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A new documentary produced by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton and actress Jennifer Lawrence centers on the so-called ‘cruel‘ Texas pro-life law, and three of the women who sued the state over that law. The emotionally charged subject matter seeks to persuade viewers to support legalized abortion throughout pregnancy, primarily because it both showcases the pain of the families involved and avoids the truth — that induced abortion (intentionally killing their children) was not the solution to any of their medical concerns. Induced abortion — the direct and intentional killing of children in the womb — is not the standard treatment...

The Philadelphia City Council announced last week that it is allocating $500,000 to Planned Parenthood’s Southeastern Pennsylvania chapter, marking the first time the city is giving taxpayer dollars directly to the abortion giant. Planned Parenthood leaders said the city funding would be used to help more people access abortion, especially those who are low income. According to City Voice, the city’s new budget includes a line item of $250,000 for “abortion liberation funding to help low-income women access health care.” Planned Parenthood Southeastern Pennsylvania Chief Executive Officer and President Dayle Steinberg said, “Although the Philadelphia area is home to several...

A recent article published by NPR purported to explain how vitally important abortion is — to both a woman’s financial future and the overall economy. NPR claimed that without abortion, women would suffer in impoverished misery, and the economy would also tank. Abortion as economic success In 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in its Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision. NPR recounted a conversation that took place shortly before the Dobbs decision in testimony before a Senate committee. In it, legalized abortion was framed as an economic need. “I believe that eliminating the right of women...

According to the pro-life Southwest Coalition, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham — along with representatives from The University of New Mexico Health System and the Reproductive Health Care Success Project (which includes Planned Parenthood) —held a “secret ribbon-cutting ceremony” on Thursday morning at the land in Las Cruces that will be home to Doña Ana County’s fifth abortion facility under the University of New Mexico (UNM). While discussing the facility, Lujan Grisham called access to abortion “a fundamental human right.” Two years ago, she pledged $10 million to build the new abortion campus, which will offer abortion procedures, abortion...

Treasurers and state financial officers representing 14 states sent letters Monday to Costco, Walmart, Kroger, Albertsons, and McKesson calling on C-suite leaders to resist political pressure to begin selling the chemical abortion drug mifepristone at their pharmacies. The letters were signed by state financial officers of Texas, Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The letters follow similar outreach in August from firms, financial advisors, and thousands of Costco members representing more than $100 billion in assets under management, including more than $172 million in ownership of the five retailers. “We...

CV NEWS FEED // Several parishes in the Diocese of Rockford, Illinois, will host prayer services this month in observance of the National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children. The Day, which is observed on the second Saturday of September, falls this year on September 14, according to the Day of Remembrance’s website. The official Rockford diocesan newspaper, The Observer, reported that St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Parish in West Dundee will observe the Day of Remembrance with a memorial service at 9 a.m., with a breakfast preceding. A rosary will be prayed at the Memorial Garden for the Unborn...

CV NEWS FEED // Pro-life leaders are warning that Planned Parenthood is attempting to evade pro-life laws in Missouri and Oklahoma by opening a new abortion mill in the Kansas border city of Pittsburg, according to a recent press release posted by Christian News Wire. Family Council Arkansas and Operation Rescue recently exposed Planned Parenthood Great Plains’ purchase of the building, which it attempted to hide through a string of property investment limited liability companies. Pittsburg is a small college town close to both Missouri and Oklahoma. David Cox of Family Council Arkansas condemned the move as an attempt to...

CV NEWS FEED // Eighty-three Christian colleges and universities in the United States have ties to support for abortion or Planned Parenthood, according to a report Students for Life of America (SFLA) recently released. The Demetree Institute for Pro-Life Advancement conducted the investigation, which reviewed 732 U.S. colleges and universities that are “affiliated with a Christ-centered denomination and publicly claiming historical Christian faith in its founding,” according to the study. Demetree also provided proof of infractions for each listed school that has one tie or more to abortion industry entities such as Planned Parenthood. SFLA President Kristan Hawkins posted on...

NBA superstar Steph Curry, who has long touted his Christian creds and beliefs on and off the court, has said in an interview that he’s endorsing Kamala Harris for President specifically because she’ll defend abortion rights. Curry has been relatively vocal about his supposed faith, particularly in episode five of the Facebook series, “Stephen vs. The Game.” Curry grew up in the church, attending youth group every Wednesday evening and Sunday morning services. His testimony has been featured frequently, such as Here and Here, and he once described his conversion to the faith when he was in grade eight, recounting:...

N.T Wright says Americans’ defense of gun rights is inconsistent with their defense of the unborn, because they are too polarized by social media, they accept “over-simplified” arguments to fall in line with a particular leader, they can’t handle “nuance,” and ultimately, they just aren’t an “educated electorate.” But does this sound like a nuanced, educated take on gun laws? “When I go to America, it always astonishes me that the same people are vitriolically opposed to abortion and vitriolically in favor of everybody carrying guns and being prepared to shoot people at any time. On the one hand, you’d...

Mark your calendar. The 12th annual National Day of Remembrance for Abortion Children is coming up just one week from tomorrow on Saturday, September 14. With over 200 locations throughout the United States — including 38 burial places where the remains of aborted children have been laid to rest — there’s likely to be a Day of Remembrance prayer service near you: Find your nearest Day of Remembrance service. This national day of prayer and mourning is unlike any other pro-life event. It’s not a protest or rally. It’s not held at an abortion facility or government office. On this...

In January, Vice President Kamala Harris launched her nationwide abortion circuit — the so-called “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour. As Mary Szoch, Family Research Council’s director of the Center for Human Dignity said previously, the reality is that “Harris’s tour championing ‘reproductive freedom’ isn’t about freedom at all.” Rather, it’s yet another example of how the vice president has chosen “to use her power to promote killing unborn children.” Now, as the official Democratic presidential nominee, it seems nothing has changed as the Harris-Walz campaign makes abortion their top priority. On Tuesday, the Harris-Walz duo kicked off yet another tour,...

Donald Trump is stuck. He is a brutally transactional politician who represents a coalition of ideologues. His instinct is to promise the moon, and he’ll say anything to get a vote — or just to get out of a room. He also knows, however, that he has no choice but to dance with the date that brought him. He can’t abandon the groups, interested parties and constituencies that put him in the White House to execute their agenda — to exercise their will. The problem comes when most voters don’t want what your partners hope to do with the power...

Ayala Isenberg’s story has been making the rounds for a while, and is best summed up in this Life Issues profile of her: When Ayala was a child, she was repeatedly sexually abused for years. When she was 15 years old, she became pregnant through rape. Amazingly, despite the tragedy in conception, Ayala actually felt love for the child and fought to keep it. Sadly, she miscarried and lost her daughter. Now Ayala is a powerful advocate for life with a significant presence on social media where she vigorously defends the truth that every life is sacred. She was platformed...

About 25 years ago, I had the privilege to sit down to interview the late George Gallup, Jr., the esteemed pollster whose father founded Gallup Polls. One of the things Gallup, Jr. said that I’ve never forgotten was his response to my question: Is America pro-abortion rights or pro-life? He said 20% of Americans are strongly pro-choice. 20% are strongly pro-life. And the other 60% are in the “mushy middle,” and they can go either way depending upon what you ask and how you ask. I imagine that is still roughly the case.

The collapse in birth rates that began in post-war Europe has, in the decades since, spread to every single corner of the globe. Many nations are already feeling this death spiral, filling more coffins than cradles each year. Just this past year, Japan lost nearly a million people. While Poland lost 130,000. However, the big story comes from China, home to one-sixth of the world’s population. The decades-long devastation wrought by the one-child policy has sent that country, for centuries the pacesetter in population, into absolute decline. China finally admitted that its population was shrinking, but demographers — including myself...

Whole Woman’s Health, an abortion chain known for its widespread health and safety violations, has quietly opened a new facility in Virginia, hoping to be a mecca for abortion-seeking women in the South. Noting that many southern states have laws protecting preborn children, Amy Hagstrom Miller — the owner, founder, and CEO of Whole Woman’s Health — said her business is looking to attract abortion-minded women. “We didn’t open this only because of Florida,” she said in an interview with the Guardian. “We opened this clinic because we know how many people are traveling from the region.” In 2022, Roe...

Christian prayer is usually an unchallenged activity in Britain, often constructed as benign or even positive. But in some contexts, prayer can be experienced as intimidating, particularly when it is deemed “out of place” or when the motives for prayer are questioned. It is perhaps no surprise, then, that praying outside of abortion clinics is considered wrong by most of the British public. In the wake of legislation – that has been passed but not yet enacted – to stop activism in the immediate vicinity of all abortion clinics in Britain, anti-abortion campaigners have reacted strongly, arguing that legislating against...

In the summer of 2016, Canada legalized euthanasia, also known as a medical assistance in dying (MAID) law. The current policy states only those with “a serious and incurable illness, disease or disability” is eligible to die by assisted suicide. However, by 2027, the country plans to allow people with mental illness to choose death as well. Some groups, such as Death with Dignity, see euthanasia as “a good death.” But a ballot initiative in West Virginia is attempting to keep the practice illegal. Amendment 1 has recently been added to the state’s November ballot with the intention of providing...

People working in pregnancy help, increasingly those in maternity housing, are responding to pregnant women struggling with such addictions through various means, guided by a white paper written by the Maternity Housing Coalition. “It was written because we were talking to homes and seeing such a high incidence rate [of addiction],” said Valerie Harkins, director of the Maternity Housing Coalition, a project of Heartbeat International. “At the time, it was a notable increase in conversations with homes experiencing struggles with women who have a history of substance abuse or even currently struggling with maintaining their sobriety,” Harkins said. The white...