The Michigan state Supreme Court said it would consider specific procedural questions in Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s lawsuit concerning an almost 100-year-old law that bans most abortions in the state. 
The court <a href="https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/05/michigan-supreme-court-will-consider-gov-whitmers-abortion-lawsuit.html">reportedly</a> &#8220;granted a motion for immediate consideration,&#8221; of Whitmer&#8217;s case, per MLive, but <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/20/michigan-supreme-court-whitmer-1931-abortion-lawsuit/9857162002/">did not show</a> whether it will consider Whitmer’s stance that the Michigan Constitution allows for the right to an abortion. It asked Whitmer to consider several questions and provide answers in the coming two weeks. Whitmer is utilizing executive authority to request that the court immediately take up her lawsuit, but it does not have to oblige.
The questions <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/20/michigan-supreme-court-whitmer-1931-abortion-lawsuit/9857162002/">include</a>, per the Detroit Free Press:
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<li class="p1">Whether the Court of Claims’ injunction makes it unnecessary for the Michigan Supreme Court to immediately take up the governor&#8217;s case;</li>
<li class="p1">Whether the questions posed should be answered before the United States Supreme Court determines the fate of Roe v. Wade, and whether that decision would be binding to the questions of state abortion rights raised by the governor</li>
<li class="p1">&#8220;Whether there is an actual case and controversy requirement and, if so, whether it is met here”;</li>
<li class="p1">An explanation of the Executive Message powers granted by law and why the question of abortion constitutionality merits using this authority; and</li>
<li class="p1">Whether the power only allows the governor to defend existing laws, as opposed to questioning the constitutionality of existing laws.</li>
</ul>
Earlier this week, Michigan’s Court of Claims <a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/bd/ae/bdae94a0-991f-40b4-af60-98df7d4a4169/20220517_opin_and_ord.pdf">issued</a> a preliminary injunction blocking the state’s 1931 law that bans abortion, after the state’s Planned Parenthood and an abortion provider sued. Under the order, the attorney general of Michigan is not allowed to enforce the law. Court of Claims Judge Elizabeth Gleicher decided that Planned Parenthood had a high likelihood of winning. 
Last month, Whitmer filed a separate lawsuit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/whitmer-files-lawsuit-challenging-1931-pro-life-law">directed</a> at the 1931 law, which could go back into place if Roe v. Wade is overturned by the Supreme Court.
As Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/07/whitmer-sues-abortion-law-governors-00023649">reported</a>, “The Michigan law bans abortion at any stage of pregnancy, with an exception for the health of a woman but not for cases of rape or incest. It has remained on the books for decades despite the 1973 Roe decision rendering it unenforceable and establishing the right to abortion nationally.” 
Whitmer’s lawsuit includes 13 prosecutors of counties with abortion clinics. County prosecutors also <a href="https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2022/05/michigan-supreme-court-will-consider-gov-whitmers-abortion-lawsuit.html">have two weeks</a> to submit their answers to the questions after Whitmer does so.
Whitmer spokesperson Bobby Leddy <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2022/05/20/michigan-supreme-court-whitmer-1931-abortion-lawsuit/9857162002/">said</a> Friday, “In light of the leaked opinion from conservatives justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the fact that Michigan has an outdated law on the books from 1931 making abortion a felony even in cases of rape or incest, it has never been more important for the Michigan Supreme Court to resolve whether the state constitution protects the right to abortion.&#8221;
&#8220;We are reviewing the Michigan Supreme Court’s questions, and welcome the opportunity to inform the court of the need to resolve this crucial constitutional question now. Women need clarity and confidence that their rights will be protected, and that’s what Gov, Whitmer is hoping to achieve with this case,&#8221; Leddy added.
States across the country have been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oklahoma-passes-ban-on-almost-all-abortions-starting-at-conception">watching</a> for a a ruling from the Supreme Court on the Mississippi case Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. A recent Supreme Court draft majority opinion on the case showed the high court could very well overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, returning the decision of abortion laws back to the states. 
In the leaked draft opinion, Justice Samuel Alito <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473">wrote</a>, “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” noting, “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”

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Michigan Supreme Court Poses Questions To Whitmer In Abortion Lawsuit, Looks Into Taking Up Case

Michigan Supreme Court Asks Governor Whitmer To Answer Questions On Abortion Lawsuit

Abortion

Gretchen Whitmer

Michigan

Roe v. Wade's Long And Brutal Legacy

Supreme Court

The Archbishop of San Francisco has informed Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) that she is not to receive holy communion at mass over her repeated support for abortion.
&#8220;In light of my responsibility as the Archbishop of San Francisco &#8230; I am hereby notifying you that you are not to present yourself for Holy Communion and, should you do so, you are not to be admitted to Holy Communion, until such time as you publicly repudiate your advocacy for the legitimacy of abortion and confess and receive absolution of this grave sin in the sacrament of Penance,&#8221; San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said in a Friday letter to Pelosi.
She did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.
Cordileone&#8217;s announcement emphasized that Pope Francis, &#8220;in keeping with his predecessors, has likewise been quite clear and emphatic in teaching on the dignity of human life in the womb.&#8221;
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&#8220;This fundamental moral truth has consequences for Catholics in how they live their lives, especially those entrusted with promoting and protecting the public good of society,&#8221; the archbishop said. &#8220;Pope St. John Paul II was also quite consistent in upholding this constant teaching of the Church, and frequently reminded us that &#8216;those who are directly involved in lawmaking bodies have a ‘grave and clear obligation to oppose’ any law that attacks human life.”
Pelosi and Cordileone have discussed the matter in the past, the archbishop noted.
&#8220;In striving to follow this direction, I am grateful to you for the time you have given me in the past to speak about these matters,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Unfortunately, I have not received such an accommodation to my many requests to speak with you again since you vowed to codify the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in federal law following upon passage of Texas Senate Bill 8 last September.&#8221;
&#8220;That is why I communicated my concerns to you via letter on April 7, 2022, and informed you there that, should you not publicly repudiate your advocacy for abortion &#8216;rights&#8217; or else refrain from referring to your Catholic faith in public and receiving Holy Communion, I would have no choice but to make a declaration, in keeping with canon 915, that you are not to be admitted to Holy Communion,&#8221; he added.
Cordileone also told Pelosi that he is ready to continue their conversations at any time, and that he will be praying and fasting for her change of heart.
&#8220;I also ask all of the faithful of the Archdiocese of San Francisco to pray for all of our legislators, especially Catholic legislators who promote procured abortion, that with the help and under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, they may undergo a conversion of heart in this most grave matter and human life may be protected and fostered in every stage and condition of life.&#8221;
In a separate letter to the priests in the San Francisco archdiocese, Cordileone revealed that he had reached out to Pelosi at least six times since September without response.
&#8220;In consequence of all this and all that has led up to it, it is my determined judgment that 
this resistance to pastoral counsel has gone on for too long, and there is nothing more that can be done at this point to help the Speaker understand the seriousness of the evil her advocacy for 
abortion is perpetrating and the scandal she is causing,&#8221; he told the priests. &#8220;I therefore issued her the aforementioned notification that she is not to be admitted to Holy Communion.&#8221;
CatholicVote President Brian Burch praised Cordileone&#8217;s handling of &#8220;the scandal posed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#8221; on Friday afternoon.
&#8220;For too long Catholic public officials have created confusion and disunity by advocating for policies that destroy innocent human life – in direct contradiction of the teachings of the Catholic faith,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The persistent disobedience of these public officials is a source of enormous sadness and scandal that begged for a response.&#8221;
&#8220;The Church has no choice but to protect itself and to encourage all of its members to live in communion with its teachings,&#8221; Burch continued. &#8220;For the sake of Speaker Pelosi and the rest of the flock in his charge, Archbishop Cordileone is right to call her to return to full communion with the Church.  We hope and pray she will do so.”
Pelosi has been repeatedly criticized in the past for touting her Catholicism in connection to her pro-abortion stances, though Catholic doctrine <a href="http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a5.htm">teaches</a> that abortion is “a crime against human life.”
In a May 2021 <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2021/05/11/archbishop-cordileone-nancy-pelosi-catholic-communion-biden/">interview</a> with The Daily Caller News Foundation, Cordileone shared that he has had “conversations” with Pelosi about abstaining from receiving Holy Communion at mass as a pro-abortion Catholic.
“She knows that I stand by Church teaching, and I know she’s respectful enough not to do anything so provocative,” the archbishop said.
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San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone <a href="https://twitter.com/ArchCordileone?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ArchCordileone</a>:
&quot;It&#39;s not possible to be a Catholic with a properly formed conscious in good standing and favor an evil such as abortion.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/EuKiQXDutl">pic.twitter.com/EuKiQXDutl</a>
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“You cannot be a good Catholic and support expanding a government-approved right to kill innocent human beings. The answer to crisis pregnancies is not violence but love, for both mother and child,” <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2021/09/06/archbishop-cordileone-biden-pelosi-abortion/">Cordileone said</a> on another occasion.
Discussing whether Catholic priests have ever given her any “difficulties” about receiving communion, Pelosi described herself in 2018 as a “regular communicant.”
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“I think some of it is regional,” she <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/05/02/pelosi-archbishop-communion/">said in a 2018 interview</a>. “It depends on the bishop in a certain region. Fortunately, for me it has not — Communion has not been withheld and I’m a regular communicant so that would be a severe blow to me if that were the case.”
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Nancy Pelosi Banned From Receiving Communion Over Her Abortion Stances

Catholic Church

Nancy Pelosi

San Francisco

A leading pro-life advocate left a leading leftist Democrat congressman running for cover when she exposed the hypocrisy of his party’s position on abortion.
Much if not all of the Democratic Party favors few if any limits on abortion while constantly focusing on the need for abortion because of rape or incest, yet when confronted by others suggesting that if those cases were acceptable reasons for abortion (along with a risk to the mother’s life), would they ban all other abortions, they refuse to agree.
Attorney Catherine Glenn Foster, President &amp; CEO of Americans United for Life, used that argument to stun Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin, snapping of an abortion ban, “If we added rape and incest exceptions would you vote for it?”
Raskin had echoed the Democrats’ incessant posturing that “Right-wing extremists” and the pro-life movement are indelibly linked. He pontificated, “Today, both democracy and freedom are under siege in our country. There are Right-wing extremists and fanatics who want to destroy both the silver frame of our Constitution democracy and they came here to show us they mean business on January 6 of last year and also the golden apple of personal freedom to make our own decisions about the most  intimate and personal decisions that we could make.”
“They have brought mob violence to the Congress of the United States, threatening to hang the vice president in order to overthrow a democratic election, and now they are about to do violence to the Constitution and the doctrine of a right to privacy, a freedom that tens of millions of Americans and women have considered central to their ability to lead their lives and to conduct their business as citizens of the country,” Raskin said, ignoring the fact that the “right to privacy” was nowhere to be found in the U.S. Constitution.
“Well, this is an illuminating hearing, Mr. Chairman,” Raskin sniped.
“The Republicans’ own witness, the witness they called, is candidly and openly calling for a nationwide ban on all abortions with no exceptions for rape or incest. And if I have got that wrong, I would invite Ms. Foster to correct me. Do I have it wrong, yes or no?” he bullied.
Foster fired back, “If we added rape and incest exceptions would you vote for it?
Raskin, having no answer, ducked, “Okay. I reclaim my time.”
Immediately prior to her exchange with Raskin, Foster was asked by Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA), “Ms. Foster, as a society we’ve got a clear consensus that if a human being has a brain wave and a heartbeat they have an indisputable right to life; they cannot be legally harmed. That is a standard we apply to the end of life; is that also a standard we should apply to the beginning of life?”
“It absolutely is. Yes,” Foster answered.
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Pro-Life Advocate Asks Democratic Congressman If He Would Vote For Abortion Ban With Rape And Incest Exceptions 

Jamie Raskin

I am a call manager at the Center for Pregnancy Choices (CPC) in Jackson, Mississippi, a nonprofit providing counseling services to women facing unexpected pregnancies. Some would say I am perfect for this role – I faced two difficult unexpected pregnancies myself. Today, I give back so other women know they are not alone.
In my work at the clinic, I sometimes receive calls from women who just found out they are pregnant and in need of help. Many are looking for a listening ear or the resources to make their own decision. Most of them are anxious and unsure.
I can relate. An unexpected pregnancy threatened my educational goals.
When I was a senior in college, a positive pregnancy test stalled me in my tracks, blurring my hopes for graduation and grad school. I was overwhelmed with panic, fear, and stress.
What would I do? How would I finish school? What would my boyfriend and parents say? What would the members of my Christian college community think? I doubted whether I could handle a baby while simultaneously completing my education.
Yet, amidst the wave of panic and stress, I knew I had somewhere to turn. 
Through CPC, I was provided with a list of doctors to see, prenatal vitamins, free counseling, an ultrasound, parenting classes and other support. They even helped me navigate telling my parents.
Unlike some girls facing unexpected pregnancies, I was blessed to have supportive parents. My boyfriend at the time – who is now my husband – was also very supportive. 
Still, the road was far from easy. I knew I wanted to further my education despite my unexpected pregnancy, however, this required many sacrifices. It was tough to walk around campus and attend classes with a visible bump. At times, I felt the disapproval of other students in my campus community. Juggling classes with pregnancy appointments and battling morning sickness was extremely difficult.
Thankfully, my college professors allowed me to finish my classes at home during my pregnancy, which helped me to graduate only one semester behind. 
While at graduation, my boyfriend surprised me by proposing.We got married that summer after college, right before we started graduate school in August.
Though the journey was hard, bittersweet moments like these helped me realize I made the right choice. 
My experience inspired me to work at CPC while attending graduate school – where I found out I was pregnant again. This time I knew I had the support of CPC and they stepped in to help ease the process. 

Now I give back so that others have the support and resources that I did. Through CPC, I was able to recognize the need to let women know there are alternatives to abortion, and support systems in place should they choose life.
My experience with an unexpected pregnancy has enabled me to empathize and encourage these women. So many women are like I once was – shocked, afraid, and unsure. Through my work, I seek to give women hope, and to give them the strength and resources necessary to shoulder the burdens of an unexpected pregnancy.
In addition to my work at the CPC, I am currently pursuing a doctorate in public health. Did I mention I love education? My dissertation focuses on the correlation between mental health illness and unplanned pregnancy, and it emphasizes the importance of maternal mental health screenings, counseling, and support for women, so that they have a healthy pregnancy outcome for both mother and child.
Just a few years ago, staring in panic at my first positive pregnancy test, I never thought that pursuing my DrPH would be possible.
But it was. Through the support from CPC and my loved ones, I knew that my goals could be met without ending the life of my child. More importantly, I found beauty and grace in a journey that gave me a new life calling, and a deep desire to give back. Each of my children have blessed my life in countless ways, and I am thankful for the people and support networks that encouraged me to fulfill my goals and dreams, even after experiencing two unplanned pregnancies.
Today, when I talk to women who call our center, I am constantly reminded of my journey and those who made it possible. I find joy in being able to help women as I was once helped, and in sharing the message that I&#8217;ve learned over the years: You’re stronger than you think.
DaChiron lives in Jackson, Mississippi.

Readers Pass – DaChiron – An unplanned pregnancy didn’t stop me from reaching my goals. Now I work to support other wome

An Unplanned Pregnancy Didn’t Stop Me From Reaching My Goals. Now I Work To Support Other Women.

Motherhood

Pregnant

Readers Pass

On Thursday, the Oklahoma legislature approved a measure that bans almost all abortions beginning at conception.
House Bill <a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20FLR/SFLR/HB4327%20SFLR.PDF">4327</a> makes almost all abortions illegal from the point of fertilization, which is defined as “the fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.”
It includes exceptions for abortions to save the life of the mother “in a medical emergency,” or if the pregnancy resulted from “rape, sexual assault, or incest that has been reported to law enforcement.”
The bill also <a href="http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf_pdf/2021-22%20FLR/SFLR/HB4327%20SFLR.PDF">defines</a> &#8220;Unborn child&#8221; as “a human fetus or embryo in any stage of gestation from fertilization until birth.”
The legislation is similar to a Texas bill that provides for civilian enforcement rather than being enforced by the state. It incorporates this civil action protocol by allowing “[a]ny person, other than the state, its political subdivisions, and any officer or employee of a state or local governmental entity in this state” to bring a civil action against anyone who:
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<li class="li1">Performs or induces an abortion in violation of this act;</li>
<li class="li1">Knowingly engages in conduct that aids or abets the performance or inducement of an abortion, including paying for or reimbursing the costs of an abortion through insurance or otherwise, if the abortion is performed or induced in violation of this act, regardless of whether the person knew or should have known that the abortion would be performed or induced in violation of this act; or</li>
<li class="li1">Intends to engage in the conduct described by paragraph 1 or 2 of this subsection.</li>
</ol>
The legislators in the state House <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2022/05/19/oklahoma-passes-third-abortion-ban-will-outlaw-procedure-even-if-roe-v-wade-isnt-overturned/?sh=787c4d0520a0">passed</a> the bill in a vote tallying at 73 to 16 after the state Senate passed it in April and sent it back to the lower chamber to approve additions.
States across the country have been creating laws in recent months restricting or permitting abortion ahead of a ruling from the Supreme Court on the Mississippi case Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. A recent Supreme Court draft majority opinion on the case showed the high court could very well overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
In the leaked draft opinion, Justice Samuel Alito <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473">wrote</a>, “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” adding, “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
The Oklahoma bill will immediately go into effect once it is signed by Republican Governor Kevin Stitt.
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/oklahoma-governor-signs-texas-style-abortion-ban-into-law">reported</a>, earlier this month, Stitt signed a bill similar to Texas’ heartbeat bill, which prohibits abortions if a fetal heartbeat is able to be detected. Stitt also <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/us/oklahoma-ban-abortions.html">signed</a> legislation in April that will go into effect in August, which bans abortion completely other than to save the mother’s life. The measure passed by the House on Thursday connects the two goals of prohibiting abortion and involving civilians to enforce the law.
Oklahoma state Representative Wendi Stearman (R), who sponsored the bill, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/19/oklahoma-abortion-ban-fertilization/">said</a> in a press release, “It is my sincere hope that, in addition to the criminal bill passed this session, this civil liability bill will provide strong, additional protection of the life of unborn children in Oklahoma.”
Planned Parenthood said it would go to court over the bill, <a href="https://twitter.com/PPact/status/1527342938245582849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1527342938245582849%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/19/oklahoma-abortion-ban-fertilization/">tweeting</a>, “The Oklahoma legislature just passed a total ban on abortion, enforced by private citizens,” adding, “This ban will take effect as soon as the governor signs the bill, making Oklahoma the first state to outlaw abortion entirely — even while Roe v. Wade still stands.”

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Oklahoma Passes Ban On Almost All Abortions Starting At Conception

Oklahoma Passes Almost Total Abortion Ban

Kevin Stitt

Oklahoma

Abortion activist Rihanna and boyfriend rapper A$AP Rocky have reportedly welcomed their first child together.
The couple has yet to confirm the news after <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/05/19/rihanna-asap-rocky-gives-birth-welcomes-baby-boy/">TMZ</a> reported on Thursday that sources said the singer gave birth on May 13 to a little boy while she was in Los Angeles. The outlet was quick to note that the &#8220;Diamonds&#8221; hitmaker was last seen in public on May 9.
Other outlets have shared the news, with <a href="https://people.com/parents/rihanna-welcomes-first-baby-with-asap-rocky/?utm_medium=browser&amp;utm_source=people.com&amp;utm_content=20220519&amp;utm_campaign=2138456">People magazine</a> reporting that the &#8220;Umbrella&#8221; hitmaker is doing well and resting at home in L.A. with their new child.
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&#8220;Rihanna is doing well,&#8221; a source reportedly shared. &#8220;They are very excited to be parents. Rihanna is already a wonderful mom.&#8221;
In January, Rihanna announced she and A$AP Rocky were expecting their first child together. She&#8217;s repeatedly made headlines since that time with what she&#8217;s called her &#8220;rebellious&#8221; maternity style and admitted she&#8217;s basically &#8220;challenged&#8221; herself to &#8220;push it further&#8221; than anyone had ever done with her belly-baring looks.
&#8220;It&#8217;s been me personally saying, I&#8217;m not going to buy maternity clothes,&#8221; the singer shared. &#8220;I&#8217;m not gonna buy maternity pants, jeans, dresses, or [do] whatever society told me to do before.&#8221;
&#8220;When I saw women dress during their pregnancy [in the past], I&#8217;d think that that was the only way,&#8221; she said, noting she called her style &#8220;rebellious.&#8221;
&#8220;So, I challenged myself to push it further and really just have fun with [maternity style]. Because there&#8217;s nothing more fun than a challenge for me,&#8221; she said.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abortion-activist-rihanna-says-shes-gonna-be-learning-more-from-her-kid-than-she-could-ever-teach-them">Rihanna</a> was recently featured on the cover of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv9c9kSTrjk">May Vogue</a> issue in such an outfit, as the singer shared that her child is going to be teaching her more than she ever could &#8220;teach them.&#8221;
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our lil fashion killa on da cover of VOGUE!!<a href="https://twitter.com/voguemagazine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@voguemagazine</a> ⁰Photographer: <a href="https://twitter.com/annieleibovitz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@annieleibovitz</a> ⁰Writer: <a href="https://twitter.com/nnadibynature?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nnadibynature</a> Fashion Editors:  Alex Harrington &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/illjahjah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@illjahjah</a> Hair: Jawara⁰Makeup: Kanako Takase Nails: Cam Tran Entertainment Director: Sergio Kletnoy <a href="https://t.co/Vjixp6cxDo">pic.twitter.com/Vjixp6cxDo</a>
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&#8220;So, I&#8217;m looking forward to it,&#8221; said the singer. &#8220;I&#8217;m looking forward to being a teacher. But mostly being a student, cause I think I&#8217;m gonna be learning more from my kid than I could ever teach them.&#8221;
She <a href="https://twitter.com/rihanna/status/1129042058914742273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1129042058914742273%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fpregnant-rihanna-abortion-activist-says-body-creating-a-life-god-really-does-not-make-a-mistake">publicly bashed</a> Republicans in Alabama in 2019 for passing pro-life legislation, the Human Life Protection Act, which outlaws most abortions, with an exception if a mother&#8217;s life is at risk, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pregnant-rihanna-abortion-activist-says-body-creating-a-life-god-really-does-not-make-a-mistake">reported</a>.
In 2012, the singer founded the nonprofit organization The Clara Lionel Foundation. It <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90398816/how-rihannas-foundation-is-rethinking-disaster-response">has worked</a> with the International Planned Parenthood Federation, which is the largest provider of abortions in the nation.

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Liberal lawmakers and media members flocked to defend an abortionist grilled by Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy on Wednesday regarding her abortion procedures and the disposal of fetal remains.
Roy asked Yashica Robinson, <a href="https://www.aclu.org/bio/yashica-robinson-md">an abortionist</a> who is the medical director of Alabama Women’s Center and serves on the board of directors of Physicians for Reproductive Health, &#8220;Miss Robinson, I&#8217;m going to ask you a question, when is the latest that you have performed an abortion in terms of weeks, of the unborn child?&#8221;
&#8220;Yes, my name is Dr. Robinson,&#8221; the abortionist responded, &#8220;And I provide abortion care in Alabama-&#8221;
&#8220;What is the answer to the question, the latest that you have performed an abortion?&#8221; asked Roy. &#8220;That&#8217;s a number, weeks.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m going to answer your question,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Unfortunately my state is one of those states that has passed restrictions or bans on abortion care, which limits physicians like myself-&#8221;
&#8220;In other words, you would like to do it later,&#8221; interrupted Roy. &#8220;What is the latest you have performed an abortion?&#8221;
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&#8220;So since I will always follow the law, and I live in the state of Alabama, I provide abortion care up until 20 weeks gestational age,&#8221; she responded.
&#8220;Ok so you performed an abortion at 20 weeks,&#8221; Roy asked. &#8220;The procedure for an abortion, when we are talking about 20 weeks, as I understand it, is dilation and extraction, have you performed abortions at that stage and in doing so have you had baby parts that you have had to discard or store in some capacity? &#8230; Legs, arms, eyes?&#8221;
&#8220;One of the things that you all have done throughout this hearing is just use inflammatory language,&#8221; she began to tell the congressman.
&#8220;Ma&#8217;am, it is a simple question,&#8221; he told her. &#8220;Have you had human parts, baby parts, arms, legs, as a result of an abortion performed, at the time you just acknowledged you perform abortions, 20 weeks?&#8221;
&#8220;I am a physician and a proud abortion provider, there is nothing that you can say that makes it difficult for me to talk about the care that I provide,&#8221; she responded.
Liberal critics widely condemned Roy for interrupting Robinson and celebrated her reminder to the congressman that she has the word &#8220;doctor&#8221; as her title.
Mediaite framed its coverage of the story around Robinson&#8217;s &#8220;my name is Dr. Robinson&#8221; response to Roy.
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&#8220;My name is Dr Robinson&#8221; &#8212; Dr Yashica Robinson after Chip Roy calls her &#8220;Ms Robinson&#8221;
Roy then talks over her before Robinson fires back by telling him &#8220;I am a physician and a proud abortion provider&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/NTW5FM9cHa">pic.twitter.com/NTW5FM9cHa</a>
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&#8220;My life goal is to have the inner calm of this lady,&#8221; tweeted broadcaster Soledad O&#8217;Brien.
&#8220;Black women have to remain calm under pressure,&#8221; tweeted Democratic Wisconsin Rep. LaKeshia Myers. &#8220;Chip Roy was out of line. But, we&#8217;ve all seen this before.&#8221;
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Black women have to remain calm under pressure. Chip Roy was out of line. But, we’ve all seen this before. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReproductiveRights?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ReproductiveRights</a> <a href="https://t.co/rNXEK4Av04">https://t.co/rNXEK4Av04</a>
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&#8220;I just saw a video of Chip Roy screaming at a doctor about &#8216;baby parts,'&#8221; The Atlantic writer Molly Jong-Fast tweeted.

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Liberals Defend Abortionist Who Calls Discussing Aborted Baby Body Parts 'Inflammatory'

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Sonya Curry, mother of Golden State Warriors star Stephen “Steph” Curry, has opened up about getting an abortion, and then rejecting an abortion following another unplanned pregnancy.
Sonya wrote in her book, “Fierce Love: A Memoir of Family, Faith, and Purpose,” that she considered aborting son Stephen, whose father is former NBA player Dell Curry, and recalls standing outside a Planned Parenthood before God intervened.
&#8220;God had a plan for that child,” the mother recently <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CdEOUjrJUVJ/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=6556134e-506f-41e2-9d1f-6eead8fe0045">said</a>.
Sonya had an abortion in high school, before she became pregnant with Stephen. &#8220;Telling those stories and just reliving those feelings that I kind of suppressed and pushed down for a long time &#8230; you wonder did it mess them up at some point?&#8221; the mother <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/stephen-curry-mom-sonya-curry-considered-abortion-183458526.html">disclosed</a> to podcast host Jemele Hill.
When Sonya became pregnant for a second time, she considered abortion, but eventually knew she couldn&#8217;t go through with it.
“There could be no Stephen. If I would have gone through that there would have been no Wardell Stephen Curry II, and ya know, God had a plan for that child,” she <a href="https://www.liveaction.org/news/nba-stephen-currys-almost-aborted-him/">told</a> pastor and host Luke Norsworthy in a separate podcast, <a href="https://www.liveaction.org/news/nba-stephen-currys-almost-aborted-him/">according</a> to LiveAction.
“And, just the Spirit interceding at that moment, in a way that I didn’t even know at the moment was happening, just spoke to again, the purpose of faith &#8230; that, okay, I don’t want to make this decision, because that would have been the second time,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And I don’t want to make that decision again, and now I just gotta trust God to move forward with me having this child.”
Speaking to Hill earlier this month on &#8220;Jemele Hill is Unbothered,&#8221; Sonya said she aborted a baby during her high school years. &#8220;[I was] dating, you know, the older guy when I was in high school leading into college and making the decision about terminating a pregnancy,&#8221; the 55-year-old said, <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/stephen-curry-mom-sonya-curry-considered-abortion-183458526.html">according</a> to Yahoo! &#8220;Telling those stories and just reliving those feelings that I kind of suppressed and pushed down for a long time &#8230; you wonder did it mess them up at some point?&#8221;
Sonya also revealed that she&#8217;s talked to Stephen about how she almost aborted him.
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&#8220;I had shared it with him,&#8221; she said. &#8220;One of the things that, you know, raising our kids Dell and I had decided that there [were] some things we could tell them, we didn&#8217;t hide a lot about our relationship as much because we always wanted to use situations as teaching opportunities for them so that they could understand it at the developmental stage that they were at, but just to also not hide things.&#8221;
&#8220;I just think sometimes as parents we think we got to hide things and kids wanted to know that we&#8217;re real and it&#8217;s not a fairytale out here,&#8221; she continued.
&#8220;When you have all that we have and you&#8217;re in the arenas that we&#8217;re in, it&#8217;s kind of hard for them not to think they&#8217;re in utopia … so we tried to deliberately share some things with them,&#8221; Sonya added.
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WASHINGTON — Republican Indiana Rep. Jim Banks introduced legislation Wednesday banning the disposal of fetal remains in public waterways.
“Tossing unborn remains in to our water systems is barbaric, and if the American public knew about it they would be disgusted and horrified,&#8221; Banks said in a statement.
&#8220;This brutal reality is made possible by even more brutal abortion laws,&#8221; he added. &#8220;If Congressional Democrats get their way and legalize abortion till the moment of birth, nationwide, this far too common practice would become even more widespread.&#8221;
The Dignity for Fetal Remains Act of 2022 would ban abortion providers from placing fetal remains, embryos, or medical waste associated with abortions (like surgical equipment) into any kind of device that connects to a public waterway (such as a toilet, sink, or disposal).
The Daily Wire first obtained the legislation, which Banks called &#8220;commonsense,&#8221; saying it would &#8220;restore a small piece of dignity to the victims of abortion.”
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&#8220;For many years we have documented reports from across the country about the atrocious ways abortionists dispose of the bodies of unborn babies,&#8221; Cathie Humbarger, the founder of Reprotection, Inc., told The Daily Wire on Wednesday. &#8220;I am grateful to Congressman Banks for filing legislation today that will stop these practices.&#8221;
&#8220;We grieve the loss of these children and the emotional and physical trauma their mothers often experience after their abortion,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Until we can prevent these deaths, we must treat their bodies with respect just as we do the deceased bodies of every other human.&#8221;
In a press release announcing the Dignity for Fetal Remains Act, Banks’ office <a href="https://www.liveaction.org/news/garbage-disposal-incinerator-abortion-providers-debate-dispose-babies/">cited the pro-life organization Live Action&#8217;s</a> report that abortion providers were recorded admitting that &#8220;many&#8221; of the Detroit, Michigan, area abortion facilities frequently flushed baby body parts into garbage disposals or out into the sewer system.
<a href="https://s27589.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/ARS_FetalDisposition_final.pdf">According to the pro-life Charlotte Lozier Institute</a>, violations of fetal disposition laws have been uncovered in a slew of states, including Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah.
These violations include failures to disinfect containers, sending baby body parts down sanitary sewers, disposing fetal remains in a solid waste landfill, or storing them in refrigerators.
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&#8220;Due to the variability and archaic status of some state laws,&#8221; a Lozier Institute report says, &#8220;numerous fetal disposition methods have been employed as legal solutions by abortion facilities and waste disposal companies, including: flushing fetal body parts through the garbage disposal leading into the sewer system; dumping fetal remains into an auger along with medical waste and grinding them together; and having the fetal remains transported across state lines to another state’s dumpsters.&#8221;
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&#8220;Stericycle, the largest known waste disposal company willing to transport and dispose of the remains of human fetal parts after abortion, has been found by at least two state departments to be in violation of state regulations specifically governing fetal disposition,&#8221; the report adds.
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Republican Utah Congressman Burgess Owens delivered a powerful pro-life testimonial at a Congressional hearing on abortion Wednesday.
During witness testimony at a hearing of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm0ZGOuR3p8">House Judiciary Committee</a> discussing abortion rights, Owens spoke about the value of life, firing back at Treasury Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/treasury-secretary-yellen-claims-restricting-abortion-access-would-have-damaging-effects-on-americas-economy">Janet Yellen</a>, who claimed at a Senate Banking Committee hearing that &#8220;eliminating the rights of women to make decisions about women, whether to have children would have very damaging effects on the economy and would set women back decades.&#8221;
Owens opened his statement by taking aim at Yellen over her comments. He accused Yellen of parroting Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger&#8217;s ideology. &#8220;Secretary Yellen argued that ending the life of an unborn child is a good thing for the labor force participation rate,&#8221; Owens said. &#8220;Since I&#8217;m very aware of the founder of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger, I find the parroting of her manifesto by Secretary Yellen, the devaluation of life of unborn poor, black, and minority children, very concerning.&#8221; Owens praised Republican South Carolina Senator Tim Scott for pushing back on Yellen&#8217;s comments during that hearing, as well as in an <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/17/tim-scott-abortion-single-black-mothers-economic-problems/">op-ed</a> that the senator wrote for The Washington Post Tuesday.
&#8220;Secretary Yellen&#8217;s comments [are] also deeply offensive to me,&#8221; Owens continued. &#8220;For years, the black community has been disproportionately targeted by the abortion industry. I&#8217;ve watched it happen. We&#8217;ve lost over 20 million black babies over the last 40 years. That&#8217;s 40% of my race exterminated before given a chance to bless our nation with their innate talents. Based on [Yellen&#8217;s] conclusion, their demise is a good thing for our labor force participation rate. Secretary Yellen has obviously concluded that these 20 million black lives would have been an economic drain on our society.&#8221;
Owens then cited a <a href="https://www.lifeissues.org/2017/02/investigation-planned-parenthood-speeds-targeting-minorities/">2017 report</a> by the pro-life think tank Life Issues Institute, which found that 88% of Planned Parenthood &#8220;mega-centers&#8221; target women of color, including 80% that target black communities and 56% that target Hispanic or Latino communities. &#8220;For those who love the concept of equity in everything under the sun including test score outcomes, when it comes to the death of unborn, the abortion equity seems pretty racist to me. Abortion is not health care. Health care does not result in the intentional death of over 60 million human beings. It undermines the dignity and worth of every individual and their God-given right to life. If a woman feels that abortion is her only and best option, I believe that woman has been failed by her family, her partner, her community, and her health care providers.”
&#8220;I&#8217;m the father of six children and 16 grandchildren,&#8221; Owens went on. &#8220;My pride comes from the joy of watching them grow and start families of their own, even if their circumstances are imperfect, or as Ms. Yellen would have us believe, an economic burden. Now two of my beautiful, loving, talented children [were] born after my NFL career, after I lost everything due to a failed business, and after a brief job stint as a chimney sweep and a security guard. Thank goodness I was raised by a generation of proud black Americans who taught me that [in] America, our financial status does not define us. It can be temporary. Our children and family relationships, on the other hand, are not only eternal, but a valuable treasure during our brief time on this Earth. They are the only legacy at the end of our lives that really matter.&#8221;
&#8220;Our children are the most precious gifts and blessings from a loving God,&#8221; Owens concluded. &#8220;The fight to defend life has never been more important. The fight to defend the founding ideals of our nation, that all people are &#8216;created equal, that they are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,&#8217; has never been more important.&#8221;

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The escalating pro-abortion protests, rhetoric, and threats against people of faith hinge on hatred for the fundamental Christian respect for dignity and life that the United States was founded upon, CatholicVote President Brian Burch said Wednesday.
Burch weighed in on a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-abortion-extremists-threaten-to-burn-down-storm-supreme-court-murder-justices-government-memo-reveals">memo revealing</a> that the Department of Homeland Security is investigating threats to murder Supreme Court justices, burn down or storm the Supreme Court, and attacks on houses of worship and abortion clinics. The memo references threats that are &#8220;likely to persist&#8221; or increase as the court prepares to issue a major abortion ruling.
&#8220;We have already entered a new era of extreme religious bigotry and anti-Catholicism in the United States, perhaps worse than anything we&#8217;ve seen in the history of this country,&#8221; Burch said during an interview with The Daily Wire.
&#8220;The left is proposing a whole new understanding of America grounded in identity, race and sexuality,&#8221; he continued, warning that this new understanding of America &#8220;is intended to displace an understanding of America shaped by religious belief and moral and religious truth about the human person.&#8221;
The Daily Wire&#8217;s on-the-ground coverage of a pro-abortion rights rally in Washington, D.C. shows that many attending these demonstrations express fevered, anti-Catholic or anti-religious sentiments. &#8220;F*** your God,&#8221; they scream at pro-life protestors. &#8220;F*** your religion.&#8221; Ruth Sent Us, a leftist pro-abortion group, called for demonstrations in Catholic Churches on Mother&#8217;s Day and went so far as to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/doj-must-investigate-pro-abortion-rights-activists-targeting-of-churches-as-religious-hate-crimes-congressman-says">publicly state</a> its intention to burn the Eucharist.
&#8220;This is a dramatic escalation in political rhetoric that&#8217;s now fueling both the protests and threats of violence,&#8221; he said.
The CatholicVote president expressed deep concerns at the Biden administration&#8217;s attitude towards these &#8220;escalating&#8221; leftist behaviors, especially considering the White House&#8217;s insistence that the president is a &#8220;devout Catholic.&#8221;  The Biden administration has said that it discourages violence at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/psaki-on-peaceful-protests-at-supreme-court-justices-homes-we-certainly-continue-to-encourage-that">homes of justices</a> but hasn&#8217;t weighed in on calls to protest in churches.
&#8220;The administration has been woefully silent on a pattern that&#8217;s emerged over the last several years of targeting an entire class of Americans, namely religious believers, and specifically Catholics,&#8221; Burch said, referring to more than 100 attacks on Catholic Churches <a href="https://www.usccb.org/committees/religious-liberty/Backgrounder-Attacks-on-Catholic-Churches-in-US">documented</a> by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.  &#8220;We have to understand what&#8217;s going on here. This is not merely a new set of extremism on the left that is being characterized as a corollary to incidents of extremism on the right.&#8221;
These threats of violence and &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; attacks represent a new era of leftist tactics aimed at institutions and a whole class of Americans who Burch said are &#8220;not directly involved in any political or judicial decision making.&#8221;
&#8220;The decision over Roe v .Wade is not being made inside that church, or the decision of how to regulate or to curb the incidences of abortion are not being made by Catholic priests or bishops or worshipers praying in church on Sunday,&#8221; Burch explained. &#8220;Yet these are the targets of the Left. And there&#8217;s nothing of its kind on the right that even compares.&#8221;
Nationwide protests and demonstrations follow the <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473">news</a> of Justice Samuel Alito&#8217;s leaked draft opinion, an “unflinching repudiation” of Roe v. Wade. The document, which is not final, says Roe v. Wade was egregiously wrong.
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” Alito wrote. “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
Following the leak, conservative activists and legal experts <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/conservatives-legal-experts-call-for-justices-to-release-roe-v-wade-decision">quickly called</a> for the Supreme Court to release a final decision on Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
On May 3, Chief Justice John Roberts <a href="https://www.axios.com/justice-roberts-abortion-leak-da48f1b2-087f-4a43-b037-068be226ce2c.html?stream=top&amp;utm_source=alert&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=alerts_all">released</a> a statement confirming that the draft document is real, but emphasizing that it did not represent the Supreme Court’s final decision.
“We at the Court are blessed to have a workforce — permanent employees and law clerks alike — intensely loyal to the institution and dedicated to the rule of law,” the chief justice said.
“This was a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an affront to the Court and the community of public servants who work here,” he added, noting that he has “directed the Marshal of the Court to launch an investigation into the source of the leak.”
Many on the right <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abortion-supporters-leaked-supreme-court-draft-to-intimidate-the-court-pro-life-advocates-say">have speculated</a> that the draft opinion was most likely leaked by a progressive Supreme Court clerk in an effort to intimidate the court and change its decision — and as protests over the news continue, conservative activists and legal experts call for the Supreme Court to promptly release its decision.

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Pro-Abortion Extremism Fueled By Hatred For Christian Principles: CatholicVote President

CatholicVote: Escalating Pro-Abortion Extremism Hinges On Hatred For Christian Principles Of Dignity And Life

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As we make the case for life, it’s important to remember that not everyone shares our presuppositions.
We may believe in God and affirm that the Bible is God’s Word, but others we speak with deny His existence and treat the Bible like any other book. How can we make the case for life to people of faith and to those who do not share our faith?
<h4 style="text-align: left;">Ultimately, both the secular and religious arguments intersect at one essential point: There is a tiny human being inside that womb, and its life should not be terminated. But how we present our arguments will differ based on our audience.</h4>
Religious Point of View
From the perspective of Bible-believing faith, we start with the recognition that it is God who gives life and that, at the moment of conception, life begins. 
From that split second, an intricate process of development begins, described vividly (and in non-scientific terms) in Psalm 139:13-16:
<blockquote>“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.”</blockquote>
Digging deeper into the Scriptures, we note that Isaac’s wife Rebekah was told that two nations were in her womb, pointing to the personhood and potential of her unborn twins, both of whom would become the ancestors of whole nations (Genesis 25:21-23,). 
Similarly, John the Baptizer leapt in his mother’s womb when Miriam (Mary) arrived, with the baby Jesus in her womb (Luke 1:39-43; see also 1:15, where John would be filled with the Spirit even from his mother’s womb). A clump of cells does not jump with spiritual excitement, nor can a clump of cells be filled with the Spirit.
In the same way, God told the prophet Jeremiah that He had selected him as a prophet before he was even in his mother’s womb (which was his point of origin; Jeremiah 1:4-5), while Paul said that God set him apart from his mother’s womb (Galatians 1:15).
Put another way, when Jeremiah or Paul or John or even Jesus looked like a clump of cells in their mother’s womb (which is how and where all of us started), God had a purpose for their lives and there was divine destiny within them. To abort them would be to abort the divine purposes and unique destinies planned for their lives.
In keeping with this (although not in the context of abortion), there is a Jewish tradition that explains why.
When Cain killed Abel, the Hebrew speaks of Abel’s “bloods” (in the plural) crying out to God from the ground (Genesis 4:10). This, the tradition states, is because the text spoke of both Abel and his potential future descendants. All their blood cried out for justice from the ground.
In the same way, when a baby is killed in the womb, all its future is killed with it.
<h4>Secular Point of View</h4>
Coming from a non-religious point of view, the emphasis should be placed on science and humanity.
From the perspective of science, we demonstrate that there is a baby, not a growth, inside the mother. From the perspective of humanity, we tell the stories of those who survived abortion or were conceived in rape, along with the stories of the women (and men) who participated in abortions and were scarred for life because of it.
Recently, even non-religious people like <a href="https://askdrbrown.org/library/when-bill-maher-and-joe-rogan-make-pro-life-case">Bill Maher and Joe Rogan</a> have made statements recognizing the complexities of the abortion debate.
Rogan recently said, 

<blockquote>“I am 100% for a woman’s right to choose. But as a human being, just a person observing things, there’s a big difference between a little clump of cells and a fetus with the eyeball and a beating heart. And for anybody to pretend there’s not. . . .”</blockquote>
As for Maher, he opined, 

<blockquote>“It’s what you think, if you like babies, then you’re pro-life, and if you like women, you’re pro-choice. I like women. . . .
“I just — I feel like…abortion is unique. It is. Because people either — you just have this view that it’s murder — I could put the argument on a hat when people talk about a woman’s right, murder isn’t a right. If you think it’s murder — I don’t — again, crazy me.”</blockquote>
What can we do to help non-religious people recognize that there is a real human being inside that womb?
Many abortions take place when the baby is 8 weeks old, at which time the baby is just the size of a raspberry. But, according to the <a href="https://www.pampers.com/en-us/pregnancy/pregnancy-calendar/8-weeks-pregnant">Pampers.com</a> website (hardly a religious website), at this stage, 

<blockquote>“hands and feet are forming tiny fingers and toes, and those arms are able to flex at the elbows and wrists. 
“At this point, eyes begin to develop pigment, and genitals are forming too, although it&#8217;s still too soon to know whether you&#8217;re expecting a boy or a girl. 
“These external features aren’t the only things developing — the internal organs are making strides, too. As the intestines form, they start to take up space in the umbilical cord because there’s not enough room in your baby’s abdomen yet. Even at this early stage, the intestines are working to carry waste away from the body.”</blockquote>
This is a living, developing, human being, which is why this section of the Pampers website, which is designed to be read by expectant mothers, is so filled with wonder and excitement. This is about your little girl or boy!
Looking at ultrasound images of babies in the womb is also quite powerful, making late-term abortions in particular sound all the more barbaric (which <a href="https://twitter.com/LilaGraceRose/status/1509994640170172418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1509994640170172418%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cbn.com%2Fcbnnews%2F2022%2Fapril%2F5-fully-formed-aborted-babies-found-in-dc-confronting-the-horrors-of-abortion-head-on">they are</a>).
Our ministry even designed a <a href="https://stream.org/from-am-i-not-a-man-to-am-i-not-a-baby/">meme</a> comparing a powerful image that helped outlaw slavery in the British empire (with the chained slave asking, “Am I not a man and a brother?”) with an image we created (depicting a baby in the womb asking, “Am I not a baby and a sister?”).
That’s why expectant mothers grieve deeply over a miscarriage, even early in the pregnancy. They don’t need a doctor to tell them that they lost a child, not a tumor.
You can also ask a “pro-choice” friend if they’re familiar with the acronym POC, standing for “products of conception,” referring to the baby parts that get thrown away after abortion. Ask them if they’re willing to look at these babies and baby parts. Do they really support <a href="https://www.priestsforlife.org/resources/abortionimages/malachi.jpg">this</a>?
Or consider the story of Dr. Bernard Nathanson.
As <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31179669/">noted</a> by in a medical law journal,
<blockquote>“During his tenure as director of the largest abortion clinic in the Western World, Nathanson presided over 60,000 abortions, and he performed more than 1,500 in his own practice. His studies of embryology and evidence from emerging technologies to monitor and examine intrauterine fetal development led Nathanson to question the morality of voluntarily interrupting pregnancy, thence to rejecting abortion procedures from his own clinical practice altogether, and eventually to become involved in anti-abortion, pro-life activities.”</blockquote>
And he had this change of heart as a non-believer, only later becoming a Christian.
There are also the powerful stories of people like <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/02/12/she-survived-a-saline-abortion-heres-her-story/">Gianna Jessen</a>, who survived a saline abortion, or the internationally-known evangelist James Robison, who was conceived in rape. (A story about him <a href="https://stream.org/james-robison-unwanted-and-nearly-aborted-but-god-takes-him-beyond-his-dreams/">notes</a> that, “At least 20,000,000 have been saved because one doctor said ‘no’ to abortion.”)
And there are the <a href="https://askdrbrown.org/library/beyond-abortion-debate-there-are-hurting-men-and-women-we-must">stories</a> of those who had abortions, only to grieve deeply over the life (or lives) they had snuffed out. Abortion hurts everyone.
Let us, then, make the case for life. Let these children live!
The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
Dr. Michael Brown (<a href="http://www.askdrbrown.org/">www.askdrbrown.org</a>) is the host of the nationally syndicated <a href="http://www.lineoffireradio.com/">Line of Fire</a> radio program. He holds a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures from New York University and has served as a professor at a number of seminaries and is the author of 40 books. Connect with him on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AskDrBrown">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/DrMichaelLBrown">Twitter</a>, or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbINn3x-intLp88Zrf8acpg">YouTube</a>.

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