Pro-Lifers Battle Against Extreme Virginia Abortion Amendment

    Virginia voters will soon vote on a proposed amendment that would enshrine an absolute right to abortion into the state constitution. Similar amendments have passed in several other states, including Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New York, Ohio, Vermont, Arizona,...
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Massachusetts Abortion Bill Trojan Horse for Abortion Extremism 

  The overwhelming majority of Massachusetts house lawmakers just passed a bill that would allow abortions after 24 weeks in the state. The bill, H.5595, needs to clear the state Senate before implementation. Unfortunately for pro-life advocates in the state, the Massachusetts...
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A Tragedy in Georgia Needs a Federal Response

  This article was originally posted March 27, 2026, on Ed Mechmann’s public policy blog, Stepping Out of the Boat.   Every abortion is a tragedy. But the irresponsible and illegal availability of abortion drugs by mail makes things so much worse. A recent incident in...
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Iowa House Speaker Promotes Focus on ‘Alternatives’ over Further Protections for the Preborn

  Iowa’s House speaker is suffering from a bad case of either/or syndrome. He recently suggested that helping women choose life should come ahead of legal protections for preborn babies in the Hawkeye State, rather than supporting both types of legislation with equal focu...
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Wyoming Judge Finds ‘Right’ to Abortion in State Constitution

    A Wyoming judge has once again found a reason to block the state’s lifesaving laws. Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens said the state constitution prohibits two laws in Wyoming, the Life Act and Medication Abortion Ban. Judge Owens read a “right” for a woman...
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Abortions in Indiana Have Plummeted, but There Is More Work To Do

  Do abortion bans really work to curb abortion? Advocates of abortion like to argue that they do not, but recent numbers out of Indiana, which has a near-total abortion ban, are promising. There were just 72 abortions reported in Indiana in the first half of the year,...
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Recent Developments on State Constitutions and Abortion: An Interview with Paul Benjamin Linton

Mr. Linton: Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, there is no longer a federal constitutional right to abortion. Abortion advocates, therefore, have turned to state constitutions in an attempt to establish a constitutional right to abortion at the state level that would...
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Supreme Court to Hear Idaho Abortion Case

  The U.S. Supreme Court is set this month to hear arguments involving a pro-life law in Idaho that makes it a crime for medical professionals to perform abortions. The decision will likely play a role in the upcoming presidential and congressional races in November. In...
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Tennessee Bill Would Penalize Trafficking Girls for Abortion

Since abortion is the intentional killing of an innocent preborn baby, and almost completely illegal in Tennessee, it is only reasonable to treat it like the crime it is.
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“Right to abortion” efforts fail in New Hampshire

  New Hampshire legislators have killed two bills that would effectively remove any protections for preborn babies. The New Hampshire Senate voted 14-9 to defeat a bill to create a “right [for all citizens] to make their own reproductive decisions.” The Feb. 15 vote followed...
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