By Dave Andrusko In a unanimous decision handed down Monday, the Georgia Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the state’s 2012 law that bans abortions of pain-capable babies except in very limited conditions. Justice Keith Blackwell wrote the opinion and in his...
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South Dakota bans abortions of pain-capable unborn children
13th state to enact the bill By Dave Andrusko And now it is official. Yesterday afternoon South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed SB72, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, into law. On Monday the House overwhelmingly voted in favor of SB72, 59-7. On...
South Dakota House approves ban on abortions of pain-capable unborn children
By Dave Andrusko South Dakota is on the brink of becoming the thirteenth state to ban abortions of unborn babies capable of feeling pain. On Monday the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection ACT, 59-7. The full House...
Sarah’s Story
By Catherine Treutelaar Editor’s note. The following appeared on the Life Voice Blog of Wisconsin Right to Life, NRLC’s staff affiliate. Below is the second in a series of stories showing the faces of the pain-capable unborn child. There are times when pain-capable...
Legislators seek protection for unborn children who can feel pain
MCCL-backed bill would prevent abortion of pain-capable unborn children ST. PAUL — Legislation to stop abortions after the point at which the unborn child can feel pain was introduced in the Minnesota Senate today. The measure would prohibit the killing of...
Kansas abortion numbers continue drop, ”abortion pill” method rises
By Kathy Ostrowski, Legislative Director Kansans for Life The Kansas Department of Health & Environment (KDHE), the state health department, has released preliminary annual data on abortions performed in Kansas, showing a 5.4 % decrease in the number of abortions...
Pain-Capable Unborn Children and the ABCs of Abortion
By Dave Andrusko Tomorrow we will discuss the hearing held this afternoon by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution. The subcommittee examined the policy of legal abortion until birth that is currently in effect in the nation's capital,...
Urgent: Human life at stake in Minnesota
Editor’s note. Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life (MCCL) sent out this urgent alert Monday: While the weather outside heats up, the fight to protect the most vulnerable members of our human family is heating up, too. Following an agreement on a "framework" late...