by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat In the UK, the mother of girl who was impregnated at 14 by an older man warned other mothers: It was bad enough to find out what had happened but even worse to find out she was pregnant. It was a nightmare to see my daughter go through […]

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 […]

“We’ve come a long way in women’s health over the last few decades, but we are in a war,” [Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen] Sebelius said at a NARAL Pro-Choice America luncheon [and Obama fundraiser] attended by about 300 people…. Outside the event, a dozen anti-abortion protesters silently held large grisly signs depicting aborted […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Here’s an article in the China Post about the rising trend in Taiwan for married couples to abort their first child. Taiwan’s total fertility rate in 2010 was 0.895. A ballot proposal to legalize abortion in Liechtenstein failed: Opponents won the referendum with a majority of 514 votes, […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat In an incredibly superficial post on Planned Parenthood’s services, Washington Post blogger Ezra Klein notes he thinks PP’s services are needed because supporting poor people’s children is costly: It’s somewhat cold to put it in these terms, but taxpayers end up bearing a lot of the expense for […]

The House GOP exerted momentous efforts to support the sanctity of human life this week. First came the vote to repeal Obamacare, which passed 245-189. (Read LifeNews.com for Senate strategy.) Then yesterday came the 3rd and 4th bills I recently identified as coming down the pike, and not in a mealy way. The No Tax-Payer […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat A judge has upheld AK’s parental notification law while stripping the law of its teeth: Superior Court Judge John Suddock wrote in his decision Monday evening that physicians should not go to jail for failing to comply with the new law, which requires doctors to notify a parent […]

by JivinJ, host of the blog, JivinJehoshaphat Overheard at the Abortioneers’ blog: I see patients who are sad after their abortion just as often as I see patients who are elated they aren’t pregnant anymore. At the Acton Institute, Michael Miller discusses a piece in the Weekly Standard by Jonathan Last entitled, “America’s One Child […]