Brigitte Stegemann, an 83-year-old Christian woman in Ontario, Canada, was allegedly killed by medically assisted suicide (MAID) without her consent, despite explicitly declining the procedure due to her faith. Her family has filed a complaint with the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario, alleging failures in statutory safeguards, patient consent protocols, and that the euthanasia was carried out while her legal power of attorney was away on vacation.
Mayday Health is a New York-based organization formed by three politically connected individuals to promote abortion pills in states where abortion is banned, funded by millions from leftist nonprofits and prominent liberal donors including George Soros. Tax documents reveal that Mayday received substantial funding through entities like the Hopewell Fund, the Ford Foundation, and donor-advised charities linked to abortion advocacy, while engaging in public stunts and campaigns to instruct women on defying pro-life state laws.
Andorran Prime Minister Xavier Espot has vowed to decriminalize abortion by April 2027 regardless of the Holy See's approval, with legislation requiring the signature of either the President of France or the Bishop of Urgell. Despite ongoing discussions with the Holy See, which opposes abortion, the government aims to pass the law before the upcoming parliamentary elections, though the specific parameters of the proposal have not yet been published.
Brigitte Stegemann, an 83-year-old woman, was euthanized under Canada's assisted dying system, as reported by Imogen Garfinkel in the Daily Mail. Her family is now challenging Canada's euthanasia laws following her death. Alex Schadenberg, Executive Director of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition, referenced articles about Brigitte Stegemann's case and his family's experience with Medical Assistance in Dying in July and September publications.
Cases where women were coerced or forced to take abortion pills by their partners, including incidents in Wisconsin and Louisiana, highlighting the ease of obtaining abortion pills online without proper safeguards. It also reports on a federal lawsuit against the FDA and an OB-GYN's test showing that online abortion pill providers do not verify identities or medical conditions, allowing potentially dangerous situations for women to occur.
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey is proposing to expand a state-backed home-visiting program to include every newborn family in the state, allowing healthcare providers to make assessments and offer support within days or weeks after birth. Critics express concerns that this mandatory visitation could represent government overreach and lead to investigations of parents based on their beliefs, while Healey has also supported legislation legalizing abortion up to birth and defended the state's removal of a Catholic couple's daughter over disputes related to gender identity counseling.
Approximately 2,200 pro-life advocates gathered in Zurich's Oerlikon district for the annual March for Life on September 19, 2026, where masked counterprotesters attempted to disrupt the event but were dispersed by police using water cannons. Organizers criticized Zurich city officials for restricting the march to the outskirts despite allowing other demonstrations in the city center, and have launched legal proceedings and a petition to challenge this policy and demand equal access.
Sixty Central Texans, including Baylor students and long-time pro-life activists, protested James Talarico's U.S. Senate campaign rally at Baylor University on September 16, opposing his support for full abortion access and his use of the Bible to justify his stance.
Brigitte Stegemann, an 83-year-old Christian grandmother in Ontario, Canada, was euthanized through Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) despite her family's claims that she did not consent and opposed the procedure due to her faith. Her granddaughter alleges that Stegemann was covered in blood during the procedure, which involved multiple needle attempts, and that the care home and practitioners proceeded without explicit consent or proper communication with the family.
Dovie, a disabled man with nemaline myopathy, passionately opposed New York's new assisted suicide bill and shared his experience of nearly dying when his ventilator hose became disconnected. On May 18, 2025, after a similar incident where help was delayed, Dovie fell into a coma and died 16 months later at the age of 35. Dovie's article against assisted suicide was published by UnHerd and reprinted in The Free Press, and he sought to provide instructions for ventilator emergencies to help others before his death on September 11, 2026.
“Even when not motivated by a selfish refusal to be burdened with the life of someone who is suffering, euthanasia must be called a false mercy, and indeed a disturbing ‘perversion’ of mercy. True ‘compassion’ leads to sharing another’s pain; it does not kill the person whose suffering we cannot bear.” ― Pope St.
Bishop Robert Boxie, a new auxiliary bishop of Washington, DC, donated to pro-LGBT candidate Amanda Edwards and to ActBlue, a fundraising platform for Democrats, despite her platform supporting abortion rights and LGBTQ protections contrary to Catholic teachings. Boxie and Edwards share a history as Harvard Law graduates and former colleagues at Vinson & Elkins law firm, and Boxie identified himself as a Catholic priest when making these political contributions.
The South Korean government announced plans to permit the use of abortion pills for women up to nine weeks pregnant by early 2027, with prescriptions and dispensing handled by physicians for the first two years. Christian groups in South Korea, including the Catholic Bishops’ Conference and the United Christian Churches, have strongly condemned this decision, emphasizing the abortion pill's lethal effect on unborn children and calling for social support systems for women in crisis pregnancies instead.
In Italy, 10 doctors are under criminal investigation for refusing to assist actress Sibilla Barbieri in dying by assisted suicide, despite the procedure not being officially legal in the country and Barbieri ultimately dying by assisted suicide in Switzerland in October 2023. The investigation continues after prosecutors sought to drop the case, but a judge ruled that evidence must be presented on December 16 following a complaint from Barbieri's family alleging denial of a constitutional right.
Hassan-James Abbas, a former surgical resident, was sentenced to six months in jail and two years probation after he fraudulently obtained abortion pills and forced them on his pregnant girlfriend, resulting in the death of her baby. Abbas pleaded no contest to multiple charges including unlawful distribution of an abortion-inducing drug, while charges of abduction and tampering with evidence were dismissed under a plea agreement.
The FDA has delayed safety reviews of the abortion drug mifepristone for 26 years and recently argued in court that pro-life states like Louisiana lack standing to sue over its chemical abortion regulations. Louisiana is challenging the FDA's 2021 decision to allow mifepristone to be mailed, which weakened safety protocols and has led to illegal abortions in pro-life states, but the FDA and the drug manufacturer argue that Louisiana must first petition the FDA and that such petitions would not necessarily fail, despite past delays and lack of response from the agency.
Democrats need to gain four Senate seats in the November 2026 midterms to have the votes required to eliminate the filibuster and codify abortion into permanent federal law. Pro-life groups are focusing on increasing voter turnout in key states, as the outcome of ten competitive Senate races will determine control of Congress and the future of abortion legislation.
Pro-life Pennsylvanians gathered at the Pennsylvania State Capitol for the sixth annual Pennsylvania March for Life, with former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum headlining the 11 a.m.
About 60 pro-life advocates protested outside Baylor University against Senate candidate James Talarico's support for unrestricted abortion and his claim that Scripture endorses it, while Talarico held a campaign rally inside the university limited to students, faculty, and staff. The protest, organized by Pro-Life Waco and supported by Baylor students and Republican groups, faced restrictions on location but received strong public support and media attention, with critics disputing Talarico's interpretation of the Bible regarding abortion.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that 26% of Obamacare plans nationwide paid for abortions not limited to cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother, covering an estimated 4.4 million people, with most such plans in California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, and Minnesota. Arkansas, however, passed Act 72 in 2013, which prevents taxpayer funds from being used to pay for elective abortions under Obamacare, resulting in no Obamacare plans in Arkansas covering elective abortions.
The New Yorker published an essay by Apoorva Tadepalli that describes pregnancy tests as drawing a misleading binary between pregnant and not pregnant, suggesting a woman can be 'a little bit pregnant' based on implantation rather than fertilization.
Planned Parenthood continued to bill Medicaid in Texas after being banned in 2015 due to undercover footage showing officials negotiating the sale of aborted baby body parts. A federal appeals court recently rejected Planned Parenthood's appeal, sending the case back to a Texas federal court where the organization must defend approximately 144,411 Medicaid claims worth about $17 million, potentially leading to damages approaching $1.8 billion under the False Claims Act.
In September 2026, the Netherlands reported its first euthanasia case of a child aged one to twelve under recently revised laws, where a nearly two-year-old child with severe disabilities was euthanized after being deemed to suffer profoundly and hopelessly. Two days later, the British House of Commons voted down a bill to legalize assisted dying, highlighting contrasting approaches to euthanasia and assisted suicide in Europe and raising concerns about the moral implications of such laws, especially regarding consent and the intrinsic dignity of human life.
The rare but documented phenomenon of maternal infanticide across human societies and some animal species, highlighting that it often occurs due to environmental constraints such as scarcity of resources or lack of support for raising multiple children. It explains that humans, as cooperative breeders, rely on help from others to raise children, and when such support is insufficient, maternal commitment to an infant may be contingent, leading to instances of abandonment or infanticide as a form of balancing reproductive investment.
The University of Illinois Chicago's School of Law has approved Planned Parenthood of Illinois as a qualified employer for its federal work study program, allowing law students to earn wages working at the abortion provider. Additionally, UIC's School of Nursing runs fellowships that train clinicians to perform abortions, funded in part by a $2 million grant from the Illinois Department of Public Health, with these programs supported by state legislation influenced by a student referendum organized by Planned Parenthood's campus chapter.
Two men in Spain have been arrested and charged with four counts of murder, including the death of a pregnant woman and her preborn baby, following a gang-related shooting in Andalucia that also killed the woman's elderly mother and a teenage bystander. The shooting was reportedly retaliation for a 2024 narco-related incident, and authorities conducted multiple raids resulting in several arrests and the recovery of weapons and cash.
In Hawaii, the use of abortion pills has tripled over the last decade, now accounting for three out of every four abortions, while surgical abortions have declined to their lowest number in 10 years. The increase in chemical abortions is partly attributed to the availability of mail-order abortion pills and limited physical abortion facilities, with concerns raised about the higher risk of adverse events associated with the abortion pill compared to surgical abortions and other medications like acetaminophen.
The South Korean government announced plans to legalize and regulate the abortion pill Mifegymiso by March 2027, initially prescribing it in hospitals and later expanding distribution to pharmacies. The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea expressed strong opposition, warning that the measure institutionalizes abortion and calls for the government to choose a path that protects life while supporting women.
The 2024 Republican platform removed its longstanding promise to end abortion by constitutional amendment, replacing it with language that leaves abortion law up to the states. Senator Josh Hawley and over thirty pastors have launched the Declaration for Life, calling for a congressional ban on the abortion drug mifepristone, supported by seven Republican senators co-sponsoring related legislation.
