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Cora Clancy was five. Dawson was three. Callan was eight months. I started there because apparently somebody has to. Their mother, Lindsay Clancy, strangled all three in the basement of their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home in January 2023. She admits it. This week a jury couldn't decide whether she should be held criminally responsible. Eleven jurors reportedly favored acquittal. One didn't. After 38 hours of deliberation across seven days, the judge declared a mistrial. And outside the courthouse? Pink. Hundreds of people in pink shirts and bows, holding signs reading "Believe," "She Needed Help," and "Peace For Lindsay." Pink was Cora's...

A depraved illegal alien who was previously deported and later slipped back into the United States is now wanted for allegedly sexually abusing and impregnating his own teenage daughter. Sergio Galvez-Perez, a 38-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, is wanted in Monterey County after authorities say he fathered a child with his own 14-year-old daughter. Investigators say the girl was only 13 when she became pregnant. The newborn, named Baby Angelita by detectives, was found dead on the side of Struve Road near Moss Landing on August 1, umbilical cord still attached, with signs of traumatic injury. Monterey County Sheriff Tina...

"Appellant and some amici argue that the woman's right is absolute and that she is entitled to terminate her pregnancy at whatever time, in whatever way, and for whatever reason she alone chooses. With this we do not agree." — Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1973) Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe, in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization, 597 U.S. 215 (2022), there has been much discussion about "codifying Roe" in state law. But the Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act, signed by Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey on Aug. 12, goes far beyond what the Supreme Court...

Liberal Democrat Governor Maura Healey signs bill allowing babies to be aborted all the way up to birth. Fox News says, “Democratic Gov. Maura Healey was met with applause and smiles as she signed away Massachusetts’ gestational limits on abortion, making the deep-blue state the 10th to permit the procedure up to birth. Under the Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act, health care workers will have greater discretion in determining whether to perform an abortion later in pregnancy, without facing legal penalties under the state’s previous restrictions. Massachusetts is now the tenth state to allow this kind of de-humanizing law.”...

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has signed H.5595, which would legalize abortions up to birth. The radical bill that allows abortions up until birth even on healthy unborn babies. Democrats fast tracked the measure to bypass the full committee process so the full body could pass the bill before the legislature adjourned. The bill passed the overwhelmingly Democrat House on July 22 by a vote of 119-33. Under current state law, abortions are allowed up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, although weak exceptions essentially allow it up to birth. Abortions after that point are permitted only when the mother’s life or...

In Indiana, a Marion County Superior Court judge issued a permanent injunction March 5 blocking enforcement of Indiana’s abortion ban on the outrageous claim that there is a so-called religious right to kill babies in abortions. The judge blocked the ban for a certified class of people who claim killing a baby in an abortion is an exercise of their religious beliefs. The ruling is prompting sharp criticism from pro-life advocates, who called the decision a perversion of religious freedom protections. Judge Christina R. Klineman ruled that the state’s 2022 abortion law violates Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act by substantially...

A South Korean woman and two doctors have been convicted of murder after a baby delivered by caesarian section was placed in a freezer and left to die. Prosecutors said the child was born alive at 36 weeks before the killing took place. Medical records were later falsified to indicate the baby had been stillborn. The case marks the first time murder charges have been brought in South Korea against a woman over what has been described as a late-term termination, as well as against the doctors involved. The woman, identified only by her surname, Kwon, is in her 20s....

A man in his 30s from Jerusalem attempted this morning (Sunday) to set a 12-year-old boy on fire during a bus ride on Route 375, near Beitar Illit. According to police, the background to the incident is a prior dispute between the suspect and the child’s father. The boy, who was on his way to an educational institution in Beitar Illit, was lightly injured in his hands. At a certain point, the bus driver noticed what was happening, stopped the bus, and allowed passengers to flee. The suspect tried to use the stop to escape but was apprehended by an...

It is no secret that Governor Murphy has a grotesque obsession with abortion. Through both his words and his actions, he made it abundantly clear during his eight years as Governor of New Jersey that he harbors a depraved fixation on the killing of innocent children. To Murphy, there is no abortion too gruesome and no gestational limit that goes too far, and by his most recent action, that moral indifference now extends even to children who have already been born. So, it should surprise no one that, in one of his final acts before leaving office, the former Governor...

PENSACOLA, Fla. (TCN) -- A woman has accepted a plea deal in an attempted murder case in which she allegedly instructed a child on how to kill a newborn. WEAR reports Tara Sykes, 37, had three homicide charges and one charge of child cruelty dropped as part of her deal. She pleaded no contest to a charge of child neglect and was sentenced to 11 months and 30 days in county jail, with 462 days credit for time served. On Oct. 18, 2024, Sykes was arrested and charged with attempted murder for allegedly instructing a 10-year-old to drop a...

Arrested in DC: Rescue Resurrection protesters plead with Trump, Vance, RFK Jr. to ban abortion pill'The chemical abortion pill has become the chemical coathanger, and the bathroom has become the new back alley,' said Emily Berning, president of Let Them Live. People from as far away as California and Georgia came to the nation’s capital this morning to plead with the Trump administration to ban the abortion pill, which is now easily available by mail and has led to an increase of abortions following the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade. In the shadow of the U.S. Capitol dome,...

[Catholic Caucus] ‘Abortion care’ still covered by Catholic Loyola University ChicagoLoyola University Chicago students can get help killing their preborn babies through the health insurance plan at their Catholic school.The Jesuit Catholic university continues to cover “abortion care services” through its campus health plan according to the certificate of coverage published by UnitedHealthcare. Loyola has covered abortions since at least the 2022-2023 school year.The health insurance coverage stands in contrast to the teachings of the Catholic Church, which has always opposed the intentional killing of innocent preborn babies. The Catholic Church has always “affirmed the moral evil of every procured...

A former Planned Parenthood director who spent 17 years working at abortion clinics has come forward with harrowing accounts of women delivering fully formed babies after taking abortion pills. She says they are told to flush the remains down the toilet, confirming the abortion procedure’s deadly toll on unborn children and its devastating physical and emotional harm to mothers. Mayra Rodriguez, who directed Planned Parenthood clinics in Texas and New Mexico, shared her experiences in a video testimony released Thursday by the group Stop Coerced Abortion. Rodriguez, now a witness in a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood and Minnesota Gov. Tim...

[Catholic Caucus] Top Catholic scholar: Pope Leo is following Francis’ ambiguity on abortionProfessor John Rist is denouncing Pope Leo's 'shameful' refusal to criticize Cardinal Cupich's award for pro-abortion Sen. Dick Durbin.Renowned Catholic professor John Rist shows that Pope Leo XIV, in his recent interview comments regarding the Durbin case, is “following in Bergoglio’s footsteps.” He even calls Pope Leo’s comments “shameful.”The American Pope, in September 30 comments to journalists, declined to criticize the fact that Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago had the intention of awarding Senator Dick Durbin even though this politician is a strong supporter of abortion. On the...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Leo XIV Wades Into Durbin DebatePope Leo XIV responded to controversy over the Chicago cardinal’s plans to honor a Catholic U.S. senator who supports legalized abortion, saying that the senator’s record should be considered in its totality and that Americans should search together for the truth on ethical issues.Several U.S. bishops condemned Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich’s plans to honor U.S. Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Illinois, with a “lifetime achievement award” for his work surrounding immigration policy despite his pro-abortion voting record. “I am not terribly familiar with the particular case. I think it’s important to look at the...

[Catholic Caucus] Pro-abortion, pro-LGBT former senator hired by Jesuit university to mentor studentsThe Jesuit-run University of Scranton has hired Democratic former Senator Bob Casey Jr. as a 'Distinguished Fellow in Public Service.' The Jesuit-run University of Scranton announced that it has hired former U.S. Senator Bob Casey Jr. (D-PA) as a “Distinguished Fellow in Public Service.”“It would be laughable if it wasn’t so sad,” wrote The American Spectator’s Francis P. Sempa, a 1981 graduate of the school.“University President Joseph G. Marina, S.J., said Casey is ‘perfect’ for the role of ‘forming men and women to be agents of social change,’...

Bishop Strickland issues urgent letter as Texas hospital may withdraw life support from babyBishop Strickland issued a public statement today in support of Baby Elaine Wren, an infant currently hospitalized in Texas who may have life support withdrawn against her parents' wishes. Bishop Joseph E. Strickland issued a public statement today in support of Baby Elaine Wren, an infant currently hospitalized in Texas and dependent on a breathing apparatus. Despite her family’s desire to continue life-sustaining treatment, the hospital may soon withdraw care under the authority of the Texas Advance Directives Act (TADA), commonly known as the “25-day rule.” READ:...

We’re seeing a society become unhinged…again. Trump has quite a way with the radical Left. They absolutely hate him and DOGE, and they daily hourly lose it. Now they’re burning Teslas (so much for climate care), raging in hotel lobbies and on college campuses to defend Hamas supporters, and cursing up a storm at rallies. It's not just paid activists and politicians jumping into the resistance ring; it’s leftist “faith leaders” too. Recently, nearly 100 “progressive” religious folks signed a letter demanding an unbiblical “Return to Jesus.” The Lenten letter demanded that hundreds of millions of wasted taxpayer dollars continue...

A South Carolina mother has been accused of doing the unthinkable: stabbing her newborn infant to death with a letter opener as he was born and in the moments that followed. Authorities say An T. Ngo, 31, fatally stabbed her newborn boy with a “long, metal letter opener” while she was giving birth to him in her home in Easley, South Carolina, on March 7. She then allegedly placed the baby’s lifeless, bloody body in a trash bag and left it outside her door. Her boyfriend later called police, and the child was declared dead at the scene. “I’ll be...

The Story Behind the Pro-Life PardonsAn insider tells the story of how pro-lifers were persecuted by the Biden Administration under the FACE Act, and how Trump pardoned them.Joe Biden is weaponizing the Justice Department to viciously persecute pro-life activists and Americans of faith. Just last month, the Biden DOJ got Paulette Harlow, a 75-year-old woman in poor health, sentenced to two years in prison for singing outside of a clinic…she was singing, actually a beautiful voice, she was singing beautifully outside of a clinic. And fearing she would die in prison, her husband pleaded with the judge for mercy and...