SALEM, Oregon (BP) – Oregon rolled back one of the only safeguards in the state's assisted suicide law last week. The change does away with a 15-day waiting period if a physician predicts a patient has fewer than 15 days to live.
Abortion giant Planned Parenthood raised more money in 2016 but provided fewer services, including abortions, according to the annual report it released last week.
A U.S. Supreme Court case testing the constitutionality of a California abortion law will affect free speech beyond the battleground over unborn lives.
Judge Gloria Trask issued a permanent injunction against the 2015 law that required pregnancy care centers to post signs or distribute literature promoting abortion.
Apple removed the Human Coalition’s pro-life prayer app from its App Store following backlash from pro-abortion advocates, an example of bias against Christian groups.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, a Republican, signed a bill on Sept. 28 approving taxpayer funding for abortion and protecting state abortion provisions in the event the U.S. Supreme Court ever overturns Roe v. Wade.
A California bill would bar employment discrimination based on “reproductive health” decisions, and California ProLife Council director Brian Johnston said the bill is “really taking rights away from an employer, who they hire, how they hire.”
According to the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute, nearly one-third of all pro-life laws since Roe v. Wade were passed between 2011 and 2016. The Family Research Council's Arina Grossu calls the trend "a tsunami of pro-life laws."
