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NEWSworthy: The US Rejects ‘International Right to Abortion.’ Surrogacy Should Be Next

  The United States rejoined the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Jan. 24. What’s that, you ask?  The declaration is a statement, originally sponsored by the United States in 2020, that was eventually endorsed by 35-plus countries. Its signatories declare that they support...
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NEWSworthy: After Teenager is Coerced into Abortion, New York Shields Abortionists from Liability

  New York Gov. Kathy Hochul last week signed into law a bill to protect abortionists. The passage of the law, which will allow physicians to remove their names from prescriptions for abortion-inducing drugs, is in response to a grand jury indictment of Dr. Margaret...
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A New Twist to the Meaning of Being Pro-life

  The conventional meaning of being “pro-life” is related to the abortion issue. Whereas abortion advocates identified themselves as being “pro-abortion” or “pro-choice,” those who opposed abortion responded by calling themselves “pro-life.” Being “anti-abortion” was a tag...
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(This is a reprint from July 8, 2024) Last week, we celebrated the 248th anniversary of our nation’s Declaration of Independence, a bold act of defiance that ultimately, after eight long years of revolutionary war, resulted in Great Britain’s recognition of the sovereignty of the...
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