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This article originally appeared on The Abort73 Blog and was written by the founder and director of the organization, Michael Spielman. A few months back, while updating Abort73’s state abortion statistics, I came across a surprising news release on the Guttmacher website. I say surprising because the Guttmacher Institute is unequivocally committed to abortion rights, […]
A few nights ago, Jimmy Kimmel opened his show with a tearful monologue discussing his newborn son, who was born with a rare heart disease and had to undergo an emergency surgery just hours after being born. Kimmel, who is known to be a big family man, was understandably shaken up by the event, shedding a […]
This piece was reprinted with permission from Pregnancy Help News and was written by Gayle Irwin. The moment “Anna” became pregnant through rape at age 18, the pressure was on—as far as most of her family and friends were concerned—to abort her baby. Anna, however, wasn’t so sure. But the trauma of the situation made it feel […]
This article originally appeared on The Abort73 Blog and was written by Michael Spielman. In a world as big as ours, tragedy is always striking somewhere—but we rarely notice. Even in our own communities, most tragedies remain impersonal and abstract—a mere headline or news report that is quickly forgotten. With rare exceptions, it is only when […]
This article originally appeared on The Abort73 Blog and was written by Michael Spielman. Not to be confused with the horror flicks of the same name, Hush is a 2016 documentary about the health risks of abortion—primarily the disputed connection between abortion and breast cancer. The filmmaker, Punam Kumar Gill, is a Canadian woman of Indian […]
“City of Saints,” a mini-documentary film series featuring seven true stories, just released its fourth episode, entitled “The Unexpected Gift.” The episode follows a young mom as she shares her journey through teen pregnancy. Just after telling her parents, the expecting teen went to her first ultrasound appointment, to learn that her son likely wouldn’t live […]
Live Action News — Noah Wall is a little boy with spina bifida who has captured the hearts of people around the world. Nicknamed “the boy without a brain,” Noah’s parents found out at three months gestation that he had not only spina bifida, but also hydrocephalus and chromosomal abnormalities. Most alarmingly, only 2 percent of his […]
Gregory Koukl wrote, “If the unborn is not a human person, no justification for abortion is necessary. If the unborn is a human person, then no justification for abortion is adequate.” We often hear that abortion is a complex and complicated issue. But although sometimes the circumstances surrounding abortion can be complex, abortion itself is […]
The media and the pro-choice movement want people to believe that men should not have a say in reproductive rights. “My body, my choice,” is a common slogan. But a child is not conceived by the woman alone as a man is an equal part in creating new life. The choice of abortion not only […]
This piece was reprinted with permission from Pregnancy Help News and was written by Jay Hobbs. All five pro-life pregnancy help organizations on the Hawaiian islands are the stroke of a pen away from being forced by law to advertise abortions, following a vote by Hawaii’s house of representatives Tuesday in Honolulu. With only 10 of […]
Two weeks ago, the U.S. Senate passed H.J.Res. 43 to undo a regulation enacted under the Obama Administration that required states to fund abortion providers, such as Planned Parenthood, through Title X, a family planning funding stream. Today, President Donald Trump signed this bill into law. Speaker Paul Ryan responded by saying, “This is a major pro-life […]
By Save the Storks ambassador Tam Hodge Dear 16-year-old me, It’s 28 years, almost to the day, from where you are sitting right now. I see you there. I see you in your white paper gown that you’ve struggled with all afternoon, trying to prevent it from opening and exposing your bare self. I see you […]
