A Filipino man born with an underdeveloped arm and legs found his passion in the weightless ocean and went on to become an international swimming champion. Yet, it wasn’t his first experience of overcoming adversity. Thirty-year-old Ernie Gawilan, of Island Garden City in the Samal Davao region of the Philippines, survived an attempted abortion. “I…
‘Put God First’: Botched Abortion Survivor With Underdeveloped Limbs Is a Swimming Champ
South Dakota Governor Announces 2 Pro-Life Bills That Would Ban Almost All Abortions
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Friday announced two bills that would ban almost all abortions in the state, with one seeking to ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, and the other seeking to ban telemedicine abortions. “Every human life is unique and beautiful from the moment it is conceived. Every life is…
Supreme Court Declines to Intervene in Texas Abortion Law Case for 2nd Time
The U.S. Supreme Court has, for a second time, declined to intervene in a lawsuit challenging a Texas abortion ban. In a 6–3 ruling on Thursday (pdf), the court declined abortion providers’ request to intervene in the case challenging the state’s abortion ban, known as the Texas Heartbeat Act or Senate Bill 8 (S.B. 8)….
DeSantis Signals He Would Sign Bill Stopping Abortions After 15 Weeks
This legislative session could prove to be the one that transformed the abortion laws in Florida with Gov. Ron DeSantis signaling he would sign a law prohibiting terminations after 15 weeks as it passed through committee in a 12-6 party line vote on Jan. 19. “I am supportive of 15 weeks,” DeSantis said. “I think…
Student Sues High School for Rejecting Her Pro-Life Club
An Indiana High School student has filed a discrimination and libel lawsuit against her school for barring her from starting a pro-life club at the school. The high school freshman, who is a student with the Noblesville School District, located about 27 miles from Indianapolis, alleges the school has infringed upon her First Amendment right…
Woman, 22, Braves the Pro-Choice Current After Seeing the ‘Violence of Abortion’
Madison Thacker, 22, of Columbus, Ohio, has not lived free of bumps, bruises, and difficulties. No stranger to the trials of life, she says she would rather live than not have lived at all. Though this life may include things harrowing, heart-rending, arduous, and irksome, she values it. Recently, Thacker has learned to value life in…
Are We Caring for Animals Over Our Children?
Commentary A couple of years ago, Vegans produced a large poster featuring three photos: a human baby, a piglet, and a lamb. The caption read: “Equal but Different.” The thinking behind this is absurd, for it implicitly denies the distinctiveness and the responsibility of human beings and proposes a view of the world that is…
Doctor Schedules Abortion for Baby With Down Syndrome, Parents Refuse and Now She’s Thriving
An Australian couple who were informed that their unborn child was diagnosed with Down syndrome were shocked when their doctor scheduled an abortion for them. Refusing to terminate their baby, they went ahead with the pregnancy, and now their little girl has beaten all the odds and is thriving. “We are blessed with the most…
Supreme Court Sends Texas ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Law Appeal to the 5th Circuit
The Supreme Court issued a procedural ruling late Dec. 16 that will prolong the ongoing litigation over the Texas “heartbeat” law that bans abortions after six weeks of gestation and crowdsources enforcement to members of the public. The brief order, signed by Justice Neil Gorsuch, sends the case to the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of…
An Inflection Point
Commentary “Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We … will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the [last] generation.” —Abraham Lincoln Throughout the course of human history,…
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