(The Christian Institute) — Over 700 babies were born addicted to drugs in Scotland over the past five years, new figures have shown. The number of babies born with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS)—caused by exposure to addictive opiate drugs in the womb—varied across a number of different health boards. The Scottish government has described the […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A proposed bill in California is raising concern as it would criminalize skilled nursing workers who “repeatedly and willfully” fail to use the preferred to pronoun for patients who identify as transgender or don’t allow them to use their desired restroom “regardless of whether the resident is making a gender transition or […]
A mother who recently lost the twins in her womb within weeks of each other is sharing photos of one of her children—miscarried at 14 weeks—to social media in hopes that those who are contemplating abortion will see and understand the reality of fetal development. “He is perfectly and wonderfully formed, right down to his […]
(Daily Caller) — Women’s Health published a feature story recently about a woman who claimed she wasn’t prepared for the “ungodly mental anguish” she experienced after undergoing an abortion. Kassi Underwood, author of “May Cause Love: An Unexpected Journey of Enlightenment,” wrote that she had dreamed about a joyful first pregnancy, but instead found herself paying […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Republican governor of South Carolina has announced that he has ordered state agencies to discontinue providing funds to abortion facilities, and has also directed the state Department of Health and Human Services to request a waiver from the federal government to end Medicaid funding to such locations. “There are a variety of […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — An Ohio mother is thanking God for protecting her and unborn son after she refused an abortion last year following a cancer diagnosis. Aleks Patete, 28, even believes that her pregnancy was a gift from God to save her life. Last November, she went to University Hospital Cleveland for an ultrasound, and was […]
(The Christian Institute) — A couple has shared the incredible story of how they rejected abortion and chose life for their son after he was diagnosed with spina bifida. At 20 weeks of pregnancy, Catherine and Paul Harper were told that their son Benjamin was unlikely to be able to walk, and may be born […]
SANTIAGO, Chile — The Constitutional Court of Chile has ruled that a bill easing the country’s total ban on abortion does not violate the Chile’s Constitution. The 6-4 ruling now allows the bill to be signed into law, which will permit unborn children up to 12 weeks in gestation (three months) to be killed in […]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A pregnant mother with an aggressive form of brain cancer has refused recommendations that she abort her unborn child and has instead decided to forgo treatment in order to save her baby. Carrie DeKlyen, a mother of five, was diagnosed with Glioblastoma Multiforme in April and and was accepted for a clinic trial at […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that officials in Arkansas may exclude the abortion and contraception giant Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program, overturning a lower court ruling issued nearly a year ago. “We conclude … that Congress did not unambiguously confer the particular right asserted by the patients […]