With agreement from the state of Illinois, a federal judge ordered the state not to enforce its assisted-suicide mandate against Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, two orders of Catholic nuns, and a small-town Illinois pharmacist. In Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm v. Prince, Becket asked a federal court to protect the Catholic healthcare providers from the law, which takes effect on September 12. This order means they can continue caring for patients according to their faith without being forced to assist with suicides or punished for speaking a life-affirming message against suicide. Click Follow below

In its never-ending quest to eliminate any limitations of the “right” to abortion, Planned Parenthood Wisconsin is suing to eliminate the requirement that only licensed physicians can perform abortions and the requirement that there be a 24-hour reflection period between the initial visit to the abortionist and a possible abortion. In Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Ozanne, PPFA Wisconsin is not arguing there already is an explicit right to abortion in the state Constitution. Rather, they

This Wednesday, ProPublica ran an article blaming recently enacted pro-life laws for an increase in ectopic pregnancy deaths. They claim that the ectopic pregnancy death rate has more than doubled since 2014. Additionally, the article provides data which purportedly shows a greater ectopic pregnancy death rate increase in states with strict abortion bans. This article received a large amount of online attention. It was reposted by CNN and has been covered by a number of news outlets including Medical Daily and Scripps

The pro-abortion group Amplify Legal sent a threatening letter to Live Action, which accused Live Action News of slander against a group of women who went public after being denied abortions for severely ill preborn babies. These women, who put forward their stories to advocate against pro-life laws, all claimed that they were denied abortions despite carrying babies who had no chance of survival. Live Action News pushed back on some of these claims, and

Embryos don’t have hearts. They have groups of pulsing cells where the heart will eventually form. The embryonic period is defined as the first stage of the pregnancy up to 11 weeks gestation. The embryonic heart–including atria, ventricles, and related structures–is present by 6 weeks gestation. We have collected multiple scientific and medical sources explaining as much here. Embryos don’t have heartbeats. They have rudimentary electrical activity of cardiac cells. By 6-7 weeks gestation, the

By Sarah Neely On a hot Friday morning in Fort Collins, Colorado, dozens of dedicated pro-life people gathered on a narrow sidewalk in front of Planned Parenthood to hold a press conference and prayer rally, and to ask Colorado officials a single question: How many is too many?  Lexi Arguello died on February 6, 2025. […] The post Recap: Seeking Justice for Lexi and Calling for Accountability in Colorado’s Back-Alley Abortions appeared first on Operation