Watered-down language on abortion in GOP platform upsets delegates
The GOP’s 2024 platform drastically differs from previous party platforms when it comes to the issue of abortion, prompting 18 delegates on the platform committee to draft a symbolic “minority report.” The final vote for the party platform was 84 to 18. However, in order for dissenters to submit a formal “minority report” to the full […]
JD Vance moves toward Trump on abortion as VP announcement nears
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) has shifted how he speaks about abortion amid growing speculation that he may be former President Donald Trump’s running mate. Like Trump, who is expected to announce his running mate by the end of the week, Vance has sought to portray himself as a moderate on the issue. He previously praised […]
Weekend Read: How Abortion Hurts Women
Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes Each year, almost three million American women face an unplanned pregnancy. When a pregnancy is unwanted and those involved are not ready, willing or able to parent, that is a dilemma for which there is no ideal solution. The obvious options for one facing an unplanned pregnancy are abortion, parenting […]
Senate GOP blocks another abortion bill
health care Full text House Appropriations Committee approves bill to cut Department of Health and Human Services budget The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday passed a bipartisan bill that would cut the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget by $7.5 billion, or 6.4%, in fiscal year 2025 from fiscal year 2024. The […]
Arkansas abortion rights ballot initiative rejected by secretary of state
Arkansas’ Secretary of State on Wednesday rejected a right-to-abortion ballot measure that would have guaranteed access to the procedure in the state up to 18 weeks into pregnancy. in Letter to Arkansas calling for limited government Secretary of State John Thurston, whose organization is behind the effort, said the group has not filed required statements […]
The Abortion Access Amendment Is Getting Most Of Its Funding From Outside Arizona
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s bad enough that the abortion lobby is fully committed to its disturbing agenda to enshrine abortion up until birth in the Arizona Constitution. But now, it appears, that the overwhelming majority of the funding to get this measure on our ballot in November isn’t even coming from within our […]
Senate Democrats return to abortion as disarray over Biden lingers
Senate Democrats are hoping to take the spotlight away from the party division over President Joe Biden’s political future and put it back on a contentious election-year matter: Abortion. “This week, Senate Democrats intend to pick up where we left off in June by bringing every single member of this chamber to task on a […]
NBC’s Kristen Welker Lied Repeatedly About Democrats’ Extreme Abortion Position
Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes Nearly every single elected Democrat supports forcing states to allow unborn children to be killed throughout all nine months of pregnancy. Kristen Welker brazenly and repeatedly lied in a bizarre, conspiracy-laden debate with former President Donald Trump on Sunday. The show was her first time as the permanent host of […]
Arkansas Activists Submit Signatures for Proposed Abortion Amendment
Groups supporting a bill to enshrine abortion rights in the Arkansas Constitution submitted petitions to state officials on Friday, the deadline for submitting ballot questions. The group Arkansas for Limited Government said it had submitted more than 100,000 signatures. 90,704 needed to move forward, Fort Smith Southwest Times Record report. Rebecca Bobrow, strategic director for […]
I Support Access to the Abortion Pill Mifepristone
Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he supports Americans having access to the abortion drug mifepristone. “Let’s move on to the next question. I want to talk about the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in Washington that is shaping the policies we want for the Trump administration’s second […]