“Gotcha” Video & Pro-Life Bill Released Together
The bill to criminalize sex-selective abortion may be doomed but passage isn’t the point.
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Is Pro-Life Cause Célèbre Chen Guangcheng Actually Pro-Life?
Anti-abortion news and opinion websites have taken to calling Chinese dissident Guangcheng Chen “pro-life,” which is fundamentally misleading. Chen is not opposed to abortion, per se, he’s opposed to forced abortion.
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A New Goal for Anti-Choice Activists: Targeting “Sex-Selective” Abortion
This spring, workers at Planned Parenthood began to notice a flurry of visits from women asking very pointedly if they could use the women’s health organization’s services to abort a child based on gender. What’s the aim of these hoax visits? Support for PRENDA, the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, a bill currently making its way through Congress.
Read MoreOklahoma Supreme Court Unanimously Blocks Personhood Ballot Initiative *UPDATED*
But activists believe the question is far from settled.
Read MoreLessons from the Defeat of the Oklahoma Personhood Bill
A power struggle between personhood lobby and the Republican leadership?
Read MoreUPDATED: Oklahoma Personhood Bill Not Dead…
…is Personhood?
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Martin Luther King: Libertarian and Anti-Abortion Social Conservative
King’s fundamentally religious message of the requirements of justice have been confused, or perhaps deliberately distorted, by those who want to claim his support for their cause.
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Lila Rose Targets Planned Parenthood with Lies
Not everyone on the religious right believes that Lila Rose is acting out God’s will, let alone laying down her life. After all, Lila Rose lies in order to get the footage she seeks.
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Damned if You Do, Damned if You Don’t: The Problem of the Rape Exception
The number of those who believe that rape survivors should have to carry a pregnancy to term is rising, though scrutiny of the position reveals it to be cruel and extremist.
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Women Have Abortions Whatever Their Religion
A new study shows that no matter how strongly a woman’s pastor may rail, a woman will make up her own mind when her pregnancy goes awry or is unplanned. So here’s the common ground: make sure she has the best medical care.
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