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<description><![CDATA[Abortion advocates often say that abortion brings relief to pregnant women. This is the promise of the abortion center staff when working to close the deal with the young women who come to them with unplanned pregnancies. While Planned Parenthood and other abortion proponents continuously attack pregnancy centers for not offering abortions, they deny the testimonies […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Abortion advocates often say that abortion brings relief to pregnant women. This is the promise of the abortion center staff when working to close the deal with the young women who come to them with unplanned pregnancies.
While Planned Parenthood and other abortion proponents continuously attack pregnancy centers for not offering abortions, they deny the testimonies of grieving post-abortive women.
Planned Parenthood has even <a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-keystone/services/abortion-services/abortion-stigma" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-keystone/services/abortion-services/abortion-stigma&source=gmail&ust=1758295226806000&usg=AOvVaw2uilhuCnYx1C7LxybLSsFM">claimed</a> that, “over 95% of people who’ve had abortions say that they mostly felt relief after that abortion.”
A new <a href="https://afterabortion.org/grief-is-more-common-than-relief-after-abortion-new-study/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://afterabortion.org/grief-is-more-common-than-relief-after-abortion-new-study/&source=gmail&ust=1758295226806000&usg=AOvVaw174zE5f5LR7OqqE8Q9N4Kt">study</a> from the Elliot Institute refutes this claim, finding instead that grief is far more common after abortion.
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Comparing women who had miscarriages or other natural pregnancy losses to women who had abortions, the study found that both sets reported comparable levels of grief, depression, and anxiety. However, the women who’d had abortions reported much higher levels of guilt, shame, and regret.
Relief was prominent among only the 30% of women in the study who described their abortions as “wanted and consistent with my values and preferences.” For all others, relief was seldom reported in the study published in late March.
Seventy percent reported feeling pressured to abort by other people or circumstances. These outside pressures were “strongly linked to women reporting that their abortions were inconsistent or contrary to their own values and preferences,” according to a statement on the study’s release.
Roughly 13% of the women in the study who’d had abortions described their abortions as “coerced.” And these women consistently ranked their negative emotions as more severe than all the other subgroups. Women in the group reporting coercion were also the most likely to say that they still have intense negative feelings, even 20 years after their abortions.
The claim by abortion proponents that relief is the most common reaction to abortion is actually based on just two studies, according to David Reardon, director of the <a href="https://afterabortion.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://afterabortion.org/&source=gmail&ust=1758295226806000&usg=AOvVaw0NXModphRJnFsWJ-oIT8Mx">Elliot Institute</a>, and author of the new study on the purported relief that comes from abortion.
Both of the earlier studies were questionable, relying on small samples of women who had been recruited to participate while at abortion facilities, and a considerable majority of women in each either refused or dropped out of the studies.
“This is a reflection of self-censure bias,” Reardon said.
“At the time they are being recruited at an abortion clinic, the women who anticipate or are experiencing the most negative feelings are the ones most likely to decline or drop out,” Reardon said. “They don’t want to think about their abortions, much less discuss them with a stranger.”
“That’s why these abortion clinic studies have participation rates as low as only 30%,” Reardon added. “They mainly include only those women who are most confident that they made the right decision and who have the fewest negative feelings.”
Reardon conducted a random national survey of 1,925 women ages 41 to 45 years old for his<a href="https://f1000research.com/articles/14-240/v1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://f1000research.com/articles/14-240/v1&source=gmail&ust=1758295226806000&usg=AOvVaw0DruzLIbWKkk6J-awTKp8G"> study</a>. The survey topic was not divulged ahead of time and a “stigma reduction” methodology was used prior to the women being asked about their abortion histories.
This resulted in 21.2% of the women surveyed acknowledging a history of at least one abortion, a figure very close to the 23.7% lifetime abortion rate projected by the Guttmacher Institute, but also twice the rate of most national surveys, which typically see much higher concealment rates.
Reardon believes the results of the study, part of Unwanted Abortion Studies, funded by the <a href="https://lozierinstitute.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://lozierinstitute.org/&source=gmail&ust=1758295226806000&usg=AOvVaw3kaC8NcXsmqyI7PkWdLqYp">Charlotte Lozier Institute</a>, should be included in abortion provider’s advertising and informed consent policies.
His <a href="https://f1000research.com/articles/14-240/v1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://f1000research.com/articles/14-240/v1&source=gmail&ust=1758295226806000&usg=AOvVaw0DruzLIbWKkk6J-awTKp8G">findings</a> are available for reanalysis and the methodology replicable. Reardon says this makes the results disprovable.
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“The fact that researchers who work for abortion advocacy groups have not found any flaws in our prior studies, based on this same data set, underscores the accuracy of these findings,” he said. “Lacking any evidence to dispute our results, their only response has been to pretend that our findings don’t exist, hoping the media will do the same.”
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Another <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39838528/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39838528/&source=gmail&ust=1758295226806000&usg=AOvVaw1DrDgWot3ZqEgT0-nFm8LC">study</a> <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39838528%5Dconducted" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39838528%255Dconducted&source=gmail&ust=1758295226806000&usg=AOvVaw2CH5h2h3PuwYIml7QK4p4P">conducted</a> by Reardon and published in January—” Suicide risks associated with pregnancy outcomes: a national cross-sectional survey of American females 41-45 years of age”–found double the suicide risk among women who have had an abortion as compared to other women.
From the study results:
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Aborting women were twice as likely to have attempted suicide compared to other women. Aborting women, especially those who underwent coerced or unwanted abortions, were significantly more likely to say their pregnancy outcomes directly contributed to suicidal thoughts and behaviors compared to women in all other groups.
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“Women should be told that if they feel any pressure to abort, or have maternal or moral conflicts with it, negative feelings are more likely than relief,” Reardon said regarding this latest study. “And in many cases, these negative reactions can last for decades. Anything less is deceit.”
LifeNews Note: Patty Knap is a certified pregnancy counselor, faith formation teacher, ABA therapist for autism, and freelance writer from Long Island. <a href="https://pregnancyhelpnews.com/grief-not-relief-more-common-after-abortion-new-study">This originally appeared at Pregnancy Help News.</a>
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<description><![CDATA[Science has now confirmed what parents the world over have known in their hearts—that ultrasounds of preborn babies are important for parent-child bonding, including fathers. An article in the Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology reveals that a simple sonogram can increase the emotional attachment of parents to their unborn children. As the team of researchers states, “Parents […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Science has now confirmed what parents the world over have known in their hearts—that ultrasounds of preborn babies are important for parent-child bonding, including fathers.
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02646838.2022.2088710" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02646838.2022.2088710&source=gmail&ust=1758295226805000&usg=AOvVaw1mWbAGd4t_MT9YqXXGrQGq">An article</a> in the Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology reveals that a simple sonogram can increase the emotional attachment of parents to their unborn children. As the team of researchers states, “Parents value working collaboratively with sonographers to be actively involved in the experience. Sonographers can help facilitate attachment by delivering parent-centered care tailored to parents’ emotional and knowledge needs.”
The researchers–Emily Skelton, Rebecca Webb, Christina Malamateniou, Mary Rutherford & Susan Ayers–conducted database searches of English language studies published since the year 2000. The 23 studies that were reviewed described measures of attachment in parents after they had seen ultrasound images of their preborn babies.
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The majority of the studies were conducted in European nations. As the article notes, “Parents regarded scans as a milestone event, which they expected, and wanted.”
It is also interesting to point out that “One of the first-time mothers even considered the ultrasound examination to be an initiation rite into pregnancy, making it obvious not only to herself but also to others that she really was expecting a baby.”
But mothers were not the only ones to see their attachment to their babies enhanced as a result of ultrasounds. Fathers, too, bonded with their babies in what might be considered an unexpected way:
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A cross-cutting theme was the importance of partners at scans. Scans help fathers and non-pregnant partners to engage with the pregnancy and get to know the baby through visual cues. The baby represents a project shared between a couple and the scan is a pregnancy-related event that both parents can experience simultaneously. Knowledge about the unborn baby is acquired together, and physical movements can be witnessed in real time during the scan, providing fathers and non-pregnant partners with a glimpse into the otherwise privileged access their partner has of the pregnancy. The ‘thrill’ of being present cannot be fully felt through images shared afterwards and the scan experience may further support the intrapsychic dynamics of the expectant parents by enabling an encounter with their imagined child.
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In addition, “partner behavior changed after the scan to be ‘more understanding and gentle’ towards mothers.”
It’s incredible when you think about it—a simple diagnostic tool bringing together a family in a unique and vital way.
What a wonderful gift they are in the on-going effort to rebuild a culture of life!
LifeNews.com Note: Maria Gallagher is the Executive Director and Political Action Committee Director for the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation and she has written and reported for various broadcast and print media outlets, including National Public Radio, CBS Radio, and AP Radio. 
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<description><![CDATA[On a recent visit to the Interesting Times podcast, Noor Siddiqui, head of the IVF screening company Orchid, told Ross Douthat that baby-making needs to change. Not only will the genetic screening of embryos be available, she predicted; it will be the new normal of procreation. The vast majority of parents in the future are not going to want to […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="https://x.com/LilaGraceRose/status/1957161753747558799">On a recent visit</a> to the Interesting Times podcast, <a href="https://noorsiddiqui.com/about/">Noor Siddiqui</a>, head of the IVF screening company <a href="https://www.orchidhealth.com/">Orchid</a>, told Ross Douthat that baby-making needs to change. Not only will the genetic screening of embryos be available, she predicted; it will be the new normal of procreation.
The vast majority of parents in the future are not going to want to roll the dice with their child’s health. They’re going to see it as taking the maximum amount of care, the maximum amount of love. In the same way that they plan their nursery, plan their home, plan their preschool. … I think it then becomes about stewardship. It becomes about how do I make a responsible choice for my family.
<a href="https://noorsiddiqui.com/about/">Siddiqui</a> is probably correct. When children are seen as accessories to adult life, eugenics makes the most sense. Why wouldn’t we take every step possible to optimize the health of the child we take home, even if that involves the creation and discarding of other tiny humans in the process? And why wouldn’t we use the best available technology to do so?
IVF is pitched as a <a href="https://breakpoint.org/ivf-and-infertility-good-ends-do-not-justify-all-means/">therapeutic technology</a>, enabling those unable to have kids to become parents. Increasingly, it is also sold by appealing to certain lifestyle choices. Those who wish to <a href="https://breakpoint.org/the-rise-of-intentionally-single-mothers/">postpone pregnancy</a> or hand off the task to willing incubators can still have the children they want.
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To be clear, the IVF process has always separated procreation from sex, and it has always involved the screening and selection of embryos. Siddiqui is simply promising more of the same. “Sex is for pleasure,” she has said on several occasions; “IVF is for having children.” There is a market, she believes, in more thorough testing and better screening. She’s probably right.
Many people have noted that the 1997 movie <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIIZ2P-fiyI">Gattaca</a> has proven to be eerily prophetic. The main difference is that that society was obsessed with genetic perfection. Ours is intrigued by the concept but more as a way of maintaining the lifestyle we want.
Still, if Orchid’s services are ever perfected and normalized, parents who choose to have babies the old-fashioned way will be accused of being “reckless” and “irresponsible.” Those who don’t genetically screen out “imperfect” children will be labelled abusive and heartless. One can imagine a world in which insurance companies cover the costs of certain pregnancies but not others.
As Dr. Kristin Collier <a href="https://x.com/HSRdirector/status/1957181248239206577">put it after</a> a visit to Orchid’s website, “This is not ‘healthcare.’” Rather, it is a way of normalizing the next descent on an already very slippery slope. Recently, Lila Rose of LiveAction <a href="https://x.com/LilaGraceRose">shared a video</a> of a man chronicling his journey to parenthood with his male partner. “Quick recap,” he started. “We’re having two babies. We bought 40 frozen eggs from our egg donor.” The man then proceeded to yank Post-it notes off a cardboard, each representing one of those eggs with genetic “problems,” until he got down to the two keepers. Orchid will make it possible to do the same thing, only with tiny humans and with the swipe on a screen.
In <a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/silicon-valley-high-iq-children-764234f8">The Wall Street Journal</a>, Zusha Ellinson described “Silicon Valley’s Obsession With Having Smarter Babies.” 
The fascination with what some call “genetic optimization” reflects deeper Silicon Valley beliefs about merit and success. “I think they have a perception that they are smart and they are accomplished, and they deserve to be where they are because they have ‘good genes,’” said Sasha Gusev, a statistical geneticist at Harvard Medical School. “Now they have a tool where they think that they can do the same thing in their kids as well, right?”
In a recent post on X, Princeton professor <a href="https://x.com/McCormickProf/status/1957065385921966084">Robert P. George</a> described perfectly what’s at stake as modern technology makes this more possible: 
Eugenics is now a permanent temptation. Every new generation will face it. Resisting it will be as difficult as it is important. It is critical that we understand children as *persons*, not products. We must not make them objects of manufacture, subject to “quality controls.” 
Indeed, but the ethical genie has been let out of the bottle for some time now. We must oppose eugenics in all forms, and we must train our children about God’s design and the God-given intrinsic good of children. 
Stanley Hauerwas famously said, “In 100 years, if Christians are people identified as those who do not kill their children or their elderly, we will have been doing something right.” If so, that will likely mean that we are also known for the way we make babies.
LifeNews Note: John Stonestreet writes for <a href="http://www.breakpoint.org/2019/12/breakpoint-the-pursuit-of-family/">BreakPoint.org</a>. This article was originally <a href="https://breakpoint.org/gattaca-wasnt-supposed-to-be-the-plan" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">posted here.</a>
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<description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, in answer to a question about his ongoing review of mifepristone, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy said, “We’re getting data all the time, new data that we’re reviewing.” Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue, comments, “It’s so encouraging to see an HHS Secretary willing to look at real data and give this […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Earlier this month, in answer to a question about his ongoing review of mifepristone, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy said, “We’re getting data all the time, new data that we’re reviewing.”
Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue, comments, “It’s so encouraging to see an HHS Secretary willing to look at real data and give this dangerous abortion drug an honest review. Our organization has been poised and ready for this moment. We are submitting OR’s own unique data to Secretary Kennedy regarding chemical abortions, the rise of telemed abortions, and the current dangers women face when seeking these almost unregulated pills – a situation created by Biden and the FDA.”
Operation Rescue has been gathering information on chemical abortions for years. In addition to singular investigations of abortion complications, abortion deaths, and other wrongdoing, OR has also carried out an annual survey of every abortion clinic in America for more than a decade. This survey tracks a plethora of sobering data, including the fluctuating number of abortion clinics, the average cost of procedures, gestational limits, and wait times.
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“More recently,” adds Newman, “and especially after the fall of Roe, our team began a close survey of The Virtual Back-Alley – the growing number of virtual abortion pill peddlers that have more than tripled since Biden and the FDA stripped away nearly all safety regulations for mifepristone.”
Aside from providing information on the Virtual Back-Alley not found anywhere else, this in-depth report also details major problems created by removing commonsense safety regulations for mifepristone, including: the vast underreporting of abortion pill complications; women killed by abortion pills; a documented increase in predators procuring abortion pills to secretly dose the women they have impregnated; and, the current reality that abortionists are treated as a privileged class of doctor, unable to even be sued by patients they have harmed or arrested for state laws they have violated.
“We know this meticulously gathered data can be of great use to RFK and the Department of Health and Human Services,” Newman comments. “We offer it in good faith, and our team is available for any further questions Secretary Kennedy might have.”
<a href="https://www.operationrescue.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Report-for-HHS.pdf">Here is the full report.</a>
LifeNews Note: This article was originally published by <a title="Operation Rescue" href="https://www.operationrescue.org/">Operation Rescue</a>, a leading pro-life, Christian activist organization dedicated to exposing abortion abuses, demanding enforcement, saving innocent lives, and building an abortion-free America. The author, Sarah Neely, is Chief Operating Officer for Operation Rescue.” 
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<description><![CDATA[Cardinal Blase Cupich, head of the Archdiocese of Chicago, plans to honor radically pro-abortion Senator Dick Durbin with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the “Keep Hope Alive” Benefit on November 3. The award is prompting fierce backlash from pro-life advocates who decry the decision as a betrayal of pro-life Catholic teachings and a grave scandal […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Cardinal Blase Cupich, head of the Archdiocese of Chicago, plans to honor radically pro-abortion Senator Dick Durbin with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the “Keep Hope Alive” Benefit on November 3.
The award is prompting fierce backlash from pro-life advocates who decry the decision as a betrayal of pro-life Catholic teachings and a grave scandal that violates the sanctity of life.
Illinois Right to Life, a leading statewide pro-life organization, condemned the award, to be presented by the Archdiocese’s Office of Human Dignity and Solidarity, as a stark contradiction to the Church’s unwavering stance on the dignity of the unborn.
“The Church emphasizes that human beings are integrated persons and that we cannot live in spiritual harmony if we are denying even one aspect of the truth of the faith,” said Illinois Right to Life President Mary Kate Zander in comments to LifeNews. “Presenting Dick Durbin with an award – and from the Office of Human Dignity, no less – is an explicitly inconsistent and un-Catholic choice by Cardinal Cupich. Not only does it cause scandal among the faithful by creating confusion, it also puts the Senator’s soul at risk by failing to hold him accountable for his refusal to oppose abortion in the U.S. Senate.”
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Durbin, a self-professed Catholic elected to the Senate in 1997, has consistently opposed pro-life legislation, earning sharp criticism from pro-life advocates who view his record as antithetical to the Church’s defense of life from conception. He voted against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, which prohibited late-term abortion procedures, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which sought to ban abortions after 20 weeks when unborn children may feel pain, and the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which would have mandated life-saving care for infants born alive during failed abortions.
Durbin also backed the Women’s Health Protection Act, which aimed to codify Roe v. Wade and usher in aboritons up to birth, despite the Supreme Court’s ruling that it was unconstitutional.
His actions extend beyond votes.
During the 2020 confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, Durbin questioned her about identifying as an “orthodox Catholic” and whether she wore a rosary, remarks pro-life Catholics saw as dismissive of faithful adherence to Church doctrine.
In 2021, Durbin was barred from receiving Holy Communion in his home diocese of Springfield, Illinois, by Bishop Thomas Paprocki due to his voting record.
Cardinal Cupich’s decision to honor Durbin has reignited scrutiny of his approach to abortion, particularly after he delivered the opening prayer at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where support for abortion has been a party platform staple since 1980.
Illinois Right to Life is rallying Catholics to contact the Archdiocese’s Office of Human Dignity and Solidarity Director Jose Coronel or call 312-534-8200 to voice their disapproval, urging the Church to uphold its mission to defend the vulnerable and reject complicity in abortion’s violence.
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<title>Charlie Kirk’s Death is a Reminder: Free Speech is Not Violence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Our nation remains shaken by the senseless assassination of Charlie Kirk. He was killed for having a voice – for daring to speak his convictions boldly in the public square. Charlie’s death is the tragic result of a dangerous idea: labeling speech itself as violence. When voices are branded as dangerous or harmful, it becomes […]
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[Our nation remains shaken by the senseless assassination of Charlie Kirk. He was killed for having a voice – for daring to speak his convictions boldly in the public square. Charlie’s death is the tragic result of a dangerous idea: labeling speech itself as violence. When voices are branded as dangerous or harmful, it becomes easier to justify silencing them – whether through physical violence or government suppression.
A similar mindset drives pro-abortion activists and state officials who are working to shut down Christian pro-life centers, or Pregnancy Resource Centers (PRCs). Instead of bullets, they wield the weapons of law, regulation, and smear campaigns – accusing pro-life ministries of being a “threat to public health” simply because they operate from a faith-based, pro-life viewpoint.
The ACLJ believes that defending the unborn doesn’t make you a “threat.” Take action and add your name to the petition: <a href="https://aclj.org/pro-life/stop-criminalizing-saving-unborn-babies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stop Criminalizing Saving Unborn Babies</a>.
<h2>Massachusetts: A Government Smear Campaign</h2>
In Massachusetts, Governor Maura Healey and her administration have <a href="https://aclj.org/pro-life/aclj-files-lawsuit-against-governor-of-massachusetts-and-the-abortion-lobby-on-behalf-of-christian-pregnancy-center-to-stop-vicious-smear-campaign-aimed-at-shutting-down-pro-life-centers-and-promoting-abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">waged an unprecedented campaign</a> against pro-life centers. These centers – such as <a href="https://aclj.org/pro-life/aclj-files-lawsuit-against-governor-of-massachusetts-and-the-abortion-lobby-on-behalf-of-christian-pregnancy-center-to-stop-vicious-smear-campaign-aimed-at-shutting-down-pro-life-centers-and-promoting-abortion?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Your Options Medical</a> – exist to serve women in crisis. They provide pregnancy tests, counseling, ultrasounds, diapers, baby clothes, and ongoing support. They do this not for profit, but because of their convictions about the sanctity of life.
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Yet the state has labeled them “deceptive” and “dangerous.” Taxpayer dollars fund bus and bench ads warning citizens to “avoid anti-abortion centers.” The Health Department encourages residents to report them. The Attorney General threatens legal action for so-called “false advertising.”
Make no mistake: pro-life centers are not committing fraud. They are not endangering women. Their “crime” is viewpoint. Because these PRCs refuse to promote or refer for abortion, the state has decided they must be silenced.
The <a href="https://aclj.org/pro-life/mass-deception-government-smear-campaign-against-pro-life-pregnancy-resource-centers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ACLJ filed suit</a> against the governor and her allies, exposing this smear campaign for what it is: an unconstitutional attempt to weaponize government power against religious speech. We’ve already <a href="https://aclj.org/pro-life/aclj-defeats-motions-to-dismiss-in-state-sponsored-smear-case-of-pro-life-centers-heres-how-it-happened?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defeated </a><a href="https://aclj.org/pro-life/aclj-defeats-motions-to-dismiss-in-state-sponsored-smear-case-of-pro-life-centers-heres-how-it-happened?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">motions to dismiss</a> and forced the state to turn over thousands of pages of internal documents. The truth is coming to light.
<h2>New Jersey: Donor Disclosures and the Supreme Court</h2>
This battle isn’t limited to Massachusetts. In New Jersey, another state effort to muzzle pregnancy centers is now before the U.S. Supreme Court in <a href="https://aclj.org/pro-life/aclj-files-at-supreme-court-to-defend-pro-life-centers-from-government-harassment?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin</a>.
New Jersey state officials are demanding that pro-life centers disclose their donors, opening the door to harassment and retaliation against those who dare to support these religious ministries.
The heartbreaking events of last week serve as a chilling reminder of why forced disclosure is so dangerous. When supporters of faith-based organizations are exposed, they become easy targets for harassment, intimidation, or worse. If states succeed in demanding donor lists from pro-life centers, many will be scared into silence. And the precedent won’t stop with pregnancy centers – it will sweep across churches, charities, and any faith-based group that dares to speak against the cultural tide.
<h2>The Consequences of Branding PRCs “Dangerous”</h2>
<a href="https://aclj.org/pro-life/aclj-fighting-for-pregnancy-resource-centers-facing-a-litany-of-violent-physical-and-legal-attacks-across-the-country?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We’ve already seen</a> what happens when pro-life centers are falsely branded as “dangerous.” Violence against them is deemed acceptable. Across the country, PRCs have been vandalized, firebombed, and smeared by hostile officials. Windows smashed, graffiti scrawled across walls, buildings set ablaze – all because they dare to offer women alternatives to abortion.
At the same time, pro-abortion politicians and their allies push ordinances designed to choke off PRCs’ ability to advertise or speak, claiming their faith-based message is “misleading.” The pattern is unmistakable: Once speech is labeled a threat, violence and legal harassment quickly follow.
<h2>From Smears to Violence</h2>
This brings us back to the tragic loss of Charlie Kirk. He was murdered for his Christian beliefs and his determination to share them with others. That is violence in its rawest form, and it is horrific.
Yet it should not surprise us that a culture willing to sanction violence against the most vulnerable – innocent babies in the womb – also breeds violence against those who defend life. When human life is devalued at its beginning, it is only a small step to devalue the lives and voices of those who speak up for the unborn. The hostility that leads to firebombed pro-life centers and the murder of a Christian leader grows from the same poisoned root: a worldview that treats life as expendable and conscience as dangerous.
Silencing dissent doesn’t begin with bullets. It begins with lies. It begins with words like “dangerous,” “deceptive,” and “threat to public health.” It begins when governments, in partnership with powerful pro-abortion interest groups, decide that viewpoints promoting life and morality are too “harmful” to be allowed. It begins when laws and regulations are twisted into tools of suppression.
The difference is one of degree, only. The same spirit that fueled Charlie’s assassin is at work when officials try to drive Christian ministries out of the public square. Both are attacks on conscience, speech, and life.
<h2>Where Do We Go From Here?</h2>
We must not allow this trend to continue.
The ACLJ is actively countering this dangerous narrative on every front – fighting in the courts to defend pro-life centers, engaging in legislatures and governments to root out anti-religious and anti-pro-life bias in law, and <a href="https://www.choicebeginshere.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">working in the culture</a> to expose the truth.
Charlie Kirk’s assassination is a wake-up call. Christian beliefs and life itself are under assault.
The ACLJ will not back down. We will defend these ministries, their donors, their right to serve, and their faith. Because in America, speaking to promote life and morality is not a threat, nor is it violence, and it certainly doesn’t make someone a criminal. Take action and add your name to the petition: <a href="https://aclj.org/pro-life/stop-criminalizing-saving-unborn-babies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stop Criminalizing Saving Unborn Babies</a>.
LifeNews Note: Olivia Summers is Associate Counsel with the <a href="https://aclj.org/pro-life/gruesome-partial-birth-abortionist-leroy-carhart-sets-up-gofundme-to-expand-abortion">ACLJ</a>, focusing on pro-life advocacy and protecting the freedoms of speech and religion.
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