The president of the Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) said Monday evening that her pro-life organization will spend $41 million working with its allies to advance its agenda during the 2020 election cycle.
Illinois lawmakers voted to approve a sweeping abortion rights bill that would, among other actions, repeal the state’s ban on partial-birth abortion.
A bill that would have expanded unlimited late-term abortion in Rhode Island failed in the state Senate Judiciary Committee this week.
Missouri’s Republican-led House passed a pro-life bill that protects unborn babies from abortion at eight weeks of pregnancy and asserts the state is a “sanctuary of life.”
The Missouri Senate passed legislation Thursday that contains some of the nation’s strongest safeguards for unborn babies and their mothers, including a ban on abortions from eight weeks of pregnancy and a declaration that Missouri is to be a “sanctuary of life.”
Abortion industry giants and their political allies condemned a ban on most abortions passed by the Alabama state Senate Tuesday and headed to Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk.
Montana Democrat Gov. Steve Bullock announced his plan to seek his Party’s nomination for president in 2020 just days after vetoing a bill that would protect babies who survive abortion from infanticide.
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia signed into law Tuesday the “Heartbeat” abortion bill than bans most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) vetoed a bill Thursday that would have protected infants who survive abortion from infanticide.
National pro-life leaders celebrated a Senate hearing Wednesday on censorship by tech giants of pro-life voices and films.
House Republican Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana held a press conference Tuesday to announce his intention to file a discharge petition that he hopes enough Democrats will sign in order to force a vote on a bill that would protect babies who survive abortion from infanticide.
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, 11–6, to allow Ohio to end taxpayer funding to Planned Parenthood because it performs abortions.
“To my colleagues, this is the simplest vote you will ever take: either you support babies being killed after they are born or you don’t,” she asserted. “It is time to go on the record and make clear if you think babies born alive deserve medical care, or if you think they should be left to die.”
Susan B. Anthony List President Marjorie Dannenfelser said Trump has once again “proved he is our nation’s most pro-life president ever” and is “keeping his promise to the voters who fueled his victory.”
Nebraska Republican Sen. Ben Sasse introduced the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 130) to protect babies who have survived failed abortions. Sasse went to the floor of the Senate to ask his colleagues to pass the bill by unanimous consent, but Democrats objected.
An announcement from Tran and her legislative colleagues, state Sens. George Barker and Scott Surovell, said their town hall scheduled for Saturday, February 2, in Lorton, Virginia, would be postponed “due to security and safety concerns.”
Planned Parenthood says it performed 332,757 abortions in the past year – 11,373 more than the 321,384 abortions the group performed in the year 2016-2017. The number of abortions performed contrasts sharply with the number of adoption referrals – 2,831.
Pro-life groups oppose a Democrat spending bill that increases money for abortion programs while including no increased border wall funding.
House Democrats made the expansion of abortion one of their first orders of business in a bill that seeks to end the partial government shutdown.
Outgoing Gov. John Kasich has echoed the sentiments of Planned Parenthood and Democrats, referring to the “Heartbeat Bill” as unconstitutional. He has said he did not want to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars defending the bill in court.
“Abortion is not healthcare, it is a human rights abuse,” Mancini added. “Until Planned Parenthood ceases to perform abortions they should not receive any money from taxpayers.”
