Some fifty years ago, in his groundbreaking study, Twilight of Authority, sociologist Robert Nisbet observed a disturbing trend in American culture. As respect for authority had declined among the population, he wrote, members of that population became increasingly willing to accept and even applaud an increasingly
The Tennessee House and Senate on June 19th passed a sweeping pro-life bill which bans abortion from the moment a heartbeat can be detected via ultrasound. The bill (HB 2263) was originally introduced in the Tennessee House of Representatives earlier this year as a bill
The Government of India is set to introduce a bill in the national Parliament that would legalize abortion up to birth for unborn children with “substantial foetal abnormalities.” The bill would also change the legal limit for abortion from 20 weeks to 24 weeks for
On the heels of the most successful March for Life in recent memory, pro-lifers were in a celebratory mood. After all, for the first time in history, a sitting American president had addressed the assembled throng. His presence spoke even louder than his words, and
With the new year already in full swing, state legislatures across the country are now reconvening. And in many state capitals, pro-life bills are already on the legislative docket. Last year saw a flurry of states, including Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Ohio, pass pro-life
A growing number of states are passing legislation aimed specifically at challenging Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 decision that legalized abortion in all fifty states. With two new conservative justices having been added to the Supreme Court under President Donald Trump, pro-lifers
A new law passed by the New York State legislature last Tuesday would keep abortion legal up to the point of birth should the U.S. Supreme Court overturn its Roe v. Wade decision. Euphemistically titled the Reproductive Health Act (RHA), the bill codifies Roe v.
Two score and five years ago, seven Supreme Court justices, in a brazen act of judicial activism, read into the Constitution an invented right to abortion on demand. In Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, the Court wiped away laws protecting the right to
A federal district court judge has ruled that a series of Indiana laws banning sex-selective abortion and other discriminatory forms of abortion are unconstitutional. Last Friday, Southern District Court of Indiana Judge Tanya Walton Pratt placed a permanent injunction on several pro-life state laws. Pratt’s
Forty-four years after the tragic Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion in every state through all nine months of pregnancy, Roe v. Wade remains as controversial as ever. More than any other Supreme Court decision of the 20th century, the controversy surrounding Roe has not
Some fifty years ago, in his groundbreaking study, Twilight of Authority, sociologist Robert Nisbet observed a disturbing trend in American culture. As respect for authority had
The Tennessee House and Senate on June 19th passed a sweeping pro-life bill which bans abortion from the moment a heartbeat can be detected via
The Government of India is set to introduce a bill in the national Parliament that would legalize abortion up to birth for unborn children with
On the heels of the most successful March for Life in recent memory, pro-lifers were in a celebratory mood. After all, for the first time
With the new year already in full swing, state legislatures across the country are now reconvening. And in many state capitals, pro-life bills are already
A growing number of states are passing legislation aimed specifically at challenging Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 decision that legalized abortion in
A new law passed by the New York State legislature last Tuesday would keep abortion legal up to the point of birth should the U.S.
Two score and five years ago, seven Supreme Court justices, in a brazen act of judicial activism, read into the Constitution an invented right to
A federal district court judge has ruled that a series of Indiana laws banning sex-selective abortion and other discriminatory forms of abortion are unconstitutional. Last
Forty-four years after the tragic Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion in every state through all nine months of pregnancy, Roe v. Wade remains as
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