortion pill reversal (APR), an Illinois judge Oct. 29 ordered the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) to release communications with state personnel regarding APR. Seventh Circuit Court Judge Jack Davis of Sangamon County Oct. 29 ordered ACOG to comply with a subpoena requested by the pro-life defendants, Heartbeat International, and RealOptions. California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the lawsuit in 2023 against the defendants on behalf of the state, alleging that the pro-life groups “engaged in false advertising and deceptive...