Abortion

“[Bob] Vander Plaats, the president and chief executive of The Family Leader…told The Times that the state’s influential evangelical bloc had not forgotten about the former president’s comments.” - Business Insider

“Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has pledged to sign a bill into law that would ensure Medicaid coverage for twelve months of postpartum expenses for the state’s mothers.” - TAC

“The DOJ alleges the pair violated the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrance (FACES) Act, which prohibits the use of any type of force or intimidation against anyone seeking an abortion or anyone exercising their First Amendment right of religious freedom.” - N.Review

“There will be a 50th anniversary March for Life on the National Mall on Friday (Jan. 20), with an appearance by evangelist Franklin Graham and other prominent religious figures.” - RNS

Related:

“January 13, 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed that January 22 would be the first National Sanctity of Human Life Day. January 22” marks 50 yrs since the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1973. - C.Index

“How would you respond to that argument? Here are three arguments to consider” - Naselli

“With the latest rulings, abortions are banned in 13 states and limited to six weeks in Georgia, according to abortion tracking sites such as the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).” - C.Leaders

“Congress included pro-life and conscience protections in a massive omnibus spending bill that gained final approval Friday (Dec. 23).” - BPNews

“The opinion, which relies on the U.S. Supreme Court’s ever-more-robust embrace of religious rights, begins by citing a range of religious beliefs — Jewish, Muslim, Episcopalian, Unitarian Universalist and pagan — to the effect that human life or personhood begins well after conception.” - RNS

“Natural Law seems helpful at first blush, but then the question turns to the identification of the authorized definers of what is ‘natural,’ to which no answer is satisfactory other than the Bible.” - DBTS Blog