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Missouri strongly supports pro-life heartbeat bill, survey finds

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The pro-life heartbeat bill signed by Gov. Mike Parson has strong support from Missouri voters, a new poll from St. Louis University and YouGov found. The survey, which included questions about a ...

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Eighty members of Congress call out Biden administration’s violation of abortion conscience laws

A coalition of 21 senators and 63 members of the U.S. House have signed a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra saying the ...

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Court says Christian doctors can refuse to perform abortion, gender transition

A federal judge ruled this week that the Biden administration cannot force Christian doctors and religious hospitals to perform abortions or gender transition procedures under Obamacare. The case involves a portion of ...

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Democrat Joe Manchin casts deciding vote to save Hyde Amendment

The prolife Hyde Amendment has survived by a single vote. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia joined with all Republican senators to pass an amendment prohibiting federal dollars from being used ...

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Law professor doubts Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade this term

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A law professor believe the U.S. Supreme Court is divided by thirds into conservatives, liberals and moderates. “I think the most conservative members are Justice Thomas and next Justice Gorsuch, and close ...

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Democrats vote to eliminate pro-life Hyde Amendment

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House Democrats voted this week to eliminate the Hyde Amendment, fulfilling the fears of pro-life voters across the nation. The longstanding legislative provision for decades ensured U.S. taxpayer dollars don’t go to ...

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Pregnant Wichita woman killed by fleeing ‘robber’ – but miracle baby survives

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A pregnant Wichita mother was tragically killed in a car accident on July 6, but doctors were able to save her preborn baby boy. Samantha Russell, 22, was at an intersection in Wichita, ...

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Kate Mulgrew, Star Trek’s groundbreaking first female captain, chose life

This year marked the 20th anniversary of the airing of Star Trek: Voyager’s final episode, ending the run of a beloved Star Trek re-imagining.  It featured the franchise’s first female leader, Captain ...

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Activists hang ‘God Bless Abortions’ banner on Christ of the Ozarks statue

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Pro-abortion activists last week hung a banner reading “God Bless Abortions” from the Christ of the Ozarks statue in Eureka Springs, Ark. Indecline, an activist art collective started in 2001, draped the ...

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Pro-life sanctuary city movement picking up steam across the nation

More than 30 cities have become “sanctuary cities” by passing local ordinances banning abortion In 2019, the small East Texas city of Waskom became the first in the country become a pro-life ...

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Missouri Right to Life disappointed with continued funding of Planned Parenthood

Pro-life leaders in Missouri expressed their disappointment on Wednesday after a special session ended with the state continuing funding Planned Parenthood. Lawmakers were called into a special legislative session last week by ...

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Power grab: Democrats introduce bill to override state pro-life laws

Congressional Democrats last week introduced a bill that would override state restrictions on third-trimester abortions. The Women’s Health Protection Act would allow abortion all the way up until birth and has been ...

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Catholic bishops meet to discuss denying Biden communion

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will meet his week to discuss whether President Biden will be allowed to receive communion while promoting abortion until birth and forcing colleges to allow biological ...

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Federal Court blocks Missouri law that banned aborting babies with Down syndrome

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A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday blocked Missouri from banning abortions of children with Down syndrome. A three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis heard ...

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Hallmark Channel, other outlets refuse to run pro-life ad

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The Hallmark Channel is among several entertainment outlets that are refusing to air a pro-life ad from the Susan B. Anthony List. The advertisement is part of the group’s $2 million campaign ...

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Claire McCaskill: Republicans want ‘a rape victim put in prison’

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Claire McCaskill may no longer be Missouri’s U.S. Senator but it hasn’t stopped her from attacking Republicans. She typically tweets her obscenities, such as this week when she tweeted “Eff them!” to ...

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Supreme Court agrees to hear historic Mississippi challenge to Roe v Wade

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Prolife groups are applauding an announcement that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case involving a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The justices, in a 17-word ...

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Voters declare Lubbock, Texas, a sanctuary city for the unborn

A number of liberal cities have identified themselves as sanctuaries for illegal immigrants. Now a Texas city had declared itself a sanctuary city for the unborn. In a referendum Saturday, a supermajority ...

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Transplanting scalps of aborted babies onto rodents raises ethical concerns

A new video has exposed a disturbing experiment in which scientists were taking the scalps of aborted babies at 20 weeks and implanting them onto rodents. The videos and photos show the ...

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Pelosi Archbishop criticizes politicians for ‘moral evil’ of abortion

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may find it more difficult to receive communion when she returns home to San Francisco. Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, whose diocese encompasses her district, released a 17-page pastoral letter on ...

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Abortions after heartbeat detected banned by new Oklahoma law

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New laws in Oklahoma will prohibit abortions if a heartbeat is detected in the baby and suspend the medical licenses of doctors who perform an abortion. Republican Gov. Kevin Still signed the ...

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Kansas City archbishop leads debate on pro-abortion Catholic politicians

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Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City is taking the lead as U.S. Catholic bishops debate their stance on Catholic politicians such as President Joe Biden who publicly support abortion. During their next ...

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Pro-life Democrats rally to protect Hyde Amendment

Pro-life Democrats rallied on Capitol Hill on Sunday to protest other Democrats’ threats to ditch the Hyde Amendment which bans the use of tax dollars to fund overseas abortion. Democrats for Life ...

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Declining sperm counts and the coming ‘Year Omega’

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In the 1992 dystopian novel, The Children of Men, P. D. James tells the story of a world where no child has been born in 26 years. It’s a world without hope or ...

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Pro-life Missourians rally for Midwest March for Life

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Hundreds of Missourians gathered in Jefferson City on Wednesday for the Midwest March for Life. Jeanne Mancini, president of the national March for Life, said it was among the group’s first marches ...

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