Britain’s Missing Girls
|A new report out of the United Kingdom reveals that illegal, sex-selective abortions have potentially reduced the female population of the UK by between 1,500 to 4,700 girls.
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Supreme Court Will Review Abortion Drug Cases
|Today the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review two cases where the government is trying to force Christian-owned businesses to provide health care coverage that includes abortion-inducing drugs.
Twenty-Week Bans Raise Issue of Disability Discrimination Abortion
|This paper examines how laws limiting abortion after twenty weeks can have the effect of prohibiting disability discrimination in the womb.
Father Documents Premature Son’s Amazing Progress on Film
|Take a moment to watch this fascinating video taken by a father documenting the first year of life of his son, who was born 3.5 months premature, and his incredible progress. Photographer Benjamin Scot Miller captured the dramatic first year of his son Ward’s life on camera- including Ward’s first 107 days spent in the neonatal intensive […]
Abolition of China’s Population Control Policy Becoming Area of Consensus
|Last week the Chinese government announced that a series of changes would be made in China’s social policy. The reported reforms include the abolition of the much-criticized forced labor camps used for prisoners as well as the relaxation of China’s infamous one-child policy.
Suspension of Telemed Abortion Ban Puts Iowa Women at Risk
|Last week an Iowa district court agreed to temporarily suspend the ban on tele-med abortions, allowing abortion mega-provider Planned Parenthood to continue to distribute abortion inducing drugs while the organization challenges the ban on the practice in court.
Anniversaries and Obamacare
|Today is the one-year anniversary of the big surgery: 78-pound, five-foot-tall “M’, 87 years old and a feisty New York native, was operated on for tongue cancer. The surgery meant removal of half her tongue followed by its reconstruction using the long muscle of her forearm. It included removing all the lower teeth on one side and […]
New Help for Adoption in Ohio
|By Mike Gonidakis Ohio Right to Life recently initiated major adoption legislation in the Ohio House of Representatives. When this legislation passes, the choice for life will be much more accessible to Ohioans, and the adoption process will be accelerated and safeguarded in myriad ways.
Full Disclosure: Blurry or Broken Language and the Beginning of Human Life
|In response to questions about the very beginning of human life that frequently surface in the media – often in the context of policy issues like contraceptives vs. abortifacients – this primer offers a scientific explanation of when human life begins.
Court Lets Texas Abortion Regulation Take Effect: Three Things You Need to Know
|Yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an order that allows a recently enacted Texas abortion regulation to take effect. The case is called Planned Parenthood v. Abbott and it was filed by several Planned Parenthood entities and similar organizations. Here are three things you need to know about the case.