Abortion

May You Rest in Peace, Dr. Nathanson

This past year has been one of personal loss for me. This past April our founder, Father Paul Marx, O.S.B., Ph.D., passed away in the odor of sanctity. Now we have lost another great pro-lifer—and personal friend of mine—Dr. Bernard Nathanson. I first met Dr.

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Act Now to Defund Planned Parenthood

Call the House switchboard, 202-224-3121 (the operator can tell you who your member is, if you don’t know). Tell your Congressman to support Amendment No. 11 to CR1 and defund Planned Parenthood. ACTION ITEM The Continuing Resolution (see explanation below) is being debated RIGHT NOW,

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What Would Ronald Reagan Do?

The Gipper would call for the passage of the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. The passage of time shrinks the reputation of some presidents (think here of Jimmy Carter, who just won’t go away) while it enlarges the reputation of others. No presidency in

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Steven Mosher To Speak At Students for Life Conference!

Steven Mosher will be speaking on Sunday, January 23rd, at the Students for Life of America National Conference in Bethesda, Maryland. Mr. Mosher’s presentation is entitled “How Abortion Affects Our Society and Environment” and will begin at 3:55pm. The conference, of which PRI is a

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Study Links Contraception and Abortion Rates in Spain

A 10-year study in Spain measuring the rates of both contraception use and abortions recently drew to a close. The results showed that as contraceptive rates rose by 60%, the abortion rate doubled. STUDY DESIGN: Since 1997, representative samples of Spanish women of childbearing potential

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New Study Links Abortion and Pre-Term Births

A study featured in the National Vital Statistics Reports, a publication of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, showed that, across all age groups, non-Hispanic black women experienced significantly more pre-term births than their white and Hispanic counterparts. In America, the abortion rate

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Planned Parenthood Wants to Abort Us into Prosperity

What do Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood and (soon-to-be) Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi have in common? They both believe—wrongly—that birth control saves the government money. It will come as no surprise to learn that Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards believes that government-funded

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As Elections Draw Near, PRI Releases Groundbreaking Video

As November 2nd approaches, the Population Research Institute has released a factual video about Obamacare, and how it affects abortion funding in the United States. The video is groundbreaking for a number of reasons. The video, entitled Obamacare: The Facts On Abortion, relies heavily on

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