A young couple from Philadelphia says <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-information-raises-more-questions-about-federal-arrest-of-pro-life-father-mark-houck" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Houck</a>, a DOJ-targeted <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pro-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pro-life</a> activist facing 11 years behind bars, helped them choose life for their baby girl, Nevaeh.
Houck was arrested by some 20 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> agents at his rural Pennsylvania home and hit with charges under the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act last month for allegedly pushing an abortion escort last year.
Notably, local authorities never pursued charges against Houck, and a private criminal complaint over the alleged incident was dropped when the accuser neglected to show up to court.
&#8220;I had one hand on the door about to go into Planned Parenthood, and then Mark stopped us and he was like, &#8216;You guys don&#8217;t have to do this,&#8217;’ the young mother told <a href="https://www.prolifeunion.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pro-Life Union of Greater Philadelphia</a> in a video published last month.
The woman said she felt &#8220;shame and guilt&#8221; when she found out she was pregnant. Though she was uneasy about abortion, she scheduled one at a Planned Parenthood clinic.
Without Houck&#8217;s intervention, the mother said, &#8220;I really felt like I would have went through with it and I would have been living with regret.&#8221;
The young father recalled Houck intervening just before the couple went through the doors of the Planned Parenthood facility. &#8220;We talked to him, and he really got through to us, like, literally before we walked into the doors,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;He was really just trying to get to know us on a deeper level than us just trying to get an abortion, and that&#8217;s another reason why it was real easy and quick to open up to him, because it wasn&#8217;t a judgmental thing at all,&#8221; the mother said of Houck.
&#8220;He made sure he told us and made us feel like, you got it &#8230; and he was right,&#8221; the emotional father said. &#8220;He opened my eyes to a lot of stuff.&#8221;
The couple said they named their baby Nevaeh, Heaven spelled backward, because they believe the child was sent from God.
&#8220;The pro-lifers definitely were there for us every step of the way,&#8221; the father added. &#8220;There are times I can&#8217;t think of [Nevaeh] without thinking about y&#8217;all.&#8221;
&#8220;We don&#8217;t even know where we would be without you guys,&#8221; the couple said.
Houck has pleaded not guilty to the federal changes, and his legal team says the Catholic pro-lifer is the victim of blatant “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-information-raises-more-questions-about-federal-arrest-of-pro-life-father-mark-houck" target="_blank" rel="noopener">political prosecution</a>&#8221; by the Biden administration.
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‘I Had One Hand On The Door’: Young Couple Praises DOJ-Targeted Mark Houck For Helping Them Choose Life

Young Couple Praises DOJ-Targeted Mark Houck For Helping Them Choose Life

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Department of Justice

Pennsylvania

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/louisiana">Louisiana</a> congressional candidate Katie Darling (D) used a video of her own son&#8217;s birth in a campaign ad promoting access to <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a>.
Darling&#8217;s campaign released the ad on Monday — a 75-second video that showed a very pregnant Darling talking about life on her family&#8217;s farm, where they grew their own food and raised chickens, among other things. The scene quickly changed to a hospital setting, and while the video showed Darling in labor with her son, the voice narrating was hers — touting the importance of access to abortion.
&#8220;Louisiana ranks 50th in crime, 48th in education, and 46th in health care,&#8221; she captioned the ad on Twitter. &#8220;I&#8217;m running for Congress to stop this race to the bottom because our children deserve better.&#8221;
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&#8220;I’m Katie Darling, and I live on a farm in St. Tammany Parish,&#8221; Darling said as the ad began, showing her walking around the family farm with her husband and daughter. In the ad&#8217;s voiceover, she talked about growing her own food, composting, and teaching her daughter to help feed the chickens.
She then pivoted to the hospital setting, lamenting Louisiana&#8217;s <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/08/10/1116802767/louisianas-abortion-ban-has-doctors-worried-about-patients-and-their-own-careers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strict abortion ban</a> — which only makes exceptions for cases where the fetus would not survive birth or the mother&#8217;s life is at risk — even as the video showed her in active labor, delivering her son. &#8220;We should be putting pregnant women at ease. Not putting their lives at risk,&#8221; she asserted.
The ad concluded with a shot of Darling, appearing to nurse her newborn, as she argued that fewer restrictions on abortion would make the world a better place for him.
A Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/10/04/katie-darling-childbirth-viral-campaign-ad/?utm_campaign=wp_main&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social" target="_blank" rel="noopener">profile</a> of Darling and her new ad explained that she had been seven months pregnant in June when the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization prompted the <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/66-abortion-clinics-have-stopped-performing-abortions-since-overturn-of-roe-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overturning</a> of two landmark abortion cases — Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey — and that had caused her to panic.
Because she was considered high risk, Darling told the Post that her initial response was to inform her husband that they had to move out of Louisiana. &#8220;My doctors wouldn’t know what kind of care they were allowed to provide me,&#8221; she worried.
Instead, she chose to stay and run for Congress — challenging House Minority Whip Steve Scalise — explaining, &#8220;If we don’t codify Roe, there won’t be anywhere in the country we could go that’s safe.&#8221;

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Democrat Uses Video Of Her Own Child’s Birth To Push Abortion Access

Louisiana Democrat Katie Darling Uses Video Of Her Own Child's Birth To Push Abortion Access

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Sixty-six abortion clinics in 15 states have stopped performing abortions since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June and returned laws related to abortion to individual states.
The research was released on Thursday by the Guttmacher Institute, an abortion-rights organization.
&#8220;Prior to June 24, these 15 states had a total of 79 clinics that provided abortion care. As of October 2, that number had dropped to 13, and all of them are located in Georgia. This means there are no providers currently offering abortions in 14 of the 15 states,&#8221; the institute <a href="https://www.guttmacher.org/2022/10/100-days-post-roe-least-66-clinics-across-15-us-states-have-stopped-offering-abortion-care" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> in its press release.
&#8220;Among the 66 clinics where abortion is no longer available, 40 are still offering services other than abortion, while 26 have shut down entirely,&#8221; it added.
The list of 15 states includes Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
While the Guttmacher Institute claimed that the change is having &#8220;a devastating impact,&#8221; pro-life supporters across the nation are celebrating the decline in clinics offering abortion services.
The institute stated that 14 states where abortion is currently unavailable accounted for 125,780 abortions two years ago. Georgia, which now has a six-week abortion ban, has also effectively banned most abortions across the state.
In addition to state laws limiting abortion, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sen-lindsey-graham-introduces-national-15-week-abortion-ban-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> a bill in September that would ban most abortions nationwide after 15 weeks.
The <a href="https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/3065785d-86b8-4d36-986a-72aa1c8f100c/protecting-pain-capable-unborn-children-from-late-term-abortions-act-.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a>, dubbed the “Protecting Pain-Capable Unborn Children from Late-Term Abortions Act,” seeks a nationwide ban that would stop many abortions even in pro-abortion states like California and New York.
“I see this as a responsible alternative to the very radical position by Democratic senators,” Graham <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmiXZ14L_dU&amp;ab_channel=USSenLindseyGraham" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “I can assure that a vast majority of Americans do not support abortion on demand up to delivery.”
In contrast, efforts by some Democratic governors have sought to offer stronger protections for abortion services. Democratic California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a package of pro-abortion laws and launched a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newsom-pitches-abortion-friendly-california-in-red-state-billboard-blitz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">billboard campaign</a> in red states to invite women to travel to his state for abortion services.
“An alarming number of states continue to outlaw abortion and criminalize women, and it’s more important than ever to fight like hell for those who need these essential services. We’re doing everything we can to protect people from any retaliation for accessing abortion care while also making it more affordable to get contraceptives,” Newsom <a href="https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/09/27/new-protections-for-people-who-need-abortion-care-and-birth-control/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
“Our Legislature has been on the frontlines of this fight, and no other legislative body in the country is doing more to protect these fundamental rights – I’m proud to stand with them again and sign these critical bills into law,&#8221; he added.
The Biden administration has also sought to offer stronger abortion protections despite the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling. Recent actions have included the launch of the government&#8217;s <a href="https://reproductiverights.gov/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reproductiverights.gov</a> website.

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66 Abortion Clinics Have Stopped Performing Abortions Since Overturn Of Roe: Report

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Roe v. Wade's Long And Brutal Legacy

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/you-must-testify-under-oath-hawley-demands-answers-rips-merrick-garland-for-targeting-of-pro-life-activist" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican lawmakers</a> and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pro-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pro-life</a> community have already called into question the unprecedented federal targeting of pro-life father <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/we-will-not-back-down-donations-pour-in-for-pro-life-father-of-seven-arrested-raided-by-fbi-swat-team-at-home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Houck</a> &#8212; and new information from a private criminal complaint only makes the arrest all the more suspect.
Houck, who leads a nonprofit group that provides sidewalk counseling at abortion clinics in Philadelphia, was arrested by some 20 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FBI</a> agents and charged under the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act last month for allegedly pushing an abortion escort last year.
But a private criminal complaint filed by Houck&#8217;s accuser, identified as Bruce Love, does not indicate that Love was escorting Planned Parenthood patients at the time of the alleged incident, a new <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2022/10/04/with-new-documents-the-biden-administrations-targeting-of-a-pro-life-dad-just-got-crazier/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The Federalist outlines.
Houck “was standing on the corner and [Love] was standing a few feet away from [Houck] waiting for clients,&#8221; Love&#8217;s criminal complaint says. &#8220;[Houck] stated to [Love] to stay away from him and that he will push [Love] into the street. As [Love] was walking away from [Houck], [Love] states [Houck] pushed [Love] causing him to fall to the ground.”
Further, the private complaint, which the court eventually dismissed because Love failed to show up, does not indicate Planned Parenthood &#8220;patients&#8221; or &#8220;reproductive access&#8221; were involved in the alleged incident, and therefore calls into question a charge under the FACE Act pending against Houck.
Notably, Houck&#8217;s account of the conflict centers around Love allegedly harassing his 12-year-old son while the pair were praying on the sidewalk. The pro-abortion enthusiast was hurling anti-gay slurs about Mr. Houck to the child, among other harassment, the family has claimed.
“Last year, Mark and his son were praying in front of the [Planned Parenthood] at 12th and Locust,” a <a href="https://www.givesendgo.com/prolifefamily" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GiveSendGo</a> fundraising account for the family recounts. “When one of the escorts began harassing Mark’s son they walked down the street away from the entrance to the building. The escort followed them, and when he continued yelling at Mark’s son, Mark pushed him away.”
“It’s all on video,” the post continues. “But that hasn’t stopped Planned Parenthood and the Biden Administration. With no prior warning, and in spite of the fact that Mark is represented by an attorney, Biden’s Justice Department sent a fully armed SWAT team into a home full of young children at daybreak, to arrest a father for protecting his son.”
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/catholicism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic</a> father is facing 11 years behind bars and <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/pennsylvania-pro-life-activist-arrested-fbi-charged-assaulting-clinic-escort">fines</a> of up to $350,000.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/political-prosecution-pro-life-activist-mark-houck-fights-back-pleads-not-guilty-to-federal-charges-after-controversial-arrest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘Political Prosecution’: Pro-Life Activist Mark Houck Fights Back, Pleads Not Guilty To Federal Charges After Controversial Arrest</a>

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New Information Raises More Questions About Federal Arrest Of Pro-Life Father Mark Houck

New Information Raises More Questions About Arrest Of Pro-Life Father Mark Houck

Signs point to the GOP having a “very good night” on Election Night, CNN reported, citing the fact that voters are far more concerned about crime, a traditional GOP strong point, rather than abortion, an issue Democrats use to sway the public toward them.
Statistician Harry Enten appeared on CNN’s “New Day” with John Berman and Brianna Keilar to discuss the numbers and how they indicate a possible GOP blowout, as Enten cited a recent <a href="https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/reports/monmouthpoll_us_100322/">Monmouth University poll</a> released which showed 82% of respondents felt inflation was the most important issue for the federal government to address while 72% thought crime was the most important issue. Those issues were followed by elections/voting (70%), jobs/unemployment (68%), immigration (57%), infrastructure (57%) and finally abortion, at (56%).
“This split, between crime being so high and abortion so low, was quite a shocker to me,” Enten declared.
Enten compared which issue prompted more Google searches, crime and abortion. In April, before the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade was released in June, among people searching for one issue or the other, 74% of searches were looking for crime, while only 26% were searching for abortion.
But in June, the situation was reversed; 70% of searches were looking for abortion while only 30% of searchers  looked for crime. The situation didn’t last long; in July, 49% of searchers looked for crime and 51% looked for abortion, and by August the numbers read 61% for crime and 39% for abortion. In September, the numbers resembled the numbers before the SCOTUS decision, with 71% of searchers looking for crime and 29% for abortion.
Berman prompted, “It matters, because when you look at these issues, which parties are doing better with them?”
Using Fox News and NBC News as sources, Enten pointed out that when asked which party they trusted more on issues, the GOP was favored by 23 points on crime, 19 points on the economy, and immigration by 17 points, while the Democrats led on abortion by 17 points.
Referring to the 23-point differential on crime, Enten commented, “Democrats do not want to be in this ballpark. They want to be talking about abortion. &#8230; The more that voters care about crime, the worse it is for Democrats.”
Berman cited a Gallup poll that found that when respondents were asked about the issue most important to them, 48% said the GOP would handle it better while only 37% asserted they would trust the Democrats more.
“This is a huge gap,” Enten commented. “An eleven-point gap, which is what we have right now, and I looked at all the mid-term elections going back to 1946, this eleven-point edge is near the top.”
Enten showed a chart of the mid-term election results during a Democratic presidency since 1946, showing the GOP had a 17-point edge in 1946, when they won 246 seats in the House, a four-point edge the 1994 and 2014 elections, when the party won 230 and 247 seats, respectively, and the 2010 election when the GOP held a two-point edge and won 242 seats. All of these results went well beyond the 218-vote threshold to win a majority in the House of Representatives.
“If this election looks anything like this, if voters react in the way that they normally do, then Republicans are going to have a very good night on Election Night,” he concluded.

George Floyd Protests And Riots In Chicago

‘This Is A Huge Gap’: CNN Admits Crime Tops Voters’ Concerns Far Beyond Abortion, Projects Likely GOP Triumph In 2022

CNN Admits Crime Tops Voters' Concerns Far Beyond Crime, Projects Likely GOP Triumph In 2022 

2022 Midterms

Crime

Federal agents allegedly paid a gun-drawn visit to at least one <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pro-life">pro-life</a> activist home Wednesday for protesting at a Tennessee abortion facility last year, while others were ordered to report to their local authorities to face federal charges.
According to a report from <a href="https://www.liveaction.org/news/fbi-charges-multiple-individuals-peaceful-protests-abortion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">liveaction.org</a>, FBI agents allegedly entered the home of pro-life activist Chet Gallagher with guns drawn. Authorities showed up to Gallaghers home for leading a group of protestors at a “rescue” event outside the Carafem abortion facility in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, in March 2021.
Gallagher, who was out of state at the time of the visit, organized the event to persuade women out of aborting their unborn children.
AJ Hurley, a pro-life activist, told Live Action News that neighbors of Gallagher said federal authorities tried questioning them for information about Gallagher’s location after realizing he was not home.
“The FBI isn’t even performing the investigations,” Hurley said. “The DOJ is doing their own investigations and using the FBI as their arm of that organization.”
Hurley said normally the FBI issues a warrant when conducting an investigation if they believe someone is guilty of federal crimes.
“Instead, the DOJ is … sending local branches of the FBI with arrest warrants to be their strong arm,” Hurley said.
Hurley also noted that federal agents allegedly called other individuals involved in the “rescue” events, saying they have arrest warrants, and telling the protestors to turn themselves in.
Hurley told Live Action News those individuals are Paul Place, Caroline Davis, Dr. Coleman Boyd, Dennis Green, and Heather Idoni, including others who were unnamed.
Such individuals present at the event last year were reportedly arrested by local police that day and later released after posting bail for misdemeanor trespassing charges.
According to Hurley, pro-life activists were recently charged with the Freedom of Access to Clinic Act (FACE) and conspiracy charges, which could result in up to 10 years in prison.
Just weeks before Wednesday&#8217;s FBI activities, Hurley said he visited the same abortion facility with others and waited outside before asking to speak to the officers inside the building. Instead, officers allegedly came out and spoke with Hurley and the others.
Three days later, Hurley and others present were served with civil FACE charges.
“This is a new tactic the DOJ has been thawing [sic] at pro-lifers to see if the charges stick,” he said.
The news comes after another report of FBI agents raiding the home of a pro-life activist in Pennsylvania last month before arresting him.
A group of 25 to 30 FBI agents raided the Bucks County, Pennsylvania, home of pro-life activist Mark Houck on September 23.
Houck is the leader of a nonprofit group that provides sidewalk counseling at abortion clinics in Philadelphia. The arrest seemed to stem from a court case dismissed by a federal court in Philadelphia, but somehow picked up by the Department of Justice, his family said.

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More Pro-Life Activists Targeted By FBI: Report

FBI Allegedly Enters Pro-Life Activist’s Home With Guns Drawn

Pro-Life Movement

The Satanic Temple filed lawsuits in federal court against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/idaho" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Idaho</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/indiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indiana</a> last month over near-total abortion bans in both states, citing a list of accusations surrounding religious rights blocking a woman&#8217;s right to engage in the &#8220;Satanic Abortion Ritual.&#8221;
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade with the Dobbs decision, James Mac Naughton, an attorney representing the temple, told <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2022/10/03/satanic-temple-abortion-ban-lawsuits" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Axios</a> that the historic reversal that returned abortion access to the states has &#8220;woken a sleeping giant among women politically and have stirred up a hornets&#8217; nest of legal issues.&#8221;
&#8220;Gorsuch, you want a national debate on abortion? Congratulations, you have one,&#8221; Mac Naughton added.
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/satanic-temple-challenges-abortion-bans-idaho-indiana" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that satanic abortion rituals were introduced to argue for a religious exception under the 1993 federal law, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which prohibits states from infringing on anyone&#8217;s religion without demonstrating a compelling interest.
According to <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-u-s-news/ap-the-satanic-temple-takes-aim-at-idaho-indiana-abortion-bans/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hill</a>, the ritual is a process where a person is reminded that their body is inviolate. After the abortion, the woman then recites a personal affirmation.
According to the complaint, the Salem, Massachusetts-based group claims more than 1.5 million Satanic Temple members worldwide — including approximately 11,300 in Indiana and 3,500 in Idaho — which writes that it advocates on behalf of female members &#8220;who are involuntarily pregnant,&#8221; <a href="https://www.wcvb.com/article/salem-massachusetts-based-the-satanic-temple-sues-indiana-idaho-over-abortion-bans/41495030" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WCVB</a> reports.
&#8220;All of the Involuntarily Pregnant Women who are TST members believe the fetal tissue they carry in their uterus — from conception until viability — is part of their body and not imbued with any humanity or existence separate and apart from that of the Involuntarily Pregnant Woman herself,&#8221; the temple wrote in both lawsuits.
Using the 13th Amendment&#8217;s prohibition of involuntary servitude, the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, and the takings clause in the 5th Amendment, which prohibits &#8220;private property be taken for public use, without just compensation,&#8221; the temple has sought an injunction against the states’ abortion bans.
Indiana passed a law banning abortion in most instances with exceptions in the case of fatal fetal anomalies, serious health risks to the mother, or cases of rape and incest following the U.S. Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade with the Dobbs Decision.
A spokesperson for the office of Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, who is listed as a defendant, said in a statement last week, according to the <a href="https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2022/09/27/satanic-temple-lawsuit-indiana-abortion-law-violates-religious-rights/69521905007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indy Star</a>, that the Supreme Court decided earlier this year that the U.S. Constitution does not protect abortion.
&#8220;This new lawsuit merely offers weaker arguments for the same discredited right,&#8221; the spokesperson said.
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb is also listed as a defendant.
Idaho recently passed a similar law banning abortion, which states that anyone who performs an abortion of a clinically diagnosable pregnancy is guilty of a felony unless the abortion is necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman or in the case of rape or incest.
According to multiple media outlets, the Idaho Attorney General&#8217;s office did not comment on the lawsuit.
Scott Graf, a spokesman for the attorney general&#8217;s office, told <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.ktvb.com/article/news/local/208/satanic-temple-lawsuit-says-idaho-abortion-laws-violate-constitutional-rights/277-5312ae3e-c70d-4bfc-8343-45462d745166" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KTVB</a> it has a policy against commenting on pending litigation.

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Satanic Temple Sues Idaho, Indiana Over Abortion Bans

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden&#8217;s</a> (D) Secretary of Education said during a White House event Tuesday afternoon that college students needed to have access to abortions to be able to be successful in life.
The remarks from Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/miguel-cardona" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Miguel Cardona</a> came during the second meeting of the administration&#8217;s Task Force on Reproductive Health Care Access.
Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-set-new-us-guidelines-reproductive-rights-100-days-after-roe-v-wade-2022-10-04/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the meeting centered around how some women &#8220;cannot access abortion services&#8221; along with other issues surrounding the issue of reproduction.
&#8220;As I share your grave concerns about maintaining access to contraception and reproductive health services on our college campuses and ensuring there&#8217;s accurate and reliable information for students and for educators,&#8221; Cardona said as he sat next to Biden. &#8220;Students need access to health care to thrive in school and in life, and that includes reproductive health care.&#8221;
&#8220;Thank you also to Vice President Harris. In August, we met with college leaders grappling with new sweeping restrictions to their states. Our work together is ongoing,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It&#8217;s clear the Dobbs ruling has sown fear and confusion on our college campuses.&#8221;
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During the meeting, Biden <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/04/politics/joe-biden-kamala-harris-reproductive-health-task-force/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged</a> colleges not to add additional restrictions on students, saying, “My message to any other colleges considering enacting policies like this: Don’t. Please don’t.”
“Folks, what century are we in? What are we doing? I respect everyone’s view on this, personal decisions they make, but my Lord, we’re talking about contraception here,” Biden claimed. “It shouldn’t be that controversial, but this is what it looks like when you start to take away the right of privacy.”
At the end of the press conference, Biden appeared to be annoyed by reporters who were trying to ask him questions as they were being shuffled out of the room.
&#8220;Among the only press in the world that does this,&#8221; Biden smirked as his staff talked over reporters. &#8220;Seriously.&#8221;
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Biden smirks as the press is pushed out of his abortion task force meeting:
&quot;Among the only press in the world that does this. Seriously.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/j7Qb2599zC">pic.twitter.com/j7Qb2599zC</a>
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Biden’s Education Secretary: ‘Students Need Access To’ Abortions ‘To Thrive In School And In Life’

Biden's Education Secretary: 'Students Need Access To' Abortions 'To Thrive In School And In Life'

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fox-news">Fox News</a> panel descended into chaos on Monday when &#8220;The Five&#8221; cohost Jessica Tarlov tried to defend <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/aoc-abortion-an-economic-issue-because-if-women-must-give-birth-parents-are-conscripted-to-work-against-their-will/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion access</a> — and accidentally made the case for securing the southern border in the process.
Tarlov, a Democrat, joined her cohosts in discussing the fast-approaching midterm elections — and the respective messaging coming from both Democrats and Republicans. She defended her party&#8217;s insistence on hammering abortion access by pointing to one extreme case — but the conversation quickly spiraled out of her control.
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&#8220;Well, it&#8217;s like number five in the backseat in the list of issues,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We know the economy&#8217;s ahead, inflation, crime and policing, immigration in some polls, and education — where Democrats are still favored.&#8221;
But then she went on to invoke the recent story about a ten-year-old rape victim in Ohio — who crossed state lines to get an abortion after she was <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-arrested-for-alleged-rape-of-10-year-old-ohio-girl/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegedly raped</a> by her mother&#8217;s undocumented boyfriend — to explain why she still thought it was important to include access to abortion in the party&#8217;s messaging.
&#8220;But I think that what has gone on — like the story of the ten-year-old rape victim in Ohio, that a lot of conservatives said was made up, right, it&#8217;s not possible that a ten-year-old was raped and had to go to Indiana to get an abortion,&#8221; Tarlov continued. &#8220;Lo and behold, it did happen.&#8221;
&#8220;Who raped her?&#8221; cohost Jesse Watters asked pointedly.
&#8220;Yeah, who was that?&#8221; cohost Katie Pavlich echoed.
&#8220;Is this a &#8230; ?&#8221; Tarlov quickly realized what her cohosts were getting at, saying, &#8220;Oh. An undocumented man did.&#8221;&#8221;
&#8220;Let&#8217;s close that border,&#8221; she added sarcastically.
&#8220;Exactly,&#8221; Watters agreed.
&#8220;Finally!&#8221; cohost Greg Gutfeld added, prompting Tarlov to shake her head in apparent frustration.
&#8220;Don&#8217;t be so silly,&#8221; Tarlov argued. &#8220;Do you think it really matters &#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;It actually happens all the time in the underground illegal immigration black market because people refuse to close the border, yes,&#8221; Pavlich pushed back.
&#8220;Americans rape women too, we can all agree on that, right?&#8221; Tarlov asked, still trying to redirect the conversation. &#8220;So this just happened to have been someone who was undocumented &#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;Equity,&#8221; Gutfeld interjected, laughing.
&#8220;Guys &#8230;&#8221; she objected. &#8220;But &#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;No, but your point is, you bring up this example — when you bring up this example, the consequences are these points. That&#8217;s all,&#8221; Gutfeld explained.
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‘Americans Rape Women Too’: Democrat Tries To Defend Abortion Access, Makes Case For Closing The Border By Accident

Democrat Tries To Defend Abortion Access, Makes Case For Closing The Border By Accident

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/planned-parenthood">Planned Parenthood</a> officials announced Monday the clinic would soon hit the road in a 37-foot RV, bringing abortion services near bordering states that have since banned the procedure.
Yamelsie Rodriguez, president of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, told NPR the goal of the mobile abortion clinic would reduce travel times and distances to meet patients at the state border lines.
Planned Parenthood, the nation&#8217;s largest abortion provider, will first drive the clinic to the Illinois border, which has become a so-called haven for abortions from other parts of the Midwest and the South, such as Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
&#8220;We are all trying to work together to meet the exponential increase in the number of patients that are traveling from banned states to what we&#8217;re calling &#8216;haven states&#8217; for abortion care,&#8221; Yamelsie Rodriguez, President of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, told <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/10/03/1125797779/planned-parenthood-mobile-clinic-will-take-abortion-to-red-state-borders">NPR</a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s an all-hands-on-deck moment.&#8221;
Before the nation&#8217;s highest court kicked off the summer season by reversing the landmark decision that has resulted in 63 million abortions since 1973, Rodriguez told <a href="https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-tennessee-illinois-st-louis-47cf832636cee8290914ca1ea93cdc35">The Associated Press</a> that wait times for those seeking to terminate their pregnancy have gone from an average of four days to two-and-a-half weeks.
According to The Associated Press, Planned Parenthood in Fairview Heights, on the Illinois side of the St. Louis region, said the clinic had seen a higher than expected rate of abortion patients that increased by 30% since June. More than 340% increased among patients in Missouri and Illinois.
Pro-life advocates grieved over Monday&#8217;s announcement, with the National Right to Life Committee calling the abortion-on-wheels clinic &#8220;another grotesque demeaning of human life.&#8221;
&#8220;Chemical abortions can lead to life-threatening complications,&#8221; Laura Echevarria, spokeswoman for the committee, told The Associated Press in a statement. &#8220;Will women recognize those complications early enough to seek treatment?&#8221;
Rep. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-MO), an ardent anti-abortion advocate, told <a href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article266744211.html">The Kansas City Star</a> that Planned Parenthood&#8217;s move &#8220;is a desperate move from those that profit from women in crisis.&#8221;
&#8220;I want every woman in Missouri who is considering abortion to know that Missouri stands ready to help her and her baby,&#8221; Coleman said.
Missouri joined 12 other Republican-controlled states to immediately ban abortions following the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision.
The Kansas City Star reported Sam Lee, a Jefferson City-based anti-abortion lobbyist, criticized Planned Parenthood in a statement, claiming that medically induced abortions put women at risk of adverse reactions.
&#8220;It is reckless for Planned Parenthood to hand out abortion pills like candy just across the border, since many patients — including minor girls — will end up in hospital emergency rooms in Missouri,&#8221; Lee said.
Officials told The Associated Press the RV clinics — which will include two exam rooms, a lab, and a waiting room to provide medication abortions up to 11 weeks of gestation — would arrive in the St. Louis region by October and should be operational by the end of this year.
Following the same protocol at permanent facilities, NPR reports officials said patients first take mifepristone to induce pregnancy termination. Patients then take misoprostol to prevent and treat stomach and duodenal ulcers and postpartum bleeding due to poor contraction of the uterus.
The abortion provider said it would start providing surgical abortions inside the RV after a few months.

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Planned Parenthood Deploying 37-Foot Abortion RV Near Red State Borders

Planned Parenthood RV To Bring Abortions Near Red State Borders

The nation&#8217;s largest abortion provider <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/planned-parenthood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Planned Parenthood</a> is fuming-mad over <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a>-related scenes in the latest <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-marilyn-monroe-biopic-blonde-accidentally-shows-abortion-for-the-horror-it-really-is" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marilyn Monroe movie, &#8220;Blonde.&#8221;</a>
The controversial Netflix film <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-marilyn-monroe-biopic-blonde-accidentally-shows-abortion-for-the-horror-it-really-is" target="_blank" rel="noopener">humanizes the unborn</a> on numerous occasions and includes the depiction of a violent, forced abortion that haunts the actress.
“As film and TV shapes many people’s understanding of sexual and reproductive health, it’s critical these depictions accurately portray women’s real decisions and experiences,” Caren Spruch, Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s national director of arts and entertainment engagement, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/planned-parenthood-blonde-abortion-1235231175/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Hollywood Reporter.
“While abortion is safe, essential health care, anti-abortion zealots have long contributed to abortion stigma by using medically inaccurate descriptions of fetuses and pregnancy,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;Andrew Dominik’s new film, &#8216;Blonde,&#8217; bolsters their message with a CGI-talking fetus, depicted to look like a fully formed baby.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abcs-scandal-goes-full-propaganda-planned-amanda-prestigiacomo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Some media depictions</a> of abortion are shown as empowering and a simple decision for women with no repercussions &#8212; if not an outright sacrament. It&#8217;s extremely rare for the unborn to be humanized at all, but this is the case in &#8220;Blonde&#8221; &#8212; a reality clearly upsetting Planned Parenthood.
“Planned Parenthood respects artistic license and freedom,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;However, false images only serve to reinforce misinformation and perpetuate stigma around sexual and reproductive health care. Every pregnancy outcome — especially abortion — should be portrayed sensitively, authentically and accurately in the media.&#8221;
&#8220;We still have much work to do to ensure that everyone who has an abortion can see themselves onscreen,&#8221; Spruch added. &#8220;It is a shame that the creators of &#8216;Blonde&#8217; chose to contribute to anti-abortion propaganda and stigmatize people’s health care decisions instead.”
Dominik, the director, has defended &#8220;Blonde&#8221; from such pro-abortion critics, though, suggesting the film&#8217;s timing is sparking the unnecessary backlash, referring to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
“I think the movie is pretty nuanced actually, and I think it’s very complex, but that doesn’t fit —  people are obviously concerned with losses of freedoms, obviously they are,” the filmmaker <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/blonde-anti-abortion-director-response-andrew-dominik/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Wrap. “But, I mean, no one would have given a s*** about that if I’d made the movie in 2008, and probably no one’s going to care about it in four years’ time. And the movie won’t have changed. It’s just what sort of going on.”
Dominik added that critics are looking at &#8220;Blonde&#8221; &#8220;through this Roe v. Wade lens.&#8221;
&#8220;They’ve got a certain agenda where they feel like the freedoms of women are being compromised, and they look at ‘Blonde’ and they see a demon, but it’s not really about that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I think it’s very difficult for people to step outside of the stories they carry inside themselves and see things of their own volition.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-marilyn-monroe-biopic-blonde-accidentally-shows-abortion-for-the-horror-it-really-is" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Marilyn Monroe Biopic ‘Blonde’ Accidentally Shows Abortion For The Horror It Really Is</a>

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Planned Parenthood Fumes Over Abortion Scenes In Marilyn Monroe Flick ‘Blonde’

Planned Parenthood Fumes Over Moving Abortion Scenes In Marilyn Monroe Movie ‘Blonde’ 

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Welcome to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democratic-governors-try-to-lure-back-companies-with-promises-of-abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a>, where parents are encouraged to mutilate their kids in and outside the womb.
This week, Democrat <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gavin-newsom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Governor Gavin Newsom</a> signed into law multiple bills strengthening the Golden State&#8217;s commitment to the legal killing of the unborn as well as radical, life-changing surgery for minors suffering from gender dysphoria.
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/newsom-signs-bill-making-california-sanctuary-for-child-gender-surgery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Friday that the potential 2024 presidential candidate signed a bill on Thursday that &#8220;restricts California officials and health providers from cooperating with out-of-state attempts to stop a child from getting gender health services, which could include puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or gender surgery.&#8221; It also bans California officials from &#8220;enforcing another state’s order that a child be removed from parents who allow the child to receive gender health services.&#8221;
Perhaps most shockingly, the law even gives California courts the authority to strip custody rights of parents, regardless of where they live, who refuse to allow their children to receive such procedures, <a href="https://www.heritage.org/gender/commentary/california-attacks-parents-rights-under-the-guise-medical-care" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Heritage Foundation.
While Newsom might call it &#8220;gender-affirming care,&#8221; the process is a lot more gruesome.
For example, in California, <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1531470584411979778?s=20&amp;t=9uwWSzS1uebisO4hkrtNbQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">girls as young as 13</a> can receive double mastectomies — a complicated procedure that removes a female&#8217;s breasts so that she may present herself with the appearance of a man.
Additionally, Newsom directed $200 million toward abortion and created <a href="http://abortion.ca.gov." target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion.ca.gov</a> this month.
Currently, in California, anybody can get an abortion <a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/teens/stds-birth-control-pregnancy/parental-consent-and-notification-laws" target="_blank" rel="noopener">regardless of age</a>.
While it is technically &#8220;banned&#8221; after the baby in the womb becomes &#8220;viable,&#8221; abortion remains legal through all trimesters if a doctor determines that carrying the child is a threat to the life or health of the mother.
California voters will have the opportunity to enshrine abortion as a state right this fall via Proposition 101, which <a href="https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2022/Prop1-110822.pdf" target="_blank" rel="no noopener opener">reads</a>:
<blockquote>Proposition 1 changes the California Constitution to say that the state cannot deny or interfere with a person’s reproductive freedom and that people have the fundamental right to choose:
Whether or not to have an abortion.
Whether or not to use contraceptives.</blockquote>
If affirmed, a court could interpret that the state&#8217;s constitution now allows abortion for any reason, at any moment during pregnancy.
What is at the heart of these flurries of laws? Well, if you ask Newsom, it is about &#8220;parental rights.&#8221;
“Parents know what’s best for their kids, and they should be able to make decisions around the health of their children without fear,&#8221; Newsom said after signing the radical gender theory law. &#8220;We must take a stand for parental choice.&#8221;
Of course, as mentioned, children do not need to receive parental permission to obtain an abortion in California. Parents do not even have to be informed it occurred at all under California law.
Now, moms could soon have the &#8220;right&#8221; to end their kid&#8217;s life in California, no questions asked — so long as she or he is in the womb.
There is no time for euphemisms here. This is not &#8220;gender-affirming care.&#8221; This is not &#8220;progressive.&#8221; This is not about parental rights. It is a complete jump into insanity and the definition of evil.
In one of the most influential states in America, you can terminate your child by having a doctor <a href="https://www.abortionprocedures.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">use a giant clamp</a> to rip him or her apart. If you want a doctor to tear your teenager&#8217;s body apart and sew it back together because your little girl now thinks she is a little boy, you can do that, too.
California is not alone in this madness, but it is the most vocal. Worse, Democrats and their media allies want the state to be a <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-01-17/make-america-california-again-how-biden-will-try" target="_blank" rel="noopener">model</a> for the nation. What a nightmare.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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