Tag: abortion law

Oregon Senators Walk Out Over Contentious Abortion, Gender-Transition, and Gun-Related Bills

A walkout by most Republicans and two independent members of the Oregon Senate starting May 3 delayed action by the majority Democrats on bills related to restricting access to guns, and increasing access to abortion, and gender-transition services. Because Oregon’s legislative rules require a two- thirds quorum to conduct business, the session ground to a…


UN-Sponsored Report Would Destroy Communities by Gutting Criminal Law

Commentary ​If you like the chaos and criminality unleashed in some of our greatest cities by progressive district attorneys refusing to enforce the criminal law, you will love the “reforms” a new UN-sponsored report advocates for the entire world. The “8 March Principles,” (pdf) as they are called, are a woke nightmare. Drafted by the…


Judge Quashes Subpoena for Whitmer Testimony: Defendants File Emergency Appeal

A trial court judge has quashed a subpoena issued on Aug. 8 that would have required Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer to testify in a lawsuit she brought to block county prosecutors from enforcing the state’s strict abortion law. Whitmer, a first-term Democrat seeking reelection in November, filed a motion to quash the subpoena on Aug….


Michigan Judge Says Local Prosecutors Can’t Enforce Abortion Ban

A county judge in Michigan issued an extended order on Aug. 3 stopping the enforcement of a 1931 abortion ban just days after the state Court of Appeals upheld the law. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer filed a restraining order on Aug. 1 after the Court of Appeals ruled that county prosecutors could go ahead and enforce…


Would a Federal Law Legalizing Abortion Survive the Supreme Court?

Commentary Leading Democrats have announced they want a federal statute overruling state laws that restrict abortion. In other words, they want Congress to legalize nearly unrestricted abortion nationwide. Obviously, such a law would intrude into an area of social policy traditionally left to the states. Would the law pass muster in the Supreme Court? The…


Roe V Wade Overturn ‘Misunderstood’ Australian Liberal Senator Says As Ruling Reignites Debate in Australia

An Australian Liberal senator has defended the US Supreme Court’s overturn of the Roe v Wade ruling that largely legalised abortion, saying the decision is “profoundly empowering” for democracy despite being largely “misunderstood” by the public as the ruling reignites the abortion debate in Australia. It comes after the US Supreme Court, in a 6-3…


Pro-Abortion Protestor Shouts About Killing Babies at New York Church

Pro-abortion activists showed up at an iconic Catholic church in New York City over the weekend to disrupt pro-life demonstrators in one of several pro-abortion protests happening across the country. The activists arrived at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in the Manhattan borough of New York City on May 7 where pro-life activists…


Pro-Abortion Protester Shouts About Killing Babies at New York Church

Pro-abortion activists showed up at an iconic Catholic church in New York City over the weekend to disrupt pro-life demonstrators in one of several pro-abortion protests happening across the country. The activists arrived at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in the Manhattan borough of New York City on May 7 where pro-life activists…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Dec. 10)

Inflation hits its worst peak since the 1980s but an expert tells NTD monetary intervention by the Federal Reserve would only do more harm, the Supreme Court is allowing a strict Texas abortion law to stand, and New York’s governor revives the city’s mask mandate for indoor venues.


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Sept. 9)

The White House says government workers must get vaccinated or get fired, two companies are developing a new vaccine that would combine COVID-19 and flu shots into one, and the Department of Justice is taking action against Texas over the state’s new abortion law.