Category: roe v wade

EXCLUSIVE: Activists Plan to Block Entrances and ‘Shut Down’ Supreme Court to Prevent Expected Roe v. Wade Ruling

Protest organizing group Shut Down D.C. plans to block access to the Supreme Court in Washington on June 13. In online meeting footage obtained by The Epoch Times, the group announced that it planned to seal off all three vehicle entrances to the court so that justices couldn’t get there and announce a decision that…


New Republican Bill Would Criminalize Supreme Court Leaks

A group of 12 House Republicans introduced a bill in Congress this week that would make knowingly sharing confidential information from the Supreme Court a crime punishable by a fine or as many as five years in prison. The legislation comes a month after a leaked draft majority opinion indicated the Supreme Court was preparing…


Do Australians Need a Bill of Rights?

Commentary One of the main arguments for the enactment of a national Bill of Rights in Australia is that they are effective mechanisms to protect fundamental human rights. For example, Craig Kelly, who lost his parliamentary seat in the last federal election, believes that a national Bill of Rights would “protect the rights of all…


Oklahoma Believes in ‘The Sanctity of Life’: Rep. Markwayne Mullin, Republican Senate Candidate

With the debate over abortion heating up across the nation, the state of Oklahoma has banned all abortions with few exceptions, and Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), who is running for U.S. Senate, commended the action and said his state will always honor the sanctity of life. “Well, Oklahoma is the reddest state in the union…


DOJ Group Calls for Staff to Have Paid Leave to Travel for Abortions

A gender equity advocacy group within the Department of Justice has called for administrative time off for staff and their families to travel interstate to have abortions. The DOJ Gender Equality Network (DOJ GEN) board of directors wrote to government officials on Wednesday (pdf), prompted by the leaked draft Supreme Court opinion to overturn Roe v….


Men Are Finding Their Voice After Abortion Loss: ‘Almost Daddy’ Author Greg Mayo

After the U.S. Supreme Court draft decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was leaked, abortion has become a topic many people are thinking about, but generally from the would-be mother’s perspective, with the effects on the would-be father largely being ignored. But Greg Mayo, a public speaker and member of the men’s task force with…


Fact Check: No, Overruling Roe v. Wade Would Not Endanger Other Rights

Commentary In a previous Epoch Times essay, I surmised that the purpose of leaking the Supreme Court’s draft opinion overruling Roe v. Wade (pdf) was to expose one or more justices to political pressure. Abortion proponents are now applying that pressure—in the media, from academia, in Congress, and in the streets. The establishment media have…


Abortion and Socialism: The Fight Against Religion

Commentary “[Expletive] God” was written across a large cardboard placard of a pro-choice protester in my current city of residence, Nashville, Tennessee. Massive gatherings of mostly young females—although with plenty of men and older women, as well—took to the city’s Legislative Plaza on May 14 to voice their discontent with the potential overturning of the Roe…


Barbara Kay: Progressives’ Reaction to Roe v. Wade Leak Shows How Rage Has Become Normalized

Commentary In the 1960s, they were called the “days of rage.” They are back, but the rage isn’t contained within a rebellious cadre of American anti-war, anti-establishment students, almost universally at the time labelled “radicals.” Today, under the banner of anti-racism, human rights, and social justice, rage has become normalized at the highest levels of…


The Most Extreme Abortion Bill

Commentary In a moment of self-destructive ideological fanaticism, 49 Senate Democrats voted for the most radical abortion bill in American history—the so-called “Women’s Health Protection Act.” More accurately, Democrats should have named their bill the “Abortion for All Act.” While the Democrats pretended the bill was merely codifying Roe v. Wade into law, the fact…