Virginia Democrats Kill Proposed ‘Pain-Capable’ 15-Week Abortion Ban
A bill led by Virginia Republicans that would have banned abortions after 15-weeks of pregnancy failed on Wednesday evening.
A bill led by Virginia Republicans that would have banned abortions after 15-weeks of pregnancy failed on Wednesday evening.
Under the bill, doctors who perform or assist with an abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy would face a felony charge.
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley called for “protecting every child’s right to life” nationwide, while arguing “there’s no life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness without the right to life.”
President Trump announced during the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast he will be signing an executive order ensuring babies who survive abortion receive the medical care they need.
House Democrats blocked a Republican amendment that would have saved infants who survive abortion from infanticide.
The chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities has condemned the Senate’s failure to ban the killing of newborn babies who survive abortion.
The Senate failed Tuesday to garner the 60 votes required to pass two pieces of legislation that would protect babies – born and unborn.
A video shows Alabama Democrat Sen. Doug Jones calling a query into his anticipated vote on a late-term abortion ban a “stupid question.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to schedule consecutive votes this month on two pieces of pro-life legislation.
Archbishop Joseph Naumann told pro-life leaders gathered in Louisville last week that they are part of the “most important human rights effort of our time and our age.”
President Donald Trump called upon Congress to pass legislation that would prohibit late-term abortion past the time when science has shown an unborn baby can feel pain.
The judge said that enforcement of the statute “will result in a substantial burden on women seeking abortions in Kentucky.”
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has filed an amendment to a Senate appropriations package that would defund Planned Parenthood.
Republican Rep. Lou Barletta from Pennsylvania received a critical endorsement from the National Right to Life Committee as he seeks to unseat incumbent U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, Jr. – who claims to be “pro-life” but has consistently voted with the abortion industry.
The National Right to Life and the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation endorsed Rep. Lou Barletta (R-PA) for the U.S. Senate on Monday.
Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, says that Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) is “cooperating in evil” and persisting in “manifest grave sin” because of his abortion advocacy and must therefore “not be admitted to Holy Communion until he repents of his sin.”
Mississippi is poised to become the state with the earliest abortion ban at 15 weeks gestation.
A bill that would prohibit most abortions after 15 weeks of gestation has passed a Mississippi state House committee and is now headed to the full House for consideration.
In a scathing rebuke to U.S. senators, many of whom profess to be Christian, Evangelical pastor Franklin Graham has condemned the shameful failure to pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Children Protection Act, calling it a vote “against human rights, the right to be born.”
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan blasted the Senate’s failure to pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, calling the vote a rejection of “common sense.”
A group of clergy joined together to “bless” and declare “holy” a new abortion clinic that performs third trimester abortions and is run by notorious abortionist LeRoy Carhart.
Pro-life leaders say the failure of the Senate to pass a bill that would ban abortion past the 20th week – or fifth month – of pregnancy shows indifference to the will of most Americans.
The Senate is scheduled to take an initial vote next week on a measure that would prohibit abortions in the United States past the twentieth week – or fifth month – of pregnancy.
National pro-life leaders gathering Friday for the 45th annual March for Life in the nation’s capital are praising President Donald Trump and his administration for being “100 percent true” to his campaign promises.
The president of the March for Life organization says pro-life activists know choosing life is not always easy for a woman facing an unintended pregnancy.
Pennsylvania Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf says he will veto a measure that would ban abortions in which an unborn baby is torn limb from limb prior to removal from the uterus.
National pro-life leaders are expressing gratitude this Thanksgiving for President Donald Trump, a man who many say is now the “most pro-life president in modern history.”
One year after his election to the presidency, national pro-life leaders are praising Donald Trump for his clarity and leadership in protecting unborn babies and their mothers from abortion.
A healthcare policy analyst warns Republicans that the “bipartisan” healthcare deal engineered by Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Patty Murray (D-WA) represents the “second largest expansion of federal abortion funding, behind only Obamacare itself.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says a bill passed by the House that would ban most abortions in the country past the fifth month of pregnancy will get a vote in the Senate and is supported by “virtually all” GOP senators.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, discussed the House’s passing of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and pro-life issues in general with Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Wednesday.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) spoke with Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Wednesday regarding the House of Representatives passing the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and Democrat’s renewed call for more gun control legislation after the Las Vegas tragedy.
The Arizona Republican who introduced the legislation – now passed by the House – to prohibit abortions after the fifth month of pregnancy, is urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to call for a straight up-or-down vote on the bill.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act—which now goes to the Senate–and President Donald Trump promises to sign the bill if it reaches his desk.
The Trump administration “strongly supports” a bill that would ban most abortions in the country past the fifth month of pregnancy, says a Statement of Administration Policy from the White House.
Alabama Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Doug Jones says he is a “right-to-lifer” once a baby is born, but – before then – he supports abortion up until the day of birth.
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) joined Reps. Diane Black (R-TN), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Vicki Hartzler (R-MO), and Chris Smith (R-NJ) to announce a vote on the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36), a measure that would ban abortion past the fifth month of pregnancy.
Former North Carolina Rep. Renée Ellmers, who lost her re-election bid in 2016, has reportedly been named to the post of Regional Director for Region 4 for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Atlanta, Georgia.
Gov. Matt Bevin is calling out state Attorney General Andy Beshear for refusing to defend Kentucky’s new law that prohibits abortions past the fifth month of pregnancy.
Poll results have found that a majority of voters support the legislation known as the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, a measure that would restrict abortions past the fifth month of pregnancy.