Focused search for life issues

1+ hour, 17+ min ago (403+ words) By Mark Swanson "|" Tuesday, 16 December 2025 07:19 PM EST Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and his wife have launched an anti-abortion group in Missouri, a move that has put him crosswise with the Trump administration less than a year before the midterm elections. The nonprofit, known as the Love Life Initiative, plans to back pro-life ballot efforts and oppose pro-abortion ballot initiatives. "We believe there needs to be a strong voice advocating for life and making it easier to start a family," Hawley said in a statement. "That is fundamental to who we are as Americans and the future of our country. And it is how we will be judged as a society." He added, "This is a generational project, not just about the next election cycle." The launch, however, comes at a pivotal moment in Missouri, where voters are preparing for a…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago (374+ words) For pro-life pregnancy centers and many religious healthcare professionals, this mandate'threatens to undermine'their work. These ministries exist to offer life-affirming care rooted in the belief that every person is made in the image of God.'But'Illinois'law'demands that they speak a message that contradicts their faith and the very purpose of their ministry. A group of pro-life pregnancy centers and doctors challenged the law in federal court. Earlier this year,'a'federal district court blocked the "benefits-discussion" requirement but left the referral mandate in place, and both sides appealed.'Becket'is asking'the'court to recognize that, in the Anglo-American'legal'tradition, freedom of speech began as freedom of religious speech. Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago: Bishop Ronald A. Hicks, Diocese of Joliet: "The Church has always taught that human dignity extends to all people, from the smallest'unborn children'to the frailest'elderly. Illinois should not force Catholics to'violate…...

3+ hour, 51+ min ago (464+ words) As Republicans in Congress debate whether to extend COVID-era health care premium tax credits, a prominent conservative organization is warning lawmakers not to abandon pro-life priorities. The Advancing American Freedom Foundation memorandum, entitled, "How Obamacare Subsidies Pay for Abortions" lays out a loophole in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, which allows for taxpayer dollars to subsidize abortions. "While the legislative text of [Obamacare] says that an insurance plan "shall not use any amount attributable" to the federal tax credit to pay for abortion services, the legislation allows subsidies to fund plans that cover abortions," it reads. "As written today, D.C. and 25 states allow ACA plans to cover abortions" This state loophole makes the existing abortion funding restrictions toothless," it adds. Advancing American Freedom was founded by former Vice President Mike Pence. At the end of…...

4+ hour, 18+ min ago (577+ words) This analysis is adapted from content originally published on the Guttmacher Institute's website and their media alerts via email. There is no evidence to support the claim that medication abortion is'impacting'U.S. waterways,'nor the claims'that expelled tissue from abortion is a risk to the environment. In a disturbing new strategy, antiabortion policymakers are attempting to weaponize environmental laws and regulations, citing false claims that medication abortion pollutes U.S. waterways and drinking water. Equitable access to clean and safe drinking water is a central component of community safety and sustainability'and a key priority for both the environmental and reproductive justice movements. But these efforts by antiabortion policymakers do not target the known contaminants that make drinking water unsafe or their unequal burden on communities. This analysis will explore state and federal efforts designed to restrict access to medication abortion through environmental policy…...

4+ hour, 40+ min ago (533+ words) An Ohio woman has filed a lawsuit against her doctor boyfriend after he allegedly forced her to take crushed-up abortion pills. As The Daily Signal previously reported, Dr. Hassan Abbas, a Toledo surgical resident, is facing felony charges after allegedly forcing his girlfriend to ingest crushed-up pills after she informed him that she was pregnant. Kelle Saull, the attorney for the alleged victim, told The Daily Signal, "We have filed suit against Dr. Hassan Abbas, his father Dr. Jihad Abbas, and both UTMC and ProMedica." "We will not rest until justice is served in this case," Saull added. Abbas had his license suspended last month by the University of Toledo Medical Center over the accusations. "Dr. Hassan Abbas has now been indicted and placed on leave," Saull continued.His employers only placed him on leave after the medical board summarily…...

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5+ hour, 11+ min ago (471+ words) On Monday, the great Sarah Terzo revisited Boundless: An Abortion Doctor Becomes a Mother, which'won the 2022 Publisher's Weekly BookLife Prize in Nonfiction. Here's the glowing affirmation from BookLife judge and author Lynn Melnick: "Boundless'is a marvel of a book, at once deeply personal and very relevant to our current cultural moment. Henneberg's prose and pacing are remarkably sharp and yet also so lovely. I found myself carried along by the words, then knocked over by Henneberg's unflinching look at the healthcare system, abortion rights, motherhood'and herself." 'Kirkus Reviews goes even further: "Engaging"? "Thoughtful"? Certainly for the baby, her demise is "tragically timely." No pro-lifer could read the following and not feel nauseous. Terzo writes, "In her book, Henneberg describes aborting a 16-week baby while she herself was 16 weeks pregnant. The abortion was meant to be a D&E, in which…...

5+ hour, 42+ min ago (357+ words) For 40% of women, abortion grief can last for decades, according to a new peer-reviewed study examining a random, nationally representative sample of women 41 to 45 years of age. The study compared women with a history of abortion to those with a history of miscarriage and other natural losses." Symptoms of prolonged grief disorder were common among both groups, but especially for women whose abortions were unwanted or coerced. These findings point to a largely ignored mental burden on millions of women across the country. Researchers analyzed responses from 1,925 women drawn from a topic-blind national panel. Among them, 409 (21.2%) women reported at least one induced abortion, while 573 (29.8%) reported a miscarriage or other natural pregnancy loss. The prevalence of both experiences closely mirrors national averages, strengthening the study's conclusions. Women were asked to rate the degree and type of symptoms associated with complicated grief…...

6+ hour, 37+ min ago (445+ words) A former Planned Parenthood leader and whistleblower is now working to open up birthing centers across the United States. Mayra Rodriguez is the new president of Southwest Coalition for Life. She shares in a recent Christian News Wire report that she is advancing a new model for the future of serving pregnant mothers'a multi-state expansion of pro-woman birthing centers, something she describes to AFN as the total opposite of abortion clinics. "It's amazing the opportunity that God keeps opening doors for me after leading three centers for Planned Parenthood for over one decade, almost two decades, and promoting reproductive rights the wrong way. Because we're still doing that ' we're still promoting reproductive rights but in the right way," states Rodriguez. The right way, she explained, means creating these centers, which she described as holistic places for women where they are…...

6+ hour, 41+ min ago (445+ words) A former Planned Parenthood leader and whistleblower is now working to open up birthing centers across the United States. Mayra Rodriguez is the new president of Southwest Coalition for Life. She shares in a recent Christian News Wire report that she is advancing a new model for the future of serving pregnant mothers'a multi-state expansion of pro-woman birthing centers, something she describes to AFN as the total opposite of abortion clinics. "It's amazing the opportunity that God keeps opening doors for me after leading three centers for Planned Parenthood for over one decade, almost two decades, and promoting reproductive rights the wrong way. Because we're still doing that ' we're still promoting reproductive rights but in the right way," states Rodriguez. The right way, she explained, means creating these centers, which she described as holistic places for women where they are…...