A pregnant mom whose waters broke at 20 weeks was urged to abort. Refusing termination, she delivered her baby son 10 weeks later, and her little fighter has thrived despite being given a 1 percent chance of survival. Mom-of-three Ann Rice, 36, from Cardiff, Wales, in the UK, was told she would miscarry naturally within…
‘1 Percent Chance’ Baby Whose Mom Refused Abortion at 20 Weeks Thrives: ‘Raise Awareness’
Lawmakers Propose Bill to Ban All Abortions in Ohio, Going Beyond Texas Law
Republican lawmakers in Ohio proposed a bill seeking to ban all abortions in the state—going farther than the new law in Texas that bans abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected. The proposed legislation would ban abortion at any stage of pregnancy—from the moment of conception, and regardless of whether a heartbeat is present—going further than…
Skeptical Supreme Court Hears Challenge to Texas Abortion Law
There was skepticism on both sides as the nine justices of the Supreme Court heard the arguments of opposing counsel this week in a challenge to Texas’ unique new fetal-heartbeat abortion law that relies on citizen participation for enforcement. The high-profile case moved at lightning speed, by Supreme Court standards, finding its way to oral…
Supreme Court Orders New York Court to Revisit Ruling Forcing Catholic Diocese to Cover Employee Abortions
The Supreme Court ordered an appeals court in New York to reconsider its ruling that forced religious charities to provide abortion coverage against their religious beliefs in their employee health insurance packages. The case is Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany v. Emami, court file 20-1501. The Supreme Court granted the diocese’s petition for certiorari, or…
Texas ‘Heartbeat’ Abortion Law Is Unconstitutional, Biden Administration Tells Supreme Court
A Texas law that bans nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy and authorizes anyone to sue when an illegal abortion is performed is unconstitutional because it violates decades-old Supreme Court precedents, the Biden administration told the high court Nov. 1. Texas designed the statute “to thwart judicial review by offering bounties to the…
City Council Votes to Make Mason Ohio a ‘Sanctuary for the Unborn’
Mason became the second city in Ohio to criminalize abortion within city limits after a tense city council vote on Monday evening. Located 25 miles northeast of Cincinnati, Mason, with a population of about 30,000 people, voted to ban abortions after four out of seven members of the city council supported the ordinance, which goes…
Illinois Bill to Repeal Law Requiring Parental Notice of Abortion Heads to Governor
A bill that would allow minors in Illinois to get an abortion without their parents’ or guardians’ knowledge now heads to the desk of Gov. J.B. Pritzker after clearing the state legislature. The bill, known as the “Youth Health and Safety Act,” seeks to repeal Illinois’s long-standing Parental Notification of Abortion Act, which requires all…
Texas House Republican Investigates School Library Books About Race, Sex
A Texas House committee is investigating school library books in the wake of a new law that bans the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in public schools. State Rep. Matt Krause, a Republican who chairs the House Committee on General Investigating, wrote on Oct. 25 to the Texas Education Agency and a group of…
Oklahoma Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks 3 Pro-Life Laws
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Monday issued a temporary block on three pro-life laws that were set to go into effect on Nov. 1. In a 5–3 ruling the court blocked a law that would have only allowed obstetricians and gynecologists to carry out abortions. The same law also mandates abortions after the first trimester take place…
Ohio and 11 States Sue Biden Administration Over Abortion Funds
Ohio on Monday filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, which had recently allowed taxpayer dollars to be used by clinics to support abortions. The lawsuit, led by Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, is joined by 11 other states. The states are seeking to restore the Trump administration rule so that medical clinics cannot obtain…
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