Over three years have passed since Roe v. Wade’s overturning, and yet, abortion pill usage has surged in the U.S. Despite the mounting data revealing the life-threatening risks abortion drugs pose to women, more than 60% percent of abortions in the U.S. are executed via medication, a 53% increase since 2020. Meanwhile, abortion bans are […] The post The Shrouded Dangers of the Abortion Pill appeared first on Lozier Institute .
What does 2026 hold for the pro-life movement—both in the U.S. and around the world? In this New Year’s episode, Fr. Shenan Boquet reflects on pro-life victories and challenges in 2025 and to look ahead at the critical battles shaping 2026. Fr. Boquet discusses: Fr. Boquet also explains how international diplomacy, Catholic social teaching, and… The post What 2026 Holds for Life & Family: Fr. Boquet on Abortion, Gender Ideology, and US Foreign Policy appeared first on Human Life International .
Abortion is described as an injustice that deprives both the woman and the unborn child of their rights to life and family love. Pregnancy centers and pro-life communities are encouraged to support women facing unplanned pregnancies to help break cycles of injustice and provide hope and healing.
Abortion has become a culturally acceptable norm, and the number of abortions that happen per year around the world is astounding. According to the World Health Organization, “[a]round 73 million induced abortions take place worldwide each year.” Out of all unintended pregnancies, 61% end in abortion, while 29% of all pregnancies result in abortion. Despite […] The post Quotes About Abortion: What They Reveal appeared first on Save the Storks .
Please make your 2026 VSHL Membership Dues payment without delay. Your 2026 Virginia Society for Human Life Membership is a symbol of your resolve to stand up for the unborn and the grave threats they face from the Abortion-until-Birth Amendment to the Virginia Constitution. Your membership dues are vital to our on-going efforts to protect unborn babies here […] The post 2026 VSHL Membership Drive appeared first on Virginia Society for Human Life .
Grondelski analyzes the European Parliament's endorsement of a proposal supporting abortion-related travel. He argues that funding mechanisms could weaken national abortion restrictions even where European institutions lack direct authority over those laws.
Americans United for Life—and the greater Pro-Life Movement—has seen major victories for life this past year. In case you missed them, check out these top wins from 2025. 1. Defunding Big Abortion Through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act On July 4th, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act was signed into law, which includes a […] The post Top 10 Victories for Life In 2025 appeared first on Americans United for Life .
The Abortion Amendment is at the top of agenda for legislators during the 2026 Virginia General Assembly. We need your voice during VA Pro-Life Day 2026 to talk to your representatives! Visit the VA Pro-Life website for all the details and register by January 6, 2026 to make your voice be heard! The post Join us In Richmond for VA PRO-LIFE DAY 2026 appeared first on Virginia Society for Human Life .
Originally published on June 28, 2022, this paper was updated on October 13, 2023, February 25, 2025, and December 18, 2025. OVERVIEW AND SUMMARY As of December 2025, 19 states had authorized some form of alternatives to abortion (A2A) funding for life-affirming Pregnancy Help Organizations (PHOs), which typically include pregnancy centers, adoption agencies, maternity […] The post Fact Sheet: State Alternatives to Abortion Funding appeared first on Lozier Institute .
What’s really happening to women and girls in China? In this episode, I sit down with Reggie Littlejohn, Yale-trained attorney and founder of Women’s Rights Without Frontiers, to expose what many experts call the greatest crime against women in the world. Women’s Rights Without Frontiers is a global coalition fighting to end forced abortion, gendercide, and sexual slavery in China. Reggie is widely recognized as an international expert on China’s One-Child Policy—now the Three-Child Policy. Reggie is also the founder and president of the Anti-Globalist Alliance, an international counterforce t
Monica Gatsi and Veronica Chawasemerwa, long-time HLI missionaries working in Zimbabwe, join us to discuss their mission to bring chastity education to youth in rural villages. Zimbabwe’s youth are increasingly targeted by well-funded Western organizations that offer humanitarian aid—such as textbooks, clean water, and food—while simultaneously promoting contraception, abortion, and anti-family ideologies. We discuss how… The post Protecting Africa’s Youth: The Hidden Cost of Western Aid in Zimbabwe appeared first on Human Life International .
Michael New interprets abortion estimates for the first half of 2025 and highlights growth in telehealth provision. He argues that public funding and access to abortion medication affect incidence and urges pro-life policymakers to address those factors.
This is Issue 36 of the American Reports Series. Originally published December 2025; updated January 2026 to address the January 6, 2026 decision from the Wyoming Supreme Court striking down Wyoming’s gestation-based abortion limit Introduction In post-Roe America, a legal divide exists between states that protect unborn children and their mothers and those that shield […] The post Abortion Law in America Today: Introduction and the Pro-Life States appeared first on Lozier Institute .
(Washington, D.C.): Joined by Republican Representatives Fitzpatrick, Mackenzie, Bresnahan and Lawler, the discharge petition for House Minority Leader Jeffries’s plan has met the 218-signature threshold, forcing a House floor vote. Jeffries’s plan for a “clean,” three-year extension of the premium ACA subsidies does not include any provision preventing healthcare spending on elective abortion, despite long-standing, bipartisan support from the public on Hyde protections for American tax dollars. John Mize, CEO of Americans […] The post Americans United for Life Warns Against ACA Extension Wit
Charitable volunteer Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, who was previously cleared in court and received a payout from police for being unjustly arrested twice for her silent prayers, has been criminally charged again Vaughan-Spruce will appear in court 29th January, supported by ADF International BIRMINGHAM (17 December 2025) – West Midlands Police and the Crown Prosecution Service have criminally charged Isabel Vaughan-Spruce because she “stood outside” an abortion facility, where “influence” is prohibited. The charitable volunteer has been under investigation since […] The post UK: Christian woman crim
Most observers of the abortion debate would likely agree that it is primarily a matter of ethics, a contest between the Hippocratic standard of respect for human life and various forms of humanistic pragmatism that allow abortion as a way to address personal and social problems. Resolving that debate has engaged philosophers of medicine, religious […] The post Quality and Integrity in the Great Abortion Data Debate appeared first on Lozier Institute .
CLI Summary This study screened women who had had abortions or pregnancy losses for complicated or prolonged grief. Over half the women who felt that their abortions were coerced were at the highest risk on the scale. Overall, nearly 40% of women who had an abortion or miscarriage reported that the worst of their negative […] The post Degrees of grief and complicated grief self-attributed to natural and induced pregnancy losses in a national population of 41–45-year-old females appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Human Coalition has spearheaded a new coalition letter from Christian leaders across denominations calling the Church to speak clearly and compassionately on the issue of abortion. The letter is addressed to pastors and faith leaders and centers on the Church’s responsibility to proclaim the full counsel of God, including the sacred value of human life in the […] The post Faith Leaders Issue Call for the Church to Speak on Life appeared first on Human Coalition .
Walking alongside clients through painful and complicated moments requires more than compassion—it reflects the grace Jesus modeled when He taught us to forgive not once, not twice, but seventy times seven. Save the Storks partners with clinics who continuously reflect this kind of love. They strive to open doors—and hearts—again and again, even when clients […] The post Choosing Life After Abortion: Tammy & Nick’s Story of Redemption appeared first on Save the Storks .
Across the country, there are thousands of medical professionals, hospitals, insurance agencies, businesses, and individuals who object to being involved in certain medical interventions that raise bioethical concerns, such as abortion or assisted suicide. Unfortunately, many feel pressure from the government, employers, or even patients to act against their consciences due to concerns of legal liability or professional sanctions. Since our country’s beginning, however, conscience rights, which defend […] The post The Right to Object: Conscience Protections in United States Law appeared first
O'Bannon discusses conflicting explanations for the absence of an expected federal abortion-surveillance report. He also describes longstanding gaps in state reporting and the additional difficulty of counting abortions associated with interstate medication provision.
Additionally co-authored by Francois K. Domagni, Daniel J. Tsang, and Christopher Craver Abstract Background: Research concerning the long-term health consequences of induced abortion is constrained by both the limitations in the availability of data necessary to construct complete reproductive histories, as well as the limitations in the analytical methods necessary to interpret them. Objective: This […] The post Patterns of Prior Induced Abortions and the Likelihood of Subsequent Natural Pregnancy Loss: Exploratory Application of Pregnancy Outcome Sequencing appeared first on Lozier Institut
First-of-its-kind study establishes methodology to explore the connection between abortion and pregnancy loss Washington D.C.—A new peer-reviewed study from the Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) introduces pregnancy outcome sequencing as a research framework by analyzing the number and order of all the pregnancy outcomes a woman experiences—live birth, abortion, or natural loss. The framework provides […] The post Groundbreaking CLI Framework Reveals How Pregnancy Outcome Patterns May Affect Women’s Health appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Right now, there are women standing on empty sidewalks outside an abortion facility, alone and overwhelmed. Their circumstances — poverty, violence, homelessness — prevent them from embracing the beautiful life growing in their wombs. These moms urgently need our help. Here’s what happens when Christ’s love is present on the sidewalk … A pregnant mother […] The post Will You Help Fill the Empty Sidewalks? first appeared on Sidewalk Advocates for Life .
Originally published in July 2022; updated in September 2023 and again in December 2025. Twenty-two states have one or more strong gestational limits on abortion that are either in effect or are enjoined while in litigation. Each of these states permits abortion in those rare and heartbreaking circumstances when it is necessary to save the […] The post Pro-Life Laws Protect Mom and Baby: Pregnant Women’s Lives are Protected in All States appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Critics of the pro-life movement often point to the foster care system and claim that we should not fight abortion when the foster care system is already full of children in need of parents. Here’s an example of that attack from Feminist News (a Facebook post with about 20,000 positive reactions): “I’ve never seen long […] The post What Does the Foster Care System Have to Do with Abortion? appeared first on Human Coalition .
Abortion advocates have misleadingly used the topic of “maternal health” to promote a pro-abortion agenda. Since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, the American public has been told repeatedly that abortion is often needed to protect the life of a pregnant woman in an emergency, and that without abortion, maternal mortality in the U.S. would […] The post Fact Sheet: Introduction to Maternal Mortality appeared first on Lozier Institute .
When you hear the word feminism, what comes to mind? This episode launches a multi-part series digging into the real history of feminism: what the early feminists actually believed, how modern feminism drifted, and the bioethical fallout in the realms of sex, contraception, abortion, and women’s place in society. In this powerful conversation, legal scholar, mother of seven, and one of the most compelling voices speaking into women’s rights Erika Bachiochi uncovers the forgotten roots of the early feminist movement. These women understood something our culture has lost: that equality is someth
Contributor: ATTWN Staff Key Takeaways: The federal government has cut off some funding from Planned Parenthood through Medicaid reimbursements and Title X funding, which has resulted in the closure of about 70 clinics nationwide. Alexis McGill Johnson, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, is unhappy with the government for taking away taxpayer dollars from her organization. “[The ... Read More
