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58+ min ago (870+ words) John McCormack is a senior editor at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he was Washington correspondent at National Review and a senior writer at The Weekly Standard. He is also a visiting fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. When John is not reporting on politics and policy, he is probably enjoying life with his wife and daughter in northern Virginia or having fun visiting family in Wisconsin. Hawley Breaks With Pro-Lifers on Obamacare and Abortion Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Large additional subsidies for Obamacare plans enacted during the Biden administration are expiring at the end of this month as Republicans and Democrats remain divided over both fiscal considerations and the issue of taxpayer funding of abortion. This week, four House Republicans joined all…...

3+ hour, 6+ min ago (468+ words) Isabel Vaughan-Spruce had been under investigation since January over the incident. She first became aware that she was being criminally charged when the Attorney General responded on 16 December to a parliamentary question from former Home Secretary Suella Braverman MP concerning her case." That response said, "The Crown Prosecution Service has issued proceedings under Section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023, in relation to one case, since it was commenced on 31 October 2024." Vaughan-Spruce received written notice of the charges a few hours later from West Midlands Police. It is the first time someone has been charged since the new laws for the so-called "safe access zones" were rolled out across England and Wales in October 2024 under Section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023. This case therefore differs from previous ones which fell under Public Spaces Protection Orders enforced by local authorities. Laws governing…...

9+ hour, 9+ min ago (340+ words) With the "abortion pill'mifepristoneaccounting for well over 60% of all abortions performed in the United States, National Right to Life News Today has run article after article after article critiquing mifepristone's safety. Just as an important aside, studies in Europe have found many more complications, in some cases, and numbers similar to the Ethics and Public Policy Center study which "found the abortion pill has severe risks, according to Ryan T. Anderson and Jamie Bryan Hall, the authors of the EPPC study, in a piece they wrote "yesterday for The Federalist. Naturally, the Abortion Industry, represented by the ever-attentive Abortion, Every Day, blasted Anderson and Hall as they did when the study was first published in April. "It was (what else?) "Junk Science. They taunted Anderson and Hall for having the gall to point out that former Washington Post factchecker Glenn Kessler…...

9+ hour, 15+ min ago (456+ words) December 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency News Briefs 0 Print Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 18, 2025 / 16:48 pm Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news: Students for Life of America (SFLA) is'calling on the Environmental Protection Agency'(EPA) to add the abortion drug mifepristone to a list of drinking water contaminants tracked by public utilities. "It's a problem only the EPA can fully investigate," SFLA reported. In two'letters'over the last several sessions of Congress, legislators have called on the EPA to find out the extent of the damage of abortion drug water pollution. Multiple'pro-life and pro-family organizations joined together to ask the EPA to look into the chemicals. "The EPA has the regulatory authority and humane responsibility to determine the extent of abortion water pollution, caused by the reckless and negligent policies pushed by past administrations through the FDA [Food and Drug Administration]," said…...

10+ hour, 40+ min ago (467+ words) VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday announced a major policy shift from population control to population sustainability " under which incentives would be given to families for every second and subsequent births. The government feels the state is ageing faster than the rest of the country and faces long-term economic and social risks due to a sharp decline in fertility rates. Presenting the third sutra under Padi Sutralu as part of the Swarna Andhra Vision 2047 at the fifth collectors" conference here, health secretary Saurabh Gaur explained the details of a comprehensive framework for demographic stability and human resource development. Chief minister Chandrababu Naidu stressed that the changing demographic realities demanded an urgent reorientation of the state"s policies. He said the government would introduce an incentive to families from their second child onwards. This, he said, would be an encouragement…...

11+ hour, 5+ min ago (328+ words) With the "abortion pill'mifepristoneaccounting for well over 60% of all abortions performed in the United States, National Right to Life News Today has run article after article after article critiquing mifepristone's safety. Just as an important aside, studies in Europe have found many more complications, in some cases, and numbers similar to the Ethics and Public Policy Center study which "found the abortion pill has severe risks, according to Ryan T. Anderson and Jamie Bryan Hall, the authors of the EPPC study, in a piece they wrote "yesterday for The Federalist. Naturally, the Abortion Industry, represented by the ever-attentive Abortion, Every Day, blasted Anderson and Hall as they did when the study was first published in April. "It was (what else?) "Junk Science. They taunted Anderson and Hall for having the gall to point out that former Washington Post factchecker Glenn Kessler…...

11+ hour, 40+ min ago (236+ words) New research shows up to 17% of reproductive-aged women visit crisis pregnancy centers, raising alarms over misinformation and lack of regulation. In a recent interview with Contemporary OB/GYN, Maria Gallo, PhD, professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discussed her research on trends in women's use of crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs). CPCs, while increasingly funded by state governments'with over $513 million allocated between 2021 and 2024'operate with little oversight. They are not regulated health clinics, lack financial transparency, and are not required to follow privacy laws such as HIPAA. Consequently, there has been uncertainty about whether these centers are actively used, which Gallo's research helps clarify. Looking forward, Gallo noted that it's unclear how CPC attendance might change in response to increasing abortion restrictions. On one hand, more women may turn to CPCs for support during unintended pregnancies. On…...

12+ hour, 1+ min ago (349+ words) We applaud CMS's clear guidance that leftover money collected by qualified health plans (QHPs) to fund on-demand abortions, in compliance with Section 1303 of the PPACA, are returned to the QHP issuers. Leftover funds do not become available to states seeking to bankroll extreme abortion agendas. The CMS guidance clarifies that no funds reallocated from Section 1303 separate accounts at the end of the year may be used to pay for elective abortion. Previously, it was suggested that state legislatures could seize unspent Section 1303 funds and use the money for state-run grant programs, blurring the line between federal taxpayer dollars and individual contributions. We are thankful for CMS's steadfast leadership, under Dr. Mehmet Oz, in preventing violations of Section 1303. The Pro-Life Caucus remains committed to preventing taxpayer dollars from being used for elective abortions and protecting Hyde's longstanding, lifesaving legacy." The Hyde…...

12+ hour, 3+ min ago (436+ words) Imagine fighting a case all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States'only to admit during oral arguments that the entire premise was based on a lie. In my decades of experience working as an OBGYN and medical director of four separate pregnancy centers in North Carolina, nothing could be further from the truth. The nation's nearly 3,000 pregnancy centers are not only credible and professional, but they also provide vital services that American women and children desperately rely on. Anyone asserting otherwise is either uninformed or anti-woman. In a nation that endlessly debates women's "choice," pregnancy centers are some of the only organizations making sure women truly have one. In 2024 alone, pregnancy centers offered over one million women and children more than$452 millionin medical care, educational programs, and material goods. These organizations strive daily to provide women with…...

12+ hour, 30+ min ago (734+ words) December 18, 2025 Catholic News Agency News Briefs 0 Print Vilnius, Lithuania, Dec 18, 2025 / 14:04 pm The European Parliament voted Dec. 17 in favor of a resolution supporting the creation of a new European Union fund intended to expand access to abortion services across member states, a move that exposed deep divisions among lawmakers and renewed debate over national sovereignty and abortion legislation in EU policymaking. Members of the European Parliament meeting in Strasbourg voted 358 in favor, 202 against, with 79 abstentions. The proposal would establish a voluntary, opt-in financial mechanism to assist women who are unable to procure abortions in their home countries and who choose to travel to states with more permissive laws. The initiative was brought forward under the EU's European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) framework by the campaign group My Voice, My Choice, which claims to represent a broad grassroots mobilization of European citizens. Because…...