Life Issues

In a culture that often celebrates abortion as empowering, actress Christina Applegate is telling a very different story. In her own words, she described the deep pain of aborting her child at just 19 years old admitting she knew what she was doing yet felt pressured by her career and circumstances.   Her diary reveals heartbreak, conflict, and a lasting emo...

A new study is confirming what many already suspected after the fall of Roe v. Wade: when abortion is restricted, more babies are born.   In fact, pro-life states have seen measurable increases in births, with some research showing as high as a 2–3% rise and tens of thousands of additional lives welcomed into the world.  These numbers are not just figures on a&#1...

A former Planned Parenthood clinic manager is speaking out about why she left the abortion industry. And her story is sobering. Annette Lancaster says she originally believed she was helping women when she took the job. But three experiences changed everything. First, she was troubled by the pressure inside the clinic to push abortions and keep the numbers high. Second, she was shaken when a woman...

Not long ago I told you about South Dakota’s efforts to sue Mayday Health for their promotion of illegal abortion drugs in the state. The company ran misleading ads and failed to explain the legal restrictions and potential risks associated with abortion drugs. They also encouraged young women to take the drugs, despite the fact that they are illegal in South Dakota. After receiving more than 650...

A new report is once again sounding the alarm about the abortion pill and the removal of basic medical safeguards. Researchers analyzing years of data found that serious adverse events increased after the FDA removed the requirement for women to see a doctor in person before receiving abortion pills. When that in-person requirement was in place, serious complications occurred in about 10.15% of ca...

The state of Wyoming has been caught in an ongoing battle to defend the lives of the unborn. In January the state’s Supreme Court struck down two pro-life laws, one which banned abortion pills, and one which attempted to ban nearly all abortions.  Following the Court’s decision, Wyoming lawmakers have fought to find a way to protect innocent life. ...

At a peaceful pro-life rally in Koblenz, Germany, violence erupted when left-wing extremists attacked pro-life advocates who had gathered to pray and hold signs supporting the unborn. According to reports, seven attackers descended on the group, in a brutal ambush. Two pro-life men were seriously injured. One suffered a traumatic brain injury after being struck in the back of the head. Another suf...

You may remember the story of Adriana Smith, the mother who developed brain clots and was declared brain dead while nine weeks pregnant with her son Chance. Incredibly, the hospital was able to keep baby Chance alive and deliver him via cesarean section. During the pregnancy, Adriana was kept alive through life support. Many abortion advocates publicly demanded that baby Chance be killed. After he...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the abortion-drug network Aid Access for flooding mail-order abortion pills into the state which has banned chemical abortion.   Aid Access openly advertises shipping deadly abortion drugs to cities like Houston, Dallas, and Austin, intentionally undermining Texas’ pro-life laws and targeting unborn children in a state determined to pro...

Pro-life advocates continue to show an inspiring outpouring of love in defense of innocent life. Matt Britton, general counsel for 40 Days for Life, recently told the story of a woman named Lindsay he met at a vigil.   He detailed that she drives more than an hour after work every night to fight for the unborn. Each of us has time, talents, or treasure that we can give to the fight...

In an interesting new twist, one of the largest Planned Parenthood affiliates in the country has begun offering Botox injections and other cosmetic treatments to help offset financial shortfalls. Of course, at the same time, it continues performing abortions that end kill innocent babies.   Personally, I would love to see Planned Parenthood adjust their business model and stick...

In 2024, the abortion industry scored a heartbreaking victory. The state of Missouri, once a bastion of pro-life advocacy and the first state to enact their trigger law following the reversal of Roe, passed a constitutional amendment enshrining a so-called right to abortion in the state constitution.   Since then, pro-lifers in Missouri have worked tirelessly to reverse th...

There’s a dangerous lie circulating that if abortion is illegal, women will be imprisoned for having a natural miscarriage. That claim simply isn’t true. No woman in the history of the United States has ever been charged and convicted for simply experiencing a miscarriage. The media often cites cases involving other crimes, like improper disposal of a body, drug-related offenses, or abuse of a cor...

The City of Wellman, Texas, has become the 94th Sanctuary City for the Unborn after its city council voted unanimously to outlaw abortion within its borders.   This ordinance protects innocent preborn children from abortion and aims to stop mail-order abortion pills and abortion trafficking from penetrating the community.   As the debate surrounding abortion turns the nation into a battl...

South Carolina lawmakers have introduced a flurry of bold pro-life bills this session aimed at strengthening protections for unborn children. One bill would ban dismemberment abortions, ending one of the most brutal procedures. House Bill 4654 would criminalize forcing a woman into having an abortion against her will. House Bill 3537, the Prenatal Equal Protection Act, would define unborn babies a...

A chilling reminder of the real danger abortion presents to mothers has come from Aurora, Illinois, where a woman was rushed to the hospital after a surgical abortion went wrong at a Planned Parenthood facility.   According to reports, staff inside the facility placed a 911 call saying the 26-year-old was “just bleeding” from her uterus during the procedure,...

Pro-life organizations in Michigan are fighting back against a radical expansion of the state’s anti-discrimination law that redefines “sex” to include “termination of a pregnancy.” According to the lawsuit filed by Alliance Defending Freedom on behalf of Right to Life of Michigan and the Pregnancy Resource Center, the change would literally force these life-affirming ministries to hire...

Lawmakers in West Virginia are advancing Senate Bill 173 to crack down on mail-order abortion pills.   The legislation aims to close a dangerous loophole which allows abortion drugs to be shipped across state lines, undermining pro-life protections.  If passed, physicians who violate the law would lose their medical licenses, while n...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has announced plans to open new city-funded facilities that will expand access to abortion for young people, including minors. These centers are being framed as “reproductive health hubs,” but in reality, they will facilitate the deliberate killing of innocent babies under the banner of healthcare. At a time when women need real support, including housing, counse...

Louisiana has announced that they intend to file a lawsuit against California Governor Gavin Newsome as well as New York Governor Kathy Hochul for their roles in refusing to extradite doctors accused of mailing deadly abortion pills into the state.   Louisiana has outlawed the distribution of the drug, yet abortion providers continue to violate state la...

You’ve likely heard someone ask, “Abortion doesn’t affect you, so why do you care so much?”   The truth is, something does not have to directly impact your life for you to speak out against it as a great moral evil.  For example, we oppose human trafficking even if we have never been trafficked. We condemn chattel slavery though we were never slaves. We...

As a pro-life advocate, you have no doubt found yourself in debates, faced difficult questions, and seen challenges to your beliefs. If we are going to change the culture and finally end abortion, we must all be prepared to share not only what we believe, but why we believe it.  That’s why we launched  In Defense of Life , our new campaign designed to help you refute today’s most common pro-aborti...

A recent story out of the U.K. shows just how tragic and misguided fear can become when it leads a mother to kill her own unborn child because she’s frightened about “climate change.”   According to LifeNews, a 37-year-old woman, despite being happily married with two children, aborted her child after overwhelming anxiety about the future and “environmental fears” d...

A pro-abortion website, IneedAnA.com, is now openly promoting resources designed to help teenagers obtain secret abortions without their parents ever knowing. One section is chillingly titled, “Let’s start with parental involvement laws, what are they?” It walks minors through how to bypass state laws that require parental consent through judicial bypass systems, and even lists organizat...

Recent reports out of Canada reveal a chilling development: discussions have emerged about extending Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) to include disabled newborn infants.  Canada’s MAiD regime, originally designed for terminally ill adults, has steadily expanded to include people with disabilities and mental illness, and now debates over “baby euthanasia” has resurf...