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I am the odd man out in a family of medical folk…Beyond the family circle, I have many friends practicing the medical arts, including America’s most distinguished psychiatrist, Paul McHugh. I’ve also been blessed by the work of great physicians, whose skills and dedication have gotten me beyond the biblical allotment of “three score years and ten” (Ps. 90:10). Decades of life with and around doctors, nurses, and other medical practitioners have thus given me a deep regard for American medicine, which I believe to be the best in the world. And it’s precisely that regard that now leads me...

* The Supreme Court rules on the legal definition of a woman, after a challenge brought by women’s rights campaigners * A panel of five judges has unanimously allowed the appeal by For Women Scotland * Gender-critical campaigners embrace the court after judgment handed down

It’s high time for Protestant denominations to take a firm and authoritative stance on reproductive technology. Since the birth of “Baby M” by in vitro fertilization (IVF) in 1978, reproductive technologies have outpaced public understanding, policy development, and theological reflection...By 2030, it is likely that they will be well on their way to developing artificial wombs for conception through birth. American Evangelicals haven’t kept up. Indeed, most Protestant denominations in our country still lack a biblically informed stance on childbearing, infertility, and the most basic reproductive technology, such as IVF, surrogacy, and stem cell research. Even fewer have a coherent...

Mamamia spoke to six women about their experiences giving birth in seven different countries, where expectations around pregnancy, birth and postpartum care were distinctly unique. Simone is an Australian who moved to LA with her husband and two dogs for a planned two-year work (and life) adventure. They returned home eight years and two babies later. ‘In America, they allow you one or two nights in hospital but that’s it. You’re out,’ This was pretty much the opposite of Jodie’s experience in Tel Aviv, Israel where she had her first two babies. ‘They had a health centre dedicated to pre-natal...

Abstract Background It is widely reported that the most prominent emotion following abortions is relief. This claim primarily rests on two studies of abortion clinic patients which had methodological and self-censure bias. Other studies have indicated that negative emotions are more common than positive emotions. The objective of this study is to obtain self-assessed data on the intensity of emotional responses to abortion and pregnancy loss in a random national sample. Methods Using visual analog scales, a random sample of 1,925 women aged 41 to 45 completed a survey in which respondents rated the degree to which they experienced emotional...

Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion chain in the U.S., continues to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funding. Specifically, according to its latest annual report, the abortion giant received nearly $700 million in that year alone. Yet there are multitudes of reasons why Planned Parenthood should be defunded. Planned Parenthood has been caught covering up the sexual abuse of children, with multiple victims testifying over a number of years as to how Planned Parenthood aborted their children and returned them to their abusers. Over 15 years ago, Live Action founder and president Lila Rose went undercover at Planned...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has announced two more arrests in addition to the midwife who was arrested last month for committing illegal abortions in the state. Jose Manuel Cendan Ley, 29, and Rubildo Labanino Matos, 54, are both charged with assisting midwife Maria Margarita Rojas (a.k.a. “Dr. Maria”), 48, who was arrested and had her license suspended after she was charged with committing illegal abortions and illegally operating a network of abortion businesses in the Northwest Houston area. She was arrested as a result of a months-long investigation led by Paxton’s office. According to Paxton, Ley worked as a...

A new survey finds an “assassination culture” growing on the American left since the attempted killing of President Donald Trump in July 2024. Data released Monday from the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) found “48% and 55%” of “left of center” people “at least somewhat justifying murder for Elon Musk and President Trump, respectively.” The findings come after a historically violent election season in 2024, which saw two assassination attempts on Trump in July and September. “These attitudes are not fringe—they reflect an emergent assassination culture, grounded in far-left authoritarianism and increasingly normalized in digital discourse,” the NCRI wrote. The...

Under unpopular Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the United Kingdom continues to devolve into a censorship state devoted to the Globalist agenda. The examples abound, but this week, a court decision put the issue of the transatlantic relationship with Donald J. Trump’s United States in the spotlight. A pro-life activist was found guilty on Friday (4) of breaching an order banning protests outside an abortion clinic in southern England. Reuters reported: “Livia Tossici-Bolt, 64, the leader of a branch of U.S. Christian group ’40 Days for Life’, was prosecuted for breaching a “safe zone” in the immediate area around the...

UPDATE, 4/5/25: Today, a woman identifying herself as Brianna J. Rivers made a public Facebook post admitting to being the woman who attacked Savannah Craven Antao on Thursday, April 3, in New York. A graphic in the post written by Rivers attempts to put the blame on Craven Antao for the assault: I need a platform to share my side of events. She has 7 million views making me out to be a “child killing” monster when she knows the truth. She railroaded me into all of this. She needs to release the unedited footage with her relentless antagonization on...

The woman who socked a pro-life reporter in the face during a filmed interview offered an apology Saturday — but claimed her “antagonistic” victim goaded her into violence. Rivers apologized for her actions, saying that she was wrong for attacking Craven Anato. “To Savannah, I sincerely apologize but cannot sit around and allow you to continue pushing this one sided narrative. I understand hands being put on someone is never the answer, but throwing rocks and hiding hands is worse,” Rivers wrote in a Facebook post. “She knows the truth and she needs to release the footage in its entirety....

FReepers remember the story I posted yesterday about the pro life woman attacked by a pro abort? Well the Hodge Twins have found the entire clip and are giving their commentary on it. My personal thanks to the Hodge Twins for covering this.

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BREAKING: Pro-life journalist Savannah Craven was violently attacked in NYC while asking passersby, “Do you know what Planned Parenthood does?” The woman she was interviewing became enraged after discovering Savannah was pro-life—and began punching her in the face. Savannah was taken to the ER to receive treatment and stitches. A pro-abortion culture is a more violent culture. Pray for Savannah and help share this video.

The Trump administration has restored millions of dollars in federal family planning funds to Oklahoma and Tennessee that Joe Biden took from the two states because they’re pro-life. Trump’s move reverses a Biden-era decision to withhold the money over the states’ refusal to provide abortion referrals. The funds, part of the Title X family planning program, were denied to the two states by the Biden administration after they declined to comply with a 2021 rule requiring providers to offer counseling on abortion because it kills babies. Oklahoma lost $4.5 million, and Tennessee was stripped of $7 million, prompting lawsuits and...

A pro-abortion advocate assaulted pro-life journalist Savannah Craven Antao while she filmed a Man on the Street interview for Live Action on Thursday. Craven Antao was recording interviews regarding “What does Planned Parenthood do? Perception vs. Reality?” in Harlem, New York, when the attack occurred. According to Craven Antao and her husband, Henry Antao, a woman approached and started a conversation with Craven Antao, even complimenting her. But during the interview, she suddenly assaulted Craven Antao. Video footage shows Craven Antao and the woman discussing abortion before the woman punches her. The woman stated, “You don’t understand the magnitude of...

The woman who founded Fund Texas Choice (previously Fund Texas Women) in 2014 recently testified against such funding during a Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs hearing, saying she now believes “life begins at conception.” As a 20-year-old University of Texas student, Lenzi Sheible founded the abortion fund in response to the passage of the state’s previous law protecting preborn children from abortion after 20 weeks. The goal of the nonprofit was to help women get abortions out of state by assisting with the financial costs of traveling for the abortion. Since then, Texas has moved to protect the majority...

Lawmakers in the West Virginia Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would impose civil and criminal penalties upon individuals who violate the state’s law prohibiting abortion pill distribution. Senate Bill 85 adds the penalties to the current law by making it a felony to mail or distribute abortion pills, including from outside jurisdictions. Nearly all preborn children are protected from abortion in the state. The bill passed the Senate with a vote of 28 to 5, with one member absent. “This important legislation is designed to protect life in West Virginia and stop the practice of abortifacients being sent and...

The Senate confirmed Harmeet Dhillon, a prominent pro-life attorney, as Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice on Thursday The vote marks a significant shift in the agency’s approach to civil rights enforcement under the Trump administration. The vote, which followed party lines with Republicans approving and Democrats voting no, ended with a 52-45 tally, with three senators absent. Dhillon, nominated by President Donald Trump in December 2024, pledged during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in February to end what she described as the targeting of pro-life Christians by the DOJ. Her appointment replaces...

On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Anne Traum lifted the 1991 injunction barring enforcement of Nevada’s requirement that parents be notified when their minor children seek an abortion. In a 27-page decision, Judge Traum ruled in Glick v. Ford that the parental notice provision will go into effect on April 30. Melissa Clement, Executive Director of Nevada Right to Life, which provided vital financial support for the litigation, said “For 40 years, young girls have been exploited in secrecy, their suffering ignored while those in power turned a blind eye. Today, that silence is broken. Parents will finally be involved,...