Thomas M. Messner, J.D.

A former law clerk to Justice Anthony Kennedy argues that the doctrine of stare decisis should not stop the Supreme Court from reversing course on Roe v. Wade.

When it comes to the life-or-death choice of abortion, parents should not be able to discriminate against children based on a protected status such as race, sex, or Down syndrome.

Louisiana has won a major pro-life victory in federal appeals court. On September 26, 2018 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed a lower court ruling and upheld a Louisiana law requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of where they perpetrate abortions.

Last week a federal trial court in Hawaii ruled in favor of A Place for Women in Waipio, a local pregnancy help center operated by Calvary Chapel in Waipahu, Hawaii. The court ruled that the pregnancy center does not have to obey a Hawaii law that would have forced it to advertise for the abortion industry. The ruling is a direct result of the major pro-life victory in NIFLA v. Becerra...

The ruling shows that district courts should not use Hellerstedt as a rubber stamp for lawsuits filed by the abortion industry.

Today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that pregnancy help centers are likely to succeed in a challenge to a California law forcing them to advertise for abortion. The case isn’t over. It will go back to the trial court for additional fact finding and then a final ruling on the legal issues. But the ruling is a major legal victory for pregnancy help centers.

On May 29, 2018 the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari filed earlier this year by Planned Parenthood of Arkansas & Eastern Oklahoma.

Ohio HB 214 prohibits abortion where the abortionist knows that the mother is seeking the abortion, in whole or in part, because the baby was diagnosed with Down Syndrome, because a test result indicated Down Syndrome in the baby, or because of any other reason to believe the baby has Down Syndrome.

Earlier this year I joined attorneys Nikolas T. Nikas and Dorinda C. Bordlee as counsel on the amicus brief the Charlotte Lozier Institute submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court in the pregnancy care center case, NIFLA v. Becerra. Nik is co-founder, president and general counsel of Bioethics Defense Fund (BDF) and Dorinda is Vice President and Senior Counsel at BDF.