By Bridget Sielicki The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that human embryos created via IVF are to be considered children protected by law under the state’s wrongful death act and the Alabama Constitution. The case, LePage v. Mobile Infirmary Clinic, Inc. originated when the frozen embryos of several couples stored at The Center for Reproductive Medicine at the Mobile Infirmary … Read more
By Dave Andrusko District Judge Robert S. Ballou heard arguments Thursday from lawyers representing abortion clinics in three states- Virginia, Montana, and Kansas—asking him to shield them from further limitations on their use of mifepristone, one half of the two-drug chemical abortion techniques. They are asking the judge to force the FDA to drop several longstanding restrictions … Read more
By Dave Andrusko On Monday pro-abortionists asked for a temporary restraining order to halt Kentucky’s Human Life Protection Act. On Wednesday Judge Mitch Perry granted EMW and Planned Parenthood the TRO they sought. The Human Life Protection Act prohibits abortions in the Commonwealth unless the procedure is necessary to protect the life of the mother. Attorney … Read more
By Melissa Ohden With the help of the Justice Foundation, for the first time in nearly 49 years of legalized abortion, abortion survivors have filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court as the justices prepare to take up the Texas Heartbeat Bill on November 1. The amicus brief, filed jointly with Created Equal and … Read more
WASHINGTON – Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch today filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a pro-abortion challenge to a 2018 pro-life Mississippi law. “We thank Attorney General Fitch for standing strong for the right to life and for the right of duly-elected state legislators … Read more
By Dave Andrusko For good reason, NRL News Today has written a boatload of stories about Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the challenge to Mississippi’s “Gestational Age Act” which, with some exceptions, bans abortions after the 15th week. Today Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch filed her brief with the Supreme Court of the United States, … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Putting itself at odds with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and opening the way to a possible resolution by the Supreme Court, the full 4th U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday permanently enjoined the Trump Administration’s “Protect Life” rule which requires recipients of Title X family planning money not to … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Missouri State Sen. Bob Onder On Tuesday Planned Parenthood, in conjunction with the ACLU, filed the latest in a string of lawsuits, this time a challenge to a component of SB 5, an omnibus pro-life measure passed during the special session called last summer by Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens. Filed in Jackson … Read more
By Dave Andrusko Judge Lee Yeakel U.S. District Court Judge Lee Yeakel of the Western District of Texas heard a challenge today from abortion providers represented by the Center for Reproductive Rights who argued that the state’s ban on dismemberment abortions be put on hold until a full hearing can occur. The Dismemberment Abortion Ban … Read more
By Dave Andrusko U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker A very busy Friday with decidedly mixed results for pro-life forces in Arkansas. On the plus side, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a preliminary injunction issued in 2015 by activist Federal Judge Kristin Baker that prevented Arkansas from enforcing its law requiring abortion clinics … Read more