A controversial anti-abortion bill passed in the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Tuesday, but only after heated debate on the House floor. Oklahoma House State Rep. George Faught authored House Bill-1549 – which punishes doctors who perform abortions in cases of genetic abnormalities. Doctors could face fines up to $100,000. Ok. State Rep. Cory Williams (D) asked Faught if he believed rape is the “will of […]
President Elect Trump appeared on 60 Minutes last night and told Leslie Stahl that he’ll appoint “pro-life” Supreme Court Justices, Roe v. Wade will be repealed, abortion will be left up to the states, and women who want to terminate an unwanted pregnancy will have to travel to another state where abortion is legal. In 2015, a survey […]
Franklin Graham is a Christian evangelical extremist, and on a recent broadcast of the American Family Association’s “Pray and Vote” he said that conservative Christians are “on the precipice of losing the United States of America.” While Graham’s overall message is hysterical and not at all true – because Christian evangelicals do not own the […]
Something beautiful happened in Poland recently. The eastern European country was ready to pass a ban on all abortions, but it didn’t happen. About thirty thousand people protested the ban. The protesters boycotted work and classes – many of them dressed in black and gathered in wretched weather in Warsaw’s Castle Square, chanting “We want doctors, not […]
A brief history of anti-abortion violence in the U.S. The Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the global news and information provider Thomson Reuters, has released a chilling new video timeline detailing the history of attacks on abortion providers over the years. As Mother Jones reports, the video “shows a chilling timeline of violence […]