Posts by Melanie Wade

By: Zachary Mettler, originally published August 29, 2025, The Federalist Congressional Republicans should defund Planned Parenthood for at least one more year, as the group is now suing over its one-year defunding. Fresh off a big victory with the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) on July 4, congressional Republicans are eyeing another chance to…

By: Michael Gryboski, originally published August 28, 2025, The Washington Stand Last month, the Journal of Psychiatric Research published a study by researchers with the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre, University of Sherbrooke, and McGill University, titled “Induced abortion and implications for long-term mental health: a cohort study of 1.2 million pregnancies.” Researchers oversaw…

By: Alexander Raikin, originally published August 28, 2025, UnHerd In 2020, Jane, a 29-year-old Colorado woman with eating disorders, was “provided with lethal drugs … in the midst of a mental-health crisis”, according to a lawsuit filed this year by the Patients Rights Action Fund, an advocacy group seeking to overturn Colorado’s assisted-suicide program. Jane…

From Laura Strietmann, Executive Director, Cincinnati Right to Life This Labor Day, while our nation pauses to honor the dignity of human work, we at the same time honor those whose work is directed to defending the most vulnerable—our preborn brothers and sisters. From lawmakers who labor tirelessly to pass protections for life, to doctors…

By: Stefano Gennarini, J.D., originally published August 29, 2025, C-Fam.org UNITED NATIONS, August 29 (C-Fam) A war of words broke out during a UN meeting to approve the three-year strategic plan for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). It pitted Africans against Europeans and Nordics. Africans complained that UNFPA’s uses “sexual and reproductive health” concepts to…

By: Stefano Gennarini, J.D., originally published August 29, 2025, C-Fam.org UNITED NATIONS, August 29 (C-Fam) In rhetoric similar to his pro-abortion domestic opponents, a Chinese Ambassador at the UN attacked President Trump’s pro-life policies and accused the U.S. government of denying women abortion and contraception. “The U.S. government brutally denies U.S. women access to reproductive…

By: George Matwijec, originally published August 27, 2025, LifeSite News The question of when life begins isn’t just for scientists or philosophers anymore. It’s a matter of law. (LifeSiteNews) — Let’s revisit the 2024 Alabama Supreme Court decision to recognize frozen embryos as children, a landmark case for the country. Considering recent attempts to legislate protection…

By: Beth Brelje, originally published August 28, 2025, The Federalist A kinder, gentler judicial system has emerged again in Washington, D.C., now that leftists are facing criminal charges over President Donald Trump’s move to curb crime in the city. The same system that put Paulette Harlow, a frail 77-year-old grandmother, in federal prison for blocking and praying in…

By: Bradley Mattes, originally published August 28, 2025, Life Issues Institute As the United States tackles the illegal onslaught of chemical abortion pills, the next battle is already heating up in international circles.   Once we reverse the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, the U.S. will immediately be faced with a nuanced frontier of the abortion industry.  …

By: Dave Andrusko, originally published August 26, 2025, National Right to Life Even as the Trump administration continues to press its appeal of a ruling by U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani in Massachusetts’ federal court, on Monday Judge Lance E. Walker of the Federal District Court in Maine gave the administration a victory by upholding…