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Pro-life groups adjust tactics in challenging electoral panorama

Sep 16, 2024

By Martin Barillas

Pro-life groups across the political spectrum are adjusting tactics and expanding collaborative efforts.  Read more

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Nebraska Supreme Court approves competing abortion initiatives for November ballot

Sep 13, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

One would establish constitutional protections for unborn children in later stages of pregnancy and the other would create a constitutional... Read more

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about Florida’s new six-week abortion ban on May 1, 2024, in Jacksonville, Florida. Harris has made abortion policy a central issue of her presidential campaign.

Kamala Harris backers launch $15 million pro-abortion ad campaign in swing states

Sep 13, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The advertisements will air in three important swing states: Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Read more

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Ryan Anderson: The pro-life movement needs to shift to promoting chastity and marriage

Sep 13, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

For the pro-life movement to achieve its goal of eliminating abortion, it must first help bring about a dramatic change... Read more

The Pro-Life Coalition of Pennsylvania holds a "Mercy Witness for Life" rally on July 23, 2016, outside of the former site of Dr. Kermit Gosnell's closed abortion clinic in Philadelphia. Gosnell was convicted of the first-degree murder of three infants, the involuntary manslaughter of his patient Karnamaya Mongar, and other felony counts.

Post-debate explainer: The truth about late-term abortions in the United States

Sep 13, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Despite what viewers heard during Tuesday’s presidential debate, more than a dozen states in the U.S. allow on-demand abortions after... Read more

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North Dakota judge strikes down state’s abortion restrictions

Sep 12, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

North Dakota District Judge Bruce Romanick’s 24-page order making abortion legal up to the point of fetal viability is set... Read more

Pro-life protestors hold signs outside the Missouri Supreme Court on Sept. 10, 2024 advocating against Amendment 3, which would dramatically expand abortion access in Missouri if passed in November.

Missouri Supreme Court keeps pro-abortion amendment on November ballot

Sep 10, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a proposed constitutional amendment to expand abortion in the state will remain... Read more

The Missouri Supreme Court building in Jefferson City.

Missouri abortion ballot measure could be thrown out following court ruling

Sep 9, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Missouri’s proposed Amendment 3 would mandate that the government “shall not deny or infringe upon a person’s fundamental right to... Read more

Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York.

New York bishops: State ‘equal rights amendment’ is ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’

Sep 9, 2024

By Daniel Payne

New York bishops are warning ahead of the election that an “equal rights amendment” proposal on the ballot this year... Read more

A pro-life supporter stands on a lamppost and holds a sign that reads "MAKE ABORTION UNTHINKABLE" in front of the Supreme Court on June 20, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

Florida investigating abortion amendment signatures for fraud

Sep 6, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

As Election Day approaches, here’s the latest news on abortion from around the nation. Read more

West Virginia Delegate Pat McGeehan, a supporter of the state’s ballot measure to make assisted suicide illegal, said in an interview with “EWTN Pro-Life Weekly” on Sept. 5, 2024, that he hopes the potential ban will be a “gold standard for other states to follow.”

West Virginia ban on assisted suicide ‘a fight worth fighting,’ state delegate says

Sep 6, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

“We’re trying to use it to serve as a beacon for other states who value the preservation of life, to... Read more

U.S. Supreme Court.

Supreme Court allows Biden administration to cut funding over Oklahoma abortion dispute

Sep 4, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Oklahoma said the federal government had unlawfully stripped the state of about $4.5 million in funds. Read more

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak on stage during the final day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 22, 2024, in Chicago.

How Kamala Harris targeted pro-life pregnancy centers in California

Aug 28, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

From 2015 through mid-2018, the centers fought against a state law that forced them to display notices that include information... Read more

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Ohio bishops call judge’s blocking abortion waiting period ‘callous disregard for women’

Aug 27, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

In his ruling, the judge said the 24-hour waiting period violates the Ohio Constitution, citing the 2023 amendment guaranteeing a... Read more

Volunteer canvassers Liz Grumbach (center) and Patricia Jones meet Lucy Meyer (left), who signs a petition outside her home in Phoenix on April 13, 2024, as the volunteers go door-to-door for signatures to get the petition for the Arizona Abortion Access Act onto the November 2024 ballot for voters to decide.

Here are all the states voting on abortion in November

Aug 27, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Voters in 10 states will see abortion-related questions on their November ballot, and the majority of those will be proposed... Read more

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. president Donald Trump, left, poses for photos with Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio before making remarks to a crowd during an event on Aug. 21, 2024, in Asheboro, North Carolina.

J.D. Vance: Trump will veto national pro-life law

Aug 26, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

Vance’s statement echoes Trump’s messaging, which has been consistent since April that he considers abortion a states’ issue. Read more

A Catholic pregnancy center called Aid for Women in north Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood was vandalized with red paint and the words "fake clinic" and "the dead babies are in Gaza" at 3 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 23, just hours after the closing of the Democratic National Convention. Mary FioRito, a spokesperson for the center, said that vandals also cemented the doors shut, forcing the nonprofit to cancel appointments for around 12 women.

Chicago pregnancy center vandalized as Democratic National Convention closes

Aug 23, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

Security cameras allegedly captured four vandals in the act of splattering red paint on the pregnancy center’s entrance and painting... Read more

A pro-life sign is seen on a roadside in Agnew, Nebraska, on May 14, 2024.

Nebraska voters will consider dueling pro-life and pro-abortion amendments in November

Aug 23, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

One proposal would constitutionally enshrine the state’s current pro-life protections, and the other would enshrine a constitutional “right” to abortion. Read more

Former President of Planned Parenthood Cecile Richards speaks on stage during the third day of the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 21, 2024, at the United Center in Chicago.

Head of Planned Parenthood, abortion advocates speak at Democratic National Convention

Aug 22, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

The 2024 Democratic National Convention highlighted the issue of abortion with several pro-abortion advocates speaking at the Aug. 19–22 event... Read more

Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski is leading a campaign that will highlight various reasons to vote against the amendment, including that it allows third-trimester abortions and eliminates a law requiring parental consent for minors obtaining abortions.

New poll: Florida could become first state to defeat abortion amendment

Aug 22, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

A new poll by Mainstreet Research and Florida Atlantic University (FUA) now suggests that defeating the Florida abortion amendment could... Read more