Abortion Policy, Law & Politics

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Federal appeals court rules Idaho can enforce pro-life laws while appeals process plays out

Idaho officials "have made a strong showing of likely success on the merits," 9th Circuit rules. Plaintiff likely can't "square the district court’s perspective on the history and tradition concerning abortions with the Supreme Court’s perspective in Dobbs."

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Misty Severi|Just the News|

Americans Need to Vote Pro-Life on These Key Abortion Amendments

With voters in four states considering abortion-related ballot measures this Tuesday, Clare Ath, senior policy analyst at Human Coalition, a pro-life nonprofit organization, said one of the challenges facing the movement is explaining to voters exactly what those abortion ballot measures would do. “The pro-abortion movement is trying their best to conflate abortion and miscarriage […] The post Americans Need to Vote Pro-Life on These Key Abortion Amendments appeared first on LifeNews.com .

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Appeals Court Rules Idaho Can Enforce Abortion Ban, Save Babies

A divided federal appeals court ruled Friday that Idaho can fully enforce its near-total abortion ban. The ruled paused a lower-court order that had allowed one abortionist to kill babies in additional health-related circumstances and restoring the state’s ability to protect unborn children.

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Steven Ertelt|LifeNews.com|

Canada blocks euthanasia for mental illness but moves to allow advance requests for assisted death

Canada’s federal government has tabled legislation to prevent people whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness from becoming eligible for euthanasia, while simultaneously proposing to allow people to request an assisted death in advance of losing mental capacity. Bill C-41, the MAID Safeguards Act, was introduced on 27 October.

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After 11 Million Abortions, UK Birth Rate Drops to Record Low Levels

The number of babies born in England and Wales appears to have fallen to its lowest level for any calendar half-year in nearly 50 years. Figures published today by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that there were 287,236 live births recorded in the first six months of 2026, a decrease of 2,406 births […] The post After 11 Million Abortions, UK Birth Rate Drops to Record Low Levels appeared first on LifeNews.com .

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Unclear Abortion Ballot Measures Leave Voters Unsure What They’re Voting For

With voters in four states considering abortion-related ballot measures this Tuesday, Clare Ath, senior policy analyst at Human Coalition, a pro-life nonprofit organization, said one of the challenges facing the movement is explaining to voters exactly what those abortion ballot measures would do. “The pro-abortion movement is trying their best to conflate abortion and miscarriage...

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Prolife Leader Frank Pavone Issues Urgent Message to the Body of Christ for the 2026 Midterms

In a message to all Christians, Priests for Life National Director Frank Pavone urged all voters to cast their ballots in Tuesday’s midterm elections, calling the choice between Republicans and Democrats an exceptionally clear and easy decision for people of faith... MORE

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Cardinal Ignores Catholic Pro-Life Teachings, Gives Award to Abortion Activist

The highest official in the Catholic Church in Illinois gave an award to a radical abortion activist who has literally funded the deaths of unborn babies. Meanwhile, outside the swanky fundraising dinner where the award was given, pro-life advocates protested and called the Catholic leader to follow the Catholic Church’s pro-life teachings and Biblical values […] The post Cardinal Ignores Catholic Pro-Life Teachings, Gives Award to Abortion Activist appeared first on LifeNews.com .

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Steven Ertelt|LifeNews.com|

Democrats’ Top Two Priorities: Abortions Up to Birth, Taxpayer-Funded Abortions

In September, Democrats put out a memo listing bills they will pass if they gain a majority in the House in the midterms. Addressed to Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the memo was titled “Cost-of-Living Healthcare Working Group Memo on Democratic Healthcare Action for the First 100 Hours, First 100 Days, and First Year of the […] The post Democrats’ Top Two Priorities: Abortions Up to Birth, Taxpayer-Funded Abortions appeared first on LifeNews.com .

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James Talarico: Love Your Neighbor By Killing Them in Abortions

“Can Democrats Reclaim the Christian Moral High Ground?” This was the titular question The New York Times Magazine posed recently. Here’s the lede: When James Talarico, the Texas Democrat running for the Senate, appeared on Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show this month, he put forward a question that many American millennials may recall from the cloth […] The post James Talarico: Love Your Neighbor By Killing Them in Abortions appeared first on LifeNews.com .

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SBA ProLife|LifeNews.com|

Catholic Archbishop Joins Lawsuit Against New York Assisted Suicide Law

Archbishop Ronald Hicks, the Archdiocese of New York and the Catholic healthcare ministry ArchCare have joined a lawsuit brought by four orders of Catholic nuns and other Catholic healthcare ministries against New York’s assisted-suicide mandate. In Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm v.

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Ryan Colby|LifeNews.com|

‘Witches’ epithet hurled at abortion proponents has roots in Appalachian history

(RNS) — Reproductive healthcare providers and advocates are routinely called demonic and witches, and through a twist of fate, there is some truth in it — specifically in the language of far-right leaders’ ancestors, who also called the reproductive healthcare providers of their isolated, rural communities ‘witches.’

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Chrissy Teigen Promotes Killing Babies in Abortions Up to Birth

Celebrity model Chrissy Teigen is promoting killing babies in abortions up[ to birth and wants voters in Idaho to do just that. Teigen joined Idaho feminists Wednesday to campaign for Proposition 1, a ballot initiative that pro-life groups say would allow the intentional killing of unborn babies up to birth and strip away parental consent […] The post Chrissy Teigen Promotes Killing Babies in Abortions Up to Birth appeared first on LifeNews.com .

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Steven Ertelt|LifeNews.com|

Proposition 1 Ads in Idaho are Lying to Voters. Here’s the Truth

The Proposition 1 campaign to radically expand abortion in Idaho is in deep trouble in recent polling, and its latest fact-free ads aren’t exactly helping its cause with Idaho voters. In a new round of TV ads, Prop 1 continues its stubborn resistance to facts about its own language, and about current law in Idaho.

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Mary Strow|LifeNews.com|