ST. LOUIS – A proposed amendment to St. Louis’ non-discrimination ordinance would threaten religious liberty and would lay “the groundwork for making St. Louis a sanctuary city for abortion,” according to Noah Oldham, elder at August Gate Church here and North American Mission Board SEND City Coordinator for St. Louis. The proposed amendment, Board Bill 203, would change St. Louis’ anti-discrimination ordinance by placing pregnancy and reproductive health decisions—including the decision … [Read more...]
Trump signs order defunding International Planned Parenthood, foreign abortions
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump Jan. 23 signed an executive order to defund International Planned Parenthood. Most pro-life Americans are anxiously awaiting Congress to pass a bill to defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business. While that defunding legislation concerns the domestic-based Planned Parenthood abortion corporation, President Trump has the ability to put in place an executive order that would revoke funding for its International affiliate. When pro-abortion former … [Read more...]
Five things a church can do to halt the holocaust
Science has long since outstripped the infamous Roe v. Wade decision of 1973. On Oct. 11, 2016, Oxford University released a study indicating that a baby’s heart begins to beat around the 16th day after conception. By using lab mice, they confirmed that the hearts of baby mice start to beat in 7.5 days. Then, extrapolating to the human anatomy, a baby’s heart begins beating on the 16th day, providing oxygen and nutrients to this living person. The unborn child has his or her own DNA and … [Read more...]
Loving life: Woman chooses life for baby, blesses family
DESLOGE— Sitting at the local clinic awkwardly in a paper gown, Dawn couldn’t stop shivering. She couldn’t … no, she wouldn’t have his baby. How could she keep something that would only be a reminder of the pain and shame of rape? That man was a monster. She had only gone on a few dates with him when he decided to force himself on her. And now she was pregnant. She was working two jobs and could barely take care of the two-year-old son she already had. She would just get a quick abortion … [Read more...]
The infinite value of every human life
A thirteen-year-old girl named Anni is seated at the piano on the stage at Carnegie Hall. She is wearing a neat white dress, and she’s playing brilliantly. The crowd applauds enthusiastically. That was one month ago. Three years ago, it was a different story. Then, Anni was huddled in a jail cell in China. She was kept there overnight without food, water, or even access to a toilet. The Chinese government had locked her up as retaliation for her father’s activities protesting China’s … [Read more...]
ERLC promotes 6 pro-life priorities for Trump, Congress
WASHINGTON (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention's ethics entity has called on President Trump and Congress to act quickly in the new year to protect unborn children. The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission recommended six pro-life priorities to the new administration and legislators in a Dec. 20 post at the entity's website. The items offered by Russell Moore, the ERLC's president, and Travis Wussow, the recently named vice president for public policy, included: Making the Hyde … [Read more...]
Supreme Court examines death penalty for the disabled
HOUSTON (BP) -- Bobby James Moore got the death penalty for a murder he committed in 1980 at a Houston supermarket. But 36 years later, he apparently has a new argument: He is intellectually disabled and cannot be executed under a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The Supreme Court heard his case at the end of November. Moore was 21 when he and some friends decided to rob Birdsall Super Market. His job was to stand guard with a shotgun. Things did not go as planned. Almost immediately … [Read more...]
Majority of Americans now claim assisted suicide morally ‘acceptable’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The American Medical Association has described physician-assisted suicide as a serious risk to society and “fundamentally incompatible with a physician’s role as healer.” Millions of Americans disagree. Two-thirds say it is morally acceptable for terminally ill patients to ask their doctors for help in ending their lives, according to a new survey from Nashville-based LifeWay Research. A similar number says doctors should be able to help terminally ill patients die. In … [Read more...]
Texas Planned Parenthood referred for prosecution
WASHINGTON (BP) – The House Select Investigative Panel on Infant Lives referred Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast for criminal prosecution to the Texas attorney general Dec. 1 over allegations it sold aborted babies' body parts. "There is so much that we the American people didn't understand and still don't understand about this industry," said Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, on the House floor. "However, since then, the panel's investigation has uncovered alarming revelations about the fetal tissue … [Read more...]
Nation’s top abortion provider files lawsuit against Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY – Christians throughout Missouri rallied to support the state’s pro-life laws after Missouri affiliates of Planned Parenthood – the nation’s top abortion provider – filed a federal lawsuit, Nov. 23, challenging Missouri laws that require abortion clinics to meet the medical standards of surgical clinics and that require their doctors to hold hospital privileges. The lawsuit came after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down similar laws in Texas. In a 5-3 opinion, the high court … [Read more...]
CDC report leaves pro-lifers encouraged, cautious
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) -- The number of women and girls undergoing abortions in the United States dropped by one-fifth between 2004 and 2013, a new report shows. While the report shows the abortion rate is the lowest it's been since 1969 when the government started tracking the procedure, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission urged a bit of caution in its news release, The Weekly. While expressing optimism with the report, they also noted the study relies on information provided … [Read more...]
Pro-lifers grieve PPFA anniversary
WASHINGTON (BP) – Planned Parenthood – America's leading abortion provider – marked its 100th anniversary Oct. 16, receiving praise from the current president and protest from pro-life advocates. The Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) observed its centennial with an event at the City Hall of New York. PPFA's affiliates perform more than 320,000 abortions a year at the same time the organization and its affiliates receive about $550 million annually in government grants and … [Read more...]
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