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State to Ban Abortions After Fetal Heartbeat Is Detected

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Today, by a vote of 58-35, the Ohio House passed an abortion bill which the Cincinnati Enquirer says “would effectively ban abortions after the first six weeks of a woman’s pregnancy by penalizing doctors who perform abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected.” The Republican majority in the House passed the bill knowing the risks: Governor John Kasich, a Republican who vetoed the previous Heartbeat Bill that made it to his desk, could very well veto it again if it comes up before he leaves office… or the state Senate could refuse to take up the bill at all.

However, if the Senate does end up taking up the abortion legislation and it passes, the Enquirer notes, “To override a Kasich veto, the Ohio House would need 60 votes – two more than the 58 who supported the proposal Thursday.” This could be a challenge, because seven Republicans reportedly voted against the Heartbeat Bill in the House: “Reps. Marlene Anielski and Nathan Manning from Northeast Ohio; Rick Carfagna, Mike Duffey, Anne Gonzales, and Scott Ryan from Central Ohio and Steve Arndt of Port Clinton.”

House Democrats wanted to add items to it, such as “requiring comprehensive sex education in schools [and] providing access to contraception.” In addition, Democrats were hoping to make it so that abortionists who might break this law, if passed, would have no criminal penalties. (Read more from “State to Ban Abortions After Fetal Heartbeat Is Detected” HERE)

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Australian Politician Declares Himself a Woman. the Reason Will Make Pro-Lifers Will Cheer

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Australian politician Barry O’Sullivan declared in Parliament Monday that [he] identifies as a woman so that leftist politicians will no longer be able to attack [him] for [his] pro-life views.

O’Sullivan’s decision to switch genders was prompted after a left-wing colleague denounced her during debate over a motion calling for pro-abortion activists to be banned from disrupting the annual “Day of the Unborn Child” observance on March 25, Alice Workman reports for BuzzFeed News.

“Senator O’Sullivan needs to get his hands and his rosaries off my ovaries and those of the 10,000 Queensland women who have an abortion each year, 10,000 women who have the right to make a decision about their own bodies without the opinion of [S]enator O’Sullivan getting in their way,” said Sen. Larissa Waters of the Australian Greens political party during debate on the motion.

O’Sullivan said that conservative politicians can’t use the word “abortion” without being “attacked” by the Left.

We can’t open our traps, you cannot say the word abortion without being attacked by this mob of almost — I’d say grubs if I didn’t think you were gonna make me withdraw it, Mr. Acting Deputy President, but it’s out there now,” O’Sullivan said.

“These people come and attack me for my religious basis the other day, using words like rosary beads, because I had the audacity to raise issues around late-term abortions, where babies that are only minutes away from getting a smack on the arse and a name are being aborted under the policies of the Australian Greens.”

“I will not stand silent; I will not stand mute while these people try to continue to marginalize policies and ideas that we want to discuss for this nation that I think are largely supported still by the majority of the nation,” she continued.

“I’m going to declare my gender today, as I can, to be a woman. And then you’ll no longer be able to attack me.”

O’Sullivan has, of course, suffered intolerant and bigoted attacks for transitioning. Australian novelist Jane Caro is among those denying that O’Sullivan is a real woman.

But that’s not how this works on the Left, right? Trans women ARE women, and that’s not up for debate. O’Sullivan doesn’t dress like a woman, but insisting that she must dress a certain way to embrace womanhood is reinforcing negative gender stereotypes. Also, a woman can have a penis. So why does O’Sullivan’s lack of a “functioning uterus” make her any less qualified to talk about “women’s issues” like abortion? It doesn’t, under the gobbledygook nonsense “logic” of gender identity politics.

Any leftist attacking O’Sullivan’s transition is an intolerant bigot who ought to be marginalized and condemned. Those are the rules of the game, we’re told. (For more from the author of “Australian Politician Declares Himself a Woman. the Reason Will Make Pro-Lifers Will Cheer” please click HERE)

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Terrifying: Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Holds ‘Blessing Service’ for New Abortion Clinic

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On Friday evening, a group called the Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC) is holding a “blessing service” at a newly-opened abortion facility called Your Choice Healthcare of Columbus. . .

The Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice is an advocacy organization that “strongly opposes restrictions to abortion access and contraception,” and offers various training programs to help “people of faith, conscience, and goodwill connect their pro-choice values with activism.”

Additionally, the “our philosophy” section of the Ohio RCRC official website states: “We support women as moral agents and their right to make reproductive decisions following one’s own conscience and religious beliefs.” . . .

The Ohio RCRC is just one chapter of the larger, decades-old Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice organization that promotes abortion using religious leaders, and lobbies against pro-life legislation.

The Daily Wire spoke with a press representative for the national RCRC, who said that the organization has conducted three previous “blessing services” in Ohio, Maryland, and Washington D.C. (Read more from “Terrifying: Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Holds ‘Blessing Service’ for New Abortion Clinic” HERE)

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Trump Encourages Adoption: It ‘Signals Every Child – Born or Unborn – Is Wanted and Loved’

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This week, President Donald Trump issued his second annual proclamation for National Adoption Month, hailing both adopting children and placing them for adoption as acts of love that enrich American society.

“Adoption is a blessing for all involved. It provides needed relief to birth parents, who may not, for whatever reason, be in a position to raise a child,” the president said Wednesday. “It fosters loving homes for children. It enables individuals to grow their families and share their love. And it fosters strong families, which are integral to ensuring strong communities and a resilient country.”

“Adoption affirms the inherent value of human life and signals that every child – born or unborn – is wanted and loved,” Trump continued. “Children, regardless of race, sex, age, or disability, deserve a loving embrace into families they can call their own. This month, we honor the thousands of American families who have grown because of adoption.”

The president specifically highlighted adoption’s power to “show women they are not alone in an unexpected pregnancy,” called for continued assistance for families willing to adopt, and pledged support for children in foster care. . .

“I encourage all Americans to observe this month by helping children in need of a permanent home secure a more promising future with a forever family, so they may enter adulthood with the love and support we all deserve,” Trump concluded. (Read more from “Trump Encourages Adoption: It ‘Signals Every Child – Born or Unborn – Is Wanted and Loved’” HERE)

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Fetal Homicide Case Could Send ‘Roe v. Wade’ Back to Court

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The U.S. Supreme Court could be forced to review Roe v. Wade sooner than people think following an Alabama high court decision to affirm the state’s current fetal homicide law.

According to The Washington Times, the Alabama fetal homicide law stemmed from a recent case in which a man was convicted of double-homicide for murdering his wife, Jessie Livell Phillips, when she was eight months pregnant. The jury cited the 2006 law defining a child in utero as a “person.”

After being sentenced to death by the court, the convicted murderer appealed the decision to the state Supreme Court, alleging that unborn children do not have the same protections as those who are born. The court rejected his case, with Justice Tom Parker declaring it a “logical fallacy” for the government to declare homicide in the case of a man murdering a pregnant woman but not when a woman gets an abortion — particularly a late-term abortion, which can be done up to the moment a child is born.

While pro-lifers are torn on whether the Alabama law is the best course of action against Roe, they do acknowledge that fetal homicide laws reveal a serious case of cognitive dissonance. . .

Pro-choice advocates see the glaring logical inconsistency and have elected to double-down in the opposite direction by calling for an end to fetal homicide laws, if they do not protect all pre-born humans. Lynn Paltrow, executive director of National Advocates for Pregnant Women, says the laws can be abused to imprison women that abuse drugs and others who lose their child through other means. (Read more from “Fetal Homicide Case Could Send ‘Roe v. Wade’ Back to Court” HERE)

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FDA Investigating Mail-Order Abortion Pill Company as Access Grows

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This week, news outlets like The Daily Beast and Vox reported that an abortion pill ordering service called Aid Access is being investigated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Aid Access is a six-month-old online company started by a Dutch physician named Rebecca Gomperts. They “support women who are not able to access local services” by allowing them to do an online consultation and, if they qualify, receive abortion pills in the mail, provided their pregnancy is at about 9 weeks or younger.

The startup’s site is full of typical jargon: “For many women, girls and trans men it is very difficult to access abortion care because of the cost of abortion, mandatory 24-72 hour waiting periods, the requirement of parental consent for minors, or the fact that clinics have been forced to close completely…Aid Access supports women who cannot otherwise access an abortion and protects their human rights.” . . .

Pill-induced (also called medical) abortions are increasingly sought after, especially in states where the nearest abortion clinic is difficult to get to. They can be obtained up to about 10 weeks’ gestation using a two-drug combination of mifepristone and misoprostol that’s widely deemed safe if administered correctly to women experiencing normal pregnancies (although the two-drug combo can be quite dangerous, for example, to women with ectopic pregnancies, and online services like Aid Access do not require physician supervision for administering the meds).

Online pill abortion delivery services are legally suspect in the United States, so Aid Access obtains their pills from pharmacies in India. Thus far, the FDA has not found significant issues with adulteration of the pills. Still, the agency is concerned about the group’s sourcing of their drugs, since mifepristone has been linked to 22 deaths to date. It’s unclear how these deaths occurred and why people aren’t more alarmed by them. (Read more from “FDA Investigating Mail-Order Abortion Pill Company as Access Grows” HERE)

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‘Gosnell’ Movie Turns People Pro-Life

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The theaters may be dropping “Gosnell” but that doesn’t mean the movie is not fulfilling its mission of teaching people the horrors of abortion. Now, a college student who once considered herself pro-choice claims to have been changed by the film.

University of Central Florida student Kathy Zhu garnered herself a big social media following in 2016 when she publicly announced herself a Trump supporter after researching his positions on national security. She initially supported Hillary Clinton’s bid for president but switched sides after questioning her liberal leanings.

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One user also announced that they too had been changed by the Gosnell story regarding abortion. “I was pro-choice but when I first heard about the Gosnell trial and grand jury report in 2011-12 I completely became pro-life,” they said.

On its second weekend of theatrical release, “Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer” continued to enjoy solid per-theater performance despite reports of it being suspiciously dropped from high-performing theaters after opening weekend.

According to Box Office Mojo, “Gosnell” took in $841,746 during its second week, capping out at $2,004,734 from just 480 theaters. With a production budget of $2.4 million, thanks to a wildly successful crowdfunding campaign, “Gosnell” has managed to earn back about half of its budget, not factoring in marketing costs. (Read more from “‘Gosnell’ Movie Turns People Pro-Life” HERE)

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More Emails Pull Back the Curtain on Obama-Era Abortions for Underage Illegal Aliens

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Last week, I reported that buried in a federal court opinion was a startling revelation: the Obama administration Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) transported minor illegal aliens to New Mexico for abortions to avoid state parental notification laws. Further digging in documents filed in the case, but not mentioned in the court opinion, reveal an even more extreme abortion-on-demand mindset of those charged with caring for the girls. . .

First, several email threads confirm last week’s reporting that under the Obama administration, girls were transported or transferred to other states to avoid parental notification laws. For instance, one email referenced the “need” to drive a minor to San Antonio from another Texas-based shelter. In this email, the ORR representative added, “we had driven minors from El Paso to Albuquerque NM which is bigger distance from your program to San Antonio [in] order to get this procedure done.”

Texas law requires minors to obtain parental consent or a judicial bypass to obtain an abortion, while New Mexico does not. Another email confirmed “this is why termination of pregnancies are done in New Mexico.” (This email also indicated the ORR representative had a cozy relationship with a Texas family court judge potentially involved in bypassing the state’s parental consent requirement.)

In another email, a Texas ORR field specialist noted that she “was contemplating the possibility of transferring a minor to a state where there is no need for parental consent for the termination of pregnancy if she decides to move forward with the termination.” (Read more from “More Emails Pull Back the Curtain on Obama-Era Abortions for Underage Illegal Aliens” HERE)

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Pastors Will Ask for God’s Blessing on Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic

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It’s one of the most sacrilegious acts a religious leader could perform, but it’s happening again — this time in Columbus, Ohio. There, on the evening of November 9, the so-called Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice is planning a “blessing” of the Planned Parenthood abortion center.

This appears to be a response to the closing ceremony of the 40 Days for Life campaign. The event is called Holy Ground: Blessing the Sacred Space of Decision, and an event description reads:

During this clinic blessing, participants will gather with local faith leaders and guests to ask for God’s blessing upon Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio’s East Columbus Surgical facility, the abortion providers and staff, and all those who pass through the center.

In celebration of conscience and moral decision making, this event will include interfaith blessings, prayers, and testimonies about receiving and providing abortion care. This clinic blessing will create space for progressive voices of faith to speak boldly in support of comprehensive reproductive health care, especially abortion.

Mark Harrington, President of the pro-life group Created Equal informed LifeNews of the event. He said Planned Parenthood abortion practitioners kill babies at the abortion clinic in dismemberment abortions whey they are nearly 5 months old. (Read more from “Pastors Will Ask for God’s Blessing on Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic” HERE)

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Suppression: Theaters Drop ‘Gosnell’ Movie Despite It Being a Top-Grossing Film

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When “Gosnell: The Trial of America’s Biggest Serial Killer” was released last week, 668 theaters decided to hold screenings of the independent film. The movie quickly surpassed expectations by grossing $1.2 million on just 668 screenings of the film, Daily Wire reported. It even was put in the top 10 film list. Now, 188 theaters have dropped the film, 15 of which were top-performing multiplexes. . .

“I can tell you from my experience in 15 years of releasing movies independently, we’re in uncharted territories,” the film’s marketing director, John Sullivan, told Daily Wire. “It is an impacted fall, no doubt about it, but the fact that we’ve been dropped from theaters where the movie is the number 6 or number 9 movie is just something you don’t see. It’s hard not to believe it isn’t about the content of the movie.” . . .

“We have theaters that are dropping that are top theaters, that are performing very well. We’ve been the number 6 in a 15-plex and it gets dropped this week. We’ve been number 9 in a 30-plex and we’re getting dropped this week. There are about 15 theaters like that where typically you would not get dropped,” Sullivan said. “I do recognize it’s a crowded marketplace – ‘Halloween’ is going to be a huge opening but it’s very odd to me that you’re within the top 10 and you’re getting dropped out of a movie house.”

The 15 theaters that dropped the “Gosnell” movie are all high-performing theaters and major theater chains.

“Gosnell” producer Phelim McAleer took to Facebook to explain some of the issues surrounding the movie, including theater personnel lying to customers about the film being available. (Read more from “Suppression: Theaters Drop ‘Gosnell’ Movie Despite It Being a Top-Grossing Film” HERE)

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