Tag: abortion

California Cancels $54 Million Deal With Walgreens Over Abortion Pill Policy

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that California won’t renew a $54 million contract with Walgreens after the pharmacy chain decided not to distribute abortion pills in 20 U.S. states, where they may face legal action. Newsom signaled the move on Twitter earlier in the week, stating, “We’re done.” “California will not stand by as corporations cave to…


UK Passes ‘Buffer Zone’ Law Making Silent Prayer Illegal Near Abortion Clinics

Britain’s House of Commons approved legislation on Tuesday to create “buffer zones” that ban certain behavior including silent prayer outside abortion facilities across England and Wales. MPs voted 299–116 in favour of creating the zones. The Public Order Bill contains powers to make it an offence for anyone who “seeks to influence, advises, persuade, or…


Is This California Pro-Lifers’ Moment?

Commentary Pro-lifers rallied March 6 in Sacramento in front of the Capitol. They numbered “a few hundred,” according to the Sacramento Bee. Given recent events in this state, this would seem not the most propitious time to try to save babies. Last November, voters passed Proposition 1, which wrote abortion “rights” into the state constitution,…


The New Frontiers for the Pro-Life Movement

Commentary After the Supreme Court’s historic Dobbs decision overturned one of the worst decisions in Supreme Court history, Roe v. Wade, the American pro-life movement celebrated its greatest victory for life in nearly 50 years. At the same time, some on the radical left responded by attacking churches, pregnancy centers, and other pro-life institutions across…


California ‘Won’t Be Doing Business’ With Walgreens Over Abortion Pill Policy: Newsom

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vowed that the state will no longer be doing business with Walgreens after the pharmacy chain announced that it would not be distributing abortion pills in some states across the United States. Newsom took to Twitter on Monday, where he declared of the state and Walgreens: “We’re done.” “California won’t be doing business…


British Woman Who Refused Abortion Is Now a Proud Mom of a 4-Year-Old Math Prodigy

A little boy given a 10 percent chance of survival has defied the odds and is now a genius who outsmarts his teachers and helps his mom budget. Four-year-old Jamie Mohr is “a little miracle” born weighing just 1 pound 8 ounces on Sept. 10, 2018. Jamie’s mom, Lorraine, 38, from Glasgow, Scotland, had been told…


Republicans Decry Ban of Pro-Life Doctors From OBGYN Conference

After a group of pro-life doctors was banned by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) from presenting at its annual medical education conference, four Republican congressmen are calling on their colleagues to hold the organization to account. On Monday, Feb. 27, doctors from the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists (AAPLOG) were…


Walgreens Won’t Sell Abortion Pills in 20 States

Walgreens confirmed on March 2 that it will not distribute abortion pills in numerous states—including to some states where abortion is legal—after Republican attorneys general (AG) in 21 states told the company that it risked breaking federal law should it do so, Politico first reported. Walgreens, the second-largest pharmacy chain in the United States, made…


‘I’m Not a Disease’: Abortion Survivor Credits God for the Strength to Forgive After Years of Shame

A woman who discovered at 19 that she had survived an attempted abortion buried the revelation deep down and carried shame in her heart for years. It wasn’t until a conversation with God that she replaced shame with love and opened her heart to forgiveness. Today, Jennifer Milbourn, 44, is a psychology student and community…


19 State Attorneys General Warn Grocers, Big-Box Retailers Against Mailing Abortion Pills

The attorneys general of 19 different states have sent a letter to Costco and Kroger warning the retail brands against sending abortion pills through the mail. Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced updated rules that allow stores with pharmacies, such as Costco and Kroger, to dispense the abortion drug mifepristone through…