A Chicago museum exhibit dedicated to Planned Parenthood featured rosaries, because Christianity is in the business of &#8220;controlling the bodies&#8221; of women, the exhibit&#8217;s plaque said.
The International Museum of Surgical Science&#8217;s &#8220;Unplanned Parenthood&#8221; exhibit featured letters women wrote to Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger in the 1920s asking for information about birth control.
Some of the letters were hung from crosses using rosary beads.
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&#8220;The rosary beads serve as a reminder of the enduring influence of christianity [sic] in the United States, symbolizing the ways religious institutions have played in shaping societal norms and controlling the bodies of birthing people,&#8221; <a href="https://imss.org/contemporaryart/michelle-hartney-unplanned-parenthood/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">read</a> the plaque for the exhibit.
&#8220;Birthing people&#8221; is a gender neutral term often used in place of &#8220;women&#8221; by those who espouse gender ideology.
The letters were embroidered onto vintage wedding dress fabric by volunteers in sewing circles around the country, the plaque said. The wedding dress material symbolizes the &#8220;societal expectations placed on women in the early 1900s.&#8221;
The fabric letters were then hung from porcelain backings, &#8220;evoking the fragility of the rights of people with uteruses,&#8221; while the backings have imagery from wedding cakes, lingerie, and jewelry, &#8220;serving as a commentary on the societal pressure placed on women to embrace marriage, often masking the limitations it imposed, particularly during the times when birth control and autonomy were denied.&#8221;
Meat hooks symbolized &#8220;the patriarchy.&#8221;
&#8220;Vintage meat hooks were used as symbols of the brutality of the patriarchy and the way men have treated the bodies of people with uteruses like animals,&#8221; the plaque said.
Chicago is one of the most Catholic cities in the country, with about a <a href="https://www.voanews.com/a/most-catholic-cities-in-us/2966577.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">third</a> of its residents identifying as Catholic.
One Catholic Chicago resident told The Daily Wire it was &#8220;heart-wrenchingly offensive&#8221; to think of his tax dollars going towards the display.
The museum has <a href="https://imss.org/2023/09/the-international-museum-of-surgical-science-to-offer-artist-stipends-in-2024-season-for-chicago-illinois-based-artists/?srsltid=AfmBOoqEraaOLaphC478hd7hBDoEB3NiBEP_DB-FsX8Uukmbc3T3KYW7&amp;utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received</a> government grants, including pandemic relief money.
&#8220;Worse, the use of the Catholic rosary and Crucifixes in the exhibit is a mockery of the Lord&#8217;s Mother and all of the prayers from all those who hold life sacred from conception,&#8221; he said, &#8220;something [about] 1.3 billion Catholics universally hold to, and an issue the Church is unwavering on.&#8221;
&#8220;It’s despicable what the City is supporting. Wasting our tax dollars to mock Catholics, and the desecrate to rosary,&#8221; the Catholic Chicagoan said, adding that he encourages the city&#8217;s two million Catholics to &#8220;vote accordingly.&#8221;
The museum said in a statement to The Daily Wire that the &#8220;views, statements, and ideas expressed in this exhibition are solely those of the artist&#8221; and the museum &#8220;does not endorse or promote any political or social beliefs presented in this exhibit.&#8221;
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&#8220;The International Museum of Surgical Science supports a commitment to contemporary art and artists through exhibitions and programs that use the frame of contemporary artistic practice to examine new perspectives in medical and surgical science and our relationship to the body,&#8221; Director of Museum Operations Michelle Rinard said.
&#8220;We believe in the power of the arts to build community, inspire social change and bring fresh perspective to difficult and complex issues — including issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender identity and sexual orientation. IMSS seeks applications that address these issues,&#8221; Rinard said.
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In another win for Christian content in mainstream culture, Ascension Press&#8217; &#8220;Rosary in a Year&#8221; podcast debuted at No. 1 on Apple Podcasts this week, beating out the world&#8217;s most popular podcaster, Joe Rogan.
&#8220;Rosary in a Year,&#8221; hosted by Father Mark-Mary Ames, is a sequel to Ascension&#8217;s 2021 breakout hit &#8220;The Bible in a Year,&#8221; which is hosted by Father Mike Schmitz.
The prayer-focused podcast recently released to stellar reviews and landed at the top spot in All Categories for Apple Podcasts on Monday, and remains the No. 1 podcast in Religion &amp; Spirituality.
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In a press release sent to The Daily Wire, Fr. Mark-Mary said people today are thirsting for God.
&#8220;The world offers so much, but we want God,” he said. “In 1979, when the newly-elected Pope John Paul II was returning to communist-controlled Poland for the first time as the Holy Father, in response to his words, the crowd of over 1 million people cried out, ‘We want God! We want God! We want God.’ I can’t help but see this cry being echoed by the millions of people who have participated in &#8216;Bible in a Year,&#8217; &#8216;Catechism in a Year,&#8217; and now &#8216;Rosary in a Year.'&#8221;
The interest in and popularity of all types of Christian-focused content has skyrocketed in the past five or so years. For example, &#8220;The Bible in a Year,&#8221; which is the Rosary podcast&#8217;s predecessor,  launched in January 2021, and within 48 hours it had similarly skyrocketed to the number one slot on Apple Podcasts.
&#8220;There’s this sense and this hunger in people that says, not only do I want to understand life, I want to understand reality, but also I want to understand what God has to say about this,&#8221; Fr. Mike previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gods-not-done-with-our-country-the-faith-based-boom-in-new-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Daily Wire about the podcast&#8217;s success.
There’s also the Catholic meditation and prayer app “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-couple-more-people-in-heaven-would-be-nice-hallow-ceo-talks-success-of-catholic-app-rise-of-faith-based-content" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hallow</a>,&#8221; which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/god-is-doing-something-pretty-incredible-catholic-app-passes-up-google-tiktok-on-ash-wednesday" target="_blank" rel="noopener">made history</a> by landing at the number #3 spot on the App Store. The Hallow app has connected literally <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/087aff26-45ad-4da9-9e15-6648fcd3e69b" target="_blank" rel="noopener">millions</a> of people in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/prayer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prayer</a>, Scripture, and meditation, and continues to be a top-rated app.
The popular show &#8220;The Chosen&#8221; is also evidence of the Christian content boom. The show, which follows the life of Jesus and his followers, is one of the highest-grossing crowd-funded entertainment projects of all time, bringing in $10 million dollars from donors.
And there&#8217;s still more to come. &#8220;Passion of the Christ: Resurrection,&#8221; which is the sequel to Mel Gibson&#8217;s &#8220;The Passion of the Christ,&#8221; is scheduled to begin filming in 2025.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gods-not-done-with-our-country-the-faith-based-boom-in-new-media" target="_blank" rel="noopener">God’s ‘Not Done With Our Country’: The Faith-Based Boom In New Media</a>

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President-elect Donald Trump appointed Brian Burch, the president of one of the country&#8217;s largest Catholic advocacy groups, as Ambassador to the Holy See on Friday.
&#8220;Brian is a devout Catholic, a father of nine, and President of CatholicVote,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113686399756514655" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> Friday on Truth Social.
&#8220;He represented me well during the last Election, having garnered more Catholic votes than any Presidential Candidate in History! Brian loves his Church and the United States — He will make us all proud. Congratulations to Brian, his wife Sara, and their incredible family!&#8221; Trump said.
Burch responded in a statement expressing his gratitude.
&#8220;I am deeply honored and humbled to have been nominated by President Trump to serve as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See,&#8221; Burch wrote in a statement posted to X. &#8220;Words cannot express my gratitude to all those that have helped me achieve this nomination, most especially my wife Sara, my 9 beautiful children, my CV team, and all those who supported me in this journey. I am especially grateful to my father, who passed to eternal life this past June, who taught me to love the Church and the blessings and responsibilities of being a citizen of the U.S.&#8221;
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Burch emphasized the importance of the Catholic Church&#8217;s role in the world and promised to &#8220;promote the dignity of all people.&#8221;
&#8220;The role of Ambassador is to represent the government of the United States in its relations with the Holy See. The Catholic Church is the largest and most important religious institution in the world, and its relationship to the United States is of vital importance,&#8221; Burch said.
&#8220;I am committed to working with leaders inside the Vatican and the new Administration to promote the dignity of all people and the common good. I look forward to the confirmation process and the opportunity to continue to serve my country and the Church. To God be the glory,&#8221; he said.
Burch&#8217;s conservative lobbying group, CatholicVote, says its mission is to &#8220;inspire every Catholic in America to live out the truths of our faith in public life.&#8221;
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CatholicVote&#8217;s political action committee <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/political-action-committees-pacs/catholicvote-org/C00494021/summary/2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spent</a> more than a million dollars this election cycle and <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/catholicvote-organization-endorses-trump-presidential-primary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endorsed</a> Trump in January during the primaries.
&#8220;I know many Catholics are divided over whether Trump is the best candidate to defeat Biden. But that&#8217;s also what primaries are for,&#8221; Burch <a href="https://catholicvote.org/catholicvote-endorses-donald-trump-for-president/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the time.
Trump thanked CatholicVote for endorsing him the same day during a speech in New Hampshire, where he also spoke about the FBI&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/catholic-leaders-slam-fbi-over-illegitimate-targeting-of-catholics-as-bureau-defends-its-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">targeting</a> of Catholics.
“I don’t know what it is with Catholics but the FBI is going after Catholics,” Trump <a href="https://catholicvote.org/catholicvote-endorses-donald-trump-for-president/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Why would any Catholic vote for a Democrat?”
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Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) flaunted her disobedience to her bishop in an interview on her Catholicism, saying that she always feels &#8220;there&#8217;s an angel&#8221; on her shoulder despite her vehement support for abortion.
Pelosi spoke about her views on Catholicism and Pope Francis with the National Catholic Reporter, a left-leaning Catholic news source, in an interview <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/ncr-interview-nancy-pelosi-criticizes-pope-francis-over-china-pact">published Tuesday</a>.
The California Democrat has defended abortions of unborn babies for many years, though the Catholic Church <a href="http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a5.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">teaches</a> that abortion is “a crime against human life,” “constitutes a grave offense,” and that a person who obtains an abortion is automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church. Pelosi <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-abortion-pelosi-describes-herself-as-devout-practicing-catholic-jokes-pro-lifers-would-like-to-throw-me-out">has previously described herself</a> as a &#8220;devout Catholic&#8221; in spite of her pro-abortion stances, drawing heavy criticism from Catholics who adhere to the teaching of the church.
Pelosi criticized Catholic bishops for taking a stand against pro-abortion policies as she spoke with the National Catholic Reporter — and she said that she ignored the mandate of her bishop, San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nancy-pelosi-responds-to-her-archbishops-communion-ban">told her in 2022</a> to stop receiving communion over her pro-abortion advocacy. The Catholic Church has always held certain conditions for the faithful to receive communion, including that a communicant be a faithful Catholic, living in accord with Catholic Church teaching, and in a &#8220;state of grace,&#8221; meaning that they had recently gone to confession.
&#8220;I received Communion anyway,&#8221; she told the National Catholic Reporter, adding of Cordileone. &#8220;That&#8217;s his problem, not mine.&#8221;
&#8220;My Catholic faith is, Christ is my savior,&#8221; she added. &#8220;It has nothing to do with the bishops.&#8221;
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Later in the interview, she told the publication, &#8220;My faith is always with me. I always feel there&#8217;s an angel on my shoulder.&#8221;
Cordileone&#8217;s admonition came after he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nancy-pelosis-archbishop-says-excommunication-is-an-option-for-abortion-supporting-catholic-politicians">repeatedly warned</a> her that she could be excommunicated for publicly supporting abortion in violation of Church teaching.
“You cannot be a good Catholic and support expanding a government-approved right to kill innocent human beings,&#8221; he wrote in 2021.
And in 2022, when he told Pelosi not to receive communion, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nancy-pelosi-responds-to-her-archbishops-communion-ban">Cordileone said</a>: “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.”
In a statement made Tuesday evening, the archbishop addressed Pelosi&#8217;s remarks, quoting the book of Ezekiel from the Bible:
&#8220;What immediately comes to my mind are the words of the prophet Ezekiel: ‘If the just turn away from their right conduct and do evil when I place a stumbling block before them, then they shall die.  Since you did not warn them about their sin, they shall still die, and the just deeds that they performed will not be remembered on their behalf.  I will, however, hold you responsible for their blood.  If, on the other hand, you warn the just to avoid sin, and they do not sin, they will surely live because of the warning, and you in turn shall save your own life.’&#8221;
Cordileone stressed that his &#8220;overriding concern and chief responsibility&#8221; is to make sure that souls in his care go to heaven, arguing that he has a duty &#8220;not only to teach, console, heal and forgive, but also, when necessary, to correct, admonish and call to conversion.&#8221;
&#8220;One of the most the effective ways for a pastor to accomplish these duties is by way of dialogue, honest dialogue, where each party listens openly and honestly, seeking to understand the other, and being honest with one’s own self,&#8221; he added. &#8220;My own personal experience has taught me that this kind of dialogue can dispel misperceptions and melt away hostilities, and build new bonds of friendship.  I therefore earnestly repeat once again my plea to Speaker Pelosi to allow this kind of dialogue to happen.&#8221;
He concluded: &#8220;I ask this not only to dialogue in areas of disagreement, such as if and when it can ever be morally permissible to kill innocent human life, but also in other critical areas where our views on behalf of human life and dignity are aligned, especially threats to religious liberty internationally and the plight of immigrants domestically.  This should not be a problem, as Catholics are not afraid of the truth.”
Pelosi&#8217;s remarks come as many high-profile Democrats, including President Joe Biden, suggest that their pro-abortion advocacy is compatible with Catholicism. Leftist groups like Catholics for Choice have attempted to sway Catholic teaching on pivotal topics, including life, marriage, and gender, suggesting that Catholicism is not tied to any firm principle.
In the 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump <a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-trump-catholic-voters-f73f2c74b1e21cc96ff42a671220dbdb">did better with Catholic voters</a> — he won 50% of the Catholic vote in 2020 and 54% of the Catholic vote in 2024.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kim-kardashian">Kim Kardashian</a> is getting a strong response on social media for an ad she posted on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/instagram">Instagram</a>.
The 44-year-old reality show star shared a photo of herself dressed in her shapewear brand, SKIMS, to promote a collaboration with luxury brand Dolce &amp; Gabbana. In it, Kardashian is wearing a bra and underwear along with lace shorts.
The caption of her post read in part: &#8220;Dolce&amp;Gabbana and SKIMS unite to reveal curve-enhancing pieces for everyday confidence and unmatched sensuality.&#8221;
Followers took issue with the fact that the influencer is also wearing rosary beads around her neck.
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“Why is she always wearing the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christianity">cross</a> when she’s half naked … like wtaf,&#8221; one popular comment said.
&#8220;Wearing a cross while being half naked. [Would you] make a mockery out of other religions too?&#8221; another person agreed.
&#8220;Nothing about you is holy,” a third person echoed. “Take the rosaries off lol.&#8221;
Another said, &#8220;Why don’t you just get naked!!!!! Such hypocrisy stripping while wearing a cross!!!! So bored of your desperation.&#8221;
&#8220;The Holy Rosary is NOT a fashion accessory,&#8221; someone else agreed.
The rosary appears to be a Dolce &amp; Gabbana item currently sold on its website for $525.
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The item <a href="https://www.dolcegabbana.com/en-us/fashion/women/accessories/bijoux/kim-dolceandgabbana-long-rosary-necklace-silver-WNP4C3W111187655.html">description</a> says, &#8220;Dolce &amp; Gabbana’s signature aesthetic is clear to see in this religious-themed jewelry collection, as it is filled with unique pieces flaunting great creativity. Contemporary and glamorous accessories with original and exclusive details, featuring different plated finishes, will be perfect for finishing off any look with style.&#8221;
This is not the first time Kardashian was photographed wearing a cross and a revealing outfit.
Last week, she wore a cross necklace with lingerie in another ad promoting the same collaboration with Dolce &amp; Gabbana.
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She also wore a custom dress featuring a cross and a cross necklace while attending the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion &amp; The Catholic Imagination Costume Institute Gala at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2018. This year, Kardashian wore the late Princess Diana&#8217;s diamond cross necklace to the Met Gala after <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/04/style/kim-kardashian-wears-diana-crucifix-intl-scli/index.html">purchasing it</a> during a Sotheby&#8217;s auction for around $212,000 in 2023.

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Former President Donald Trump celebrated yet another Catholic feast day in a social media post on Friday.
The Republican presidential nominee posted an image of Jesus Christ on the cross, surrounded by saints, angels, Saint John the Apostle, and Mary, Jesus Christ&#8217;s mother, in celebration of All Saints Day. The feast day is one of six &#8220;holy days of obligation&#8221; celebrated by the Catholic Church, days on which all Catholics are supposed to attend Mass.
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Wishing everyone a Blessed and Happy All Saints’ Day! <a href="https://t.co/5VlPkCJ7M5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/5VlPkCJ7M5</a>
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1852404967929532923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November 1, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Polling <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/catholic-voters-favor-trump-most-battleground-states-according-new-ncr-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conducted by the National Catholic Reporter</a> released in late October found that Trump was leading Harris among Catholic voters in the crucial swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Fifty percent of respondents said that they would “probably” or “definitely” vote for Trump, asked who they would vote for if the election took place that day, and 45% said they would “probably” or “definitely” vote for Harris.
The image also includes a depiction of Our Lady of Guadalupe, who Trump posted about in September. Our Lady of Guadalupe is particularly significant for Catholics in Mexico, where an Aztec man named Juan Diego <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-juan-diego-409" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said that Mary appeared to him</a> several times in visions in 1531. Mary purportedly asked in these visions that a shrine be built to her on Tepayac Hill, now a suburb of Mexico City.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@realDonaldTrump</a> celebrates the birthday of Mary, Jesus Christ’s mother, by sharing an image of “Our Lady of Guadalupe” on Truth Social. <a href="https://t.co/21wNj63NLa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/21wNj63NLa</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1832767268956090832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">September 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Trump also shared an image of St. Michael the Archangel in late September, and tweeted the entire prayer that Catholics say to the saint.
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Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the Devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan, and all the evil spirits, who prowl about… <a href="https://t.co/Z3RoeGUslh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/Z3RoeGUslh</a>
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1840550305085141221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">September 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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When Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-roasts-kamala-schumer-walz-and-others-at-79th-al-smith-dinner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke</a> at the 79th Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York City in October, he discussed his Catholic posts with EWTN’s Raymond Arroyo, who asked the former president whether he is “telling voters something about [his] spiritual journey.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/RaymondArroyo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@RaymondArroyo</a> questions Trump about his recent religious social media posts featuring prayers to St. Michael the Archangel, and the &#8220;Ave Maria&#8221; sung in honor of Corey Comperatore at the Butler rally.
&#8220;It&#8217;s just beautiful to me,&#8221; Trump responds. <a href="https://t.co/bNx8P0Kxaz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pic.twitter.com/bNx8P0Kxaz</a>
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan/status/1847287182492336243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“No, I don’t think so, it’s just beautiful to me,” Trump said. “I look at the whole thing, the words, and the pictures, the pictures are so beautiful. Yeah, I put up some stuff, somebody else asked me that same question, it’s really that I think it’s really beautiful.”

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Cardinal Timothy Dolan revealed this week that Vice President Kamala Harris has not changed her mind and will snub the Al Smith charity dinner on Thursday night despite repeated attempts to get her to come.
Harris, who has an extensive history of <a href="https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/anti-christ-franklin-graham-calls-out-kamala-harris">anti-Christian</a> bias, will instead just submit a pre-recorded video that will be played at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner.
Typically, presidential nominees from both parties attend the dinner and engage in some self-deprecating humor and light roasting of their opponent.
&#8220;This year will be imbalanced because, sadly, Kamala Harris isn&#8217;t coming,&#8221; Dolan said this week. &#8220;It&#8217;s a shame because the nature of the evening is to bring people together. The nature of the evening is civility, patriotism, humor. It&#8217;s not a campaign speech. It&#8217;s not a campaign stop.&#8221;
He said he was upset she refused to attend because &#8220;we&#8217;ve missed an evening to access something sorely needed now that even she articulates rather eloquently: that we&#8217;ve got to turn the page on bitterness.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s not a roast. There&#8217;s teasing, big time teasing,&#8221; he added. &#8220;A lot of laughs. But, but it&#8217;s – it&#8217;s a grand evening. … A lot of people think it&#8217;s a Catholic campaign stop. Not really, no. I would say the evening is reflective of New York demographics.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s not a Republican crowd. It&#8217;s not a Democratic crowd,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s kind of evenly split.&#8221;
Trump responded to Harris&#8217; decision to not show up by <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113324865687816462">posting</a> on Truth Social: &#8220;Just found out that Lyin’ Kamala is doing a video message tonight instead of being at the Al Smith Dinner.&#8221;
&#8220;She shouldn’t be allowed to do a video message,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Kamala should be there like almost every other Presidential Candidate in their History, except Walter Mondale, who lost 49-1. They didn’t give me the option of a video message, nor would I have done it. This is very disrespectful to everyone involved. She should be here, or lose the Catholic Vote!&#8221;

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Eva Edl was just nine-years-old when she was sent to a Hungarian prison camp by communists at the close of WWII. After spending 18 months in hellish conditions, Edl and her family successfully fled the camp and immigrated to the United States.
That was her first experience with weaponized government power. Now, 80 years later, she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ive-paid-the-price-89-year-old-pro-life-activist-speaks-at-sentencing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faces imprisonment</a> in the United States after the Biden-Harris Department of Justice (DOJ) brought charges against her for protesting abortion.
At 89-years-old, Eva is one of many pro-life Americans facing the wrath of the Biden-Harris DOJ’s weaponization of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. Edl and six other defendants currently await <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/seven-defendants-convicted-federal-civil-rights-conspiracy-and-freedom-access-clinic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">federal sentencing</a> for their participation in protests at Michigan abortion clinics.
Enacted in 1994, the FACE Act is a federal law designed to protect access to abortion clinics, pregnancy resource centers, and places of worship. Yet, it essentially duplicates laws already established in all fifty states, thereby paving the way for federal bureaucrats to wage politicized enforcement against ideological and political opponents.
Consequently, the FACE Act has become one of the Biden-Harris administration’s favorite tools to attack the pro-life movement. The administration has disproportionately used it in instances of peaceful, everyday Americans protesting abortion while largely turning a blind eye to hundreds of recorded, violent attacks on pregnancy resource centers and churches in the wake of the leaked Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision.
After my office made <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/02/16/exclusive-doj-hiding-data-face-prosecutions-congressman-says/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">repeated requests</a> of the DOJ to disclose FACE Act prosecution data, we were able to confirm that as of May 2024, the Biden-Harris DOJ had charged 24 FACE Act cases against 55 defendants. Just two of these cases were brought in defense of pregnancy resource centers and never for the protection of a house of worship. This means that nearly 92% of all Biden-Harris FACE Act cases were brought against pro-life demonstrators, despite over <a href="https://catholicvote.org/tracker-church-attacks/">285 churches</a> and <a href="https://catholicvote.org/pregnancy-center-attack-tracker/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">94 pregnancy resource centers and pro-life groups</a> being attacked and vandalized since May 2022.
Under normal circumstances, the sentences for FACE Act prosecutions far outweigh the gravity of the “crimes” – but that still isn’t enough to satisfy the Biden-Harris regime. For the first time in American history, this administration began to tack on “<a href="https://www.justice.gov/crt/statutes-enforced-criminal-section" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conspiracy against rights</a>” felony charges on top of FACE Act charges, which carry <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-lifer-convicted-over-peaceful-protest-sentenced-to-notorious-federal-prison">prison sentences</a> upwards of 10 years. The misuse of this reconstruction-era law marked a dramatic escalation against pro-life Americans compared to past administrations.
Because of this additional conspiracy charge, Edl, who was recently sentenced to three years of probation in a Tennessee court, now faces up to 11 years in federal prison and $350,000 in fines — meaning a woman who bravely escaped a death camp as a young girl now faces death in prison in the United States for standing up for the sanctity of life.
And Edl is far from alone.
Paulette Harlow, a 75-year-old grandmother, was sentenced to serve two years in prison for her participation in protesting a D.C. abortion clinic where the bodies of five late-term babies were allegedly <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/250862/after-police-find-aborted-fetal-remains-at-home-of-dc-pro-life-activist-group-pledges-full-explanation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discovered</a>. D.C. Judge Kollar-Kotelly, who oversaw Harlow’s bench trial, referred to the sit-in protest as “violent” and refused <a href="https://x.com/LilaGraceRose/status/1696634069663014960https:/x.com/LilaGraceRose/status/1696634069663014960" target="_blank" rel="noopener">evidence</a> showing clinic abortionist Cesare Santangelo’s willingness to deny care to a newborn who survives an abortion – in violation of federal law.
Further, after Harlow&#8217;s husband begged for mercy, expressing his fear that his wife would die alone in prison, Judge Kollar-Kotelly <a href="https://catholicvote.org/judge-chides-elderly-pro-life-rescuer-about-dying-in-prison-and-her-faith/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taunted</a> that maybe Paula would &#8220;make an effort to remain alive” because that is a “tenet of [Harlow’s] religion.”
The FBI sent a clear message to pro-life Americans in 2022 when their swat team descended on the home of Mark Houck following an <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253523/acquitted-pro-life-activist-mark-houck-reveals-details-of-fbi-raid-will-press-charges" target="_blank" rel="noopener">incident</a> outside a Philadelphia abortion facility between a clinic escort and his 12-year-old son. This was despite the incident being almost a year old and after both state and local authorities declined to prosecute. A federal jury rightfully acquitted Houck after fewer than three hours of deliberation, but the prosecution was the point.
Where fear like this is planted, tyranny flourishes.
To stop this growing weaponization and intimidation, Congress should stop this targeted harassment and ensure the FACE Act is repealed. Allowing it to remain means permitting bureaucrats at the highest levels of government to unequally apply the law, target pro-life Americans with unwarranted retaliation, and shield a radical abortion industry. That is why I am proud to have introduced H.R. 5577, the FACE Act Repeal Act, in order to finally hold this administration accountable and eradicate this unconstitutional threat to all Americans.
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Rep. Chip Roy is a devoted husband and father of two currently serving his third term in Congress representing Texas&#8217;s 21st Congressional District — which includes South Austin, North San Antonio, and the Texas Hill Country.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Whoopi Goldberg scolded Christians and Catholics from her perch behind the table at ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; on Thursday, chastising them for daring to stand on doctrine and say that abortion is wrong.
Goldberg, who has often pushed the illegal-back-alley-abortion narrative as the reason that women should be free to end the lives of their unborn children without restriction, also suggested that the mother was the only human being whose life would be impacted in any way by the abortion issue.
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Whoopi lectures &quot;all of those Christians and Catholics out there&quot; that the only &quot;human being&quot; impacted by abortion is the mom. &quot;Is this the way Jesus wants you to be? Is this the way Jesus wants you to act?&quot; She also suggests that religious folks don&#39;t care about folks&#39; struggles <a href="https://t.co/8L6JSg8hle">pic.twitter.com/8L6JSg8hle</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1841860098290864423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I&#8217;d like to remind all those Christians and Catholics out there that it is a much bigger conversation than just abortion,&#8221; Goldberg began. &#8220;And if you are concerned about what this does to a human being in their life — Is this the way Jesus wants you to be? Is this the way Jesus wants you to act?&#8221;
&#8220;Doesn&#8217;t Jesus want you to be able to say to somebody, &#8216;Come over here, I know you must be something tough,'&#8221; she added, repeating the false narrative that pro-life activists only care about the babies and not the mothers. &#8220;As opposed to what we&#8217;re seeing, which is insane.&#8221;
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Goldberg and her cohosts also discussed former first lady Melania Trump&#8217;s recent video, in which she stated that she favored abortion rights for women — and Sunny Hostin in particular seemed almost giddy over the news.
Hostin argued that Melania Trump — who has made a series of similar videos to promote her memoir due out next Tuesday — would only release that particular video if she hated her husband, former President Trump, and wanted him to lose the 2024 election.
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DISGUSTING: Sunny Hostin says First Lady Melania &quot;hates&quot; President Trump, &quot;wants to take him out.&quot;
This is your modern Democrat Party, folks. <a href="https://t.co/3iD1WQdWRT">pic.twitter.com/3iD1WQdWRT</a>
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&#8220;I think she hates him,&#8221; Hostin began, and when there were a few positive murmurs from around the table, she continued, &#8220;So we can all agree on that, that&#8217;s a given.&#8221;
&#8220;I also think that she wants to take him out,&#8221; Hostin said then, not really clarifying whether she meant &#8220;out&#8221; of the presidential race or &#8220;out&#8221; in a more permanent sense. &#8220;She does not want to be the first lady anymore. She destroyed the Rose Garden. Who hates Christmas? Melania Trump hates Christmas. She doesn&#8217;t want to decorate for Christmas, she doesn&#8217;t want anything to do with it. She doesn&#8217;t want to sleep in the same room with him. She can&#8217;t tolerate him.&#8221;
&#8220;Allegedly,&#8221; Goldberg interrupted.
&#8220;How do you know all this?&#8221; Joy Behar asked, and Goldberg quickly explained that was why she&#8217;d jumped in to say, &#8220;allegedly.&#8221;

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Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, urged Vice President Kamala Harris to attend the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner on October 17, warning her that the last presidential nominee who did not attend got blown out in the election.
Dolan made the remarks after Harris&#8217; team said that she would not attend the annual Catholic charity dinner.
&#8220;We&#8217;re disappointed, we were looking forward to giving the vice president an enthusiastic welcome,&#8221; said Dolan. &#8220;And we are confident the vice president would find this &#8212; you know, she speaks so much about the high ideals and how it is good to get away from division and come together in unity, and that&#8217;s something else this dinner is all about.&#8221;
&#8220;We haven&#8217;t given up yet. We&#8217;re not used to this,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;This hasn&#8217;t happened in 40 years, since Walter Mondale turned down the invitation. And remember, he lost 49 out of 50 states. I don&#8217;t want to say there&#8217;s a direct connection there, but we&#8217;re not used to this and we&#8217;re not giving up. You know who&#8217;s been a help to us? Sen. Schumer and Gov. Hochul have both been working hard to convince her to come.&#8221;
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Dolan said that Schumer claimed that it was not Harris&#8217; decision and that her team said that it was a scheduling issue.
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Cardinal Dolan on Kamala Harris snubbing the Catholic community by skipping the Al Smith charity dinner: &#8220;This hasn’t happened in 40 years since Walter Mondale turned down the invitation. And remember, he lost 49 out of 50 states.&#8221;<a href="https://t.co/XjOubeFwhY">pic.twitter.com/XjOubeFwhY</a>
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) <a href="https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra/status/1838572866763190302?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
At the dinner, the presidential nominees engage in some self-deprecating humor and light roasting of their opponent.
“It’s sad, but not surprising, that Kamala has decided not to attend,” Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-clinton-strategist-its-bad-that-kamala-refuses-to-attend-catholic-charity-dinner">wrote</a> on social media on Monday night. “I don’t know what she has against our Catholic friends, but it must be a lot, because she certainly hasn’t been very nice to them, in fact, Catholics are literally being persecuted by this Administration.”
“Any Catholic that votes for Comrade Kamala Harris should have their head examined,” he continued. “In addition to the Democrats’ Cruel War on The Little Sisters of the Poor, Kamala led the way on the UNCONSCIONABLE and UNCONSTITUTIONAL ATTACKS on The Knights of Columbus that amounted to a RELIGIOUS TEST (Very anti-Catholic!) for Justices on the Supreme Court. Also, who can forget the flagrant, in-your-face ‘TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY’ Kamala and Biden hosted at the White House on Easter Sunday (of all days!). Regardless, I will see everyone on October 17th, and we will have a GREAT night for Catholic Charities. It’s sad that Kamala doesn’t care about these good works, but with her History of anti-Catholic actions, she would have a hard time anyway!”
Former Clinton strategist and pollster Mark Penn said Monday evening that Harris’s refusal to attend the charity event was a bad look for her.
“I think her positioning that Donald Trump is unacceptable and a threat to democracy means it’s very hard for her to go to a forum and just joke with him, because I think that gives him kind of the respect of a colleague running for president that she doesn’t want to give him,” Penn said. “I think it’s a bad thing that she’s not going.”

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Former Clinton strategist and pollster Mark Penn said Monday evening that Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s refusal to attend a Catholic charity dinner that presidential nominees from both of America&#8217;s major political parties always attend was a &#8220;bad&#8221; look.
Trump announced on Monday that he was excited to attend the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner on October 17, while Harris&#8217; team announced late last week that she would not attend.
&#8220;I think her positioning that Donald Trump is unacceptable and a threat to democracy means it&#8217;s very hard for her to go to a forum and just joke with him, because I think that gives him kind of the respect of a colleague running for president that she doesn&#8217;t want to give him,&#8221; Penn said on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;Special Report&#8221; with Bret Baier.
&#8220;I think it&#8217;s a bad thing that she&#8217;s not going, and I think Trump&#8217;s decision on the debate basically does make sense at this point,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It&#8217;s too risky for him in the final days. He thinks there&#8217;s a natural arc here where she&#8217;s peaked and now she&#8217;s going to really have to figure out ways to get another point or two, which are declining.&#8221;
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Former Clinton strategist and pollster Mark Penn says Trump&#8217;s decision to not debate Harris is smart because she has likely already &#8220;peaked&#8221; in the polls <a href="https://t.co/1LtZxTuTzA">pic.twitter.com/1LtZxTuTzA</a>
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At the dinner, the presidential nominees engage in some self-deprecating humor and light roasting of their opponent.
“It’s sad, but not surprising, that Kamala has decided not to attend,” Trump wrote on social media on Monday night. “I don’t know what she has against our Catholic friends, but it must be a lot, because she certainly hasn’t been very nice to them, in fact, Catholics are literally being persecuted by this Administration.”
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“Any Catholic that votes for Comrade Kamala Harris should have their head examined,” he continued. “In addition to the Democrats’ Cruel War on The Little Sisters of the Poor, Kamala led the way on the UNCONSCIONABLE and UNCONSTITUTIONAL ATTACKS on The Knights of Columbus that amounted to a RELIGIOUS TEST (Very anti-Catholic!) for Justices on the Supreme Court. Also, who can forget the flagrant, in-your-face ‘TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY’ Kamala and Biden hosted at the White House on Easter Sunday (of all days!). Regardless, I will see everyone on October 17th, and we will have a GREAT night for Catholic Charities. It’s sad that Kamala doesn’t care about these good works, but with her History of anti-Catholic actions, she would have a hard time anyway!”

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Here are the facts: Amber Thurman, a woman from Georgia whose pregnancy with twins was too far along to abort in her home state, traveled to North Carolina, where she was given the deadly abortion pills mifepristone and misoprostol.
The chemical abortion was incomplete — meaning her children, or parts of them, were still in her womb — and she needed emergency room care but doctors at the hospital in Georgia she turned to for help waited 20 hours to perform a surgical abortion. The young woman, mother of a 6-year-old son, died. 
<a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-abortion-ban-amber-thurman-death" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ProPublica</a> broke the story. Donors to the self-described “independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force” include groups like the Ford Foundation and Pew Charitable Trusts, that regularly <a href="https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/foundations-of-death-12061" target="_blank" rel="noopener">support pro-abortion organizations.</a>
Here are the headlines that followed that first story:
<a href="https://www.newsweek.com/amber-thurman-preventable-abortion-death-georgia-1954945" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newsweek:</a> &#8220;Amber Thurman First Named &#8216;Preventable&#8217; Abortion Death Since Bans&#8221;
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/16/opinion/abortion-bans-death-thurman.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times</a>: &#8220;It Was Only a Matter of Time Before Abortion Bans Killed Someone&#8221;
<a href="https://apnews.com/article/harris-abortion-death-trump-georgia-f9c65fb7019938f0fff18e61d4f2d84a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press:</a> &#8220;VP says woman’s death after delayed abortion treatment shows consequences of Trump’s actions&#8221;
ProPublica has since reported on a <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/candi-miller-abortion-ban-death-georgia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second woman who died</a> after taking abortion pills that she bought online. An autopsy performed on Candi Miller found fetal tissue in her womb, and a lethal combination of painkillers in her blood. And yet an unnamed committee of “maternal health experts” — one that does not share its findings with the public — blamed Georgia’s Heartbeat law, and her family reportedly told a coroner she was afraid to go to the hospital because of the law.
Vice President Kamala Harris gave a speech Friday in Atlanta, where she jumped on the bandwagon with abortion advocates who are overjoyed to be able to blame mothers’ deaths on laws that protect babies from abortion.
Certainly there are questions to be answered in Ms. Thurman’s case, by physicians in both North Carolina and Georgia. But it’s Georgia’s Heartbeat law being blamed for the woman’s death. This is simply not true.
Several women in the last decade have died after botched abortions and delayed follow-up medical care. You did not read their names in Newsweek or the New York Times or the Associated Press. 
<a href="https://www.abqjournal.com/news/local/unm-clinic-settle-for-1-26m-in-abortion-death/article_0a9ceea1-2ad8-5745-89da-995864522bd6.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Keisha Atkins</a> was 23 years old when she had an abortion at 24 weeks at Southwestern Women’s Options in Albuquerque in February 2017. Two days into the multi-day procedure, she was in pain and having trouble breathing. More than nine hours after arriving at Southwestern she was finally transferred to the hospital at the University of New Mexico, where, more than five hours later, she was finally taken to the emergency room. One hundred minutes later, she was declared dead. Eventually Southwestern and UNM paid $1.26 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit.
Abortion killed Keisha.
<a href="https://www.christianpost.com/news/planned-parenthood-to-pay-2m-settlement-to-family-of-botched-abortion-victim.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tonya Reaves</a> died in Chicago after an incomplete second-trimester abortion at Planned Parenthood in July 2012. She would have to undergo two more abortion procedures at a hospital before dying. She was 26 years old. Eventually Planned Parenthood was ordered to pay her surviving son $2 million. 
Abortion killed Tonya.
<a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2017/04/dead_womans_ultrasound_showed.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cree Erwin-Sheppard</a> was 24 when she had an <a href="https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/gosnell-abortion-worker-drugs-given-woman-murder/2086843/">abortion at a Planned Parenthood</a> in Kalamazoo, Michigan on July 2, 2016. She was dead two days later. Her autopsy showed “retained products of conception.”
Abortion killed Cree.
There are others whose names you don’t know. <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/6/4-maryland-abortion-clinics-shut-down-3-doctors-su/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maria Santiago</a>. <a href="https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/01/27/Death-at-NYC-abortion-clinic-investigated/55421264620300/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alexandra Nunez</a>. <a href="https://newsbusters.org/blogs/jill-stanek/2015/03/07/lakisha-who-npr-showcases-cleveland-abortion-clinic-skips-woman-who" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lakisha Wilson</a>. <a href="https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/gosnell-abortion-worker-drugs-given-woman-murder/2086843/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Karnamaya Mongar</a>. And many more than these.
These women did not become the media’s cause celebre because their tragic — and preventable — deaths followed abortions, and none dare speak a bad word about a procedure whose advocates have elevated it to the status of national sacrament. All of them died while Roe v. Wade was still intact, and all in states where abortion was easy to access.
Until recently, New Mexico was the late-term abortion epicenter of the nation. Illinois and Michigan, then as now, have few restrictions on abortion. Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New York all had — and still have — liberal abortion laws.
Abortion killed these women, as it killed Amber Thurman and Candi Miller. All of them were women of color so certainly racism could have been a factor in their delayed follow-up care. That’s an issue that needs to be explored.
Most importantly, the women’s stories should bring a much-needed look into the safety of chemical abortion. But they won’t. The Charlotte Lozier Institute reported in 2021 that chemical abortion led to many more emergency room visits than surgical abortion, but abortion advocates had that paper <a href="https://www.ncregister.com/news/attacking-the-messenger-abortion-lobby-targets-charlotte-lozier-institute" target="_blank" rel="noopener">retracted</a> because it contradicted their narrative that chemical abortion is a safe and private way for a mother to kill her child surrounded by the comforts of home.
The truth about chemical abortion is that it causes severe pain and bleeding for which few women are prepared. It turns women’s homes into abortion facilities, and leaves many of them with the unforgettable image of their babies being <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/abortion-pill-turns-every-womans-home-potential-site-trauma-opinion-1783180" target="_blank" rel="noopener">flushed down the toilet</a>. Chemical abortion killed Amber Thurman and Candi Miller, and other women before then.
Women and their children deserve better than abortion, and the American people deserve the truth.
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Janet Morana is the executive director of Priests for Life and the co-founder of the Silent No More Awareness Campaign. Her most recent book is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Everything-Need-about-Abortion-Teens/dp/1505122376">Everything You Need to Know About Abortion – For Teens.</a>
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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