by LauraLoo In commemoration of the 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade: This first video contains audio excerpts from the actual 1973 Supreme Court hearing on the monumental Roe v. Wade case: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81NrWq3p5Ag&feature=channel_video_title[/youtube] Next, the three-part story of Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” of Roe v. Wade: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQzdMv6nW4o[/youtube]

Anyone else feel like it really is a tide that is turning these days? The American College of Nurse Midwives issued a statement in support of working towards quality, competent care for trans and gender non-conforming people. Woo-hoo! ~ Radical Doula Miriam Zoila Pérez, January 17, excited over a recent statement issued by ACNM that […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat

• NBC/Wall Street Journal has a new poll out on abortion and Roe v. Wade. The poll results again show that large swaths of the population (41%) in this poll don’t know anything about Roe v. Wade, and when the pollsters give an inaccurate description (“first three month” baloney) of Roe’s results, the majority are opposed to overturning it. 31% claimed they thought abortion should always be legal which seems high. Imagine this follow-up: “So you think it should be legal to have an abortion in the 8th month of pregnancy?”The poll’s options seem to favor the pro-choice side as the pro-choice options are “always legal” or “legal most of the time” while the pro-life options are “illegal without exceptions” and “illegal with rape/incest/mother’s life exceptions.” There is a rather large gap and many plausible positions between legal “most of the time” and illegal except for exceptions.

by Susie Allen, host of the blog, Pro-Life in TN, and Kelli

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• Fr. Frank Pavone publishes an open letter to President Obama on Inauguration Day, protesting Obama’s “unwillingness to recognize [preborn children’s] equal dignity” and his “unrelenting attack on religious freedom and on the institution of marriage.”
• Kansans for Life has more information on plans to reopen George Tiller’s infamous abortion clinic in Wichita.

by Hans Johnson This pro-life documentary, scheduled for release this summer, will include footage shot at the 2013 March For Life: [youtube]http://youtu.be/0djVEGv4s00[/youtube] Email dailyvid@jillstanek.com with your video suggestions.

On this, the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Time magazine’s perspective is that legalized abortion is on a losing path. And I haven’t found anyone on the other side who disagrees. Quick example, NARAL’s email heading this morning:

What makes abortion proponents think this gloom and doom, despite their hard-fought presidential victory?

In a nutshell: federalism, the growing pile of state anti-abortion laws….

The complexity… the mathematical models of how these things are done are beyond human comprehension. Even though I’m a mathematician, I look at this with a marvel of, “how do these instruction sets not make these mistakes as they build what is us?” It’s a mystery, it’s magic, it’s divinity…. ~ Alexander Tsiaras, in his […]

UPDATE 1/21, 6:30p: Don’t forget to include paying your respects at a memorial to victims of abortion tomorrow in your activities.

1/16, 11:53a: Pro-life Action League has compiled a list of 263 memorial sites across the country that are dedicated to victims of abortion. These include 24 grave sites.

PLAL is calling on pro-lifers to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the infamous and tragic Roe v. Wade decision by visiting one of these memorial sites on January 22.

PLAL’s endeavor is called “Blessed Are They Who Mourn.”

I would add that bringing flowers to lay at the site would be another fitting tribute.