SCCL Responds to Planned Parenthood’s Latest Attack on Fetal Heartbeat Law

“Planned Parenthood is in the business of killing unborn children and charging money for it” By Holly Gatling, Executive Director, South Carolina Citizens for Life COLUMBIA, S.C. (Thursday, September 14, 2023) – Planned Parenthood has filed yet another court challenge to the Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act in the South Carolina state court, …

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Extreme Pro-abortion State Ballot Initiatives: Let’s Educate

By Casey Romanoff Coffin, Legislative Assistant, Department of State Legislation Editor’s note. This appeared Monday in the September issue of National Right to Life News, the “pro-life newspaper of record. Please share the entire 40-page edition with your family and friends. Since the 2022 Dobbs decision, abortion advocates have been successful in using state ballot initiatives to force their …

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Take Action: Reproductive Health Act Introduced in Michigan Legislature

By Right to Life of Michigan On September 6, the Reproductive Health Act was introduced in the Michigan House by pro-abortion Democrat legislators. The bill package calls for the repeal of many commonsense abortion regulations, regulations which continue to enjoy the broad support of Michigan citizens, including the majority of those who voted for Proposal …

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More Court Wins in South Carolina and Indiana

By Virgina Pride Recently, the states of South Carolina and Indiana upheld their laws restricting abortions after months of legal challenges. In both cases, the challenge to their constitutionality was dismissed. South Carolina’s Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act (S.474) was passed in late May of 2023, but Planned Parenthood challenged this in court soon …

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South Carolina Supreme Court Declines to Rehear Heartbeat Decision

By Holly Gatling, Executive Director, South Carolina Citizens for Life COLUMBIA, S.C. (Tuesday, August 29, 2023) – The South Carolina Supreme Court rejected Planned Parenthood’s petition to reconsider its 4-1 decision upholding the 2023 Fetal Heartbeat and Protection from Abortion Act issued on August 23. Planned Parenthood petitioned for a re-hearing on the grounds that the …

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Planned Parenthood appeals to Nebraska Supreme Court to overturn new pro-life law that protects unborn babies after 12 weeks of pregnancy

By Dave Andrusko On August 11, after hearing arguments  from lawyers for Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office, Lancaster County District Court Judge Lori Maret sided with the state.  Plaintiffs had requested that a preliminary injunction be placed on the “Let Them Grow Act” and the accompanying law protecting the unborn at 12-weeks and beyond …

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Wyoming legislators, pro-life group asks state Supreme Court to allow them to defend Life is a Human Right Act

By Dave Andrusko On Friday two Wyoming legislators and a pro-life group, denied the right to join the case by Judge Melissa Owens, filed a notice of appeal with the state Supreme Court asking that they be allowed to defend the Life is a Human Right Act. Also known as HB0152, the Life is a …

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States on the move since Dobbs overturned Roe

By Liberty Counsel Editor’s note. This appears in the August issue of National Right to Life News. Please share this with pro-life family and friends. Send any comments you have to me at [email protected] When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey on June 24, 2022, it placed all policymaking on abortion in the …

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Gov. Reynolds, AG Bird lay out the case for why Iowa’s Heartbeat Law is constitutional and why a lower court ruling putting the law on hold should be overturned

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. After this story was composed but before we posted it online, there was a further development. “Gov. Kim Reynolds can proceed with an appeal on a temporary block on the state’s new, restrictive abortion law, the Iowa Supreme Court said Tuesday,” according to the Associated Press. “Reynolds announced her intentions …

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Pro-lifers continue to fight for unborn children even as 2011 State Legislative Sessions are Ending

By Ingrid Duran, Senior State Legislative Associate While most state legislatures have adjourned for the year, the pro-life community remains hard at work assisting in passing last- minute legislation before the 2011 legislative session ends.  Just three days before Christmas, pro-life Ohio Governor John Kasich signed a bill into law preventing taxpayers from having to …

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Battle for Life Taking Place in Congress and State Legislatures

By Dave Andrusko Under the category of ‘be careful what you [pro-abortionists] wish for’…. Earlier today the House of Representatives passed the Protect Life Act, 248-173. The Act is very much needed remedy because ObamaCare is a vipers nest of ( among other things) funding streams for abortion. The insistence of President Obama and Senate …

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