Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito received a standing ovation from a hall full of lawyers at a black-tie dinner on Nov. 10 for authoring the landmark legal decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 high court ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. The court ruled 5–4 in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization on June…

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said the leak earlier this year of a draft opinion reversing Roe v. Wade made conservative justices “targets for assassination” and changed the atmosphere at the court. Alito’s comments came during a moderated conversation at the Heritage Foundation in the nation’s capital on Oct. 25. At the end of the…

A conservative group is suing the U.S. Department of Justice for refusing to explain why it won’t enforce a federal law forbidding what the group called “the recent intimidatory protests carried out by radical abortion supporters” outside the homes of conservative Supreme Court justices in connection with the reversal of Roe v. Wade earlier this…

A conservative group is suing the U.S. Department of Justice for refusing to explain why it will not enforce a federal law forbidding what the group called “the recent intimidatory protests carried out by radical abortion supporters” outside the homes of conservative Supreme Court justices surrounding the reversal of Roe v. Wade earlier this year….

The Supreme Court ended Roe v. Wade. But ending abortion will likely prove a far harder battle, pro-life leaders say. Pro-choice groups have a wide range of tactics that could keep abortion accessible even in states that voted it illegal. Some of these maneuvers are last-ditch options that will likely only slow pro-life victories. But…

A county court clerk in Missouri is asking the Supreme Court to throw out an appeals court decision holding a minor has a “clearly established” right to skip parental notification before asking a court to rule on whether she can have an abortion. According to the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion rights think tank, the laws…

Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said in a televised interview that he pushed his colleagues on the court to change their votes and not overturn Roe v. Wade, the seminal 1973 precedent that legalized abortion in the United States, a ruling that in the end they voted to reverse. Breyer, 84, was referring to the decision…

HARRISBURG, Pa.—Thousands of pro-life activists and supporters from across Pennsylvania converged on the State Capitol for the second annual March for Life rally on Monday, advocating for state laws that reflect pro-life policies in relation to abortion. The march was the first of its type in the capital city since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned…

Facing violence in the real world and censorship in the virtual one, anti-abortion groups are asking state attorneys general to do more to keep them from being wiped off the map—Google map. Tension over abortion rights began even before the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision on June 23 overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade opinion that…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Aug. 7 that states, not the federal government, should decide whether same-sex marriage should be legally recognized. Graham’s comments came during a panel discussion on CNN’s “State of the Union” after HR 8404, the proposed Respect for Marriage Act, passed the House of Representatives 267-157 on July 19 with the…