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Fight for Free Speech, Conscience Rights Continues in California, Illinois
By Jay Hobbs Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), which represents pro-life organizations and individuals targeted by new laws in California and Illinois, filed legal challenges in both states late last week in an ongoing battle to keep the states from forcing the...
Planned Parenthood 2010-2016:Fewer centers, but more abortion clinics, and later abortions
By Randall K. O’Bannon, Ph.D. NRL Director of Education & Research There have been a great many stories in NRL News, the pro-life media in general, and elsewhere about the clinic closings at Planned Parenthood, the mergers, the scandalous videos that reveal that...
Are abortions for cleft palate rising in the UK?
By Michael Cook Abortions for cleft palate, an easily-fixed facial deformity, have been rising in the United Kingdom, according to the latest official figures. In 2015, 11 were carried out. The comparable figure in 2012 was 4. Campaigners point the finger at new...
2015 abortions fewest ever in North Dakota
By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. My family and I will be on vacation through September 6. I will occasionally add new items but for the most part we will repost “the best of the best” -- the stories our readers have told us they especially liked over the last five...
People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed about abortion
By Dave Andrusko As we do most days, we’re carrying stories about a wide assortment of topics today. We believe NRL News Today is must reading every Monday through Saturday. If you are not receiving our daily blog in your email inbox, take out 30 seconds and sign up...
They would force you to pay for abortions
Well, it's official: The Democratic party – and its standard-bearer, Hillary Clinton – want to force you to pay for abortions. They've long wanted this, of course. But in the just-completed Democratic National Convention, they went further. They passed a platform...
State will appeal decision by federal judge gutting pro-life Ohio law
By Dave Andrusko In an unsurprising but regrettable decision, Judge Michael R. Barrett of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, today permanently enjoined an Ohio law he had temporarily enjoined on May 23. Passed overwhelmingly by the Ohio...
Latest Minnesota abortion numbers are cause for both celebration and concern
By Scott Fischbach, Executive Director, Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life The new abortion numbers [the number of abortions in Minnesota in 2015 were the lowest since 1974 and down 2.6% from 2014] are fantastic news. Here are my main takeaways from the latest...
Abortion numbers in decline across Minnesota—except at Planned Parenthood
By Paul Stark Editor’s note. Previously we ran an initial overview of the abortions statistics in Minnesota for 2015. Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL) explained, “Abortion numbers have dropped in eight of the last nine years in Minnesota to their lowest...