Although the Roe v. Wade decision has been under attack since the beginning, it has never been under greater pressure than now. This year 80 new restrictions have been placed, at state level, on how women can access abortions. In the past decade the most introduced in a single year had been 34. These restrictions, […]

UPDATE, 11:10a: I wanted to highlight a great talking point Ryan made in the interview we should all integrate and begin using: Michel Martin: Reverend Veazey’s point is that African-American women are more likely to have abortions because they’re less likely to have access to healthcare. What about his point? Ryan: Let’s actually make sure […]

The far left organization Netroots Nation held its annual conference last week in Minnesota, and one of the breakout panels was “Protecting reproductive rights in your state.” The entire 1+ hour discussion is interesting, linked above. It’s always helpful to see what the other side is thinking. For this post I want to focus on […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat At National Review, Kevin Burke writes about Aerosmith lead-singer and American Idol judge Steven Tyler’s (pictured below left) experience with abortion which was cited in the band’s autobiography: When Miss Holcomb and Tyler conceived a child, his longtime friend Ray Tabano convinced Tyler that abortion was the only […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Paul Pauker on Jonathon Alter’s advice column to pro-lifers: First, Alter admits the “best” available studies are from the Guttmacher Institute, a pro-abortion organization that was founded as a division of Planned Parenthood. No conflict of interest there. Second, Alter falsely assumes the 600k women a year who […]

Momentum was on their side when last October abortion proponents introduced legislation in the liberally toxic New York City Council to hamstring pregnancy care centers. Bill No. 371, which mimics ordinances passed in Baltimore and Austin, would force PCCs in NYC to post signage that they do not commit abortions or distribute contraceptives. It would […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat An article at NJ.com, which notes that three NJ Planned Parenthood affiliates may start doing abortions, provides more information about PP’s new policy that its affiliates must provide abortions: The national group wants 1 abortion site operating in each of its 85 regions or affiliates by the end […]

According to the latest figures from the US Census Bureau (August 2010), African-Americans comprise 12.9% of our population. But, according to the Guttmacher Institute, they have 37% of all abortions: Put another way, according to GI: This much is true: In the United States, the abortion rate for black women is almost five times that […]