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It has become common in the three years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade for prolifers to describe the Dobbs decision as a milestone in a longer journey, and in that same time frame it has become clear that we need a better roadmap. The prolife movement spent decades of work and... The post The Debate Over Whether Life Matters appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →Twenty-one states have joined Louisiana’s lawsuit against the federal government challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) relaxation of abortion pill rules, in defiance of the Trump administration’s call for the matter to be indefinitely postponed. Continue Reading at LifeSiteNews >> The post 21 states back Louisiana’s lawsuit against FDA abortion pill rules appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Read →Why do we still march for life? The Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States on January 22, 1973, was overturned by the Supreme Court in its Dobbs v. Jackson ruling on June 24, 2022. It’s over. Is there a need to march in Washington and on the capitol steps of every state now that Roe is gone? The answer is yes, and yes, and so much more! Millions of […] The post Why We Still March for Life appeared first on Human Coalition .
Read →This is Issue 40 of the American Reports Series. After Roe v. Wade[1] was overturned in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization,[2] abortion advocates increased their efforts to impose abortion on pro-life states through heavily funded ballot initiatives,[3] the courts,[4] and interstate shipments of abortion-inducing drugs.[5] Lawsuits challenging gestation-based abortion limits[6] claim that the laws […] The post Abortion Law in America Today: Pro-life Responses to Pro-abortion Challenges appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Read →Since 2023, a Colorado law has banned medical providers and organizations in the state from offering women abortion pill reversal, which reverses the effects of dangerous chemical abortion drugs if women change their minds after taking them. Now a federal judge has ruled that the law was unco... The post Judge Rejects Colorado’s Abortion Pill Reversal Ban appeared first on The Human Life Review .
Read →Hawkins argues that some abortion-abolition approaches can undermine incremental protections that save unborn lives. She defends a strategy of pursuing the strongest achievable protections while continuing to seek broader legal protection for unborn children.
Read →Reproductive rights advocates reacted with anger and indignance upon hearing the February 16, 2024, Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created through in vitro fertilization are children.1 They rightly understood that a law’s affirmation that preborn babies are human children could not only change the IVF practices of US fertility clinics but might also lead […] The post The Immorality of Creating Children through IVF appeared first on Celebrate Life Magazine .
Read →Triller Harms critiques abortion-abolition proposals that emphasize criminal punishment for women who obtain abortions. Writing from a pro-life perspective, she argues that justice should account for coercion, vulnerability and the movement’s responsibility to offer mercy and practical support.
Read →Courts, constitutional amendments, and shield laws have chipped away at protections for unborn children in pro-life states Washington D.C.—A new Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) paper analyzes how abortion advocates—through court rulings, constitutional amendments, and shield laws—effectively removed any meaningful limits on abortion in some formerly pro-life states. The paper explores the legal landscape in […] The post From Pro-Life to Abortion Up to Birth: The Impact of Abortion Amendments appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Read →(Washington, D.C.): Earlier today, the Department of Justice under the Trump Administration requested a federal court to pause the case in Louisiana v. FDA and deny the client immediate relief pending the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review of the abortion pill, mifepristone. There is no public evidence that this review is actively being conducted. Sarah Zagorski, Senior Director of Public Relations & Communications for Americans United for Life […] The post Trump DOJ Asks for Delay in Essential Abortion Pill Case, Pending FDA Review with No Deadline appeared first on Americans United fo
Read →If you’ve followed the news over the past few years, you’ve heard about Roe v. Wade and Dobbs v. Jackson. These two Supreme Court cases have shaped everything about abortion law in America. But where did they come from, and what actually prompted these decisions? Let’s break down the story behind each case, and why it matters to protect life today. Where Did Roe v. Wade Come From? Back in 1969, […] The post From Roe to Dobbs: The Supreme Court Cases That Shaped the Fight for Life appeared first on Human Coalition .
Read →A controversial abortion case reaches the Supreme Court, and men in black robes impose their religious views on the country. Counter to the justices’ expectation, a diverse movement rises up in protest... The post The Theology of Roe appeared first on First Things .
Read →Williams argues historically that Roe v. Wade was not an unavoidable consequence of twentieth-century political liberalism. He traces competing liberal, religious and legal arguments about abortion to show that the coalition supporting legalized abortion developed contingently.
Read →Andersen examines an IVF embryo mix-up as evidence of legal and ethical problems created by separating conception, gestation and parenthood. She argues that reproductive technology policy should take the identity and interests of embryos and resulting children more seriously.
Read →Freedom of religion is on the ropes in increasingly authoritarian Canada — despite a specific charter guarantee of “freedom of religion and conscience.” Indeed, an Ontario court ruled previously that doctors can be coerced under threat of professional discipline to perform lethal jabs or abortions against their religious beliefs and conscience objections. Why? The court ruled that the unenumerated right of patients to receive any legal procedure paid for by the government superseded the specific charter protection. If doctors don’t want to kill, the court also ruled, they can either provide an
Read →For immediate release CONTACT: Communications Director, comms@ohiolife.org Columbus, Ohio – In a move illustrating the way activist judges attempt to write… The post Ohio Right to Life Applauds Court of Appeals Decision appeared first on Ohio Right to Life .
Read →(Washington, D.C.): Earlier this week, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled in a 4-1 decision that abortion is protected healthcare for “competent adults” under the state constitution, arguing “[t]he State did not meet its burden of demonstrating the Abortion Laws further the compelling interest of protecting unborn life without unduly infringing upon the woman’s fundamental right […] The post Wyoming Supreme Court Strikes Down Pro-Life Protections in Flawed Decision appeared first on Americans United for Life .
Read →Pro-life states have no way to stop mail-order abortion pills from flooding their borders. After Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2022, many states immediately moved to protect preborn children from abortion even in the earliest stages of pregnancy. In fact, about half of U.S. states protect children from either the moment of conception or when their heartbeat can be detected […] The post I Ordered Abortion Pills Online in a Pro-Life State. You’ll Be Shocked How Easy It Was. appeared first on Human Coalition .
Read →Attorney General Todd Rokita and his legal team today celebrated a major victory for life after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit unanimously affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the Satanic Temple challenging Indiana’s landmark 2022 pro-life law. The federal appeals court ruled that the Satanic Temple lacked standing to [...]
Read →January 5, 2026 New Jersey’s Abortion Surge Reflects a Failure of Leadership and a Tragic Loss of Human Lives By Marie Tasy, Executive Director, New Jersey Right to Life A recent article in the New Jersey Monitor reported that abortions performed in New Jersey rose steadily after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. Planned Parenthood […]
Read →An Ohio woman force-fed abortion pills by her ex-boyfriend cannot sue him for wrongful death of her child and other damages unless she surrenders her anonymity, a judge has ruled. Continue Reading at Life Site News >> The post Judge orders victim of forced abortion to reveal identity or drop lawsuit against ex-boyfriend appeared first on Lozier Institute .
Read →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 .
Read →Not Dead Yet is proud to join Sean Curran and five other organizational plaintiffs (Delaware ADAPT, Freedom Center for Independent Living, United Spinal Association, National Council on Independent Living, Institute for Patients’ Rights) in a lawsuit against health agencies in Delaware and their use of the End of Life Options Act (EOLOA). Not Dead Yet […]
Read →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 .
Read →Residency requirement to remain in New Jersey’s assisted suicide law, judge rules
Read →The U.S. Supreme Court is now considering First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin, a case that could dramatically strengthen constitutional protections for pro-life pregnancy centers nationwide. California Family Council (CFC) and our allies have warned for years that abortion-friendly officials may weaponize regulatory tools to intimidate ministries offering life-affirming help to women. This case […] The post Pregnancy Centers Back at SCOTUS: New Case Could Protect PRCs Nationwide first appeared on California Family Council .
Read →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 .
Read →A skeptical Supreme Court weighs the latest salvo in a years-long political vendetta
Read →For decades, Big Abortion and extremist politicians have attacked pregnancy centers in futile attempts to chill their life-affirming work. These efforts culminated in the 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra, which struck down a California law that forced pregnancy centers to engage in objectionable speech. The court ruled that this violated the First Amendment right to freedom of speech. Continue Reading at The Daily Caller >> The post Pregnancy Centers And Life-Affirming Care Vs Political Harassment appeared first on Lozier Institute
Read →Here are Two important developments from the federal courts regarding pregnancy resource centers. On Monday, December 1st, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled in favor of pregnancy centers in the federal abortion pill reversal case — a significant victory for free speech and for the women these centers serve. Below […]
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