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The pro-life movement is losing the long game. Not because our arguments lack truth or our data lacks integrity, but because we are fighting on the wrong battlefield. For decades, we have reacted to Planned Parenthood’s every move, attacking abortion procedure by procedure, law by law and statistic by statistic. And yet, abortion remains embedded in our culture, now more accessible than ever through telehealth, mail-order pills and blue-state shield laws. The question must be asked: have Christians conceded the moral high ground? Planned Parenthood understands something the Church has forgotten — the real battle is cultural. It is spiritual....

The suspect in the California fertility clinic bombing was not a 'terrorist' or 'anti-life', but instead was 'anti-test tube baby', his father has claimed. Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, detonated a car bomb that rocked the American Reproductive Centers building in Palm Springs, east of Los Angeles. Authorities said Bartkus, who died in the explosion, left behind nihilistic writings that indicated views against procreation, an idea known as anti-natalism. But his father Richard Bartkus has challenged that description, suggesting his son is not a killer or terrorist, but should instead be called a 'suicide bomber.' 'A terrorist is out to kill...

I work at a supermarket part-time over the weekend for supplemental income.Last weekend, I assisted a customer who was at least 75 years old.I could not help but notice the shirt she was wearing:Of course, being the vile, fascist, misogynistic non-leftist that the media portrays me to be, I was cordial and polite to her, as I am to all customers in my store. And to be fair, she was cordial to me - but no doubt she would stuff a tampon in my mouth if she knew how I vote...I can't help but shake my head and laugh about...

wo major battle fronts are happening right now in the fight to defund Planned Parenthood and Big Abortion. In the Courts, Planned Parenthood is suing to force pro-life states to continue to pay for abortions. Liberty Counsel is on the case. Fund the fight to Defund Planned Parenthood at the U.S. Supreme Court and a special Challenge Grant will DOUBLE the impact of your gift. After witnessing the horrors our client Sandra Merritt revealed in her undercover videos which exposed Planned Parenthood’s evil baby parts for sale scheme, South Carolina banned Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. Sandra’s videos showed Planned...

While some in the media attempted to portray the bomber of the Palm Springs fertility clinic as a right-wing anti-abortion zealot, the person taking credit for the bombing, Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, of Twentynine Palms, describes himself on X as a “pro-mortalist” which is an ideology that celebrates death and opposes the creation of all new life. Pro-mortalism is the antithesis of the pro-life perspective. Unlike the pro-life viewpoint, which values all life as sacred from conception until natural death, the pro-mortalist believes that it is best for any human being to die as soon as possible. In fact, the...

CV NEWS FEED // After a special investigatory commission, Chile’s Chamber of Deputies called for an immediate end to all government programs that promote subjecting children to “gender transitions,” marking the first time a Latin American country has legally confronted gender ideology. The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) reported May 15 that the investigatory commission found that the state failed children experiencing gender dysphoria or distress on medical, legal, and ethical levels. “It is clear that the current programs, under the guise of accompaniment, have operated as a gateway to irreversible medical and hormonal transition for children, without the necessary scientific,...

The article discusses a case where the health department was called in to investigate body parts found in the sewer main near an abortion clinic. Human Tissue Found In Sewage Spill Near Abortion Clinic: Health Department Investigates HOUSTON — The Houston Health Department was sent to investigate a sewage spill in north Houston next to an abortion clinic, Local 2 reported. A broken line caused raw sewage to bubble up out of a pipe and spread across a parking lot next to the Texas Ambulatory Surgical Center, located at 2421 N. Shepherd. Witnesses said pieces of human tissue were among...

The Times of India is reporting that a 13-year-old rape victim, granted permission to abort her 33 week old baby, gave birth Saturday night to a girl. “The hospital staff are monitoring both the young mother and the newborn, who will remain under observation for a week,” B Division police station’s police inspector Sudhir Rane told The Times of India. As of the time this story is being written, there is no further information how healthy the baby and her mother are. On May 6th, a special POCSO [Protection of Children from Sexual Offences] court rejected her application to abort...

Apparently, a high volume abortion facility in Illinois has a big, dirty problem. This same abortion business is well known for a high number of abortion-related medical emergencies that have sent at least four women to the hospital in March and April alone. But the Hope Clinic’s latest woes may be part of a nationwide pattern of grisly consequences when conducting the high-volume extermination of unborn children. Pro-life activists reported interacting with a representative from Embrich Plumbing outside the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Illinois, on the morning of May 3, 2025. The plumber opened a nearby manhole...

A 74-year-old grandmother who was arrested for holding a sign outside an abortion clinic in Glasgow, Scotland, does not regret her actions and warns about the assault on free speech. Rose Docherty was the first to be charged under the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act, which bars people from protesting or holding vigils within 656 feet of 30 facilities that offer abortion services, Fox News reported on Saturday. The outlet noted the law says the zone could be extended if lawmakers deem the action appropriate. She spoke to BBC Scotland’s Scotcast this week. Docherty is pushing back against officials’...

The Nevada Legislature has defeated a controversial bill that would have legalized assisted suicide, a decision hailed by pro-life advocates as a victory for the sanctity of life and protections for the vulnerable. Assembly Bill 346, which sought to allow terminally ill patients over 18 to request life-ending medication under specific conditions, failed to advance past a critical committee deadline on Friday, effectively ending its chances in the 2025 legislative session. The bill’s sponsor, Assemblymember Joe Dalia, D-Clark County, cited insufficient Senate support and a promised veto from Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo as key reasons for the measure’s demise. This...

A Michigan judge struck down several abortion-related laws last week, including a 24-hour waiting period, mandatory informed consent requirements, and a law prohibiting non-physicians from committing abortions. Judge Sima Patel ruled that all three laws are now unconstitutional given the state’s adoption of an amendment that declared abortion to be a constitutional “right.” Following the amendment’s passage, Northland Family Planning Centers and a group called Medical Students for Choice filed a lawsuit calling for the overturning of the laws. In 2024, Patel placed a preliminary injunction on each of the laws. At that time, she said a 24-hour waiting period...

Despite common claims that later abortions are a work of fiction, “clinical recommendations” published by a pro-abortion group are encouraging the use of the abortion pill for third-trimester abortions up to nearly 28 weeks gestation. These recommendations follow other studies which suggest the drug regimen was being tested well into the second trimester of pregnancy. Live Action News has previously covered horrific incidents of the abortion pill ending the lives of babies well into the 30th week of pregnancy. “Treatment Choice”? The authors of the “Society of Family Planning Clinical Recommendation: Medication abortion between 14 0/7 and 27 6/7 weeks...

The Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that a state law allowing minors to get abortions without parental consent is unconstitutional. The three-judge panel said that a Florida judicial-waiver law violates parents’ Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process. The ruling was the result of a situation in which a 17-year-old girl sought to undergo an abortion without her parents’ consent. In its decision, the court cited the U.S. Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade as well as the Florida Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling that a privacy clause in the Florida Constitution does not guarantee a right to...

In what the FBI is calling an “intentional act of terrorism,” an explosive device inside a car was detonated on Saturday outside the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California. The explosion, felt more than a mile away from the blast site, killed one person and injured four others, and is being referred to as the “largest bombing ever investigated in Southern California.” Los Angeles FBI field office assistant director Akil Davis said at a news conference on Sunday that the suspect is believed to be 25-year-old Guy Edward Bartkus, whom law enforcement said had “stated in writings...

Talk to the average critic of the evangelical church—perhaps someone who has “deconstructed” and now resents their religious upbringing—and one of the first complaints they have is that Christians are too political. Especially since 2016, it has become common to smear conservative Christians for being more interested in “making America great again” than in making disciples. This perception of evangelicals (that their churches are too political) is so strong that sociologist Christian Smith cited it in his recent book, Why Religion Went Obsolete as one of the main reasons for the long-term decline in church attendance. Here’s the irony: Evangelical...

Firefighters are responding to a powerful explosion at a building in Palm Springs that rocked the area late Saturday morning—and investigators are not ruling out terrorism. The blast occurred shortly before 11 a.m. at the American Reproductive Centers on North Indian Canyon Drive, near East Tachevah Drive, and was felt up to two miles away. 'Everything is in question—whether this is an act of terrorism,' Lt. William Hutchinson told The Desert Sun from the scene. Multiple witnesses reported hearing a loud boom, and dramatic videos shared on social media show the explosion shattered windows of a nearby liquor store. Authorities...

Adriana Smith was 9 weeks pregnant when she sought medical treatment for severe headaches. Medical providers gave her medication but didn’t realize Smith had multiple blood clots in her brain until it was too late. Smith was declared brain dead about 3 months ago. A Georgia hospital has been keeping her on life support since, and her son is now about 21 weeks. Doctors are hoping to get him to 32 weeks. These situations are rare, but not entirely unprecedented. One systematic review found that, in 35 cases of maternal brain death, 77% of neonates were born alive and 85%...

Louisiana’s attorney general is investigating a second case involving New York doctor Margaret Carpenter after she allegedly prescribed and mailed abortion medication to another woman in the state, this time located in the city of Shreveport. The Shreveport woman was 20 weeks pregnant when she took the abortion medication and subsequently went into labor, Attorney General Liz Murrill said during a testimony for an anti-abortion bill in the state’s House Civil Law and Procedure Committee on Monday. “She and her boyfriend, after she gave birth, took the baby, wrapped it in a towel, and threw it in a garbage can,”...

Planned Parenthood’s most recent annual report, which revealed a record-breaking 400k abortions for 2023-24, also shows a significant increase in spending on programs related to sex education. According to Planned Parenthood’s 2023-24 annual report, spending on sex education programs was up more than 10% (approximately $6 million) from the prior year’s reporting, with yearly increases since 2021-22. This equates to almost $60 million spent for the year and raises Planned Parenthood’s spending on sex education by $166 million since 2021-22. Screenshot: Planned Parenthood annual report 2023-24 (on link) In 2019, Live Action News reported on whistleblower testimony that confirmed the...