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Zach Lahn and Rob Sand clash over data center tax breaks, school choice, abortion and gun background checks in Iowa's open governor race.
Read →Three Texas Tech roommates reveal how abortion rights, oil and gas policy, and cost of living shape their votes in the Paxton-Talarico race.
Read →Republican Tom Tiffany pointed to a 20-week abortion limit while Democrat David Crowley declined to name a gestational cutoff in their debate.
Read →James Talarico faced a Christian voter at a CNN town hall who questioned his faith over past comments calling God "non-binary" and citing the Bible.
Read →Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang allegedly abused surrogate-born children while running an unlicensed California surrogacy agency from their home.
Read →Rob Sand regularly attended Plymouth Congregational United Church of Christ, which has hosted drag queen concerts and invited a transgender pastor.
Read →Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America has knocked on over 172,000 doors in Iowa, saying voters are shocked by the Democratic Party's abortion stance.
Read →Willy Rice says pastors must "step up" on abortion, marriage, gender identity and immigration, arguing these political issues are deeply theological.
Read →A coalition of 128 Republican lawmakers is urging the HHS Inspector General to review Planned Parenthood's federal funding for potential fraud or abuse.
Read →The Restoration of America Foundation (ROAF) released a report urging the Trump administration to enforce the 1873 Comstock Act to stop mail-order abortion pills, which they claim are being shipped into red states without in-person exams due to blue state shield laws and FDA policy changes. ROAF estimates that mail-order abortion drugs were responsible for over 300,000 abortions in 2025 and calls on the Department of Justice to withdraw the Biden administration's legal opinion that exempts mailing these drugs from the Comstock Act, arguing that enforcement would effectively ban mailing abortion drugs nationwide.
Read →Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill, along with Alabama and Arkansas attorneys general, filed two lawsuits targeting abortion pill providers and challenging blue-state shield laws that block prosecution of these providers, with a Supreme Court case against New York, California, and Massachusetts and a separate lawsuit in Louisiana against over 30 individuals and organizations. The complaints allege illegal distribution of abortion pills into states banning abortions, highlight refusal by governors of New York and California to extradite indicted doctors, and describe investigations revealing unsupervised online prescriptions and cases of coerced abortion pill use, while also seeking more federal action and challenging FDA rules on mifepristone dispensing.
Read →Republican Congressman Byron Donalds is criticizing his Democratic opponent David Jolly for changing his political positions and party affiliation, highlighting Jolly's shifts on abortion, immigration, and offshore drilling since his 2016 congressional race. Donalds also points to Jolly's lobbying activities related to offshore drilling after the Deepwater Horizon spill and accuses him of avoiding debates while leading in recent polls.
Read →Students for Life of America (SFLA) has filed a notice of intent to sue the FDA for allegedly failing to conduct required environmental testing of the abortion drug mifepristone, claiming this violates the Endangered Species Act due to potential risks to waterways and wildlife. The group cites studies suggesting anti-progesterone activity in water samples and argues the FDA did not consult wildlife protection agencies before approving the drug in 2000, with SFLA President Kristan Hawkins stating the FDA has 60 days to respond before a lawsuit is filed.
Read →Hassan-James Abbas, an Ohio surgical resident, was sentenced to six months in prison for forcibly administering abortion pills to his pregnant girlfriend, Jona Affholder, who subsequently lost the baby after going to the hospital. Pro-life leader Marjorie Dannenfelser criticized the light sentence and current U.S. laws that allow abortion medications to be prescribed via telehealth, highlighting the need for stronger legal consequences and more active prosecution in cases of forced abortion. Abbas obtained the abortion drugs using his estranged wife's identification and forced Affholder to ingest them despite her intention to keep the pregnancy, leading to felony charges including unlawfully distributing abortion-inducing drugs and identity fraud, to which he pleaded no contest. Dannenfelser and Senator Bernie Moreno called for greater accountability from political figures and the Department of Justice, while noting a lack of public response from pro-choice advocates and Planned Parenthood regarding the case.
Read →Haile McAnally, a Nebraska resident and former Democrat, experienced severe hemorrhaging after taking abortion pills prescribed by medical professionals, which led to a hospital blood transfusion and motivated her to become pro-life. She now advocates for restricting access to mail-order abortion pills and is working with Susan B.
Read →The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in the case of surrogate mother McKenna West, who refused to have an abortion and sought custody of the child diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.
Read →Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed faced criticism for referring to a pregnant woman as 'an adult' or 'juvenile human' during a town hall at Western Michigan University while discussing abortion access. Conservative commentators and political opponents accused him of using dehumanizing language and avoiding the word 'woman' in his explanation, with some comparing his response unfavorably to that of Kamala Harris.
Read →Ohio doctor Hassan Abbas was sentenced for identity fraud after prosecutors said he used his estranged wife’s information to obtain abortion pills by mail and force-fed them to his girlfriend against her will, causing her to hemorrhage after she escaped to a hospital. Senator Bernie Moreno attributes this incident to a 2023 Biden-era FDA policy allowing mifepristone to be prescribed via telehealth and mailed, and he is urging the Department of Justice to intervene and reinstate in-person dispensing requirements amid ongoing legal challenges to the policy.
Read →Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America commissioned a study that found messages highlighting North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Roy Cooper's abortion record, especially his support for federal abortion legislation and veto of a 12-week abortion ban, shifted voter support toward Republican Michael Whatley.
Read →McKenna West, a surrogate who refused to abort a baby diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, has filed an updated brief with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking an administrative stay to prevent the baby from being moved out of Texas.
Read →Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, faces opposition from some Muslim voters at the Islamic Society of North America's annual conference due to his positions on abortion and LGBTQ rights. Despite these disagreements, some attendees expressed their intention to support him to improve their community's representation, comparing him to a 'male version' of Ilhan Omar. The conference took place in Detroit over Labor Day weekend, where El-Sayed delivered the marquee speech amid controversy over his past remarks, and some Muslim voters criticized the Republican Party and former President Trump on issues like foreign wars and the cost of living.
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