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With a weaker pro-life Republican platform than many pro-life Americans would have preferred, the Republican Party has come under some criticism for not having strong enough language condemning abortion. As a result, one pro-life group is heading to Milwaukee, Wisconsin today to remind Republicans to “defend babies” from abortions and to support pregnant moms who need help. The Pro-Life Action League has a message for attendees of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Milwaukee this week and pro-life advocates affiliated with the organization will take to a pedestrian bridge over Interstate 94/43 on Monday, July 15, the first day of...

President Biden urged the nation to unite in a rare Oval Office address on Sunday night – a day after a gunman tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally. “My fellow Americans, I want to speak to you tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics and to remember that while we may disagree, we are not enemies, we are neighbors, we are friends, coworkers, citizens, and most importantly we are fellow Americans,” the 81-year-old president said. “Yesterday’s shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania calls on all of us...

Republicans and many independents do not believe in the term “independent fact-checkers” when it comes to federal elections. Fact-checkers predictably defend Democrats from GOP “misinformation” in election season. Democrat extremism on abortion is one topic where the fact “checkers” are the fact manglers. Take Republican Senate candidate Tim Sheehy in Montana. On July 10, PolitiFact broke out the “False” flag for something Sheehy said in a June 9 debate: “Elective abortions up to and including the moment of birth. Healthy, 9-month-year-old baby killed at the moment of birth. That’s what Jon Tester and the Democrats have voted for.” You can...

Congressman Andy Ogles (TN-05) introduced the Preventing Forced Abortions Act of 2024, which would prohibit federal courts from enforcing any part of a surrogacy contract that requires a surrogate mother to get an abortion. It would also prevent an intended parent from refusing to pay the surrogate mother any agreed compensation if she refuses to get an abortion at their request. “No woman should ever be forced to have an abortion. My legislation would protect women from this trauma by prohibiting federal courts from enforcing any clause in a surrogacy contract that requires a woman to get an abortion if...

Last night at the ESPY Awards, tennis star Serena Williams took a pointed jab at Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker. After her sister and fellow tennis star Venus Williams said, “Go ahead and enjoy women’s sports like you would any other sports, because they are sports,” Serena Williams chimed in, “Except you, Harrison Butker. We don’t need you.” Butker attended the awards, which are hosted by ESPN. After Serena Williams’ comment, “Elementary” star Quinta Brunson added, “At all. Like, ever.” But while Butker’s remarks about the value of women who choose to be homemakers stirred plenty of controversy in...

Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Ted Budd (R-NC), along with Representative Richard Hudson (R-NC) and their colleagues, sent a letter to Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth demanding answers after an anti-terrorism training conducted at Fort Liberty, North Carolina depicted Pro-Life Americans as terrorists. “We write regarding social media reports that anti-terrorism training conducted at Ft. Liberty, North Carolina depicts Pro-Life Americans as terrorists. Specifically, the slides identify National Right to Life, ‘Choose Life’ license plate holders, and anyone who opposes the Supreme Court’s rightfully overturned decision in Roe v. Wade, which was rightfully overturned by the Supreme Court, as...

Not Only is it an Outright Lie, it Violates the 1878 Federal Law, Posse Comitatus Act On Thursday, Sam Shoemate, described on his X profile as an analyst, watchdog, and “advocate for service members seeking justice,” posted about an anti-terrorism brief held on Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg), a U.S. army installation in North Carolina. He posted a photo of a slide (above) included in the training, listing several pro-life organizations as terrorist groups. Shoemate stated the slide followed another slide about ISIS and prominently featured Operation Rescue’s logo under the title “TERRORIST GROUPS.” The slide contained bullet points, including...

The Republican National Committee’s 2024 stance on abortion is the worst platform plank he’s ever seen, pro-life advocate Tom McClusky said Wednesday at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington. McClusky, principal at public affairs firm Greenlight Strategies LLC, said that this week was a dark one for the pro-life movement in a panel discussion, “Beyond Dobbs.” That’s a reference to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the June 2022 Supreme Court abortion decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. The RNC’s 2024 platform betrays the pro-life founders of the Republican Party, he said. “If the Republican Party weakens, I’m standing on...

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this guest post are solely those of the guest author. Editor’s Note: Featured image shows the author during Prednisone (left), which caused her to gain 45 pounds, and after stopping the medication (right). When I entered my first relationship in high school, I was 16. I was extremely naive about anything having to do with sex. My mom, along with my boyfriend at the time, wanted me on birth control; I was indifferent and went along with it. Because of her negative experiences with many other contraceptives, my mom believed the IUD was best for...

Late tonight interception of an aerial target over the southern Israeli port city of Eilat... hostage families in Israel say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is derailing talks with Hamas... In Poland's parliament an effort by the secularist leftist government to liberalize abortion law failed... Polish border guards and soldiers clashing with migrants trying to cross the border from Belarus... US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaking with his Russian counterpart... The US has frozen aid to the nation of Georgia... US Central Command says three Houthi drones have been destroyed... The International Court of Justice will issue an opinion next Friday...

Eighty-seven congressional Republicans are demanding answers from the U.S. Army after one of its bases got caught referring to pro-life organizations as “terrorist groups.” “The American public expects the Department of Defense and its personnel to defend the homeland from actual terrorists, not Americans who seek protections for children in the womb,” a letter sent to Army Secretary Christine Wormuth on Friday and obtained by The Federalist reads. Spearheaded by Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., and Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., the probe seeks to uncover information about an anti-terrorism briefing slide recently used by Fort Liberty (formerly known as Fort Bragg)...

A recent article published by TIME exposes the continuing acts of eugenics carried out against women of color and financially disadvantaged women in America. Using coercion and repeated pressure, some doctors are participating in what one professor calls the “soft sterilization” of specific, targeted groups of women — discriminatory behavior reminiscent of the forced sterilizations that plague United States history. Three of the women who shared their stories with TIME — Miannica Frison, LeAnn, and Crystina Hughes — spoke of being pressured into using long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs). Frison, a woman of color, was asked about both sterilization and a...

Following massive online criticism, Fort Liberty has walked back a slide in an anti-terrorism presentation that claims pro-life Americans are terrorists. As LifeNews.com reported, Journalist Sam Shoemate exposed the terrorism briefing on X (Twitter) that was held at Fort Liberty (Bragg) yesterday where they listed several Pro-Life organizations as “terrorist organizations.” The military facility has since walked back the slide with a post on X (Twitter). “After conducting a commander’s inquiry, we determined that the slides presented on social media were not vetted by the appropriate approval authorities, and do not reflect the views of the XVIII Airborne Corps and...

A federal judge has decided not to rule on a South Dakota lawsuit challenging a pro-abortion ballot measure initiative — for now. The ballot measure would enshrine the “right” to abortion in the state’s constitution, and Judge Karen Schreier said she wants to hear from a state court before she rules. In June, the pro-life organization Life Defense Fund filed a federal lawsuit against the ballot measure, alleging that the group behind the measure, Dakotans for Health, broke election laws in its process of gathering petition signatures, and misled people as to what they were signing. In her Friday ruling,...

The more conservatives digest what happened in Milwaukee on Monday, the more unsettled pro-lifers seem to be. Apart from the communist-like tactics the RNC used to ram the platform through the process, there’s deep dismay at the territory Republicans surrendered to Donald Trump — territory, some worry, Republicans won’t get back. A few days removed from the shocking treatment of delegates, which they’ve characterized as everything from “demoralizing” to “dismissive” and “insulting,” more leaders are sounding the alarm that Republicans are betting their longtime principles on short-term gain. This document, former Congressman Keith Rothfus laments, is “an abandonment of GOP...

Florida will soon launch new pregnancy and parenting website, thanks to the passage of HB-415, which took effect July 1. The website will be run by the Florida Department of Health, in collaboration with the Department of Children and Families and the Agency for Health Care Administration. It will include educational materials on pregnancy and parenting, mentorship programs for fathers, adoption services, and financial assistance, along with other information. Included within the legislation was $466,000 for a third party to develop the website. The bill, sponsored by state Rep. Berny Jacques, passed in May mostly along party lines, as many...

In a ruling on June 27, the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned a lower court injunction that had prevented a pro-lifer from coming near a Planned Parenthood nurse to share his convictions. Brian Aish has been advocating for life outside the Planned Parenthood facility in Blair, Wisconsin since 2014. According to Thomas More Society, Aish “preached the Christian message of repentance and shared his pro-life views on the public right of way.” In 2020, a Planned Parenthood nurse, Nancy Kindschy, filed a restraining order against Aish; that same year a county judge granted an injunction against him, which was upheld in...

The New York City Department of Health has scrapped a requirement that fetuses aborted at or after 24 weeks be considered “human remains” and sent to funeral homes for burial or cremation. The 24-week mark is generally considered the point of potential viability to survive early birth and until the rule change, it was mandatory to send such late-term aborted fetuses to funeral homes for burial or cremation. Medical facilities will now instead be allowed to dispose of the “conceptus” — the term used by the health department — on premises, as is the case for earlier term aborted fetuses,...

New York Times national religion correspondent Elizabeth Dias and national politics correspondent Lisa Lerer joined The Daily Show temp hosts Desi Lydic and Jordan Klepper on Comedy Central on Wednesday to promote their new book, The Fall of Roe: The Rise of a New America. It was a mournful time for all as they mused about “radicalized” Republicans and how “horrified” they are about the book's subject. Lydic claimed that, “we enjoyed your book very much and also were thoroughly horrified by all of it, obviously. But so many Americans felt, kind of, blindsided when Roe v. Wade was overturned,...

In a recent viral video doing the rounds on the internet, megachurch Pastor Andy Stanley chides his congregation for making political orthodoxy a litmus test for salvation. His overarching point was very simple: it is wrong to assert that Democrats can’t be Christians. He goes on to falsely claim that conservative Christians are the majority in America (they are not) and that the natural progression of calling a group of people evil is to eventually call them “cockroaches” and “exterminate them” (a presumptive allusion to the Holocaust, and a record-breakingly quick application of Godwin’s law that everything on the internet...