A federal court in Tacoma, Washington, struck down a Washington law that requires pharmacists to dispense the morning-after pill even when doing so would violate their religious beliefs. The court held that the law violates the First Amendment right to free exercise of religion. Under pressure from pro-abortion Gov. Chris Gregoire, the pharmacy board approved [...]

Gov. Bob McDonnell of Virginia has released a statement advising pro-life lawmakers in the Virginia legislature pursuing a bill to allow women to have an ultrasound performed before an abortion to make change to the legislation. McDonnell’s office released a statement this afternoon calling for amendments to ensure the bill does not mandate that women [...]

As the national debate continues over a bill in the Virginia state legislature allowing women a chance to see the ultrasound that abortion centers typically perform before an abortion, pro-life advocates say those ultrasounds are medically necessary when the abortion drug is used. By arguing that ultrasounds aren’t needed before an abortion or that they [...]

A Judge Daniel Green in the Cole County Circuit Court ruled Monday evening that the MOSIRA (Missouri Science Innovation and Reinvestment Act) that allows for embryonic stem cell research and human cloning funding is unconstitutional. Missouri Roundtable, Missouri Right to Life, Citizens of Missouri and Lawyers for Life filed suit against the MOSIRA legislation and [...]

The White House has indicated Obama administration officials will meet with religious employers over the controversial mandate that requires them to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions for their employees. Meanwhile, 70,000 Americans have signaled they want the mandate revered. As The Hill reports: A White House official said the administration [...]

After Democrats prevented passage of a bill yesterday that would halt forced and coerced abortions and ban the practice of webcam abortions, the Wisconsin state Senate today approved the measure. Democrats in the Wisconsin state legislature on Tuesday blocked a vote on a pro-life bill, SB 306, that would protect women from coerced abortions and [...]

A new national poll Rasmussen Reports conducted finds Americans oppose the Obama administration mandate requiring religious employers to pay for coverage for birth control (which also includes drugs that may cause early abortions). The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds 38 percent of likely voters think health insurance companies should be required by law [...]

As Idaho voters prepare to cast their ballots for a Republican nominee for president on Super Tuesday on March 6, a statewide pro-life organization there is urging Idaho residents to support former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum. Idaho Chooses Life announced today that it has endorsed Santorum, according to a statement its director David Ripley sent [...]

Abortion advocates in Virginia have come under heavy criticism for equating the ultrasound legislation there would allow women to see before an abortion to rape.  Yet, while abortion backers say having an ultrasound is like getting raped, a 2003 study shows 99% of Planned Parenthood abortion facilities do them beforehand. Published in the medical journal [...]

Democrats in the Wisconsin state legislature on Tuesday blocked a vote on a pro-life bill, SB 306, that would protect women from coerced abortions and prevent the introduction of RU 486 abortions using webcams that deny women a doctor’s visit. Senate Bill 306 is authored by Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) and Rep. Michelle Litjens [...]

Pro-life organizations continue to push for the Blunt amendment to be adopted when the Senate returns from its recess to stop the new Obama mandate that forces religious groups to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions. Roy Blunt, a pro-life Republican senator from Missouri, is behind the amendment and he tells [...]

The Kansas State Board of Healing Arts has ordered the revocation of the medical license of abortion practitioner Ann Kristin Neuhaus, stating that Neuhaus’ practice of providing late-term abortion referrals to George Tiller was “professionally incompetent” and constituted “unprofessional conduct.” Kansas abortion law requires a second physician in a late-term abortion situation verify that the [...]

When many people think about Planned Parenthood, they think about death: especially the 330,000 deaths the nation’s largest abortion provider wrought via their scalpels, syringes, and vacuum devices last year. Others think of the abortion mammoth’s tacit support of gender-based abortions or their current efforts to export their death machine to Africa. But too few [...]

Following attacks from Planned Parenthood and pro-abortion activists on a pro-life bill in the Virginia legislature that would help protect unborn children by allowing women to see an ultrasound before an abortion, Iowa is the next to consider the bill. Iowa Right to Life is urging pro-life advocates to contact members of a legislative committee [...]

Steven Pinker, a Harvard psychologist,is well known for his 2008 article in the New Republic titled “The Stupidity of Dignity.” ThePresident’s Council on Bioethics, in its Human Dignity and Bioethics, had underscored the importance of dignity in contemporary ethical discussion, and Pinker wanted to reject it wholesale. Pinker criticizes the use of dignity for a [...]

The Virginia state legislature has introduced a bill requiring women get a sonogram before they get an abortion. It must be given by an MD at least two hours before the procedure — not one of the “nurses” employed by the abortion clinic — and the woman must be given the opportunity to see the [...]

The campaign of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has launched a new campaign ad that attacks pro-life Republican hopeful Rick Santorum and falsely claims Santorum supports funding the Planned Parenthood abortion business. The ad lists different funding measures Santorum supported as a member of the Senate and makes the claim that, by voting for an [...]

The Obama administration seems to have a new motto: “don’t bite the hand that feeds you.” Or maybe that has been their motto all along. Either way, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s recent visit to the United States only solidified this impression. The Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party has selected Xi to become China’s [...]

Add Ave Maria University to the list of colleges and other religious employers adversely affected by the new Obama HHS mandate who have filed suit against the Obama administration over its forcing them to pay for birth control and drugs that may cause abortions. Jim Towey, president of the Catholic college, knows first-hand the immense [...]

The Planned Parenthood abortion business has crated a firestorm of criticism for itself by making the wild-eyed claim that allowing women in Virginia a chance to see an ultrasound of their unborn child before the abortion is akin to rape. However, new information has surfaced showing the abortion business already does pre-abortion ultrasounds on women [...]