Abortion

CHICAGO (CBS) — Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday has signed legislation making Illinois the most progressive state in the nation for women’s reproductive rights. Before signing the Reproductive Health Act, which states women have the “fundamental right” to have an abortion, the governor stressed that abortion bans endanger women. His message is that women in Illinois will have the right to choose. RELATED: Youngest CPS Students And Their Teachers Return To Classrooms Thursday The legislation repeals the state’s partial birth abortion ban, which puts restrictions on abortions at 20 weeks or later, and the Illinois Abortion Law of 1975, which provides criminal penalties for doctors performing abortions. Both those laws already have been blocked by court orders. The measure also would require private health insurance plans to cover abortions and related care. The legislation comes at a time when many states are passing sweeping abortion bans. Pritzker mentioned states like … [Read more...] about Governor Pritzker Signs Sweeping Abortion Rights Law

The president of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte has joined the U.S. Catholic bishops in condemning President Joe Biden’s aggressive pro-abortion politics.In a searing February 5 essay in the Christian Post, Dr. Richard D. Land notes that “Joe Biden has completely broken with his church’s bedrock beliefs in the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death.” Sleepy Joe “has morphed into ‘whirlwind Joe,’ firing off Executive Orders at a record-breaking pace including greatly expanding the U.S. taxpayers funding of abortion both here and around the world,” writes Land, who is also executive editor of the Christian Post. Land also notes the concerted effort by the mainstream media to normalize Mr. Biden’s heterodox beliefs, while gushing over his deep Catholic devotion. “And not only has President Biden turned his back on one of the bedrock beliefs of his Roman Catholic faith, he continues to enjoy the … [Read more...] about Leading U.S. Evangelical Condemns President Biden’s ‘Pro-Abortion Blitz’

A number of European Parliamentarians criticized Poland during a debate Tuesday for its recently enacted ban on eugenic abortions of children with disabilities. In October 2020, Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal outlawed abortions on the basis of fetal anomalies, insisting that there can be “no protection of the dignity of an individual without the protection of life.” The court argued that aborting a child because of probable birth defects constituted eugenics, an effort to purify the race by purging society of the weak and undesirable, notoriously practiced by the Nazis against Jews and disabled persons, and advocated by Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger against blacks and minorities in the United States. Previously, babies with Down syndrome and other anomalies could be legally aborted in Poland, a provision the European Parliament is determined to reinstate. According to a recent report , the increase in eugenic abortions in Europe have cut the number of births … [Read more...] about European Parliamentarians Slam Poland over Ban on Eugenic Abortions

CHICAGO (CBS) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation that would provide state health insurance and Medicaid coverage for abortions. The General Assembly controlled by Democrats approved the measure in May but delayed sending it to Rauner until Monday, in part because he has changed his mind about support of the plan. RELATED: Youngest CPS Students And Their Teachers Return To Classrooms Thursday “I understand abortion is a very emotional issue with passionate opinions on both sides,” Rauner said. “I sincerely respect those who believe abortion is morally wrong. They are good people motivated by principle. “But, as I have always said, I believe a woman should have the right to make that choice herself and I do not believe that choice should be determined by income.” Does he fear he'll lose GOP votes by signing #HB40 , a serious Gov. Rauner says "Politics is politics." @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/ECvSylYRZ2 — Dana Kozlov (@DanaCBS2) September 28, 2017 … [Read more...] about Rauner Signs Bill Providing State Insurance Coverage For Abortions

Some feminists are now facing the fact that Planned Parenthood, once a staunch champion for women’s rights, is currently one of the largest providers of transgender treatments in the United States, having become a leader in an industry that supports the elimination of the legal recognition of two sexes in favor of gender identity. Transgender industry author Abigail Shrier wrote this week of a conversation with a former Planned Parenthood employee who is apparently reconciling the fact that the abortion provider’s transgender political activism may ultimately undermine its existence. In her newsletter “The Truth Fairy,” Shrier, the author of Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters ,” told of her recent contact with an anonymous former Planned Parenthood employee who explained that while she was hesitant to be critical of the abortion provider, she had grown deeply disturbed the organization’s new high-profile role as a supplier of transgender … [Read more...] about Feminists Torn: Abortion Giant Planned Parenthood Now Major Player in Transgender Industry