As the University of Notre Dame faces concerns of false advertising, it may be time for Catholic students and tuition-paying parents to ask themselves if they can get a discount on the <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://financialaid.nd.edu/costs-and-affordability/*:*:text=Table_title:*20Average*20Cost*20of*20Attendance*20for*202025*2D2026,Item:*20Personal*20Expenses*20*7C*20Cost:*20$1*2C200*20*7C__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!PxibshUo2Yr_Ta5B!xeeyTqD64ZFzG_RrEs6Yd0Qaau2zcy6SUEERwZ4F45ZWTmEYrJm7W1nCOGIuVsLO4nor7TKURdD2VfAPiiLS$">$90,000</a> per year price tag. While the school&#8217;s website <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nd.edu/faith/__;!!PxibshUo2Yr_Ta5B!xeeyTqD64ZFzG_RrEs6Yd0Qaau2zcy6SUEERwZ4F45ZWTmEYrJm7W1nCOGIuVsLO4nor7TKURdD2VTuaGZjq$">reads,</a> “Notre Dame’s Catholic character informs all it does,” the recent promotion of a pro-abortion professor leaves that statement in doubt.
It’s hard to see how that Catholic character led the school to appoint an outspoken abortion activist to a leadership role. Either the Holy Father, church tradition, and the Bible are all mistaken, and the Catholic faith can in fact coexist with abortion, or Notre Dame is seriously misinformed as to what being Catholic actually means.
Susan Ostermann, the abortion proponent in question, was employed at the university for almost nine years as a professor before the school announced her appointment as the new director of the Keough School of Global Affairs’ Liu Institute of Asia and Asian Studies.
During her tenure, Ostermann used her platform to author and coauthor multiple articles on abortion.
“Forced pregnancy and childbirth is violence,” wrote Ostermann for <a href="https://www.salon.com/2022/05/04/forced-pregnancy-and-childbirth-are-violence-against-women-and-also-terrible-health-policy/">Salon.com</a>. “It is sexual abuse. It is trauma.”
“When the state supports forced pregnancy and childbirth, it is complicit in this violence,” she continues.
Attempts to outlaw abortion “have their roots in white supremacy and racism,” Ostermann explains in <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fwww.salon.com*2F2022*2F07*2F19*2Fabortion-and-guns-how-supremacy-unites-the-right*2F&amp;data=05*7C02*7Ckhamrick*40studentsforlife.org*7C0cf1d02750f443d94e9c08de629fea78*7Cb3f92ab929b141449c57d11e0e7a368a*7C0*7C0*7C639056636131764390*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ*3D*3D*7C0*7C*7C*7C&amp;sdata=TXL*2BrMPjzahb5dpgLcERcEvPkBHoMtHjKg4bomIhPNY*3D&amp;reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!PxibshUo2Yr_Ta5B!xeeyTqD64ZFzG_RrEs6Yd0Qaau2zcy6SUEERwZ4F45ZWTmEYrJm7W1nCOGIuVsLO4nor7TKURdD2VSkEFO79$">another article</a> titled, “Abortion, racism, and guns: How white supremacy unites the right.”
Of course, almost all of the claims in Ostermann’s articles are false. It was the early pro-abortion movement, not the pro-life movement, that stemmed from racism and promoted eugenics. Nor, as Ostermann implies in her other article, are a large portion of pregnancies (or abortions) the result of rape.
But even setting aside the accuracy of Ostermann’s claims, her articles highlight a much deeper issue: a lack of belief in the sanctity of life. It’s impossible to believe that life is sacred while also believing that protecting preborn lives is “violence.”
Most would have expected better of Notre Dame. Recently, the top-ranked school did get a “B” in <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.instituteforprolifeadvancement.org/christian-schools-tied-to-big-abortion-2025-research-results/__;!!PxibshUo2Yr_Ta5B!xeeyTqD64ZFzG_RrEs6Yd0Qaau2zcy6SUEERwZ4F45ZWTmEYrJm7W1nCOGIuVsLO4nor7TKURdD2VbVu2X9l$">Students for Life’s Christian Schools</a> report that looked at 725 Christian colleges and universities claiming to be faith-based (excluding denominations that support abortion).
We found that fully 114 self-proclaimed Christian colleges have ties to abortion. That’s 114 schools directly violating the faith they proclaim. In Notre Dame’s case, their Gender Studies Program (and that’s a red flag) held an event “<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://genderstudies.nd.edu/events-and-news/events/2023/03/20/trans-care-abortion-care-intersections-and-questions/__;!!PxibshUo2Yr_Ta5B!xeeyTqD64ZFzG_RrEs6Yd0Qaau2zcy6SUEERwZ4F45ZWTmEYrJm7W1nCOGIuVsLO4nor7TKURdD2Vcm379w-$">Trans Care &amp; Abortion Care”</a> featuring outspoken abortion advocates. That makes two major strikes against the school, apparently masquerading as a mentor of future Catholic leaders.
The most fundamental Christian principle is the sanctity of life. God created humans in his image, bestowing upon them inherent worth and value starting at the point of conception. Through that creation, humans derive, or are “endowed by their Creator with,” certain rights — including, for example, the right to life.
Abortion directly contradicts that principle, painting life as something meaningless to be destroyed at the convenience of another. In fact, <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://catholicvote.org/pope-tells-political-conference-attendees-greatest-destroyer-peace-abortion/__;!!PxibshUo2Yr_Ta5B!xeeyTqD64ZFzG_RrEs6Yd0Qaau2zcy6SUEERwZ4F45ZWTmEYrJm7W1nCOGIuVsLO4nor7TKURdD2VWoA4mIk$">Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to Mother Teresa</a> recently by noting that “the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion.”
By appointing Ostermann, Notre Dame has established — in its leadership, no less — someone who stands against everything it proclaims to believe.
In one of Ostermann’s articles, she writes, “When we stand by… we are complicit as well.” She was referring to states “forcing unwanted pregnancies” by restricting abortion. Ironically, her words ring true for Christians. If we stand silent while “Christian” institutions betray the Savior they confess by supporting the murder of infants in the name of compassion and love, then we are complicit.
What must happen instead?
For students, parents, and donors, the path forward is clear: Pressure Christian schools to either cut ties to abortion or stop falsely claiming Christ.
For other Christians, speaking out can take different forms — volunteering at a pro-life pregnancy center, supporting a pregnant community member and enabling her to choose life, or even taking to a public platform to proclaim the truth that abortion is murder.
For a self-proclaimed Catholic university — one that describes its actions as motivated by its faith — to appoint such a person to a leadership role exposes, at best, a lack of wisdom and, at worst, complete and utter moral decay.
This is a good time to pray a Hail Mary, to pray for us sinners, and those leading the schools where we send the next generation of leaders, that they be taught to uphold the faith and not to ignore it.
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Notre Dame Touts Faith But Elevates Abortion Advocate

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The pro-abortion activist group “Shout Your Abortion” has proudly debuted a book aimed at young children. 
Organization founder Amelia Bonow published the book “Abortion Is Everything” after years of promising it was forthcoming. She shared photos and excerpts on the group’s official social media page, describing it as a “very special book.”
“This beautiful hardcover book was created to talk with kids about abortion,” the post says. “Abortion Is Everything speaks directly to five to eight-year-olds about what abortion is, how it might feel, and why people have abortions.”
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“With accessible, inclusive language, Abortion Is Everything frames abortion as the actualization of a uniquely human superpower: our capacity to imagine the future and make choices that lead us towards the life we envision. Abortion is a tool that allows human beings to shape our destinies, and which has shaped the entire world around us,” the description goes on.
“Parents, caregivers, and educators who work with children have long been searching for a tool to talk with kids about abortion, especially given the volume of political noise currently surrounding the issue,” it says, adding that the book, “introduces the concept of abortion in a way that empowers parents and kids to begin rewriting our cultural scripts about abortion at the most foundational level.”
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Commenters were thrilled about the concept, with one person replying, “Love it. I‘ve been speaking to my kids about abortion since they were small and it is so empowering to hear a child say: ‘You don‘t have to be pregnant if you don’t want to be.’”
“[I] think i will be buying this today for my potential future offspring!!” another person wrote.
Bonow has a history of promoting abortion to minors. In 2018, she appeared in a video for the “Kids Meet” series online and used anti-science and pro-abortion talking points while discussing her own abortion with the young boys and girls, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-feminist-promotes-brags-about-abortion-amanda-prestigiacomo">reported</a>.
She said abortion was “all part of God’s plan” and agreed when one of the participants suggested that an unborn “fetus” is “not really a human being yet.”
“I kind of like to compare it to a sea cucumber. It’s not thinking; it’s just living. It’s like, your arm is not capable of complex thought. Neither is a baby inside your womb,” one boy said as Bonow enthusiastically agreed with that idea.
Bonow also said “pro-life” is “propaganda.”
“I don’t call them pro-life; I call [them] anti-choice, because who would disagree with that statement? Being pro-life? … To me, the phrase ‘pro-life’ is propaganda, because often the people that say that don’t want to take care of people who have babies that they can’t afford and then are totally poor. … They want to deprive people [of] access to healthcare,” she told the teens. “You guys aren’t pro-life. I’m pro-life,” she insisted.

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Activist Group Proudly Debuts Pro-Abortion Book Aimed At Children

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FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has committed to reviewing the abortion pill&#8217;s safety, according to Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO).
Hawley posted a letter he received from Makary on social media, noting the FDA head promised to review the safety of mifepristone, the popular abortion drug.
&#8220;As the Commissioner of Food and Drugs, I am committed to conducting a review of mifepristone and working with the professional career scientists at the Agency who review this data,&#8221; Makary wrote in his letter to Hawley.
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&#8220;As with all drugs, FDA continues to closely monitor the postmarketing safety data on mifepristone for the medical termination of early pregnancy,&#8221; Makary wrote.
Makary also noted that mifepristone is currently enmeshed in legal battles.
&#8220;FDA generally does not comment on matters that are the subject of pending litigation and therefore is unable to provide further information on this topic at this time,&#8221; the FDA chief said.
&#8220;FDA is committed to safeguarding public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and quality of the products it regulates,&#8221; Makary wrote. &#8220;The Agency carefully evaluates the scientific data, leveraging rigorous science to make informed decisions.&#8221;
The two-pill chemical abortion regimen — mifepristone, usually followed by misoprostol — aims to end the life of the unborn baby and expel it from the woman’s uterus. However, the drugs sometimes fail to expel all the fetal tissue, which can cause life-threatening complications.
An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abortion-pill-22-times-more-dangerous-than-fda-claimed-new-study-says?author=Mairead+Elordi&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=7&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Abortion+Pill+22+Times+More+Dangerous+Than+FDA+Claimed%2C+New+Study+Says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> released in April found that more than one in 10 women experienced a “serious adverse event” after taking the mifepristone abortion pill in 2023. This can include hemorrhaging, needing a blood transfusion, an emergency room visit, and even deadly conditions like sepsis.
That is about 22 times higher than what the FDA listed on its label for the brand Mifeprex in 2023. The FDA <a href="https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2023/020687Orig1s025Lbl.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cited</a> clinical studies saying less than 0.5% of women suffered “serious adverse reactions” to mifepristone.
Meanwhile, more than one in 20 women need a second abortion attempt after the abortion pill fails, another analysis of insurance claim data <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-1-in-20-women-need-second-abortion-attempt-after-abortion-pill-fails?author=Mairead+Elordi&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=More+Than+1+in+20+Women+Need+Second+Abortion+Attempt+After+Abortion+Pill+Fails" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released</a> this week showed.
Last month, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services, told lawmakers he had requested the FDA do a “complete review” of the abortion pill in the wake of the new data.
“It’s alarming,” RFK Jr. told Hawley during a Senate committee hearing.
“Clearly, it indicates that at the very least the label should be changed,” he said. “I’ve asked Marty Makary, who’s the director of the FDA, to do a complete review and to report back.”
A few months before Roe v. Wade was overturned, the FDA scrapped the requirement that women must obtain abortion pills in person from a healthcare provider, allowing them to get them online through the mail.

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The leak of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision, and the historic ruling that followed, weren’t just legal landmarks — they were cultural earthquakes.
For millions of Americans, those days are seared into memory, standing alongside the moon landing or the collapse of the Berlin Wall. But Dobbs wasn’t the end of the fight for life — it was the beginning.
For the first time in half a century, Americans could protect the lives of babies in the womb through their state and federal representatives. Red states were ready to run with the ball. Several had trigger laws — laws designed to take effect to protect babies at conception the moment Roe fell — that went into effect when the decision came down. Others, like South Carolina and Florida, moved quickly to pass legislation safeguarding life.
Those bold moves were met with electoral reward: Gov. Ron DeSantis won re-election in a Florida <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Ron_DeSantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">landslide</a>, as did Governors<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Kim_Reynolds" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Kim Reynolds</a>,<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Ohio_gubernatorial_and_lieutenant_gubernatorial_election,_2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Mike DeWine</a>, and<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Georgia_gubernatorial_election,_2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Brian Kemp</a> in Iowa, Ohio, and Georgia, respectively. We very quickly reached the point where half of the states had <a href="https://sbaprolife.org/lifesavinglaws" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pro-life laws</a>.
Now, the pro-life movement has turned to its next major historic battle: defunding Planned Parenthood and dismantling the forced taxpayer funding of the abortion-industrial complex.
For decades, taxpayers have been forced to fund abortion businesses, with the lion’s share of funding coming from Medicaid. With Planned Parenthood responsible for more than <a href="https://lozierinstitute.org/fact-sheet-planned-parenthoods-2022-23-annual-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">400,000</a> abortions annually, Americans have been forced to subsidize the leading cause of death for far too long.
But there’s a plan to end this. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which recently passed the House of Representatives, pulls the plug on Medicaid funding for abortion businesses.
It could have a seismic impact.
After President Donald Trump froze<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-administration-freeze-family-planning-funds-planned-parenthood-2025-04-01/#:~:text=Planned%20Parenthood%20Health%20Systems%2C%20Inc,halted%20by%20the%20Trump%20administration." target="_blank" rel="noopener"> $27.5 million</a> in Title X dollars to Planned Parenthood, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/clinics-begin-closing-as-trump-admin-continues-freeze-on-family-planning-funds-00302504" target="_blank" rel="noopener">POLITICO</a> reported that several Planned Parenthood affiliates were closing or struggling to stay afloat.
<a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/262849/planned-parenthood-shutters-only-facility-in-manhattan-after-decades-of-pro-life-prayers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Manhattan’s</a> only Planned Parenthood closed. Four<a href="https://michiganadvance.com/2025/04/03/planned-parenthood-shutting-down-4-michigan-clinics-after-trump-administration-cuts-funding/#:~:text=Planned%20Parenthood%20shutting%20down,said%20in%20a%20news%20release.%20%E2%80%9C" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Michigan</a> facilities are shutting down. Two<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/22/clinics-begin-closing-as-trump-admin-continues-freeze-on-family-planning-funds-00302504" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Utah</a> Planned Parenthoods closed at the end of last month. Four Planned Parenthood facilities in <a href="https://www.iowapublicradio.org/health/2025-05-24/planned-parenthood-to-close-four-clinics-in-iowa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iowa</a> and four more in<a href="https://www.startribune.com/why-planned-parenthood-is-closing-four-minnesota-clinics-and-laying-off-staff/601362453" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Minnesota</a> are closing.
If that’s the impact of $27.5 million, we don’t have to guess what taking away <a href="https://www.gao.gov/assets/870/866408.pdf#page=12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$529 million</a> in Medicaid funding annually will do. Planned Parenthood says this would mean<a href="https://x.com/KristanHawkins/status/1925627793745821741" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> 200</a> of their facilities would close.
With Republicans on Capitol Hill energized to stop the forced taxpayer funding of abortion businesses and around <a href="https://www.kofc.org/en/news-room/archive.html?section=polls" target="_blank" rel="noopener">60%</a> of Americans against publicly funding abortion, Planned Parenthood is growing desperate. They took out a New York Times <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/05/21/planned-parenthood-celebrity-ad/83766968007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ad</a>, which likely cost tens of thousands of dollars, that featured Harry Styles, Megan Thee Stallion, Doug Emhoff’s daughter, Jussie Smollett’s sister, and other celebrities calling for the forced taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood.
This is just one example of how Planned Parenthood funnels resources into political activism, money that could instead be used to improve basic health standards at their facilities.
Planned Parenthood’s spending priorities have horrific results: a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/us/planned-parenthood-clinics.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stillbirth</a> after an IUD was placed when a woman was pregnant,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/us/planned-parenthood-clinics.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> biohazards</a> and raw sewage left to fester in a Nebraska facility for days, and botched <a href="https://flatwaterfreepress.org/dysfunction-turnover-at-omaha-planned-parenthood-clinic-further-limiting-abortion-access-in-nebraska/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HIV and syphilis tests</a>, to name a few. Most tragically, an 18-year-old girl in Colorado <a href="https://sbaprolife.org/latest-news/young-woman-dies-after-late-term-abortion-at-planned-parenthood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died</a> after a late-term abortion at a Planned Parenthood facility earlier this year.
Women on Medicaid will be much better served by community health centers, which already outnumber Planned Parenthood facilities <a href="https://lozierinstitute.org/realchoices/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">15:1</a>. These centers provide much more comprehensive and higher quality care than entities that exist to sell abortions.
We are optimistic this will be the year we defund Planned Parenthood — which would help pro-life Republican candidates win elections in 2026 and 2028. But Democrats, the legacy media, Hollywood, liberal universities, and other woke institutions are doing everything within their power to prevent the greatest human rights victory of our time.
Ballot measures have wiped away pro-life laws in Ohio, Arizona, and Missouri, where Republican leaders failed to fully engage in the battle. Activist courts have stopped states from protecting babies in the womb. Shield laws — designed to give blue state abortionists immunity when they ship abortion drugs into pro-life states — and similar workarounds from the Biden administration allow blue state abortionists to bypass pro-life laws, kill unborn children, and harm women across state lines by mailing abortion drugs.
All of this means that the total number of abortions performed in the United States has increased since the Dobbs decision. While there is no definitive way to calculate the total number of abortions performed each year, a new Charlotte Lozier Institute<a href="https://lozierinstitute.org/new-report-confirms-abortions-continue-to-rise-after-dobbs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> study</a> reveals a startling reality.
The study compiles existing data from pro-abortion entities like the Guttmacher Institute and #WeCount, and shows the total number of abortions is at least 1.1 million annually.
This is not the time to retreat. This is the time to go on offense. Human rights battles are never won overnight. Slavery wasn’t abolished in just a few years, nor was segregation.
The fall of Roe was the start of the most significant human rights movement of our time. Bringing this movement to a successful conclusion will take persistence, unity, and courage.
Now is the time for the pro-life movement to reignite, take the historic step of defunding Planned Parenthood, and to elect leaders who don’t flinch when the stakes are high. We stand on the shoulders of decades of sacrifice and prayer, and, by the grace of God, we believe this could be the year we take the next big step.
Because the fight for life isn’t over.
It’s just getting started.
Marjorie Dannenfelser is president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America. She has been called “the woman who brought down Roe.”
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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At first glance, it may look like abortion access in America is shrinking.
Since 2020, dozens of brick-and-mortar abortion facilities have closed. It might be easy to assume this means fewer abortions are happening. But the numbers tell a different — and more urgent — story.
According to research from the University of California’s Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health, there were 758 brick-and-mortar abortion facilities in the United States in 2020. By 2023, that number had dropped slightly to 741.
But what’s been largely overlooked is this: 226 new virtual abortion “clinics” opened during that same period. The net result? There are now more access points for abortion in America than at any time in the past decade — 967 in total.
This dramatic shift is having real consequences. The Guttmacher Institute, which supports abortion access, estimates there were over 1 million abortions in 2023 — up from 930,160 in 2020. Telemedicine abortions now account for roughly 20% of all abortions nationwide, and organizations like Aid Access and Plan C offer mail-order abortion pills with little to no medical oversight or regulation.
This is not just a policy debate — it’s a public health crisis in the making.
Over the past several years, the Food and Drug Administration has steadily loosened the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) requirements for mifepristone, one of the drugs used in chemical abortions. What used to require in-person dispensing and medical supervision now often happens without an ultrasound, without lab work, and without an in-person medical visit.
In the world of mail-order abortions, many women never see a doctor before, during, or after the abortion.
This systematic removal of actual healthcare from the abortion process has consequences. Women may be further along in pregnancy than they realize — something only an ultrasound can confirm. They may have undiagnosed ectopic pregnancies or other medical complications that can be fatal if the abortion pill is taken. They may hemorrhage, suffer infection, or be left alone in a moment of real crisis with no medical professional to perform emergency care.
No legitimate area of medicine is allowed to operate this way. If a woman miscarried at home, she would be told to seek prompt medical care. But in the case of abortion, the prevailing approach is increasingly to mail a few pills and send a woman on her way — with no verification that she’s even a candidate for the drug, and no one to follow up with her if something goes wrong.
Meanwhile, the abortion industry continues to innovate — not to offer better care, but to make abortions more accessible and less visible. Clinics in permissive states are multiplying. Pro-abortion organizations are funding interstate travel. Online abortion pill networks continue to grow, many of them operating outside the regulations of state or federal officials.
So what does this mean for those of us working to support women facing unexpected pregnancies?
It means we must meet women where they are — online, on their phones, in the quiet of their uncertainty.
Pregnancy help organizations, long known for offering compassionate care and real alternatives to abortion, are rising to the challenge. Many are adapting to this new landscape by offering virtual consultations, telehealth services, and chat-based support through national hotlines. In fact, over the past year alone, the number of pregnancy help organizations offering telehealth has <a href="https://www.heartbeatinternational.org/lifetrends" target="_blank" rel="noopener">grown by 172%</a>.
This isn’t just about keeping pace with change — it’s about ensuring that women know they still have real choices and about keeping them safe. While abortion providers invade digital spaces with minimal accountability, pregnancy help centers are doing the hard work of offering personalized care — often at no cost — along with life-affirming solutions like housing, medical services, and material support for mothers and babies.
The battleground has shifted. But so has the movement that exists to walk with women through one of the most vulnerable seasons of their lives.
We cannot afford to assume that a decrease in physical abortion facilities means the need for pregnancy help is any less urgent. If anything, the need is growing — because the silence and secrecy of the digital abortion era leave many women more isolated than ever before.
That’s why innovation and compassion must go hand in hand. In a world where abortion is a click away, the vital human connection offered by pregnancy help should be as well.
Andrea Trudden is vice president of communications at Heartbeat International.
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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More than one in 20 women need a second abortion attempt after the abortion pill fails, a new analysis of insurance claim data shows.
Over 5% of women had to undergo a repeat abortion attempt within 45 days of taking mifepristone, indicating that the first mifepristone abortion attempt failed, <a href="https://eppc.org/publication/the-abortion-pill-harms-womeninsurance-data-reveals-repeated-abortionattempts-due-to-high-failure-rate/">according to an analysis</a> from the Ethics and Public Policy Center released Monday. The Center analyzed insurance claims data from 865,727 mifepristone abortions between 2017 and 2023.
A total of 45,498 women needed a second abortion attempt to complete their abortions after mifepristone failed, the data show. Of those women, 24,563 needed a surgical abortion procedure. Nearly 7,000 women underwent both a second medication abortion attempt and a surgical abortion attempt after their first mifepristone attempt failed, the analysis found.
This is the latest evidence that advocates have misconstrued the safety and efficacy of the abortion pill. An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abortion-pill-22-times-more-dangerous-than-fda-claimed-new-study-says?author=Mairead+Elordi&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=7&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Abortion+Pill+22+Times+More+Dangerous+Than+FDA+Claimed%2C+New+Study+Says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> released last month found that more than one in 10 women experienced a “serious adverse event” after taking the mifepristone abortion pill in 2023. This can include hemorrhaging, needing a blood transfusion, an emergency room visit, and even deadly conditions like sepsis.
That is about 22 times higher than what the FDA listed on its label for the brand Mifeprex in 2023. The FDA <a href="https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2023/020687Orig1s025Lbl.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cited</a> clinical studies saying less than 0.5% of women suffered “serious adverse reactions” to mifepristone.
The two-pill chemical abortion regimen — mifepristone, usually followed by misoprostol — aims to end the life of the unborn baby and expel it from the woman’s uterus. However, the drugs sometimes fail to expel all the fetal tissue, which can cause life-threatening complications.
Nearly 14% of women experience either a serious adverse event or repeat abortion attempt after taking the abortion pill, Monday&#8217;s analysis found. The report&#8217;s authors concluded that the FDA should immediately reinstate the stronger patient safety protocols it previously had in place for mifepristone.
A few months before Roe v. Wade was overturned, the FDA scrapped the requirement that women must obtain abortion pills in person from a healthcare provider, allowing them to obtain them online through the mail.
The FDA should also mandate reporting of the abortion pill&#8217;s side effects and &#8220;reconsider its approval altogether,&#8221; concluded the analysis&#8217; co-authors, Ryan Anderson, President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, and Jamie Bryan Hall, the Center&#8217;s Director of Data Analysis.
&#8220;Our real-world data represents the actual experiences of women who take the abortion pill in the U.S. today,&#8221; the authors told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;These women may have preexisting health conditions and may not receive proper care before, during, or after the abortion. The women recruited into the clinical trials were relatively young and healthy, and they received a carefully controlled regimen of care. Frequent in-person visits would have enabled doctors to diagnose and treat any side effects earlier, before they could become serious. This is how it should be for every woman!&#8221; they said.
&#8220;This is why it&#8217;s so important for the FDA, at a minimum, to reinstate its original safety protocols, which more closely resemble the conditions of a clinical trial,&#8221; the authors said. &#8220;Both proponents and opponents of legalized abortion should be able to support this move to protect women&#8217;s health.&#8221;
Anderson and Hall also emphasized that pro-life laws are not to blame for complications from the abortion pill, as some abortion advocates have claimed.
&#8220;Those who blame the failures of the abortion pill on pro-life laws are deeply mistaken, if not downright dishonest. Every woman should seek medical care in an emergency, and every doctor should provide life-saving care without fear of reprisal,&#8221; they said.
Medication abortions are far more common than surgical abortions. Medication abortions made up 63% of all abortions in 2023, up from 31% in 2014, <a href="https://www.guttmacher.org/2024/03/medication-abortion-accounted-63-all-us-abortions-2023-increase-53-2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute.
The abortion pill is likely the main factor driving up the country’s total number of abortions in recent years, even in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Abortion advocates have argued that the abortion pill should be more available to order online now that some Republican-led states ban abortion.
Mifepristone was originally approved by the FDA in 2000.

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More Than 1 in 20 Women Need Second Abortion Attempt After Abortion Pill Fails

Ice cream company Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s riled up the critics earlier this week with an X post calling on their nearly half a million followers to celebrate National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day.
&#8220;Today is National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day! We stand with abortion providers today and every day. Learn more and take action now,&#8221; the post read, along with a graphic that stated: &#8220;Abortion care providers are being threatened across the country. Here&#8217;s why we need to stand with them today and every day.&#8221;
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Today is National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day! ⚕️ We stand with abortion providers today and every day.
Learn more and take action now: <a href="https://t.co/80tNYpdunQ">https://t.co/80tNYpdunQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/tcPvQ327o4">pic.twitter.com/tcPvQ327o4</a>
&mdash; Ben &amp; Jerry&#39;s (@benandjerrys) <a href="https://twitter.com/benandjerrys/status/1899171120613294463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 10, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The post linked to a page on the official Ben &amp; Jerry&#8217;s website dedicated to explaining five reasons people should support abortion providers: &#8220;Some on the Right Are Trying to Silence Providers and Close Clinics; Providers Are Being Threatened and Physically Attacked; Communities of Color are Disproportionately Impacted; The Movement Is Fighting Back; Abortion Care Providers Need Our Support.&#8221;
Critics were less than impressed with the ice cream company&#8217;s position and did not hesitate to say so.
Former Planned Parenthood clinic director-turned pro-life activist Abby Johnson posted, &#8220;It’s disgusting that you’re cheering for the slaughter of innocent human beings. Disgusting.&#8221;
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It’s disgusting that you’re cheering for the slaughter of innocent human beings. Disgusting.
&mdash; Dr. Abby Johnson (@AbbyJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/AbbyJohnson/status/1899604347656532381?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Bye bye, Ben &amp; Jerrys! A sad day for pregnant women everywhere who crave your Chubby Hubby and Americone Dream. The irony of you, common pregnancy craving, endorsing abortion&#8230; gross. Tillamook is better, anyway,&#8221; another posted.
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Bye bye, Ben &amp; Jerrys! 👋A sad day for pregnant women everywhere who crave your Chubby Hubby and Americone Dream. The irony of you, common pregnancy craving, endorsing abortion&#8230; gross. 
Tillamook is better, anyway. <a href="https://t.co/hsL8rs9c5a">https://t.co/hsL8rs9c5a</a>
&mdash; Alison H.Centofante (@AlisonHowardC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlisonHowardC/status/1899554253103853755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;When you already know you&#8217;re going to hell but wanna make sure you&#8217;re on the express train &#8230;&#8221; another said.
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When you already know you&#39;re going to hell but wanna make sure you&#39;re on the express train&#8230;.. <a href="https://t.co/uYJFty6I0o">https://t.co/uYJFty6I0o</a>
&mdash; CarolinaConservative3 (@1776Carolina3) <a href="https://twitter.com/1776Carolina3/status/1900164960988144085?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Just a major ice cream company cheerleading for those who make a living killing preborn babies. Nothing to see here &#8230;&#8221; one more post read.
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Just a major ice cream company cheerleading for those who make a living killing preborn babies. Nothing to see here… <a href="https://t.co/tnEfUqWqKy">https://t.co/tnEfUqWqKy</a>
&mdash; Obianuju Ekeocha (@obianuju) <a href="https://twitter.com/obianuju/status/1900191173555236906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The Daily Wire&#8217;s Michael Knowles weighed in as well, saying, &#8220;Psycho stuff. Everyone knows @benandjerrys are big libs, and many of us can look past the Bernie-simping and the hippie gimmicks, but cheering on the mass murder of babies is simply revolting. No decent person should ever take another bite of this garbage again.&#8221;
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Psycho stuff. Everyone knows <a href="https://twitter.com/benandjerrys?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@benandjerrys</a> are big libs, and many of us can look past the Bernie-simping and the hippie gimmicks, but cheering on the mass murder of babies is simply revolting. No decent person should ever take another bite of this garbage again. <a href="https://t.co/eSCQ5MJFYo">https://t.co/eSCQ5MJFYo</a>
&mdash; Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1899567759106687257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 11, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Ben & Jerry’s Demolished On X For Post Praising Abortion Providers

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Former NFL head coach <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tony-dungy">Tony Dungy</a>, who has 8 adopted children, became emotional as he spoke out against Florida’s pro-abortion ballot initiative <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-stakes-are-high-how-florida-became-the-abortion-battle-ground-of-2024">Amendment 4</a>.
During a <a href="https://x.com/FLVoiceNews/status/1851311195678036140">press conference</a> on Tuesday alongside Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Dungy said he takes the proposed Abortion amendment personally because he happens to believe that “these babies in the womb are lives.”
“And I know that everybody doesn’t believe that, but I happen to believe it,” Dungy said. &#8220;My Bible tells me that they are. And I know everybody doesn’t believe that but, for me, that’s what’s important.”
“My wife Lauren and I have eight adopted children in our home right now. And when I go home every day, and I look at those kids, I don&#8217;t see eight choices, I&#8217;m sorry,” he added, while getting very emotional. &#8220;Those are eight lives.&#8221;
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WATCH: Former NFL Coach <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyDungy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TonyDungy</a>, who has 8 adopted kids, emotionally speaks against pro-abortion Amendment 4
“When I look at those kids, I don&#8217;t see 8 choices, I&#8217;m sorry. Those are 8 lives.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/gwAWO8Blpe">pic.twitter.com/gwAWO8Blpe</a>
— Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FLVoiceNews/status/1851311195678036140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 29, 2024</a></blockquote>
“And yes, we need to protect our women. Yes, we need to protect our mothers. But we need to protect those children as well,” Dungy continued.
DeSantis and his administration are waging war on the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-stakes-are-high-how-florida-became-the-abortion-battle-ground-of-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pro-abortion amendment</a> backed by radical leftist groups. Amendment 4 would massively increase abortions in the state, superseding Florida’s law protecting unborn babies with a heartbeat by establishing a “constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability.”
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Last month, the former head coach of the Indianapolis Colts and outspoken Christian made headlines when he called out Vice President Kamala Harris over comments she’s made numerous times about how her “faith” allows for her support for abortion.
The Super Bowl-winning coach asked Harris about what she said during the ABC Presidential Debate with former President Donald Trump when she claimed that <a href="https://www.eewmagazineonline.com/latest-news/2024/9/20/tony-dungy-criticizes-vice-president-kamala-harris-over-abortion-and-faith">she could support abortion</a> without abandoning her “faith,” then wrote similarly on social media.
“One does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree: The government, and certainly Donald Trump, should not be telling a woman what to do with her body,” Harris’ post <a href="https://x.com/KamalaHarris/status/1836834148062732700">read</a> on X.
In response, Dungy wrote, “Dear VP Harris: I hear you make this statement all the time. Exactly what ‘faith’ are you talking about when you say you don’t have to abandon it to support abortion?”
“Are you talking about the Christian faith that says all babies are made in the image of God (Gen 1:26), that God places them in the womb (Jer 1:5) and that we should not take any life unjustly (Luke 18:20)?” he added. “Are you talking about that faith or some nebulous, general ‘faith’ that says we’re good enough, and smart enough to make our own decisions? What ‘faith’ are you talking about?”
Mary Margaret Olohan contributed to this piece.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-coach-calls-out-kamala-over-her-faith-that-allows-for-support-of-abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NFL Coach Calls Out Kamala Over Her ‘Faith’ That Allows For Support Of Abortion</a>

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Two pro-life Gen Z men are changing hearts and minds on abortion by going &#8220;live&#8221; on TikTok, where they reach hundreds of people every night.
James Weigel, a 23-year-old aerospace engineer based on Long Island, and Tyler Smith, a 25-year-old content creator and construction worker in Rhode Island each spend hours of their personal time in the evenings debating abortion one-on-one with people.
Both young men have separately built up considerable followings on TikTok — Weigel with nearly 12,000 followers and Smith with 408,000 followers — but they also reach hundreds more who come across their streams while scrolling.
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Meet the two pro-life Gen Z men who debate abortion on TikTok Live<a href="https://twitter.com/James__Weigel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@James__Weigel</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/tsmittttyyyy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tsmittttyyyy</a> have changed countless hearts and minds on abortion
Story coming&#8230; <a href="https://t.co/XM0QoDFoNp">pic.twitter.com/XM0QoDFoNp</a>
&mdash; Mairead Elordi (@JohnsonHildy) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnsonHildy/status/1849509302949556563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Weigel goes live almost nightly, asking those who come up to debate him, &#8220;How do you justify abortion?&#8221;
During Smith&#8217;s streams, the text on the screen reads, &#8220;Pro-choicers are on the wrong side of history.&#8221;
Most of the people who come up to debate them simply regurgitate common pro-abortion talking points, arguing &#8220;my body, my choice,&#8221; or saying the unborn baby is not a person with rights yet, or bringing up rape, incest, and the life of the mother.
Weigel and Smith are skillful at chipping away at their guests&#8217; arguments, while hundreds of observers watch the popular abortion talking points they&#8217;ve heard all their lives fall apart.
When someone says the unborn baby isn&#8217;t conscious or can&#8217;t feel pain yet, Weigel asks them, &#8220;Why is that so crucial for whether or not we can kill somebody? Because we can have a situation where I couldn’t feel pain, but that doesn’t mean you can do evil to me.&#8221;
When someone tries to tell Smith the unborn baby &#8220;isn&#8217;t human,&#8221; he asks, &#8220;What species is it?&#8221;
&#8220;A lot of pro-choicers, they say follow the science, but then they don’t believe a new human organism begins at conception,&#8221; Smith said in a phone interview with The Daily Wire. &#8220;I am so tired of debating 9th grade biology.&#8221;
“You might not agree that’s when personhood begins, which is a totally made up word, when you get rights,” he said, but “that’s when you were created.”
If someone brings up rape, Smith says he is willing to talk about it, but the real question is, &#8220;Are there hundreds of thousands of children being killed every single year in the United States, or not?&#8221;
When someone brings up the tragic cases of women whose deaths were falsely blamed on pro-life state laws, Weigel explains the facts. This talking point has gained steam ahead of the election, he said.
&#8220;There is a greater level of arrogance that the pro-choicers seem to be carrying with them,&#8221; Weigel said in a phone interview with The Daily Wire. &#8220;They feel that now they really have some merit to their case.&#8221;
Weigel said he grew up non-denominational and &#8220;probably used to consider myself pro-choice,&#8221; but he had a &#8220;big transformation&#8221; in college at a time when he was feeling &#8220;lost and confused.&#8221;
He &#8220;despised&#8221; the Catholic Church but eventually converted to Catholicism after attending a candlelit Mass at the St. John&#8217;s Catholic Newman Center at the University of Illinois. Shortly afterward, he was invited to a small pro-life group by one of his good friends.
“That’s where I really got introduced to how evil abortion really is,&#8221; Weigel said.
Now, Weigel is well versed in Thomistic theology and Aristotelian philosophy, and those who listen to him are unwittingly exposed to both.
He is &#8220;very aware&#8221; of the risks of being so publicly pro-life.
&#8220;There’s going to be a lot of clips of me out there, and one day people will pull up different moments where I was frustrated, or maybe I was a little too aggressive with somebody,&#8221; Weigel said. 
&#8220;I think at this point I’ve kind of gone past the point of no return, or at least I’m approaching it, so I’m committed,&#8221; he laughed.
Weigel is wary of people trying to get his stream taken down by coming up to debate and then deliberately violating TikTok&#8217;s terms of service, such as saying banned words like &#8220;rape&#8221; or &#8220;suicide.&#8221; However, TikTok is also a great tool for reaching a large number of people, he said.
“It’s really important to humanize the discussion and be willing to meet the person where they are,&#8221; Weigel said. &#8220;I take it very seriously. But it’s okay to be a bit funny, to exaggerate some things, to kind of show how ridiculous what someone is saying really is.”
Both Weigel and Smith say their approach is working.
“I have convinced a lot of people, and I don’t mean to come across as boastful in that,&#8221; Weigel said. &#8220;There are a lot of people that reach out to me daily at this point and say, &#8216;you know what, I kind of didn’t like you when I first heard you on stream. But after listening and seeing what the pro-choicers say and seeing how you approach the discussion, I think you’re right. I think that there is no justification for killing your child in the womb,&#8217; and that’s quite beautiful.&#8221;
Weigel has a more formal style than Smith, although his humor and kindness come through. Pro-abortion women who insult him on his stream might find themselves addressed as &#8220;Madam.&#8221;
Meanwhile, on Smith&#8217;s stream, women who accuse him of &#8220;mansplaining&#8221; might find themselves teasingly called &#8220;sweetheart.&#8221;
“I gotta stop that,&#8221; Smith laughed in an interview. &#8220;I only say those to people that I know are not open minded, but I know I need to stop that because I’m a Christian man.&#8221;
Even with his good-natured snark, Smith&#8217;s knack for disarming people who disagree with him bears fruit, especially when he gets them to message him privately later.
&#8220;Something that I find really productive and I wish more pro-lifers did is just say hey, DM me one-on-one,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;I get so many messages after my lives sometimes.&#8221;
During his streams, Smith puts an invitation to message him privately on the screen. Over on his Instagram, where Smith has another large audience of 56,000 followers, he has messaged with countless people.
&#8220;That’s probably where I change the most minds is when it’s one on one, when I can kind of tell them, come on now. Like, let’s be real. You’re smarter than that. Cause they’ll bring up a really bad point, and I’ll call them out on it and they’ll be like, yeah I know,&#8221; he said. “Then they understand okay, he’s actually genuine about this [and] we can get a little bit of a friendly relationship going.&#8221;
&#8220;I’ve been doing this for quite a few years now, and I’ve changed plenty of people’s minds,&#8221; Smith said. &#8220;I have a message actually, and I love going back and looking at it, it’s recent, of this girl DMing me after on TikTok saying it’s so funny, I went in there thinking I was going to change your mind and yet you changed my mind. It made me feel so happy.&#8221;
He added that he makes an effort not to embarrass people.
&#8220;If they stumble their words or they just don’t know, I’m like &#8216;hey, it’s no problem.&#8217; I want them to feel comfortable,&#8221; he said.
Smith said he became pro-life during his last year of college when he saw victim imagery of abortion, photos of aborted babies, and realized he was &#8220;totally against that.&#8221; Prior to that, he &#8220;would have probably sounded pro-choice for sure,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;I had a moment where I was pretty down in my life and started praying again,&#8221; he said. He grew up Catholic but now attends a Christian church with a great pastor.
 &#8220;Now I have a relationship with Jesus, and I’m very happy. I see the light now,&#8221; he said, adding that he is also grateful for his &#8220;great friends.&#8221;
He advocates strongly for using abortion victim imagery to change people&#8217;s minds.
&#8220;That’s what’s going to change the most minds and there’s proof about that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That’s probably where the pro-life community falls short the most is not showing enough victim imagery.&#8221;
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Smith has protested abortion in person across the country, and he is a veteran sidewalk counselor in front of Planned Parenthood, where he urges people not to keep their abortion appointments. He views this work as more important than his TikTok streams.
“TikTok, going live is fun, but what’s really important is going out there in front of these abortion clinics,” Smith said. &#8220;Just being in front of these Planned Parenthoods and helping these mothers in any way. That’s what shuts down these abortion clinics.”
He argues that abortion will end up in the trash bin of American history as slavery did 160 years ago.
“In middle school when we learn about slavery, we always think, what would we have done if we were born during that time. Would we be an abolitionist and do something to fight back and free the slaves? Or would we just let it happen? Or would we even be part of it and support the problem?&#8221; Smith said.
&#8220;Well here’s your opportunity, and you’re not doing anything about it,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I want to be able to tell my kids one day or my grandkids, hey I stood up and I fought against it.”
Ultimately, the goal of both pro-life TikTokers is to save babies. Both Smith and Weigel say they don&#8217;t plan to stop anytime soon.
“I want to save children, and I really do mean that. That’s really what’s fueling the passion and the long hours,” Weigel said.

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Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris">Kamala Harris</a> took the stage at the Democratic National Convention and vowed to restore abortion rights before the camera immediately panned to an infant being held in a man’s arms in the crowd.
On Thursday night at the final evening of the 2024 DNC in Chicago, Harris announced that she was accepting her party&#8217;s nomination before she talked about what her plans will be if she becomes president, including restoring so-called reproductive rights.
“And when Congress passes a bill to restore reproductive freedom, as President of the United States, I will proudly sign it into law,” Harris told the room as the crowd roared for the right to kill babies.
The camera then panned to a man in the audience holding and rocking an infant who had fallen asleep in his arms.
Before Harris officially accepted her party’s nomination, abortion-supporting artist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pink">Pink</a> performed at the DNC, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rabid-abortion-activist-pink-to-perform-at-dnc">reported</a>.
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As Kamala Harris pledged to unleash abortions across the country, the official DNC feed really cut to a baby in the crowd. <a href="https://t.co/TDjuna2dgR">pic.twitter.com/TDjuna2dgR</a>
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Pink, whose real name is Alecia Moore, has been an outspoken supporter of the Democratic Party and specifically of abortion access for years. She reacted strongly to the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 by telling fans they should stop listening to her music if they were pro-life.
“Let’s be clear: if you believe the government belongs in a woman’s uterus, a gay persons (sic) business or marriage, or that racism is okay- THEN PLEASE IN THE NAME OF YOUR LORD NEVER F***ING LISTEN TO MY MUSIC AGAIN. AND ALSO F*** RIGHT OFF. We good?” she tweeted at the time, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/they-hate-you-pnk-gets-personal-attacking-sad-old-white-men-in-anti-gop-screed">reported</a>.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion">Abortion</a> has been one of several highlighted topics at this year’s convention, with Planned Parenthood announcing before that it would be in the Windy City offering “free abortions and vasectomies” near the convention, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/planned-parenthood-bus-offering-free-abortions-vasectomies-outside-dnc">reported</a>.
On Tuesday, Pro-life news site LifeNews posted on <a href="https://x.com/LifeNewsHQ/status/1825971764905795999">X</a> that the number of abortions performed during the convention were more than two dozen.
“Planned Parenthood has killed 25 babies in free abortions so far at the Democrat convention,” the post read. “They were 25 little boys and girls whose lives were made in God’s image. Our hearts break for them.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rabid-abortion-activist-pink-to-perform-at-dnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rabid Abortion Activist Pink To Perform At DNC</a>

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With abortion in Texas being outlawed from the moment of conception, Amarillo has become an abortion trafficking hub connecting abortion-free states like Texas to abortion-access states like New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas. After much <a href="https://www.liveaction.org/news/betrayed-amarillo-sanctuary-unborn-vote-mayor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">back and forth</a> attempting to see their City Council approve such a measure, residents have now sent the <a href="https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/4b2b0d23-d175-4bfb-a8d9-71911a3ad695/downloads/amarillo-scftu-ordinance%20(12-29-2023).pdf?ver=1720027072861" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ordinance</a> to the ballot for voters to decide this November. 
The increase of Texas residents traveling out of state for abortion may be higher than one would expect. In New Mexico, abortion provider Amy Hagstrom Miller shared with <a href="https://www.kut.org/health/2023-06-23/abortion-clinics-in-neighboring-states-see-more-texans-than-locals?_ga=2.125522956.743985948.1713611032-1353710499.1713611032" target="_blank" rel="noopener">KUT News</a>, “Nearly all of the appointments made at Whole Woman’s Health in Albuquerque have been made by Texans.” 
In an interview with <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/01/23/1226406595/after-texas-banned-abortion-one-doctor-moved-his-entire-practice-to-new-mexico" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Public Radio</a>, it was reported that 85% of abortion provider Alan Braid’s business at Alamo Women’s Clinic in Albuquerque comes from Texas. Braid told the news outlet that “abortion travel bans” like the one passed in Lubbock County and the one being discussed in Amarillo are having an impact on abortion centers throughout New Mexico. According to Braid, “They’re having higher no-show rates because people are afraid to drive through Lubbock and Amarillo.” 
<div id="attachment_770555" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-770555" class="size-large wp-image-770555" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/M48A5675-copy-864x576.jpeg" alt="Courtesy: Mark Lee Dickson" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/M48A5675-copy-864x576.jpeg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/M48A5675-copy-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/M48A5675-copy-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/M48A5675-copy-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/M48A5675-copy-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/M48A5675-copy-1800x1200.jpeg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/M48A5675-copy-1200x800.jpeg 1200w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Courtesy: Mark Lee Dickson</div>
Alamo’s <a href="https://alamowomensclinic.com/costs-and-funding/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> lists several abortion assistance organizations willing to help cover abortion travel expenses from Texas to New Mexico including Jane’s Due Process and Fund Texas Choice. Alamo has even advertised on their own <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Abortionclinicsanantonio/posts/pfbid02m4K1TFoiCgDpGqqLem61BzHWuCHQoyzuNGpEwBoZETBqQrtcVQirRYm72y3Yn1YAl">Facebook</a>, “Texas Teens – if you are under 18 and seeking an abortion, there is funding available. Abortions Care and all travel and expenses are FREE. Compassionate, Kind and Discreet staff. No Parental consent is needed in Albuquerque or Illinois.”
Colorado abortion provider Leroy Carhart IV revealed that 47% of his patients at <a href="https://carecliniccolorado.com/">CARE Colorado</a> in Pueblo were from Texas, while only 31% were from Colorado. Carhart also shared that Texans “most often arrive by car, driving in from cities and towns all over the state, whether making the 13-hour trek from Austin or a five-hour trip from Amarillo,” with some of the traveling costs offset by abortion assistance groups like the Lilith Fund or Jane’s Due Process.
In Kansas, <a href="https://www.plannedparenthood.org/planned-parenthood-great-plains">Planned Parenthood Great Plains</a> president and CEO Emily Wales told <a href="https://www.kut.org/health/2023-06-23/abortion-clinics-in-neighboring-states-see-more-texans-than-locals?_ga=2.125522956.743985948.1713611032-1353710499.1713611032">KUT News</a> “around half of all patients at Planned Parenthood clinics in Kansas are Texans,” adding that the “heightened demand often surpasses the Wichita clinic’s capacity, and Texas patients are referred to the more distant Kansas City and Overland Park locations.”
The Amarillo <a href="https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/4b2b0d23-d175-4bfb-a8d9-71911a3ad695/downloads/amarillo-scftu-ordinance%20(12-29-2023).pdf?ver=1720027072861">ordinance</a> seeks to close six major loopholes in Texas abortion laws. It would further outlaw abortion in the City of Amarillo by adding, into local law, the following provisions:
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Prohibit any person from procuring or performing an elective abortion of any type and at any stage of pregnancy in the city of Amarillo, extending the private right of action from the point of a detectable heartbeat to the point of conception. (Section 8-6-2) </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Prohibit any person from knowingly performing an elective abortion or knowingly engaging in conduct that aids or abets an elective abortion if the abortion is performed on a resident of Amarillo, regardless of the location of the abortion, regardless of the law in the jurisdiction where the abortion occurred, and regardless of whether the person knew or should have known that the abortion was performed or induced on a resident of Amarillo. (Section 8-6-3)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Prohibit any person from knowingly transporting any individual for the purpose of providing or obtaining an elective abortion, regardless of where the elective abortion will occur, as long as the transportation of such individual begins, ends, or passes through the city of Amarillo. (Section 8-6-4)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Prohibit abortion-inducing drugs from being manufactured, possessed, distributed, mailed, transported, delivered, or provided in any manner to or from any person or location in the City of Amarillo. (Section 8-6-5)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Prohibit criminal organizations who are violating federal laws prohibiting the mailing and receiving of abortion-inducing drugs and abortion paraphernalia from doing business in, or receiving grants from, the City of Amarillo. This provision recognizes any entity violating 18 U.S.C. §§ 1461-1462 by shipping or receiving abortion inducing drugs or abortion paraphernalia to be criminal organizations in violation of federal law. (Section 8-6-6)</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Prohibit any person from transporting the remains of an unborn child who was killed by an elective abortion from any abortion provider into the city of Amarillo, or to dispose of such remains from any abortion provider within the city of Amarillo. (Section 8-6-7)</li>
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In August 2023, Senators and Representatives from across Texas signed a <a href="https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/4b2b0d23-d175-4bfb-a8d9-71911a3ad695/downloads/SCFTU-Elected-Official-Letter-August-2023%20(1)%20.pdf?ver=1720027072895">letter</a> to support the passage of such ordinances, followed by a <a href="https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/4b2b0d23-d175-4bfb-a8d9-71911a3ad695/downloads/New%20Mexico%20Elected%20Official%20Letter.pdf?ver=1720027072895">letter</a> of support from Senators and Representatives across New Mexico. Of the five largest political subdivisions to pass Sanctuary for the Unborn Ordinances, four have provisions prohibiting abortion trafficking – making it the new “normal” for such ordinances. 
The path to victory in Amarillo will not be without challenges. Groups like <a href="https://www.womensmarch.com/">Women’s March</a> are on the ground and committed to doing everything they can to preserve abortion access from Amarillo into states like New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas. In fact, the Executive Director of Women’s March, Rachel O’Leary Carmona, moved from Brooklyn, New York, to Amarillo three years ago to “go where the fight is.” 
A <a href="https://www.womensmarch.com/initiatives/all-eyes-on-amarillo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">page</a> devoted to Amarillo on their national website reads, “Anti-choice, anti-democracy extremists and the politicians beholden to them are energized and emboldened by the overturning of Roe V. Wade. Highways are the next antiabortion target. Amarillo is just one Texas town resisting.” The messaging continues, “A new ordinance, passed in several jurisdictions and under consideration elsewhere, aims to stop people from using local roads to drive someone out of state for an abortion. We are mobilizing in the wake of this latest attack on women and democracy itself.” 
<div id="attachment_770559" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-770559" class="size-large wp-image-770559" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/N72A7346-copy-864x576.jpeg" alt="Courtesy: Mark Lee Dickson" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/N72A7346-copy-864x576.jpeg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/N72A7346-copy-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/N72A7346-copy-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/N72A7346-copy-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/N72A7346-copy-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/N72A7346-copy-1800x1200.jpeg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/07/N72A7346-copy-1200x800.jpeg 1200w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Courtesy: Mark Lee Dickson</div>
Since last year, Women’s March has repeatedly sent out mass emails to their followers across the nation, encouraging them to do their part in discouraging the passage of the ordinance. 
One local organization fighting the ordinance is the <a href="https://www.amarillorfa.org/">Amarillo Reproductive Freedom Alliance</a> (ARFA), whose efforts have won praise both from Carmona and United States Representative <a href="https://twitter.com/ColinAllredTX/status/1771258876513403367">Colin Allred</a>. ARFA defines themselves as a “coalition of individuals, businesses, and organizations working to protect reproductive freedom in the Texas Panhandle.” Their website reads, “Our organization was founded in opposition to the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn ordinance, which, if passed, would prevent our fellow Texans from helping a pregnant person get an abortion across state lines &#8211; even if the abortion occurred in a state where it is legal.” 
In March, ARFA’s members took part in a Women’s March rally outside of the Supreme Court of the United States when the high court heard arguments for the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. the FDA. While participating in that rally, ARFA member Lindsay London shared with the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/03/26/protests-supreme-court-abortion-pill-mifepristone/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Post</a> that she “has driven women to Albuquerque and Denver to receive a surgical abortion” and “provides resources for people to obtain mifepristone” in Amarillo. 
To add to the complexity of the battle, there is a concern that the District Attorney’s Office in Randall County (which makes up approximately half of Amarillo’s landmass) has been compromised. Aubrey Reinhardt Birkenfeld, the Assistant District Attorney for the county, has had a long history as a pro-abortion activist working for Planned Parenthood as a speaker and as a <a href="https://theintercept.com/2017/08/22/texas-seeks-trumps-help-to-defund-planned-parenthood/">patient advocate</a>. Birkenfeld has also volunteered with <a href="https://janesdueprocess.org/about/">Jane’s Due Process</a>, providing “intake and counseling of minors seeking a judicial bypass in the State of Texas” and partnered with organizations “such as TEA Fund, Lilith Fund, and West Fund to provide minors with financial assistance” for their abortions. 
One of the two co-authors of the ordinance, Attorney Jonathan F. Mitchell has expressed his willingness to represent the city at no cost for any litigation that may arise from the passage of the ordinance. Earlier this year Mitchell <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-hears-arguments-on-whether-trump-can-remain-on-colorado-ballot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">represented</a> former President Donald J. Trump in the Colorado ballot case before the Supreme Court of the United States.
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<a href="http://www.markleedickson.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Lee Dickson</a> is a Director with Right to Life of East Texas and the founder of the Sanctuary Cities for the Unborn Initiative. 
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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On Monday, the country marks two years since the Supreme Court overturned half a century of legalized abortion nationwide, a tumultuous two years that has held both wins and losses for the pro-life movement.
Since the landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women&#8217;s Health Organization <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decision</a> reversed Roe vs. Wade in June 2022, a total of 24 states have passed bans on abortion at 15 weeks or earlier. The Dobbs case dealt with a 2018 Mississippi law banning most abortions after 15 weeks.
Bans or restrictions on abortion are currently <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/abortion-laws-roe-v-wade.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in effect</a> in 21 states, namely Texas, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona.
In the other three states that passed abortion bans, Iowa, Wyoming, and Montana, the laws are blocked in court for now.
Already, state abortion bans have resulted in tens of thousands more babies being born per year, a source of great joy for pro-life Americans across the country.
About 32,000 more babies were born per year due to state abortion bans enacted since Roe was overturned, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/state-abortion-bans-result-in-32000-more-babies-born-a-year-research-shows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to a November analysis by the Institute of Labor Economics. Births have <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/22/upshot/abortion-births-bans-states.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increased</a> in every state that has an abortion ban, the analysis found.
“Since the Dobbs decision, we have gained major ground in the fight for life,” <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2024/06/21/two-years-later-the-demise-of-roe-00164396" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.
However, Dannenfelser warns allies not to take the high court&#8217;s decision for granted.
“This could be the last Dobbs anniversary we celebrate if we don’t win this election. If Joe Biden and the Democrats win, they will nuke the filibuster and pass the [Women&#8217;s Health Protection Act] to ban states from having laws protecting unborn children and mandate all-trimester abortion all across the country,” she said.
Attorney Erin Hawley, who served as co-counsel with Mississippi on the Dobbs case, believes that legally, Dobbs &#8220;one hundred percent&#8221; has more staying power than Roe did. Hawley is senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom and the wife of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO).
&#8220;Roe from the get-go was just an act of judicial activism,&#8221; Hawley told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Even prominent liberal pro-abortion scholars long criticized the decision for having no constitutional basis at all.&#8221;
&#8220;In contrast, I think Dobbs gets the constitutional analysis exactly correct,&#8221; she said. &#8220;What Dobbs says is that the Constitution nowhere protects the right to abortion, and so that means the states and the people have the ability to protect life.&#8221;
Thanks to Dobbs, she said, many state abortion laws now &#8220;just need to be rational&#8221; rather than meet the &#8220;undue burden&#8221; standard.
&#8220;The undue burden test really hamstrung states. Again, you cannot really protect life at all up until viability,&#8221; she said.
Amid the major legal wins and the tens of thousands of unborn lives saved, however, there have been losses for the pro-life movement as well.
At the ballot box, abortion has not been a winning issue for the pro-life movement.
The public&#8217;s reaction to the Dobbs ruling boosted the flailing Democrats five months later during the 2022 midterms. Voters in swing states like Michigan and Pennsylvania <a href="https://www.cnn.com/election/2022/exit-polls/national-results/general/us-house/0">ranked</a> abortion over inflation or crime as the most important issue in exit polls.
As the 2024 presidential election cycle heats up, Democrats have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-newsom-shares-wild-abortion-ad-showing-alabama-police-pulling-woman-over-asking-for-pregnancy-test" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hammered</a> the abortion issue and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jill-biden-will-bring-kate-cox-who-left-texas-for-abortion-to-state-of-the-union" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seized</a> on personal stories of women who were prevented from obtaining an abortion in their home state.
Misinformation has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ap-article-makes-dubious-suggestion-abortion-bans-caused-ers-to-turn-women-away" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spread</a> about women allegedly suffering miscarriages or other adverse outcomes due to state abortion bans.
Ballot initiatives on abortion in Ohio, Kentucky, and Kansas also did not go the way pro-life advocates hoped. This November, more abortion initiatives will appear on the ballot in South Dakota, Colorado, and Florida.
Meanwhile, more abortion cases have reached the Supreme Court, including cases dealing with the abortion pill and emergency room abortions.
Earlier this month in another setback, the court unanimously ruled against a group of pro-life doctors who were pushing for more Food and Drug Administration (FDA) restrictions on mifepristone, one of two drugs frequently taken together to cause an abortion.
The court is also set to rule <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-whats-happening-in-the-idaho-abortion-case-at-the-supreme-court">soon</a> in a case about Idaho&#8217;s abortion ban, the first time the court has considered whether a state abortion ban is constitutional since the demise of Roe. The Biden administration is arguing that Idaho’s abortion ban flies in the face of a federal law, the 1986 Emergency Medical Treatment &amp; Labor Act, which requires federally funded hospitals to provide patients with stabilizing care. Idaho bans all abortions except to save the life of the mother or in cases of rape and incest.
Despite the setbacks, the many state bans are a beacon of hope for pro-life advocates, who hope to continue the legal momentum as well as continue to work to change the hearts and minds of pro-abortion Americans.
Meanwhile, women are sharing stories about how overturning Roe saved their babies&#8217; lives.
Baby Jacob&#8217;s birth mother walked into a Florida Planned Parenthood for a late-term abortion, but the state&#8217;s 15-week ban made her change her mind, and she picked Ashley and Dusty as his adoptive parents, the couple shared recently during a video press call with Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America.
Another mother who joined the call, Neesha, smiled as she described how Georgia’s heartbeat law saved the life of her baby boy, whom she gave up for adoption after initially considering abortion.
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“I’ve never seen a baby so happy,” she said. “They do everything I wish that I had the time to do. The way they love him and nurture him and care for him. They support him, they uplift him, they are encouraging to him.”
Neesha added that she does not think adoption is discussed enough. The organizations that help moms are not promoted as much as abortion, she said. If she could do it over again, she said, she does not think she would have chosen a different path for her baby.
“I hope the heartbeat law goes into effect across America because I think a lot of people do not understand the importance of carrying your child and making sure that baby has a life,” Neesha said.
“I believe that there’s help out there,” she added. “There are genuine people who actually care about not just the baby but the mother as well, making sure that she is okay during pregnancy and follow up after.”
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Here’s Where The Pro-Life Movement Stands 2 Years After Roe Overturned

Here's Where The Pro-Life Movement Stands 2 Years After Roe Overturned

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