Abortion Watch

After Dobbs, the maternal mortality rate is down– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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The public has been sold the lie that abortion keeps women safe and, by extension, reduces maternal mortality rates. We’ve been told lack of access to so-called reproductive care will kill women. During the 2024 election season, the Harris-Walz campaign pointed to President Donald Trump as a threat to women based on abortion. The data tell a different story.

Abortion lies, not abortion bans, have caused harm to women, and the maternal mortality rate is actually decreasing. Data published this month by the National Center for Health Statistics show the 2023 maternal mortality rate in the United States was “18.6 deaths per 100,000 live births.” This is a total of 669 deaths. In 2022, the rate was 22.3, which resulted in a total of 817 deaths.

Sadly, the U.S. has the highest rate of maternal deaths among developed nations. In the United Kingdom, for example, the maternal mortality rate for 2021-2023 was 12.67 per 100,000 live births. There is much work to be done to reduce our rate even further. However, a decrease is worth mentioning during a time when fearmongering is so prevalent.

Ron DeSantis to headline March for Life after defeat of Florida abortion amendment– www.lifesitenews.com
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 The March for Life Education & Defense Fund has announced the speaking lineup for the 52nd annual March for Life in the nation’s capital, which will be headlined by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, all speaking under the theme “Life: Why We March.”

“Our goal this year is to remind and reignite everyone – politicians, legislators, families, and women – in the truth that every life, unborn and born, has inherent dignity, meaning, and value, and as such is always worth fighting for,” the organization said in its press release. “Our speakers will serve as witnesses to emphasizes [sic] the joy and beauty of life, and the dedication of the pro-life movement.”

From his time in Congress through his governorship, DeSantis has established a consistently pro-life record, most recently by leading the charge to defeat a proposed amendment that would have declared abortion a “right” in the Florida Constitution, overcoming more than $40 million in spending by out-of-state activists.

 

Texas Medical Board Director Removed After Being Exposed as Planned Parenthood Employee– www.lifenews.com
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Robert Bredt, medical director of the Texas Medical Board (TMB), the state agency responsible for ensuring ethical standards and quality care in medicine, was forced out after the discovery of a blatantly unethical conflict of interest.

After it was made public that Bredt worked for a Planned Parenthood-affiliated lab while fulfilling his role as the Texas Medical Board Director, Operation Rescue’s legal counsel, State Rep. Briscoe Cain (R-TX) demanded the “immediate termination” of Bredt. Following a December 30 letter, 62-year-old Bredt escaped being fired by submitting retirement paperwork on January 7.

Bredt had been employed in this public capacity since 2012, earning $185,000 annually. According to his resumé, he was working for Planned Parenthood South Texas in 2011 — even before he began fulfilling his public role with the state licensing board.

Man who plotted to kill Justice Kavanaugh wanted to protect Roe v. Wade: court document– www.lifesitenews.com
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(LifeSiteNews) — A new court filing confirmed that the young man who plotted to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was motivated by the leak of the Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision and sought to prevent the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, posted to X on Saturday a copy of a federal court document containing the admission by Nicholas Roske, who called the police on himself outside of Kavanaugh’s home in 2022 before following through with an assassination attempt.

The court filing shows that, asked why he came to Maryland in 2022, Roske replied, “My plan was to kill Mr. Kavanaugh and then myself.”

 

Democrat AGs are Trying to Shut Down Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers– www.lifenews.com
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NRL News Today, in our pursuit of keeping pro-lifers up to date on the never-ending pro-abortion offensive against the true and the noble, has written or reposted innumerable stories about the war on pro-life pregnancy centers.

Sometimes Democrats—and they are all Democrats — pretend there is “cause” for suing, defunding, harassing problem pregnancy centers, but almost all of the time the excuses are awfully thin gruel.

Erin Hawley describes herself as a wife, mom of three, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, and a law professor at Regent University School of Law. She is a powerful litigator and a gifted writer. She is married to Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley.

Mrs. Hawley wrote a piece that appeared today in World magazine under the headline, “The harassment of pro-life pregnancy centers must stop.”

Pro-Life Groups Challenge New York Law Forcing Them to Hire Abortion Advocates– www.lifenews.com
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Last week, the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled to reinstate a legal challenge brought by several pro-life organizations against a New York law that undermines their First Amendment rights to employ people who agree with their religious beliefs and mission. The Second Circuit reversed a district court’s 2020 dismissal of the case and sent it back to the lower court with instructions to adjudicate the challenge under a more recent 2023 precedent that may give their First Amendment claims merit.

In CompassCare v. Hochul, the case centers around New York Labor Law Section 203-e, which remains effect, and prohibits employers from engaging in “discrimination based on an employee’s or a dependent’s reproductive health decision making.” CompassCare, a pro-life pregnancy care center, the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA), a nationwide association of pro-life pregnancy care centers, and First Bible Baptist Church brought the case to protect their ability to employ only like-minded people who will not take part in abortion themselves. The organizations seek an injunction to render the law unconstitutional by contending the law infringes on their First Amendment freedoms of expressive association. They argue the law forces them to employ and associate with those who do not share the organizations’ beliefs regarding abortion, contraception, and sexual morality.