Young Brazilians Hope New Pope Will ‘Modernize’ Church on Social Justice Issues
World Youth Day (WYD) was in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this year and turned out to be a unique and rewarding—if mixed—experience. For instance, after standing in line for two hours at the Sambodromo,...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Governor Signs ‘Motorcycle’ Abortion Bill as Protestors Hold...
On Monday, motorcycles escorted protestors to the North Carolina governor’s mansion for an ongoing “veto vigil.” Later that evening, Republican Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law SB 353, a motorcycle...
View ArticleAnti-Rape Bill Could Create Wedge Between Different Anti-Feminist Factions
As Todd Akin and the country at large learned during the 2012 elections, pregnancies resulting from rape are very real and sadly all too common. If there was one silver lining in the entire debacle...
View ArticlePro-choice political science professor:…
… the American people do not believe viability is the only criterion that should limit when a woman can procure an abortion. American University political science professor Karen O’Connor, who supports...
View ArticleMcCrory signs NC abortion bill as protesters hold vigil outside governor's...
… issued a statement Monday evening saying the governor had signed a number of high-profile bills, including the abortion bill, a gun-rights bill and a scholarship grant for children with disabilities...
View ArticleAmazing: Congresswoman Delivers – Miracle' Baby Doctors Thought Would Die |...
… to a birth announcement Beutler posted on Facebook Monday, the couple was given two choices during the pregnancy: abortion or expectant management. “Multiple doctors explained that based on medical...
View ArticleNorth Carolina governor signs law for tougher abortion clinic rules
… safety and opponents say will restrict access to the procedure. The new law places sweeping new restrictions on abortion clinics, including a requirement doctors have admitting privileges at nearby...
View ArticleNorth Carolina governor signs into law new abortion clinic standards
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed into law on Monday new requirements for clinics performing abortions, saying the measure added safety protections for women, after weeks of protests by...
View ArticleProposed abortion ban breeds new generation of GOP leaders
It reads like a who’s who of the next generation of Republican Party leaders: Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Rob Portman. But what is bringing all these marquee political names together is not the Iowa State...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood lawsuit over Kansas abortion law may get narrower
New document indicates challenge will dropped against requirements that doctors tell women that fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks and that abortion ends the life of a “whole, separate, unique, living...
View Article26-Jul-13 – Brazilian Family Uses WYD As Pro-life Opportunity
… fetal development. The Said di Lavors are committed to their ministry because the pressure for Brazil to legalize abortion is enormous. The status quo in Brazil allows abortion if the woman’s life is...
View ArticleThe face of abortion
… Assembly. However, SB 353 has an additional section mandating doctors remain present for the use of “medication” abortion, a three-day treatment that uses mifepristone. As of July 11, both of these...
View ArticleState legislative session comes to an end
… STATE HOUSE. THE OTHER BILL WOULD GIVE APPROVAL TO THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO COME UP WITH RULES TO REGULATE ABORTION CLNIICS. THE BILL SAYS A DOCTOR MUST BE PRESENT WHEN AN ABORTION IS BEING...
View ArticleThe truth about pro-embryo activists and the lies they tell
… manipulation possible to whittle away at the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion until a fetus was viable outside the womb (22 to 24 weeks). But since Republicans...
View Articlethe Culture War Rout Continues:
… do. The Post/ABC poll lays this bare. Here’s the full text of its question: “The U.S. Supreme Court has said abortion is legal without restriction in about the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. Some...
View ArticleThe Pope and Abortion in Brazil
… passed by stealth in the Brazilian Congress recently. There is no problem in laws protecting such victims. But pro-abortion groups praised it because it will effectively legalize abortion in Brazil....
View ArticleSupporters gather for women's rights rally in Charlotte
The Mecklenburg County Democratic planned a rally Saturday for women’s rights. It’s in response to a controversial abortion bill on Governor McCrory’s desk.
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood's closing of three clinics in Texas –…
Just last week, on the day the law restricting late-term abortion and tightening medical requirements for clinics was signed, Planned Parenthood announced it was closing three clinics blaming all the...
View ArticleHow do you escape from your digital history?
… harm. Say that as an opinionated 16-year-old, someone wrote polemical public posts about her opposition to abortion. Her views shifted during college, but she never posted an announcement of that....
View ArticleMedia Company Won't Run Clinic Ad; Abortion Fans Howl
It’s hard to make a baby-killing business sound nice; but the ad for “South Wind Women’s Center” in Wichita, Kansas, did its best, painting the abortion clinic as a “healthcare” center instead of a...
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