LANSING, Mich. (American Freedom Law Center) – Late last night, the American Freedom Law Center, a national public interest law firm, filed a civil rights lawsuit against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the City of Detroit, challenging the constitutionality of the governor’s Executive Order 2020-21 (“Shelter in Place” order) as applied to criminalize the free […]
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — A senator in Oklahoma has again introduced a bill that would completely outlaw abortion in the state — a measure that has generated much support from fellow abolitionists but also faces opposition from stated pro-life leaders who assert that an incremental regulatory approach would be more practical. Sen. Joseph Silk, R-Broken […]
ZURICH — Swiss International Air Lines recently decided to discontinue working with the prestigious chocolatier Läderach reportedly due to “negative press” and subsequent feedback about the company’s opposition to homosexuality and abortion. The Swiss news outlet Beobachter reports that the airline had been gifting the chocolate to premium passengers for 10 years, but after headlines […]
(The Christian Institute) — A midwifery student is threatening legal action against her university after it cancelled her hospital placement over her pro-life views. Julia Rynkiewicz was suspended from her placement after a lecturer at the University of Nottingham reported her involvement with the university’s Students for Life society. Despite the allegations against her being […]
(The Christian Institute) — Feminists have admitted destroying the car of a German journalist who endorsed a March for Life event. Gunnar Schupelius’ home address was publicized in a threatening blog post by Feministische Autonome Zelle (FAZ) and the group has also taken responsibility for damaging two churches. Schupelius is a columnist for the prominent […]
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — A jury deciding a civil suit in California has awarded Planned Parenthood over $2 million after finding that pro-life activist David Daleiden and his Center for Medical Progress (CMP) caused “substantial harm” by posing as members of a biomedical procurement company and secretly recording their discussions with Planned Parenthood leadership in […]
(OneNewsNow) — A man who repeatedly threatened a pro-life activist is expected to pay a price for his actions. Federal authorities arrested and charged Christopher Thompson, 22, for making death threats to longtime pro-life group Operation Rescue. Operation Rescue spokesperson Cheryl Sullenger tells OneNewsNow that Thompson began calling the Wichita, Kansas-based group a year ago […]
MOSCOW, Idaho — A college co-founded by Reformed theologian Douglas Wilson is being questioned after inviting Andrew Klavan, a crime/thriller novelist and screenwriter for the pro-life “Gosnell” movie, to speak to high school students as part of an event teaching youth how to “engage the culture” for Christ. Although unrelated to his topic of discussion, […]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — During a recent pro-life rally at the Alabama capitol building, Ryan Bomberger of the Radiance Foundation talked about the value of every life as he shared his story of being conceived in rape, but being adopted into a large, loving family and now being an adoptive father himself. “The circumstances of our […]
TORONTO — A Canadian woman has pleaded guilty to assaulting two members of a pro-life group after being captured on camera shoving, throwing metal objects and attempting to start a fight with those who were expressing their views at Ryerson University last fall. Gabriela Skwarko, 23, was suspended for one year from her undergraduate studies and […]