One of the nation's leading pro-life groups is cautioning against the passage of a federal 15-week abortion ban, arguing that such legislation falls short of what is achievable, would divide the movement and would only impact about 5 percent of abortions.
Former president Donald Trump received pushback from prominent pro-life leaders over the weekend when he said he opposes Florida's heartbeat abortion ban and added that he wants to work toward a nationwide compromise on the issue, perhaps around 15 weeks of pregnancy.
According to a new report, a series of major election losses have Republicans re-thinking the use of the “pro-life” label and searching for more specific language.
One out of every six regular churchgoers in America say they have had, paid for or encouraged an abortion, according to a new study from the Family Research Council's Center for Biblical Worldview and pollster George Barna.
A few weeks ago, voters in Ohio rejected a ballot measure that would have made it harder to amend the state’s constitution. As it stands, to amend Ohio’s constitution only requires 50% of the vote plus one. Issue 1 would have raised that threshold to 60%.
The turnout for this vote was unexpectedly high for what appeared to be a procedural change. It was the only issue on the ballot. However, this vote was not merely about a procedure. It was also about abortion.
In the 22nd week of surrogate Brittney Pearson’s pregnancy, she was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. Because the necessary treatment could harm the baby, her doctors recommended inducing labor early and allowing the baby to be cared for in neonatal intensive care while she started chemo. However, the gay couple paying Brittney Pearson to serve as their surrogate did not want a premature baby with potential developmental or health problems. They wanted her instead to have an abortion.
Pearson offered to put the baby up for adoption, but the men refused because, according to Pearson, they did not want a child who was genetically related to one of them somewhere “out there.” According to Pearson, the men threatened both her and her doctors with a lawsuit if she did not abort her child. Because of California’s radical surrogacy laws, which allow financiers of a surrogacy arrangement to be granted legal parental rights of the baby before he or she is born, they likely would have prevailed.
Employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs (V.A.) can now opt out of performing abortion services if the services go against their religious beliefs.
Former Vice President Mike Pence's recent comments against abortions even when an unborn child is diagnosed with a terminal illness has ignited a debate.