Edward Mechmann

    A major decision was just issued by the Fifth Circuit in the abortion pill case. This is the lawsuit filed by pro-life doctors challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s shifting safety standards for the use of mifepristone (a/k/a Mifeprex). It... Read More →

Few things bother pro-abortion advocates more than the idea that pro-life pregnancy centers dissent from their party line. Some new laws that have recently been enacted show how far they are willing to go. Casting aside any notion of free speech and free thought, they are now... Read More →

    In the year since the Dobbs decision, the battle over protecting unborn children has become a state-by-state issue. Tremendous progress has been made. But it is going to be much more difficult to make further gains. To understand why, we have to look at the map and... Read More →

  A new lawsuit filed by abortion activists in Kansas gives us a good look at the multi-layered complexity of abortion law after the Dobbs decision. After Dobbs and the elimination of any special federal constitutional right to an abortion, defending unborn life became a... Read More →

  On Friday, the Supreme Court handed down a ruling in the abortion pill case (Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA). In the short term, the Court’s ruling means that the abortion pills continue to be available under the latest FDA rules — used up to 10 weeks... Read More →

    This October we will hold our 20th Great Defender of Life dinner, and soon after commence celebrating our 50th anniversary year. We are grateful to have outlived Roe, but the question today is: Where does the pro-life movement go from here? While saving unborn... Read More →

  This blog was originally posted April 13, 2023, from the blog of Edward Mechmann “Stepping Out of the Boat”. It is reprinted with permission. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ In my last... Read More →

The following is reprinted with permission from Edward Mechmann’s blog, Stepping Out of the Boat, where it originally appeared April 11, 2023 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Pro-lifers are applauding... Read More →

  This article was originally posted by Edward Mechmann’s blog Stepping Out of the Boat on March 10, 2023 ____________________________________________________________________________________ In January 2023, the FDA announced a new policy that permits a woman to obtain... Read More →

  The pro-abortion bitter-enders in the legal community are continuing to thrash about in search of a magic spell that will resurrect Roe v. Wade. Their latest attempt is the absurd proposition that abortion is guaranteed by the Thirteenth Amendment. That’s right, the Civil... Read More →