White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that he hadn’t seen the part of Pope Francis I’s encyclical that strongly condemns abortion during Monday’s press briefing. Earnest, when asked about the parts of the encyclical where the pope argues that
Texas abortion clinics have lost again at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; however, the Court complied with the abortion provider’s request for a ruling by June 19th so they would have time to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. July 1st is the date that the Fifth Circuit ruled that abortion providers must close their clinics.
The House Appropriations Committee’s draft of its fiscal year 2016 Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) funding bill “eliminates all funding for the controversial Family Planning Program, saving taxpayers nearly $300 million.” The bill would also substantially cut so-called “comprehensive teen pregnancy prevention programs,” but double funding for abstinence-centered or Sexual Risk Avoidance (SRA) programs.
Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said that on abortion, the left wants to “shut this conversation down” on Thursday’s “Sean Hannity Show.” “I am pro-life by virtue of faith and experience and now science. And I am tired of being
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh argued that Pope Francis’ climate encyclical has actually thrown the left a curveball on Thursday. After playing a clip of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) praising the encyclical, and saying, “This planet is God’s
In no fewer than 17 tweets as of this printing, Pope Francis has begun e-blasting excerpts from his new encyclical letter on environmental stewardship, calling above all for an “honest debate” on the situation of the environment and what society can do about it.
New research shows that women who have had an abortion are more likely to have a premature birth in future. The chance of giving birth at under 37 weeks increases by 30 per cent for those who have had a
Tuesday on ABC’s “The View,” co-host Whoopi Goldberg asked 2016 Republican presidential candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina if her “Christian beliefs” on abortion would allow her to be president “for everyone.” Goldberg asked, “I’m sorry, I got to
The number of abortions in England and Wales has hit an 11-year low, continuing a downward trend that has been going since 2007. There has, however, been a rise in the number of women who have had more than one
Rep. Rene Ellmers insists she suppoorts trade deals, even if she doesn’t understand them. “I will tell you I’m not sure exactly the process, but the fact of the matter is if we don’t have the trade promotion authority, we literally give up our ability to have that oversight and that final say,” she told a radio interviewer.
Parties for the abortion clinics in Whole Woman’s Health, et al. at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, have filed a letter stating that 11 clinics will be forced to close down if the Court does not grant the abortion clinic’s motion to stay the Court’s June 9th opinion.
The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act was introduced by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) with 45 co-sponsors.
Mumsnet, the popular online forum for mothers, has been accused of openly promoting the use of illegal abortion pills ordered by post. The site’s annual charity appeal is supporting The Abortion Support Network, a group that encourages women in Ireland
The ban on elective abortion in most cases, perhaps the only remaining shibboleth of Catholic Ireland, is coming under attack as predicted by one Breitbart London contributor and as noted by another. Repeal or reform of the Eighth Amendment of the
Kenlissia Jones, 23, was charged with “malice murder” after her five-month-old fetus died from her ingesting an abortion pill called Cytotec, which warns that it should only be used in the first trimester of pregnancy.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday upheld a controversial Texas law that requires abortionists to have admitting privileges at area hospitals in order for their facilities to remain open.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld Texas’ strict abortion restrictions that could soon leave only seven abortion clinics open in a state of 27 million people.
An Associated Press survey finds that abortions have declined in states where new laws make it harder to have them — and also have waned in states where abortion rights are protected.
In Britain, no one tells the truth about really serious stuff. It’s not in the national character. So reporters had to do some maths this week to work out that, according to official statistics, 27 per cent of all deaths in England and Wales are abortions.
A recent federal appeals court decision striking down an Idaho pro-life law wades into the very stickiest parts of the abortion wars in the United States.
One of children’s favorite Muppets and a feminist icon, Jim Henson’s Miss Piggy character, is now officially on record as being pro-choice, after an MSNBC interviewer asked her point blank for her stance on abortion.
Planned Parenthood is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that protected birth control and led the way to the legalization of abortion.
Aborted babies accounted for more than a quarter of all deaths in England and Wales in 2013, official figures reveal. According to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), there were 506,790 recorded deaths in England and Wales in
Friday on MSNBC’s “The Rundown With José Díaz-Balart” reporter Irin Carmon sat down with the famed Muppet character Miss Piggy and feminist Gloria Steinem. Carmon quizzed the puppet on its views on abortion and asked, “Are you pro-choice?” Miss Piggy answered, “I’m pro-everything.” Follow
A group of Chilean pro-life activists held a protest in the middle of St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Friday, shortly after Pope Francis received Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet, whose government seeks to introduce abortion legislation in Chile, where the practice is illegal.
