On March 4, the court hears oral arguments in June Medical Services v. Russo, a challenge to a Louisiana law, passed in 2014, that requires abortion providers to have “active admitting privileges” at a hospital within 30 miles of the abortion facility.
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Appeals court upholds Trump administration’s Title X ‘Protect Life Rule’
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, by a 7-4 vote has upheld the Trump administration’s “Protect Life Rule” which enforces the Title X rule banning taxpayer funds for abortion and or abortion as family planning.
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Democrats diverge on outreach to pro-life swing voters
Klobuchar has underscored her abortion-rights support, and she’s signed onto legislation that would limit states’ efforts to constrain abortion access, such as the multiple state-level anti-abortion laws that passed last year.
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Sasse bill is about providing care for abortion survivors, say supporters
The bill would protect newborns who survive abortions by requiring appropriate care and admission to a hospital.
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Trump’s California funding threat over abortion puts nuns in unexpected spot
In a Jan. 24 notice, the administration threatened to cut off federal health care funding if California didn’t comply with a law known as the Weldon Amendment.
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Remains of aborted babies laid to rest in Indiana cemetery
Records found with the remains indicated the abortions had taken place in South Bend, Fort Wayne and Gary, so Indiana Attorney General Curtis T. Hill Jr. took possession of them.
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Pro-lifers urged to build stronger relationships with African Americans
Purvis emphasized that relationship-building is fundamental since the pro-life movement deals with heavy-hitting topics.
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Will pro-life Democratic voters be courted in the 2020 primary? So far, it’s not likely.
Pro-life Democrats “probably” support “90 percent of the policies that our party stands for, but we can’t continue to support a party that gets more and more extreme on abortion and ignores human rights in the womb.”
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Trump: a ‘profound honor’ to be the first president to attend March for Life
President Donald Trump called it his “profound honor” on Friday to be the first president to attend the March for Life.
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Four pro-life philosophers make the case against abortion
There is something contradictory in a society that claims to be protective of the vulnerable but shows a callous indifference to the fate of human beings before the moment of birth.