by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat The Center for Reproductive Rights has asked for a rehearing of Texas’ ultrasound law in front of the entire 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Abortions will resume at a Planned Parenthood in Columbia, Missouri now that the clinic has found a new abortionist. An Australian abortion clinic will […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat A panel of three judges on the Fifth District Court of Appeals has overturned a restraining order which prevented Texas’ sonogram law from fully taking effect. The law required an abortionist to show women considering an abortion their ultrasound and describe it. U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks had […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat The Illinois Supreme Court will take up IL’s parental notification law which has been in limbo since 1995. Slate’s William Saletan (a pro-choicer who favors some abortion restrictions) describes his debate with UK abortion proponent Ann Furediregarding limits on late-term abortion and while his conclusion (cognition, interaction and […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Presidential candidate Herman Cain further clarifies his position on abortion during an interview with CBN’s David Brody: Brody: Are you for some sort of pro-life amendment to the Constitution that in essence would trump Roe v. Wade? Cain: Yes. Yes I feel that strongly about it. If we […]

In a lovely feature story about Americans United for Life’s CEO Charmaine Yoest, the Christian Science Monitor on August 13 also included some gems of encouragement for pro-lifers… So far this year, AUL and other like-minded groups have caught their adversaries flat-footed; some 22 states have enacted a record 86 new measures in 2011…. Just […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Politico covers James O’Keefe’s most recent project in which actors posing as Russian drug dealers attempt to get Medicaid benefits: When the men disclose they need an abortion for their underage sister who performs “sexual favors” for clients when closing deals, the state employee refers them to Planned […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat While the Center for Reproductive Rights doesn’t want to challenge 20-week fetal pain measures, they’ve already challenged Texas’ ultrasound law. TX Gov. Rick Perry spoke at a pro-life rally in Los Angeles over the weekend. The goal of the rally was to raise funds for a pro-life women’s […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat An audit of abortion complications performed in South Australia found that RU-486 abortions are less safe than surgical abortions: The “audit” of nearly 7000 abortions performed… in 2009 and last year found that 3.3% of women who used mifepristone in the first trimester of pregnancy – when most […]