Born at 21 weeks and one day, weighing less than a pound, baby is world’s most premature baby ever to survive

By Dave Andrusko Curtis Means, born about the size of a soccer ball, is now officially the world’s most premature baby ever to survive. “Guinness World Records and UAB Hospital announced Wednesday that Curtis Means, who weighed only 14.8 ounces (420 grams) at birth, set the new record,” the Associated Press reported. ”Born 132 days premature …

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Pro-life coalition counters pro-abortion distortions with truth about Abortion Pill Reversal

By Dave Andrusko What a way to start the week! The American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG), in conjunction with Heartbeat International and Live Action, “has produced a lengthy video and an FAQ page offering detailed information about the science and success of APR [Abortion Pill Reversal]” according to National Review Online’s Alexandra …

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A National Referendum on Abortion

By David N. O’Steen, Ph.D., National Right to Life Executive Director A National Referendum on Abortion – that’s how Ernest Ohlhoff, National Right to Life’s Director of Outreach, described the 2016 election in a recent article published by Maryland Right to Life. He’s right–and post-election polling shows how the right to life side won. Abortion …

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Poll: Most Americans Familiar with Planned Parenthood, But Don’t Know that Planned Parenthood Performs Abortions

    WASHINGTON – Recent polling by the Polling Company found that a substantial majority of registered voters say that they are familiar with Planned Parenthood and a majority has a favorable impression of that organization.  However, the same poll found that a majority did not know that Planned Parenthood performs abortions, despite the fact …

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Polling Shows Support for National Right to Life Legislative Proposals

By David N. O’Steen, Ph.D., NRLC Executive Director Recent polling by the Polling Company has shown strong support for two legislative proposals strongly backed by the National Right Life Committee. These proposals include prohibiting abortion after the time at which the unborn child can feel pain and prohibiting abortions for sex selection. There is now …

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Learning from the 2012 Elections

By David N. O’Steen, Ph.D., Executive Director, National Right to Life A determined, one-sided media together with a sequence of most unfortunate statements by candidates created a  “perfect storm” that played into and greatly augmented the pro-abortion narrative in this election.  This effectively neutralized the usual pro-life advantage. The pro-life movement and pro-life candidates cannot …

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