NEWSworthy: What’s Happening

and What It Means to You

Welcome to Human Life Review’s new online feature, NEWSworthy, where you will find weekly, timely coverage of news touching on a range of life issues, how they fit within the pro-life movement, and what they mean for you and your community. On such high-stakes topics as these, too often the news reporting around us appears to partake in one extreme or another, whether shrill or agenda-driven. For those looking for fair and human coverage on the issues affecting many lives today, we hope this space provides news worthy of your read.

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Post-Scopes Conceits of “Science”

  One hundred years ago, John Scopes was convicted of violating Tennessee’s ban on teaching evolution. His trial—enshrined in popular mythology as a victory of enlightened science over benighted religion—left more behind than just a courtroom verdict. It helped entrench a...
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State of Washington Gifts Planned Parenthood $11 Million To Cover Shortfall

Washington state officials will take $11 million from an emergency fund to give to Planned Parenthood to ensure it could keep aborting babies. The decision followed President Donald Trump’s signing of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” a massive budget law that defunded Planned Parenthood...
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California Spent At Least $75 Million On Abortions and Birth Control Since 2022

  California taxpayers have spent at least $75 million subsidizing abortions and birth control under special programs created after the reversal of Roe v. Wade in June 2022. But the San Francisco Examiner reports the “Uncompensated Care Grant” program is running out of...
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Economist Claims Gendercide in Decline; Female Sex Selection Abortion May Be Falling

  The influential British journal The Economist recently reported good news: it claims that “gendercide” – abortions obtained because prenatal testing indicated the child was the “wrong” sex, is down.  In most instances, “wrong” sex = “girl.” If true, that’s certainly good...
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Indiana Governor Pledges Swift Enforcement of Pro-Life Laws

    Indiana’s government agencies will work together to ensure the state’s pro-life law is “swiftly” enforced, Governor Mike Braun announced recently. The state released a 10-page report on July 1 which details how it will enforce laws against abortion. The report follows an...
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NPR Glamorizes Self-managed Abortions

  NPR, the media network that once played a recording of an abortion live on air, recently published a piece on the post-Dobbs landscape that seemingly glamorized the rise of women who are “managing their abortions without doctors.” The piece highlighted the increase in...
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Republican Congresswoman Struggles to Get Her Ectopic Pregnancy Treated, Blames Pro-Abortion ‘Fearmongering’

  Representative Kat Cammack, a Florida Republican, waited for hours to receive treatment for a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy last year. Medical professionals claimed they were afraid of running afoul of Florida’s six-week abortion ban. Cammack blames misinformation and...
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Chicago Teachers Union Leader Praises Abortion Access

    A Chicago Teachers Union leader says falling enrollment in public schools can be fixed with abortion. A ProPublica piece details how population decline in Chicago has left dozens of public schools way under capacity, threatening their existence. But the vice...
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Florida May Be Paving the Way for Eliminating Minor Abortions without Parental Consent

  When Roe v. Wade established abortion as a fundamental constitutional “right,” how the new “right” would interface with other rights was unclear. Over almost 50 years, the Supreme Court imposed its vision on society. One of the areas of conflict among “rights” involved...
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