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    Virginia Bishop Urges Catholics to Vote ‘No’ on State Abortion, Same-Sex Marriage Referendums
    During a recent episode of his “Walk Humbly” podcast, the Bishop of Arlington, Virginia, Michael Francis Burbidge, spoke out against two proposed constitutional amendments likely appearing before Virginia voters this November, describing them as measures “from the evil one.”  Among the constitutional amendments likely slated for Virginia’s November 2026 general election is a proposal concerning reproductive issues like abortion, contraception, and…
    Douglas Blair
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    Fairfax GOP Stands Up to State Party on Abortion and Gender
    Last week, Big-Tentism slithered into the Fairfax County GOP meeting and tempted us to silence in the face of Democrat attempts to enshrine abortion, gay marriage, and transgender ideology in the Virginia state constitution. Here is what happened. Among the many slimy things Virginia Democrats did when they assumed power was to pass a slate…
    Austin Ruse
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    Top Trump Official Gives Update on Recovery of Emergency Loans to Abortion Providers
    The Biden administration forgave $88 million in government loans to Planned Parenthood, but Kelly Loeffler, current administrator of the Small Business Administration, says she is working to ensure this does not happen again. In January, Loeffler opened a review into whether Planned Parenthood affiliates illegally received funds through the Paycheck Protection Program, which provided loans to…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Hundreds of Pregnancy Center Leaders Urge Trump, Congress to Defund Planned Parenthood Before Time Runs Out
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A coalition of more than 300 directors of pro-life pregnancy centers, led by Americans United for Life and a pro-life company, wrote a letter to President Donald Trump and congressional leadership asking them to extend the defunding of Planned Parenthood. Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” defunded Planned Parenthood for one year,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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  • news

    Acting FDA Commissioner Promises Transparency, Action on Abortion Pill 
    The acting commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration has promised to prioritize a safety review of the abortion pill after his predecessor was accused of delaying it, pro-life leaders say.  Kyle Diamantas, FDA deputy commissioner for food, is serving as acting FDA commissioner in the wake of Dr. Marty Makary’s departure.  Though the Trump…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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  • news

    Supreme Court Lets Abortion Pill Mail Delivery Continue
    The Supreme Court on Thursday ensured that the abortion pill can continue to be prescribed through telemedicine and dispensed by mail, as the justices restored for now a 2023 federal rule challenged by Republican-governed Louisiana that had made access to the medication easier. The justices granted requests by two manufacturers of the abortion pill, called…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    The Family Shapes Health Before Government Ever Does
    Walk through a community center in rural Ohio, a village clinic in Uganda, or a maternity ward in Honduras, and you’ll see the same quiet truth. A healthy child was usually carried by a mother who was nourished and supported. A girl who finishes school was encouraged at a kitchen table long before she was…
    Valerie Huber
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  • news

    Ohio Mom Calls Out Ice Cream Parlor’s Abortion Collab
    A Columbus, Ohio, mom is taking a stand against Jeni’s Ice Creams for its pro-abortion collaborations, calling for a boycott until the company changes its ways and abandons its political agenda. Last week, Caitie Rohrig started an online petition asking Jeni’s to “keep politics out of their ice cream.” The posting on Change.org, which has…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Supreme Court Extends Pause on Decision Narrowing Abortion Pill Access
    REUTERS—The Supreme Court on Monday extended a pause on a ruling that would curb the abortion pill mifepristone from being prescribed through telemedicine and dispensed through the mail in a challenge by a Republican-led Louisiana lawsuit to a federal rule that had eased access. Justice Samuel Alito kept the matter on hold until May 14,…
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    ‘VERY THORNY’: Trump Responds to Impending Influx of Cash to Planned Parenthood
    President Donald Trump said the question of defunding Planned Parenthood again for another year is a “very thorny issue.”  The Daily Signal asked Trump on Monday if he wants Congress to extend the one-year defunding of Planned Parenthood that was passed in the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” and is set to expire July 4, America’s…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Mifepristone: Another Reason to Assert the Sanctity of Life
    The abortion issue won’t go away, as so many politicians wish it would. It persists because the discussion and debate are about our very existence. What is life? The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in 2022 overturned Roe v. Wade, which has defined the abortion landscape in the United States…
    Star Parker
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  • exclusive

    Johnson Doing ‘Everything He Can’ to Extend Planned Parenthood Defund: Pro-Life Rep
    Speaker Mike Johnson has assured some members of Congress and pro-life leaders that he will try to stop the resumption of Planned Parenthood funding, but he faces opposition from Democrats and even members of his own party.  Johnson told Pro-Life Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and other members of Congress that he is working…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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  • news

    DEFYING SCOTUS? NJ AG Tries to Force Pregnancy Center to Turn Over Donor Info Despite Supreme Court Ruling
    One day after a defeat at the U.S. Supreme Court, New Jersey’s attorney general appeared to flagrantly disregard the ruling that her office’s demand for donor information harmed a pregnancy center’s First Amendment rights. Attorney General Jennifer Davenport filed a motion in state court, asking the court to lift its temporary stay on the subpoena…
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • news

    Alito Pauses Appeals Court Decision, Keeping Abortion Pill Available via Mail
    The Supreme Court temporarily restored access to abortion drugs through the mail on Monday, pausing a ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The circuit court on Friday temporarily blocked a Food and Drug Administration rule allowing abortion pills to be dispensed through the mail. The court ruled that Louisiana was likely to…
    Fred Lucas
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    Pro-Choicers Recognize That Abortion Is Too Evil to Even Describe 
    A recent clip of Rep. Brandon Gill, R-Texas, questioning a pro-abortion law professor in a congressional hearing over the FACE Act has gone viral over the last week.   In the clip, Rep. Gill—who gained notoriety last year by confronting the CEO of NPR, Katherine Maher, with a variety of her prior radical statements about race—asked American University Washington College of Law professor Jessica Waters if…
    John Gerardi
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  • breaking

    US Court Blocks Mail-Order Access to Abortion Drugs, for Now
    REUTERS—A U.S. appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a federal rule allowing the abortion drug mifepristone to be dispensed through the mail, significantly curtailing access to the drug nationwide and particularly in states that have banned abortion.  A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the state of Louisiana…
    Reuters
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  • opinion

    Supreme Court Fist Pumps for the First Amendment
    Today, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, a religious nonprofit that provides counseling and resources to pregnant women in New Jersey, had established a present injury to its First Amendment associational rights to confer standing to challenge a subpoena from the state to disclose private donor information. First Choice does…
    Cully Stimson
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  • news

    New Jersey AG Violated Pregnancy Center’s Free Association by Demanding Donor Info, Supreme Court Says
    The Supreme Court delivered a unanimous rebuke to New Jersey Democrat Attorney General Matthew Platkin for his demand that a pro-life pregnancy center hand over its donor information. Platkin had issued a subpoena to First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, seeking to prove that the pregnancy center was misleading donors. The Supreme Court cited NAACP v….
    Tyler O’Neil
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  • news

    Congress Questions Legitimacy of FACE Act
    A House Judiciary subcommittee is scrutinizing the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act to determine if the Biden‑Harris administration has used the federal law to target pro‑life advocates. “As we just saw with the Department of Justice’s recent indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center, important work is being done to hold left‑wing activist…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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  • opinion

    Prosecuting Women Won’t End Abortion
    I remember sitting in the waiting room at Planned Parenthood, hands folded in my lap, telling myself I had no other choice. I was afraid and alone. It was the kind of fear that makes you feel lonely even in a crowded room. I had walked in that day fully intending to go through with…
    Nelly Roach
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