After 18 years of court challenges and political wrangling, a law requiring parental notification for abortions by girls 17 and under is going to go into effect. The Illinois Supreme Court rejected an ACLU appeal against the Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995 which has already been upheld by a federal court.
“We find that, while a minor clearly has an expectation of privacy in her medical information, which includes the fact of her pregnancy, the intrusion on the minor’s privacy occasioned by the Act is not unreasonable,” Justice Anne Burke wrote for the majority. The vote was unanimous and bipartisan. Continue reading →
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker has signed a law that would require any woman seeking an abortion to have an ultrasound of the baby before the procedure and for all doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a local hospital. Continue reading →
An Alabama law that requires abortion doctors in the state to have staff privileges at a local hospital is being challenged in court by the pro-abortion group Planned Parenthood and the ACLU.
The pro-abortion activists say the law is unfair because a few abortion clinics will have to close because of the law to increase safety for women who choose to engage in killing their babies via abortion. Continue reading →
Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman Matt Birk refused to visit the White House because of President Obama’s words to the abortion provider Planned Parenthood.
Birk, a devout Catholic and staunch pro-life supporters, said that after President Obama said “God bless Planned Parenthood” he had to decline the opportunity to be honored at the White House for the Super Bowl victory. Continue reading →
The latest video from a pro-life undercover investigation of abortion clinics in the U.S. has an Arizona clinic admitting they kill babies.
The doctor with Family Planning Medical Associates Group in Phoenix told a 24-week pregnant woman that they “induce a demise – an intrauterine demise – um, death” in a video released by Live Action. The video is the third in a series of six undercover investigations. The previous two videos, one in New York and one in Washington, D.C., included a woman that said they would place a baby inside a jar of toxic substances to make sure it died.
In the Arizona video, the doctor warns the investigator not to visit an emergency room if there is a problem.
“No, call us first,” the doctor said. “If you showed up in an average emergency room with an emergency room physicians who’s not a gynecologist, probably has never seen or done a termination, they will treat you as though you are somebody with a desire pregnancy.”
That means the emergency room staff would try to save the baby’s life.
Live Action is releasing the videos to show that the murders at the West Philadelphia clinic described in the trial of Dr. Kermit Gosnell are not exceptions to the rule as claimed by pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood.
President Barack Obama vowed Friday to join Planned Parenthood in fighting against what he said are efforts by states to turn women’s health back to the 1950s, before the Supreme Court legalized abortion nationwide, and singled out the GOP-governed states of North Dakota and Mississippi for criticism. Continue reading →
A Delaware abortion clinic is facing tough questions after a series of emergency calls and accusations of former staffers.
Planned Parenthood of Delaware is facing accusations of two former nurses who quit and told a local TV station that women at the clinic may have been placed at risk for hepatitis or AIDS. Continue reading →
A 24-year-old woman died from injuries she received getting an abortion at a Chicago Planned Parenthood Clinic.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Tonya Reaves death was caused by hemorrhage and ruled an “accident” by the Cook County Medical Examiner. The abortion was listed as a contributing factor in the death. Continue reading →
