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Democratic Party wants to kill Hyde Amendment, which has saved 2 million lives

For forty years the bipartisan Hyde Amendment has kept federal tax dollars from being used to directly fund abortions. The amendment has...

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House Speaker Paul Ryan: No American should be forced to pay for abortions

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) issued the following statement on the 40th anniversary of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funding for...

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Rep. Trent Franks: Americans need to know if candidates will defend innocent life

During Friday’s Judiciary Committee hearing on the Hyde Amendment, Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) in his opening statement reminded viewers of what’s at stake...

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Trump releases another list of potential judicial nominees, including pro-life Mike Lee

A central component of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s outreach to pro-life voters has been his promise to appoint originalist, pro-life judges...

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Planned Parenthood fears an end to taxpayer funding if Trump elected

In an effort to stoke pro-abortion fears about the pro-life policies Donald Trump and Mike Pence would implement if they are elected...

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No, Catholics for Choice, abortion isn’t a “Catholic social justice value”

Just in time for an election where the Hyde Amendment is at stake, Catholics for Choice has launched an ad campaign, deceiving...

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Trump wants permanent ban on taxpayer funded abortion, names SBA List president to pro-life coalition

In a new letter, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has called for “making the Hyde Amendment permanent law to protect taxpayers from...

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PolitiFact chastises Planned Parenthood for misleading GOP attack ads

The fact-checking website PolitiFact has a troubled accuracy record in covering abortion stories, but on Tuesday it accurately chastised Planned Parenthood Votes...

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Honoring departed pro-life hero Phyllis Schlafly

On Monday, Eagle Forum founder Phyllis Schlafly died at age 92. Though she spent decades as a leading activist for a wide...

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Zika funding stalled for third time over abortion funding

Funding to combat the spread of the Zika virus has taken on a political fight over funding abortion giant Planned Parenthood. A...

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Where do Gary Johnson and Jill Stein stand on abortion?

Major party candidates aren’t the only ones making headlines this year–Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green Party nominee Jill Stein are too. To...

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Abortion promoter misleads on support for the Hyde Amendment

Marcela Howell is the founder and executive director of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, and she certainly...

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Pro-life voices take differing positions on candidacy of Gary Johnson

In the 2016 presidential election, Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, formerly the Republican governor of New Mexico, has gained much attention for a...