Posts by Melanie Wade

By: Laura Strietmann, Executive Director, Cincinnati Right to Life For over fifteen years, Cincinnati Right to Life has worked alongside pro-life attorney Brian Hurley to advance informed consent protections for women in Ohio seeking abortion. Brian Hurley is widely known for representing women harmed by abortions at Planned Parenthood. Most notably, he represented a teenage mother who had been raped…

By: Lisa Bourne, originally published February 17, 2026, Pregnancy Help News The medical treatment that reverses the effects of the chemical abortion pill has reached another milestone in the number of lives it has saved. Heartbeat International announced Tuesday that its statistics show more than 8,000 lives have been saved through the Abortion Pill Rescue® Network (APRN). The latest statistical…

Contact: Mary ClarkCincinnati Campaign Leader513-604-9054 / cincy40days@fuse.netFebruary 20, 2026 Weekly Update – Week One First week of the Spring/Lenten Campaign Underway Our Sunday, February 15 Kickoff Rally was one of our best. Our guest speaker was Brian Gibson, 40 Days for Life Leader in St. Paul, Minnesota and Director of Pro-Life Action Ministries (PLAM) there. PLAM…

Dear Friends, Presidents Day gives us an opportunity to reflect not only on the men who led our nation, but on the principles that shaped it. George Washington is often remembered for chopping down a cherry tree or for his wooden teeth — stories that, while colorful, hardly capture the depth of the man. He…

By: Bridget Sielicki, originally published February 15, 2026, LiveAction.org Newly released provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) show that there were approximately 24,000 fewer births in the United States in 2025 than in 2024 — a downward trend consistent with declines in birth rates seen worldwide. Key Takeaways: The Details: The Associated…

By: Laura Strietmann, Executive Director, Cincinnati Right to Life St. Valentine lived as a devoted Roman Catholic priest in the third century, at a time when Emperor Claudius II outlawed marriages for men serving in his army, believing that soldiers without family ties fought better. Valentine, however, recognized marriage as a sacred blessing from God…

By: Tim Chapman and Marc Wheat, originally published February 14, 2026, The National Review Mifepristone has not gotten safer; the FDA has just gotten more political. In 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mifepristone, a drug used to end the lives of unborn children and one that has proven unusually dangerous for the women…

Cincinnati Right to Life has a long-standing relationship with our billboard company, and this month, through a series of events, they were able to donate an additional billboard. We’re incredibly grateful—our messaging is strong, and this billboard sits in a PRIME location!

This Super Bowl, the most important message won’t be in the game.It will be in this commercial — a glimpse of love choosing life.A culture awakening to hope.We pray this is the beginning

There is encouraging news to report in the ongoing effort to defend preborn children and protect taxpayers from being forced to fund abortion. The Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) has voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against the Trump administration that sought to overturn the one-year defunding of Planned Parenthood through the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” On Friday,…