The Scottish Greens have called for the decriminalisation of abortion in Scotland and support proposals allowing abortion up to birth, including removing legal grounds before 24 weeks and permitting approval by two healthcare professionals beyond 24 weeks based on medical, psychological, and social circumstances. On International Safe Abortion Day, the Edinburgh International Conference Centre was illuminated green in support of abortion rights, a move criticized by pro-life groups such as SPUC, who argue the proposals would leave unborn children without legal protection and call for the Scottish Government to reject these changes.
A group of over 175 Virginia pastors, mainly from Baptist and Presbyterian churches, have signed a letter urging voters to reject proposed constitutional amendments that would enshrine abortion access and same-sex marriage in the state constitution. The pastors argue that Amendment 1 would make abortion a fundamental right with limited exceptions and criticize chemical abortions for their risks, while opposing Amendment 2 for redefining marriage beyond a union between one man and one woman as outlined in Scripture.
Pro-life shareholders introduced a resolution at the FedEx annual meeting urging the company to investigate and potentially restrict the use of its services to ship abortion pills, citing legal and reputational risks. FedEx's board opposed the resolution, stating it would be an unnecessary expense with limited benefit, while pro-life advocates continue to push for enforcement of laws like the Comstock Act to stop the mailing of abortion drugs.
Debbie Fisher wrote a letter to Members of Parliament urging support for Bill C-218, which will be voted on October 7. She expressed concern that mental illness might lead individuals to request medical aid in dying and emphasized the need to help people with mental illness rather than assist them in dying.
Pro-Life Generation teams knocked on over 6,000 doors in Springfield, Missouri, held more than 150 pro-life conversations, and activated nearly 100 voters to support Amendment 3, which aims to repeal the pro-abortion provision approved in 2024 and allow abortion restrictions with specified exceptions. The deployment included students from Charles Page High School in Oklahoma and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, many of whom were first-time door knockers and gained confidence in advocating for preborn children.
Pro-Life Generation volunteers campaigned in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, against Proposition 1, which would establish a statutory right to abortion before fetal viability and potentially threaten parental-consent protections for minors. The team knocked on nearly 3,000 doors, held hundreds of conversations, distributed yard signs until they ran out, and engaged both first-time and experienced volunteers, including students from Gonzaga University.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced that unborn children are now considered candidates for foster care, allowing expectant parents access to federally-funded services to prepare for raising a child. This initiative, building on the Family First Prevention Services Act, aims to provide preventive services such as mental health and substance abuse treatment to stabilize families and reduce the need for foster care, with states reimbursed for these services regardless of income level. Alex J. Adams, Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families at HHS, stated that targeting services during pregnancy could prevent many infants from entering foster care, as about one in five children entering foster care is under the age of one. Dr. Stephanie Haridopolos emphasized that creating stable environments for children is essential for their long-term well-being and that this program supports unborn children and expectant parents before the baby arrives.
Former abortionist Dr. Haywood Robinson, who passed away from heart failure this summer, was honored recently on two episodes of The 40 Days for Life Podcast celebrating his legacy as a pro-life leader. 40 Days for Life teams worldwide held campaign kickoff events, including in Tucson, Arizona and Columbus, Georgia, where volunteers gathered for prayer and testimonies to support the pro-life cause. In Tucson, a woman who had considered abortion shared how choosing life saved her and her baby, inspiring the 130 attendees, while in Columbus, Georgia, volunteers packed the kickoff rally, which featured prayer, worship, and encouragement for the campaign ahead.
New Jersey passed a law banning prayer outside abortion centers, which is seen as an intimidation tactic against pro-lifers exercising their freedom of speech. The article also shares stories from various 40 Days for Life campaigns, including one from Danville, Illinois, and observations about Planned Parenthood's operations in Tallahassee, Florida.
Amanda Jablonski and Brandon Chancey, a Tennessee couple, traveled to Chicago to obtain a late abortion after learning their unborn daughter Daisy had anencephaly at 22 weeks because Tennessee law did not allow it without immediate risk to the mother's health. Tennessee law permits abortion only under specific health risk criteria, which the couple's doctors did not find met, and many women with anencephalic pregnancies carry to term with perinatal hospice support.
The Bible states that life begins at first breath, but scientific consensus disagrees with this claim. Even very pro-choice biologists acknowledge that human life begins at fertilization.
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office has allocated £254 million through the CHOICES programme to fund abortion and contraceptive services in developing countries including Afghanistan, Yemen, Sudan, Chad, and Malawi, with a projection to prevent 14 million births by 2028. Critics argue this funding prioritizes economic considerations over women's rights and maternal care, and they condemn the programme as eugenic and harmful, especially given domestic budget constraints and past concerns about UK aid supporting coerced abortions in other countries.
California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 2164, which would have prevented future governors from honoring extradition requests for abortion providers charged in other states, despite the bill passing both legislative chambers with significant support. Newsom previously refused to extradite Dr.
In the case Wabbington vs. Boyd in New Mexico, abortionists were held responsible for the wrongful death of a 26-week viable fetus, marking the first time an aborted baby's estate was involved in such legal proceedings.
Hannah Strege, known as the world’s first snowflake baby, was conceived as a frozen embryo from an IVF process and later adopted by parents struggling with infertility. She challenges the notion that embryos are property, advocating for the recognition of their humanity and criticizing IVF practices that treat embryos as excess or unwanted, emphasizing that she was never property but somebody's child.
Surrogates in the U.S. are paid between $45,000 and $75,000 to carry and birth children for others, which is close to the median individual income, but this compensation rarely ensures protection for the baby, surrogate, or transparency about complications.
A proposed constitutional amendment in Virginia, presented as protecting reproductive freedom, would establish abortion as a fundamental right and could invalidate existing parental consent laws and third-trimester abortion restrictions. The amendment's broad language may also raise concerns about its impact on religious liberty and pro-life speech, while limiting the state's ability to regulate late-term abortions based on a physician's judgment of physical or mental health.
Rich interviews Savannah Marten, Executive Director at Bella Vita Network, about the legal challenges faced by pro-life ministries and how to engage in effective, compassionate conversations about the value of human life. The episode provides listeners with tools to communicate truth clearly and with genuine care.
Taiwan officials arrested a Chinese national and two Taiwanese individuals for operating an illegal surrogacy ring that sold 25 children to 22 men, all of whom were either single or involved in same-sex partnerships, using Thai surrogates who traveled from Malaysia to Taiwan to give birth. The surrogacy network allowed clients to pay extra to choose the sex of their baby, resulting in 84% of the newborns being boys, and the ring leaders have been charged with violating Taiwan's Assisted Reproductive Technology Act, which outlaws surrogacy.
More than 3,000 pro-life advocates gathered in Vilnius, Lithuania, on September 26 for the country's second March for Life, featuring personal testimonies, speeches, and musical performances that emphasized the dignity of every human life, especially unborn children. Church leaders and international speakers highlighted the importance of practical support for families, the role of fathers, and the need for a culture of life grounded in faith and community support amid ongoing political debates over reproductive legislation in Lithuania.
The Alabama Supreme Court's 2024 IVF decision extended personhood to human embryos for the purpose of a 'Wrongful Death of a Minor' lawsuit, bringing IVF, surrogacy, and infertility issues to the forefront of national discussion. As political parties positioned themselves as 'pro-parent, pro-IVF,' many evangelicals began to reconsider their views on these topics, questioning the assumption that IVF is inherently pro-life because it creates life.
Multiple 911 calls from Planned Parenthood of Orange, California, reveal that staff often withheld detailed information from emergency operators when patients experienced complications from abortions, including heavy bleeding and loss of consciousness. The recordings show delays in ambulance dispatch and evasive responses from Planned Parenthood employees, with a manager admitting that paramedics had been called to the center many times before for similar emergencies.
International Safe Abortion Day is celebrated globally on September 28 with marches and green-themed events, but some women who died from legal abortions are not remembered in these celebrations. The article lists several women who died following abortion procedures at licensed clinics, challenging the narrative that legal abortion is always safe.
A lively infant boy observed during a church visit exemplified the joy and innocence that babies bring into the world. The article calls for spreading awareness about the value of choosing life and condemns abortion as an act that robs families of joy.
Anastasia Rogers was arrested and prosecuted under California’s Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act for posting a 13-second video outside a San Francisco Planned Parenthood, but after a year-long legal battle and a mistrial, all charges against her were dropped. Life Legal attorneys Allison Aranda, Katie Short, and trial counsel Mike Millen defended Anastasia throughout the case, which ended with the court dropping all charges against her on Wednesday.
Governor Gavin Newsom signed five bills expanding abortion access and protections in California, including allowing non-physicians to perform abortions past the first trimester, funding abortions for veterans, providing abortion pills on community college campuses, and increasing legal shields for abortion providers. He vetoed one bill that would have barred future governors from refusing extradition requests related to abortion and gender cases, citing the protection of executive power rather than a change in policy stance.
In 2020, a 26-week-old viable fetus was aborted at Curtis Boyd's Southwestern Women's Options clinic in Albuquerque, New Mexico, leading to a wrongful death lawsuit settled for $200,000, marking the first time an abortionist was sued for wrongful death of a baby in the state. The lawsuit argued the mother, who was on methamphetamine, could not give valid informed consent, and New Mexico law recognizes viable unborn babies as persons under the Wrongful Death Act, despite the state's permissive abortion laws.
Three women, Elizabeth Gillette, Haile McAnally, and Jessica Williams, shared their experiences of severe complications and regret after taking the abortion pill mifepristone, urging for renewed in-person dispensing requirements to ensure safety and informed consent. They emphasized the need for safeguards against coercion, transparency about the risks, and awareness of abortion pill reversal options, with Dr.
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, after losing federal Medicaid funding and closing five health centers, has expanded into offering cosmetic services like Botox and dermal fillers at reduced prices in four California clinics. Despite the Medicaid block expiring and federal reimbursements resuming, the affiliate continues to grow its aesthetics business while having cut prenatal care and primary care services, drawing scrutiny from lawmakers and the IRS regarding its nonprofit status.
