Marist Institute for Public Opinion shows strong majorities against federal funding of abortion and for limitation on abortion

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. My family and I will be on vacation through September 6. I will occasionally add new items but for the most part we will repost “the best of the best” — the stories our readers have told us they especially liked over the last five months. This first ran July … Read more

Powerhouse UK abortion provider suspends most abortion services after surprise inspection

By Dave Andrusko Marie Stopes International and the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) are the primary abortion providers in the United Kingdom. While hard to believe, it is no exaggeration to say that almost all secular media outlets in the UK are even more protective of these “abortion providers” than U.S. media are of the … Read more

Irish Parliament votes to protect the most vulnerable of unborn children from abortion

Editor’s note. The following comes from our friends at SPUC-the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children. Despite support from several ministers, including TD Mick Wallace (above), the Fatal Fetal Abnormalities Bill was rejected in the Irish Parliament The context is the defeat in the Parliament of the Republic of Northern Ireland of a bill … Read more

Pro-abortionists will use “Abortion Drone” in symbolic protests against protective Irish Abortion Laws

By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D. NRL Director of Education & Research A DJI Phantom 3 will be used in the protest (Credit: Chris Blain/Gizmag) Apparently nothing bothers Rebecca Gomperts more than a country that legally protects their unborn. Gomperts, the abortion activist from Women on Waves (WOW) who brought the world the “abortion ship,” the … Read more

The United Methodist Church leaves The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice

By Rev. Paul T. Stallsworth The Rev. Beth Ann Cook, Indiana Conference, introduces a petition from the Church and Society legislative committee regarding The United Methodist Church’s association with the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice. [Maile Bradfield, UMNS] Finally. After all those years. After all those General Conferences. After all those many attempts. On May … Read more

Euphemisms for Killing

By Wesley J. Smith Words matter. The terminology we employ not only reflects our values but helps to define them. Language is particularly important in bioethical debates, in which dehumanizing verbiage can distance us from our fellow human beings. When embryonic stem-cell research was in the news, we were told constantly by scientists and the … Read more

Outrage as chief of Royal College of Midwives announces she will lobby for abortion up to BIRTH

Editor’s note. This story appears on the webpage of SPUC-the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children. Close links have been revealed between Cathy Warwick (left) and BPAS, run by Ann Furedi (right) The Royal College of Midwives [RCM] is coming under fire for its close links to the abortion industry, after announcing that they … Read more

FDA expansion of abortion pill use still does not necessarily mean chemical abortion is safer

By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D., NRL Director of Education & Research Many suspected that today’s announcement by the FDA was a long time coming. Despite a record of at least 14 known deaths, and thousands of women suffering significant adverse events, the FDA relaxed safety standards and modified the protocol for mifepristone/misoprostol chemical abortions that had … Read more

“Late Term Abortion: Protecting Babies Born Alive and Capable of Feeling Pain”

Editor’s note. The following is the opening statement delivered today by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Ia.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Sen. Charles Grassley Good morning to my colleagues, the Ranking Member, and especially to our guests. I look forward to hearing from our panel about the subject of late term abortions. This is not … Read more