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What’s at Stake if Abortion Is Enshrined in Wisconsin’s Constitution?

Across the country, states that have enshrined abortion into their constitutions have seen their common-sense pro-life laws challenged in court. Wisconsin could face similar consequences if abortion were added to our state… The post What’s at Stake if Abortion Is Enshrined in Wisconsin’s Constitution?

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Three AGs are Suing to Stop Mail-Order Abortions

Three state attorneys general just announced they are challenging blue state shield laws facilitating illegal abortion drug shipments. But they’re not just taking their case to the Supreme Court, they’re also seeking damages from those smuggling unlawful pills that harm women and the unborn into their states.

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Tom Olohan|LifeNews.com|

Kentucky Sues Group Advertising Illegal Abortion Drugs At State Fair

Kentucky is suing a New York group that advertised illegal abortion drugs at the Kentucky State Fair. The state lawsuit accuses Mayday Health, which bills itself as “a reproductive health education nonprofit,” of “engaging in unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive business practices in viola...

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Ontario court denies application for MAID for mental illness

Paul Tuns: Ontario Superior Court Justice Carissima Mathen denied Claire Brosseau and Dying With Dignity an injunction to approve Brosseau to be killed by Medical Assistance in Dying based on mental illness as the sole criteria. Brosseau, a 49-year-old Toronto woman, is an actress and comedian, who filed a motion in May seeking a constitutional [...] The post Ontario court denies application for MAID for mental illness appeared first on The Interim .

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Court Stops Illinois From Penalizing Catholic Hospitals That Refuse Assisted Suicide

A federal court has stopped Illinois from penalizing Catholic hospitals and religious health workers who refuse to take part in the state’s assisted-suicide law, including a requirement that they tell terminally ill patients how to obtain lethal medication. U.S.

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Steven Ertelt|LifeNews.com|

Pro-Life Woman Arrested for Praying at Abortion Biz Pleads Not Guilty

A pro-life leader pleaded not guilty in court today after prosecutors brought five new charges accusing her of silently praying near an abortion facility. This is the first criminal case under Britain’s national buffer-zone law, which prohibits pro-life free speech outside abortion businesses.

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Steven Ertelt|LifeNews.com|

Court order protects Catholic hospitals from Illinois assisted suicide law for terminally ill

Illinois Catholic hospitals and religious healthcare workers can’t be penalized for refusing to inform terminally ill patients of assisted suicide options, a new court order ruled. The Medical Aid in Dying bill, signed into law on Dec.

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Trump Finally Gives Update on Deadly Drug—Why Its Opponents Are Not Happy

The Food and Drug Administration plans to complete its long-awaited review of abortion drugs in mid-December, but the public won’t see the results until March, according to a Wednesday filing from the Justice Department. The 5th Circuit Court ordered the FDA to provide an update on its abortion pill safety review by Oct.

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FDA Postpones Review of Dangerous Abortion Pill to March 2027

The Food and Drug Administration will not finish its safety review of the dangerous abortion pill mifepristone until March 2027, and it will not impose new restrictions before then, the agency said in a court filing Wednesday. That means babies will be killed and women will continue being injured in abortions for months without any […] The post FDA Postpones Review of Dangerous Abortion Pill to March 2027 appeared first on LifeNews.com .

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Steven Ertelt|LifeNews.com|

Christian woman pleads not guilty to five charges over silent prayer near abortion facility

A woman accused of silently praying outside an abortion facility in Birmingham has entered fresh not guilty pleas to five charges under England and Wales’s new abortion buffer zone law. Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, from Worcestershire, denied the charges at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.

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FDA: Mifepristone review won’t be done until March

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) won’t publish its safety review of the abortion drug mifepristone until March, it disclosed in a Wednesday court filing, adding that it won’t impose any new restrictions on the pill before that point. The revelations are likely to further anger anti-abortion activists, who have been losing patience with the…

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Nathaniel Weixel|The Hill|

In rare interviews, Alito defends court’s independence, reflects on impact of Dobbs leak

A leak of the draft of the Dobbs decision in May 2022 is seen as the most significant breach of the court's confidentiality in its history. The post In rare interviews, Alito defends court’s independence, reflects on impact of Dobbs leak first appeared on OSV News .

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Kate Scanlon|OSV News|

Pro-Life Americans Pray for Supreme Court as New Term Begins

We’ve all been in gatherings where we’ve sung Christian hymns, and we’re all familiar with so many of them. But when was the last time you heard a verse of a Christian hymn say, “And here comes judicial reform?” For me, it was this past Monday, as I gathered with Christian conservative leaders and prayer […] The post Pro-Life Americans Pray for Supreme Court as New Term Begins appeared first on LifeNews.com .

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Frank Pavone|LifeNews.com|

Opinion: The words of Justice Samuel Alito show why he is so important on the U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has published a collection of his speeches and writings under the title “So Ordered.” In Chapter 10, we read what turned out to be a controversial after-dinner speech that Alito gave at a 2022 conference in Rome on freedom of religion.

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