by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat A law regulating the use of RU-486 which passed in Ohio in 2004 has been ruled constitutional by a federal judge: The law bar[red] use of the drug, RU-486, unless… administered in compliance with Federal Drug Administration rules. The drug could not be prescribed more than 7 weeks […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat A Democratic legislator in Iowa has drafted a proposal to keep abortionist LeRoy Carhart out of Council Bluffs but still allow post-20 week abortions. Why am I not surprised? After the dust over Kermit Gosnell and his deplorable clinic has settled, pro-choicers like Morgan Zalot have stopped lamenting […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Democratic state legislators in Florida got into a heated argument after one of them (Daphne Campbell) backed a pro-life bill: Deeply religious and opposed to abortion, Campbell clashed with her colleagues over the abortion bill. [Rep. Scott] Randolph had had enough. And the two exchanged words — possibly […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Politico notes that John Boehner seems to be putting a large emphasis on defunding Planned Parenthood: But all signs are that Speaker John Boehner is making the PP funding cutoff a higher priority in the negotiations than the 9 House-passed riders that defund all or part of the […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Democratic leaders say the Republicans’ proposed one-week Continuing Resolution will be rejected because of the prohibition to DC abortion funding and the budget cuts. Here’s a new one: “Diseased goo” is how Darrell Dawsey describes human embryos with genetic diseases who were recently killed at the University of […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat SD Gov. Dennis Daugaard has signed a bill to require women seeking abortions to wait 72 hours and get counseling at a pregnancy center. The law takes effect July 1. The ACLU and Planned Parenthood in SD plan to file a lawsuit against the law. The DE House […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat The New York City Council has passed legislation (by a vote of 39-9) requiring pregnancy resource centers to disclose that they don’t perform abortions: Opponents cited a federal judge’s ruling in Maryland that struck down a similar bill in Baltimore as proof that this type of legislation violates […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Elementary students at a Catholic school in southern IL raised $800 for a local pregnancy network. The 3rd-graders raised the most so they got to lead a Walk for Life. Ross Douthat points out that abortion fits perfectly in one op-ed writers criteria for a moral evil that […]