WaPo Blog Misleads on Planned Parenthood Defunding
With Donald Trump's election and an incoming GOP congressional majority, Planned Parenthood's annual federal funding of over $500 million appears to be in jeopardy. It isn't surprising that the group...
View ArticleThe New York Times Gives Pro-life Democrats a Forum
The results of the 2016 presidential election have spurred some soul-searching among many in the Democratic party. Some analysts are even encouraging Democrats to rethink their position on abortion. On...
View ArticleDemocrats Out of Step with Popular Opinion on Abortion
Controversy is brewing among Democrats about their party’s official stance on abortion and "reproductive rights." Last week, Vermont senator Bernie Sanders -- who has never officially been a Democrat...
View ArticleMedia Overreacts to Trump’s Pro-Life Appointments
Last month, President Donald Trump appointed two well-known pro-life activists to important positions in the Department of Health and Human Services. Charmaine Yoest, who served as president and CEO of...
View ArticleMainstream Media Overreacts to Expanded Mexico City Policy
Earlier this week, the Trump administration released an executive order expanding the Mexico City policy. This policy, first enacted by President Reagan in 1984, prevents overseas government...
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Most Pro-Life Laws are Based on Sound Science
Last month, the Guttmacher Institute released a policy analysis claiming that many state pro-life laws have no scientific basis. The analysis considers various categories of state-level pro-life laws...
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Teen Contraception Programs Are Counterproductive
The pro-life movement receives a significant amount of criticism from pundits and commentators for not being more supportive of contraception and sex-education programs. Most pro-lifers respond by...
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Casey at 25: Pro-Life Progress Despite a Judicial Setback
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. This case involved the constitutionality of several provisions in Pennsylvania’s Abortion Control Act...
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The New England Journal of Medicine Misses the Mark Again
Last month, The New England Journal of Medicine published an editorial by R. Alta Charo, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin. In the editorial, Charo sharply criticizes Department of Health...
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New Polls Show Party Polarization on Abortion
Last month, Gallup released its annual poll on abortion attitudes in the United States, showing that 46 percent of Americans identify as “pro-life and 49 percent identify as “pro-choice.” In the 1990s...
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New York Times Misses the Story on the HHS Contraception Mandate
Last Monday, the New York Times published a story criticizing the efforts of Trump-administration appointees Katy Talento and Matthew Bowman, who are working to undo the Health and Human Services...
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There Is No Teen-Pregnancy Epidemic in Texas
Since Texas removed Planned Parenthood's state funding in 2011, the mainstream media have been on a constant search for evidence of a resulting public-health crisis. A new study by Analisa Packham, an...
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Pro-Life Laws Do Not Lead to Poor Public Health
This week, the Center for Reproductive Rights (CRR) and IBIS Reproductive Health released a study on pro-life laws and public-health outcomes. It purports to show that the states most active in...
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Texas Women Are Not Facing a Health-Care Crisis
Since Texas defunded Planned Parenthood in 2011 there has been an endless parade of studies arguing that the Lone Star State is facing a public-health crisis. The latest such study emerged last week,...
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Teen-Pregnancy Prevention Programs Are Largely Ineffective
This summer, the mainstream media have lobbed a considerable amount of criticism at the Trump administration for cutting funding to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) Program. This program began...
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New York Times Article Misses the Story on Teen-Pregnancy Decline
Last month, the New York Times “The Upshot” blog ran a piece by Aaron Carroll, a professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine. With this piece, Carroll became the latest in a long...
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'Telemed' Abortions Pose Health Risks
The number of abortion facilities in the United States has been declining, and many midwestern and southern states have few abortion clinics left. In response, supporters of legal abortion have...
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Guttmacher Study Ignores Fine Print on Decline in Teen Pregnancy
Last week, the Guttmacher Institute released a comprehensive analysis of teen-pregnancy rates. It contains detailed historical data on teen pregnancies, teen births, and teen abortions. It also...
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Rauner Becomes First Governor to Begin Taxpayer Funding of Abortion
On Thursday, the Republican governor of Illinois, Bruce Rauner, signed the controversial House Bill 40 into law. HB 40 contains language that will ensure abortion remains legal in Illinois if Roe v....
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Trump’s Contraception Order Is Based on Sound Science
The Trump administration’s decision to respect the conscience rights of employers who do not wish to include contraceptives or abortion-inducing drugs in their insurance plans has generated a firestorm...
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No, Trump-Administration Policies Won’t Increase the Abortion Rate
Last month, two analysts from the think tank Third Way published an opinion piece in U.S. News and World Report claiming that new Trump-administration policies would cause a surge in the abortion rate....
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Facebook Shouldn’t Censor Pro-Life News Outlets
This month, the New York Times ran an op-ed by Rossalyn Warren entitled “Facebook Is Ignoring Anti-Abortion Fake News.” In the piece, Warren expresses displeasure over the fact that articles from...
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U.S. Abortion Data from 2014 Show Pro-Life Progress
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released U.S. abortion data for the year 2014, indicating that the U.S. abortion-rate decline, which began in the early 1980s, continues at a steady...
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Study Shows Hormonal Contraception Increases Breast-Cancer Risk
Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study finding that hormonal contraceptives increase the risk of breast cancer. It is among the first studies to specifically analyze the...
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Democratic Presidents Are Not Responsible for Declines in Abortion Rate
As a greater number of Americans have become pro-life over time, political analysts have realized that successful Democratic candidates need to win the support of some pro-life voters -- especially in...
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New Data Confirm Pro-Life Concerns about Obamacare
In 2009 and 2010, Beltway pro-life groups received a great deal of criticism for their strong opposition to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Pro-lifers argued that some provisions of the ACA could...
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CDC Report Shows Reductions in Teen Sexual Activity
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released a report showing a significant decline in teen sexual activity between 2005 and 2015. The report obtained data on the sexual conduct of teens...
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Americans Support DOJ Investigation of Planned Parenthood
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice announced that it would launch an investigation into Planned Parenthood’s involvement in illegally profiting from the transfer of fetal tissue from aborted...
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Two Important Pro-Life Goals for 2018
Just one short year ago, there was a considerable sense of doubt among some in the pro-life movement. Although there was palpable relief that Hillary Clinton was not elected president in November 2016,...
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Washington Post Highlights Pro-Life Millennials
Earlier this week, the Washington Post blog “The Fix” featured an article by Eugene Scott highlighting gains in pro-life sentiment among young adults. Scott cites a January 2017 Quinnipiac poll, which...
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