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If 2025 proved one thing, it's that the pro-life movement is not slowing down. And Live Action continues to lead where culture, truth, and accountability meet. Here are some of the biggest victories the pro-life movement celebrated in 2025. Defunding Big Abortion of an estimated $700 million This summer, the reconciliation bill known as the "Big Beautiful Bill" passed Congress and was subsequently signed by President Trump on July 4. The bill included a provision to temporarily defund Planned Parenthood and other abortion businesses of about $700 million in Medicaid funding for one year, unless they stop committing elective induced...

(LifeSiteNews) — An Obama-appointed federal judge has once again been rebuked for her attempts to stop a federal law, signed by President Donald Trump, that generally defunds Planned Parenthood and some other abortion vendors. Since July, District Judge Indira Talwani has tried several times to stop the temporary defunding of abortion giant Planned Parenthood. The requirement is provided for in the July “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed by Trump. However, the Massachusetts judge is regularly reversed by other judges, even those appointed by Democrats. Talwani’s latest act of judicial activism hit a roadblock earlier this week when the First...

ccording to the latest vital statistics report from Kansas, which was made available on Wednesday, abortions reached a record high in the state in 2024, with a notable increase among minor girls. Key Takeaways: * Kansas' vital statistics report for 2024 was released on the last day of 2025, showing the highest number of abortions in the state since 1973. * There were 19,811 abortions in Kansas in 2024. * Among minors, abortions in the state increased by 47%. * 76% of the abortions were committed on women from other states. * In 2019, the Kansas Supreme Court found that...

(LifeSiteNews) — Samantha recently became pregnant and, as her baby grew, eventually had to admit that regular jeans were not going to cut it. So she set out to buy a few maternity basics, only to find that every department store she walked into had quietly ditched its maternity section. Stores that used to have full aisles now had nothing but one sad little rack. Plus-sized clothing now hung where expectant mamas once shopped. As an employee of the Population Research Institute (PRI), she was well aware of the falling fertility rate in the U.S. She also knew that supply...

Baby populations have hit an all-time low in the United States - and surprisingly, family-friendly Utah is leading the decline, new data reveals. The baby boom helped shape modern American housing after World War II, fueling rapid suburban expansion, the rise of single-family homes and the birth of roughly 79 million babies nationwide. Fast forward to today, and the US fertility rate has fallen to 1.6 children per woman in 2024, according to a Realtor.com analysis. The gap is striking: the US fertility rate of 1.6 is well below the replacement rate of roughly two - the number of children...

(LifeSiteNews) — The Bible says nothing about abortion and homosexual “marriage,” according to a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate. James Talarico is currently running to be the nominee for the 2026 Senate race in Texas. Currently the seat is held by Republican John Cornyn. Talarico is a state representative. “The Bible doesn’t mention abortion or gay marriage, but it goes on and on about forgiving debt, liberating the poor, and healing the sick,” Talarico’s campaign account posted, along with a video of him making similar remarks in a bland chapel of some sort. “The closest thing we have to...

(LifeSiteNews) — An Ohio woman force-fed abortion pills by her ex-boyfriend cannot sue him for wrongful death of her child and other damages unless she surrenders her anonymity, a judge has ruled. Last month, a grand jury indicted Dr. Hassan Abbas of University of Toledo Medical Center on six felony charges related to allegedly force-feeding his pregnant girlfriend abortion drugs. He allegedly ordered mifepristone and misoprostol under his estranged wife’s name, then crushed them and attempted to force them into her mouth last December, taking away her phone when she tried to call 911. Upon learning of the allegations, the...

A judge has approved a class-action settlement requiring Aetna to cover IVF and other fertility procedure costs for single individuals and same sex couples in the same way it covers those expenses for heterosexual couples. The decision will not end discrimination; it will only serve to fuel it. More children will be graded for quality, tested for traits, intentionally destroyed, and even aborted for not meeting expectations. The real win would be that no adult is given the power to ignore children's rights and treat children as consumer products. Key Takeaways: * U.S. District Judge gave preliminary approval to a...

More human beings died from abortions than any other cause of death in 2025. A heartbreaking reminder about the prevalence of abortion, statistics compiled by Worldometers indicate that there were over 73 million abortions world-wide in 2025. The independent site collects data from governments and other organizations and then reports the data each day, along with estimates and projections, based on those numbers. Worldometers bases its daily abortion figures on a May 2024 fact sheet from the World Health Organization, which estimates a tragically high number of babies killed in abortions. “Around 73 million induced abortions take place worldwide each...

Over 500 women have sued Virginia’s Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, alleging that the health system had "enabled" former physician Javaid Perwaiz, who is currently in prison, to perform unnecessary surgeries on them. Perwaiz was convicted of Medicaid fraud and is serving a 59-year sentence for performing unnecessary surgeries and procedures, including hysterectomies, on women without their consent. In total, 510 plaintiffs are each seeking $10 million. The 204-page complaint alleges that despite "repeated reports and clear evidence" of prior misconduct by Perwaiz, who is from Pakistan and came to the US in the 1980s, at his own OBGYN practice, the...

Sex-selective abortion in India reveals a tragedy that exposes the hypocrisy of the feminism that claims so much to «defend» women. Approximately 46 million girls have been aborted in India in the last 50 years solely because they were female; this terrible phenomenon is driven by cultural issues where families prefer male children. In matrimonial customs, women are relegated to an inferior role, making the cost of raising a girl seen as an unwanted obligation. This leads to forced abortions, where mothers are pressured by husbands and in-laws.Here in India, violence begins in the womb; families see daughters as an...

WOLFE COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - A Kentucky woman has been charged with fetal homicide after police say she told a clinic she aborted her pregnancy at home and buried the infant on her property. Kentucky State Police arrested 35-year-old Melinda S. Spencer, of Campton, on charges of fetal homicide in the first degree, abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence. The investigation began Wednesday around 2:30 p.m. when Kentucky State Police Post 8 was contacted by a clinic in Campton. Clinic staff reported a woman had disclosed that she aborted her pregnancy at her residence on Flat Mary...

The apex predator of the baby-killing world, Planned Parenthood, kickstarted the new year by announcing that they were shuttering one of their abortion clinics in Rolla, MO, the first in what will almost certainly be many. Sandwiched between a bowling alley and a defunct Pizza Hut, the Rolla location operated there for decades before being shut down Thursday. A press release from Planned Parenthood blamed the Trump administration for the closure: “Throughout 2025, Planned Parenthood health centers have had to contend with the deep, negative impacts of attacks on health care access, funding, and legal protections…Federal ‘defund’ efforts under the...

After being told their preborn baby had a rare congenital condition, a Tampa, Florida couple made the decision to carry their child to birth and donate her organs in the hopes of saving the lives of others. Key Takeaways: * At their 14 week ultrasound appointment Catherine Mornhineway and Andrew Ford were told their preborn baby had anencephaly, a rare condition in which the baby’s skull does not grow, leaving the brain exposed to the amniotic fluid. * The couple decided not to abort their baby and to deliver her with the intention of donating her organs to help others...

More than 4,000 elementary, middle and high schools across Korea have shut their doors as the country’s student population shrinks, new data shows. According to the Ministry of Education’s latest figures, revealed on Sunday by Rep. Jin Sun-mee of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, since 1980, 4,008 schools under 17 regional education offices nationwide have closed as of March this year. During the period, the number of enrolled students decreased from 9.9 million to 5.07 million. Elementary schools account for the majority of closures, with 3,674 shut down permanently, compared with 264 middle schools and 70 high schools. Over...

A newborn baby boy described as only “hours old” was safely surrendered to a Safe Haven baby box in Montgomery, Alabama, on Dec. 22. The baby was surrendered to a baby box at Fire Station 10, the Montgomery Advertiser reported, citing a release from Montgomery Fire/Rescue (MFR). First responders delayed the announcement of the baby’s surrender intentionally to protect the privacy and anonymity of those involved. “Fire Station 10 personnel responded immediately after the Safe Haven Baby Box alert activated,” Montgomery Fire/Rescue (MFR) said. “Inside the temperature‑controlled compartment, firefighters discovered a healthy newborn boy who appeared to be only hours...

Work continues apace toward the goal of gestating babies outside a woman’s body. Scientists have now implanted human embryos in “organoids” made of tissues that mimic the uterine lining. From, “Researchers are Getting Organoids Pregnant,” published in the MIT Technology Review: In three papers published this week by Cell Press, scientists are reporting what they call the most accurate efforts yet to mimic the first moments of pregnancy in the lab. They’ve taken human embryos from IVF centers and let these merge with “organoids” made of endometrial cells, which form the lining of the uterus. The reports—two from China and...

As he enters the final chapter of his time in office, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy chose to mark Christmas Eve, one of the holiest and most sacred nights in the Christian faith, commemorating the anticipation of the birth of Christ, by publicly advancing his administration’s abortion agenda. Rather than acknowledging the profound spiritual significance of the evening for millions of Christians, Governor Murphy instead announced a $22 million funding commitment to “protect and grow” access to abortion through what his administration calls the Reproductive Health Access Fund, an abortion slush fund designed to funnel taxpayer dollars to abortion providers....

Lord Falconer, the sponsor of the assisted suicide Bill in the House of Lords, has said that “pregnancy should not be a bar” to receiving state assisted suicide under his assisted suicide Bill. Lord Falconer made the comment during the third Committee stage sitting of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill in the House of Lords, which would legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales for those with a prognosis of six months or less. Lord Falconer made the comment in response to Lord Mackinlay’s question concerning whether or not pregnant women should be eligible for assisted suicide...

A baby girl born in the family car at only 22 weeks gestation has made it home from the hospital in time for Christmas. Baby Daleyza weighed just over one pound when she was born in the front seat of the family car on the way to the hospital. Her mother, Jazmin, was only 22 weeks pregnant when she unexpectedly went into labour and had to drive 50 miles to a hospital after she discovered the local hospital was not equipped to care for such a premature baby. Baby Daleyza wouldn’t wait until they got to the hospital, however. She...