Sanctity of Human Life – Page 281

This Law Has Saved More Than 1,200 Unborn Babies Since 2015

Jun 25, 2019Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

A pro-life law the Arkansas Legislature passed in 2015 has saved an estimated 1,251 unborn children from abortion in the past three years, based on information gathered from state reports.

The Woman’s Right to Know Act of 2015 requires abortionists to give women all the facts about abortion up front — including information about abortion’s risks, consequences, and alternatives.

The law also requires doctors to give women plenty of time to weigh their options before having an abortion.

In the past three years since the law took effect, about 12% of the women given all the facts about abortion chose not to go through with the abortion procedure.

Reports released from the Arkansas Department of Health show some 3,589 women were given the informed-consent information required by state law in 2018, and that 3,069 women ultimately had abortions.

Based on those numbers, we estimate this one pro-life law saved 520 unborn children last year alone, and has saved 1,251 lives since 2015.

Abortion in Arkansas is at a 42-year low, and most Arkansans believe abortion ought to be either completely illegal or legal only in certain circumstances.

All of this goes to show that we are saving children from abortion and building a culture that values innocent human life.

Video: Univ. of Alabama Returns Millions to Donor Critical of State’s Pro-Life Law

Jun 25, 2019Jerry CoxAbortion, Current Events, VideoAbortion, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life, Video

The University of Alabama recently returned several million dollars to the school’s largest donor after he called for students to boycott the school over the state’s pro-life law.

Some Politicians Increasingly Out of Step With Americans on Abortion

Jun 25, 2019Jerry CoxAbortionAbortion, Life, Pro-life, Sanctity of Human Life

Recently we wrote about former Vice President Joe Biden’s “controversial” support for the Hyde Amendment that prevents federal funds from being used to pay for abortions in most circumstances.

Following the backlash from liberal candidates and organizations, Mr. Biden changed positions, joining other presidential hopefuls who say the Hyde Amendment needs to go — that Americans should be forced to pay for abortions with their tax dollars.

John Stonestreet at the Colson Center for Christian Worldview released a commentary last week underscoring just how extreme that position is. He writes,

[T]he percentage of Americans who think abortion should be available at any time during pregnancy for any reason is a small minority—only about 13 percent. By contrast, a new Marist poll commissioned by NPR and PBS found that a super majority of Americans—75 percent—support some restrictions on abortion and oppose federal funding.
Apparently, Biden has joined the rest of his party’s leadership by giving in to the extremists.

Stonestreet goes on to note how remarkably polarized Republicans and Democrats have become on the issue of abortion.

I can’t think of any better example of this polarization than the “controversy” over the Hyde Amendment.

The Hyde Amendment is a bipartisan budget provision that’s been on the books for more than four decades, and all it does is prevent Americans from being forced to subsidize abortions with their tax dollars.

For years the Hyde Amendment was seen as a reasonable compromise between pro-life and pro-abortion politicians. But in the past three years organizations like Planned Parenthood and NARAL and their allies in Washington have made it clear they want the Hyde Amendment abolished.

Abortion advocates have often said, “If you don’t like abortion, don’t have one.”

Without the Hyde Amendment, however, even if you don’t like abortion and don’t have an abortion, you could still be forced to pay for an abortion with your taxes.

You can read John Stonestreet’s full commentary here.