Posts by Melanie Wade

By: David Zimmermann, originally published February 14, 2025, National Review A Texas judge fined a New York doctor more than $100,000 on Thursday for prescribing and mailing abortion pills to a Texas woman, dealing a legal blow to shield laws in blue states where abortion remains legal. udge Robert Gantt, whose jurisdiction lies in Collin County, Texas,…

By: Emi Nietfeld, originally published December 11, 2024, Wired.com “People don’t always realize they are creating a human being and not a piece of furniture.” For years now, aspiring parents have been designing their children. Screening embryos for disease-causing genes during IVF, selecting their future baby’s sex, picking egg and sperm donors to influence their child’s…

By: Michael J. New, originally published February 8, 2025, National Review This week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released updated data on the U.S. maternal mortality rate. Maternal mortality has been a salient topic in recent years, since reports from the CDC and some state health agencies have found short-term increases. Unsurprisingly, many pundits have been…

In a recent Federalist article, Dr. Gress, our keynote for the February 22 Pro-life Gathering for HER, was bold in providing direction on the the path to end abortion. “Feminism is the ideology that pro-lifers need to focus our energy against. Until we do, feminism will just keep on fueling abortion’s engine, one precious and innocent…

Bills to prohibit state-funded death will soon be introduced in the Ohio Senate, led by Minority Leader Nickie Antonio (D-Lakewood) and Senator Steve Huffman (R-Tipp City), and in the Ohio House of Representatives, led by Representative Adam Mathews (R-Lebanon) and Representative Jean Schmidt (R-Loveland). Both bills reinforce current law banning state funding for abortion, abolish the death penalty, and expand protections against assisted…

By: James Finn, originally published February 6, 2025, Nola.com Medication abortion became a lightning rod after Louisiana prosecutors charged a New York doctor last week for mailing the pills. Days after Louisiana prosecutors indicted a New York doctor for shipping abortion medication over state lines, President Trump’s newly appointed Attorney General said she would “love to work…

By: T.J. Muscaro, originally published February 9, 2025, The Epoch Times Men are raising awareness that they can, and should, have a voice on abortion. WASHINGTON—Carlos Lamoutte and GianLuca Pasquotto listened intently as Vice President JD Vance spoke to a crowd of tens of thousands gathered on the National Mall on Jan. 24 for the…

By: Breccan F. Thies, originally published February 6, 2025, The Federalist Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy signed a memo reorienting all federal transportation funding toward supporting marriage and families. On his second day as Transportation Secretary, Sean Duffy signed a memo reorienting all federal transportation funding toward supporting marriage and families, prioritizing communities that have higher rates of…

By: Monica Miller, originally published February 6, 2025, Crisis Magazine An insider tells the story of how pro-lifers were persecuted by the Biden Administration under the FACE Act, and how Trump pardoned them. Joe Biden is weaponizing the Justice Department to viciously persecute pro-life activists and Americans of faith. Just last month, the Biden DOJ…

By: Aidan Grogan, originally published February 6, 2025, The Federalist The ineffectiveness of pro-natal programs suggests raising the next generation isn’t a main priority of 21st-century adults. Hungary’s number of live births dropped to a record low in 2024 despite its best efforts to reverse the birth dearth through economic incentives. Those advocating for similar policies in…