Iowa Heartbeat Bill: The Exceptions Speak for Themselves, by Sarah St. Onge Last month Ben Shapiro shared a video clip showing a mother speaking passionately about the value of her son’s life. Her words were well received by most pro-life believers. But her passion was evidently not enough to persuade Iowa lawmakers, and the […]
South Carolina, Eugenic Abortion, and the Ugly Side of Pro-Life Politics Last month, South Carolina’s legislature passed and the Governor signed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, banning late-term abortions beginning at 20 weeks post-fertilization (or 22 weeks LMP) on the basis that unborn children experience pain and that the State has “a compelling state […]
In 2010, I continued a pregnancy after my unborn child was diagnosed with a “lethal birth defect.” During my pregnancy with Beatrix, {full story told here} I was repeatedly pressured by medical professionals to “terminate.” Because of the lack of support during my pregnancy, I have dedicated the last five years to supporting families faced […]
Petulant or Vigilant? The Battle For No Exceptions – By Jim Sable A new year of battling abortion begins, which means another year of fearless pro-life people fervently working to stop abortion has ended. You could call any year that passes without stopping abortion an unsuccessful year, but there were many successes in 2015, particularly: […]
American Thinker published an article by Elise Cooper. Her title, The Rape Exception, got attention. The message was that Republicans should leave the exceptions in laws. It is this thinking that has brought us abortion on demand. I will take this apart paragraph by paragraph. Elise’s first assertion, in paragraph 1, is that rape conception […]
Last week the South Carolina House voted to prohibit abortion after 20 weeks post-conception based on the strong likelihood of pain on the part of the unborn child. The law was passed without rape, incest, or fetal anomaly restrictions- a monumental achievement given the status of our current “pro-life” belief system in this country. There is […]
Restored Colonial One-Room Schoolhouse One of the ways anyone can educate the public and those in positions of power is to write a letter exposing the facts, mingling them with real people’s stories and putting out very specific actions that you want the educated to take. This can take many forms. A letter to the editor […]
In 2010 my unborn daughter was diagnosed with a lethal birth anomaly. We continued our pregnancy, much to the consternation of our physicians, and she lived for almost two hours after birth. As the mother of a child who was diagnosed in the womb with a life limiting condition, I take a keen interest in abortion […]