While every day is a great day to be pro-life, this day — that of the March for Life — stands among the greatest. At the 45th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., earlier this afternoon, hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers who had gathered in our nation’s capitol to call for an end to abortion were addressed by the three highest ranking men in the order of presidential succession: President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. While the crowds gathered before marching for a rally near the Washington Monument, a satellite rally was
An amendment to the Tennessee state constitution that has been stuck in limbo for over three years was finally upheld by an appeals court ruling on Tuesday. Hailed as a victory by pro-lifers, this decision means that the 2014 ballot measure removing the right to abortion from the Tennessee constitution is no longer at risk of being struck down. Brian Harris, president of Tennessee Right to Life, applauded the court’s decision saying, “Today’s ruling is vindication of the state’s amendment process and victory for the thousands of pro-life Tennesseans who sacrificed to see Amendment 1 passed. Amendment 1, which passed
On Friday, Newsweek magazine published an article with an intriguing title: “Meet the Elon Musk of Assisted Suicide, Whose Machine Lets You Kill Yourself Anywhere.” Interviewing Dr. Philip Nitschke, the Newsweek author provides an advertisement for his new, top-of-the-line product, a “luxurious” killing machine: The Sarco is sleek—and, Nitschke stresses, luxurious. It resembles a spaceship and is intended to convince its user that he or she is journeying to the great beyond. Its base contains canisters of liquid nitrogen and a removable capsule compartment that can be repurposed as a casket. The whole operation will be open-source and could theoretically
While it begins its final sitting of 2017 this week, the Supreme Court already has many Americans anticipating the hearing of a case the justices just announced they will take up in 2018. Likely to become a high-profile ruling, the outcome of National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra will determine if free speech is really free or if it can be dictated by the government. The case centers on the question of whether or not the state of California can force pregnancy resource centers to provide information to patients on access to state-funded abortion services, thereby essentially
Time and time again, whenever Planned Parenthood is faced with a safety regulation it considers burdensome, it sues the government, arguing that the regulation imposes an “undue burden” on women seeking abortions. The abortion giant’s latest lawsuit should evoke deep concern from their patients and anyone else who cares about women’s health and safety. The new federal lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood on Monday in Missouri aims at blocking a provision of the state’s Senate Bill 5, which requires those who provide medication abortions to contract with an OB-GYN who has admitting privileges at a hospital and will be able
This week, the Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released the first of a series of never-before-seen videos featuring whistleblower testimony regarding Planned Parenthood’s selling of fetal body parts to the biotech company StemExpress. The video serves to further shed light on the shady business partnership built upon the sale of illegally obtained human tissue. In the video, Holly O’Donnell, a former procurement technician for StemExpress, shares her firsthand experiences with CMP founder David Daleiden. O’Donnell worked for StemExpress from December 2012 to April 2013 and during that time dissected organs from aborted fetuses inside some of Planned Parenthood’s largest surgical
According to an overreaching board of trustees, evangelical students at Princeton University should hide their religious affiliation because it stereotypes them as Republicans. The board recently announced their decision that the students must scrap the word “Evangelical” in their student club’s title. Therefore, what has been known for eight decades, since its founding in 1937, as the “Princeton Evangelical Fellowship” must now be called the “Princeton Christian Fellowship.” According to William Boyce, a class of ‘79 alumnus who now serves as secretary on the board that voted to change the group’s name, the term “evangelical” is an “unnecessary hindrance” to
On Tuesday, after heated debate on the House floor, representatives voted 237 to 189 to pass H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Sponsored by Representative Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) and co-sponsored by 182 of his colleagues, the bill would prohibit abortions after the 20-week mark, the point at which science shows the unborn feel pain. The bill’s text notes scientific research showing that at the age of 20 weeks post-fertilization, babies are capable of feeling intense pain during an abortion procedure: Pain receptors (nociceptors) are present throughout the unborn child’s entire body and nerves link these receptors to the