Abortion

A Democrat Michigan state representative announced on Wednesday that she underwent sterilization earlier this year to avoid pregnancy under the Trump administration, Michigan Advance reported.

Sen. Josh Hawley asked Kennedy if he would reinstate a policy from Trump’s first term barring providing taxpayer funding for NIH research programs that uses human fetal tissue derived from the body parts of aborted babies.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said during his confirmation hearing that he will support Trump’s pro-life policies and study the safety of the abortion pill.

The State of California reached an agreement on Monday to dismiss a video recording case against two journalists who exposed the abortion industry’s fetal body parts practices.

Dr. Catherine Wheeler, a 24-year Ob/Gyn physician who practiced abortions early in her career but stopped after becoming a Christian, told a crowd of thousands at the 52nd annual March for Life on Friday that she “felt the evil presence” of what is behind abortion, and that “it’s been a long road to become 100 percent pro-life.”

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) told a crowd of thousands at the 52nd annual March for Life on Friday to “show courage in defense of the unborn,” and took a dig at a New York Times (NYT) headline.

President Donald Trump addressed pro-life advocates in a video speech at the 52nd annual March for Life on Friday, praising them for their “extraordinary love and compassion for the unborn” while promising to “end the weaponization of law enforcement against Americans of faith.”

President Donald Trump signed several executive actions on Friday to prevent taxpayer dollars from funding abortions and to reverse several pro-abortion policies from the Biden administration.

In his first public event since being sworn into office, Vance spoke of creating a culture of life in the United States by enabling young people and parents to thrive.

President Donald Trump pardoned more than 20 pro-life activists on Thursday who were prosecuted, and some imprisoned, by Biden’s DOJ.

The United States Catholic bishops reasserted Thursday that fighting abortion is the “pre-eminent priority” for Catholic voters, since protecting human life is the first duty of the law.

The FACE Act was written to equally protect abortion clinics, pro-life pregnancy resource centers, and churches, however, 97 percent of cases since the law’s inception have been against pro-life advocates.

Former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards died on Monday at the age of 67 after battling brain cancer.

Republican lawmakers are demanding an investigation into Biden’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for allegedly illegally using U.S. taxpayer dollars to pay for at least 21 abortions in Mozambique through PEPFAR (the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief).

A Texas man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to vandalizing pregnancy centers in May of 2022 in response to the leaked Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Biden’s DOJ has been accused of using the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act to go after pro-life activists.

The U.S. Catholic Bishops have launched a nine-day prayer campaign for an end to the “violent practice” of abortion in America.

The law has been a flashpoint in the abortion debate during the Biden administration, with the DOJ using the law to almost explicitly go after pro-life advocates.

Hawley called on Trump to “set the moral tone of his second term” by repealing the Biden administration’s pro-abortion legacy. 

The United States Catholic bishops are urging commemoration of the anniversary of Roe v. Wade next week as “a day of prayer and penance.”

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is going to force Democrats to vote on whether or not babies born alive in abortions should be legally protected.

Pope Francis has once again condemned abortion, insisting Thursday that twisting human rights accords to include a supposed “right to abortion” is a form of ideological colonization.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ran on abortion in her 2022 campaign and was in Ghana on a diplomatic mission when the fires broke out.

ROME — Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich has warned of “prophetic” denunciation by the U.S. bishops if President-elect Donald Trump tries to deport illegal immigrants.

Total abortions in Florida in 2024 reflect a 28-percent decrease from 2023, when 84,052 unborn babies were killed in abortions.

Self-proclaimed Catholic Joe Biden honored pro-abortion activist Eleanor Smeal by awarding her with the Presidential Citizens Medal. 

Pope Francis has named progressive San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy — a vocal Trump-basher — as the next archbishop of Washington D.C.

Nicholas Roske, the would-be assassin who targeted Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2022, told law enforcement that he had been inspired by the leak of a draft opinion in the case that overturned Roe v. Wade.

A Baptist minister, a Presbyterian pastor, and a Jewish cantor gave ending the lives of unborn babies their stamp of approval by blessing an abortion clinic in Maryland, the New York Times reported.

Abortion was the leading cause of death globally in 2024, with a record 45 million unborn babies killed in the womb, according to data provided by Worldometer.

The New York Times has published a glowing article in praise of Christian and Jewish ministers who conduct “blessings” of abortion clinics in America.

A judge blocked most abortion restrictions in Missouri following the passage of Amendment 3 in November, which made abortion a constitutional right in the state. 

Texas is suing a New York doctor for allegedly sending abortion pills to a woman in the state, which resulted in the death of an unborn child and serious complications for the mother, state Attorney General Ken Paxton announced.

President Joe Biden has announced he will travel to Italy in January to meet with Pope Francis, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and Italian President Sergio Mattarella.

The Biden administration’s DOJ has come under scrutiny for using the FACE Act to target pro-life activists, accounting for nearly a quarter of all cases since the law’s inception in 1994.