The Arizona state House voted on Wednesday to repeal the 160-year-old <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a> ban that is slated to go into effect after the state&#8217;s Supreme Court upheld the law that protects unborn babies from nearly all abortions.
Three Republicans — Reps. Matt Gress, Justin Wilmeth, and Tim Dunn — joined with 29 Democrats to advance the legislation in a 32-28 vote, AZ Central <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/legislature/2024/04/24/arizona-legislature-again-consider-repeal-1864-abortion-ban/73419886007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Republican Rep. Barbara Parker passionately argued for her colleagues to vote against the repeal, saying that while critics of the law call it &#8220;archaic,&#8221; repealing it would send the state back in time and does not value the life of unborn children.
“I can hear their silent screams and with my voice, I vote no,&#8221; Parker said.
After the repeal passed, Rep. Gress moved that the bill be sent to the state Senate and returned unamended so it could go to the Democratic governor&#8217;s desk as soon as possible, according to AZ Central. House Speaker Ben Toma then removed Gress, along with Democratic Rep. Oscar De Los Santos, from a key budget committee following the vote.
Following the state House&#8217;s passage of the repeal, the Arizona Senate must act to send the legislation to Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs&#8217; desk. The 1864 abortion ban could go into effect on June 8, but if it&#8217;s repealed, the state will revert to the 15-week limit that was signed by Republican Governor Doug Ducey in 2022, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/24/politics/arizona-house-abortion-law/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The state Senate, which is also controlled by Republicans, introduced its own bill to repeal the 1864 law last week after two Republicans joined all Democrats to approve a motion introducing the legislation. The Arizona Senate could vote on the repeal as soon as next Wednesday, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/arizona-abortion-ban-lawmakers-repeal-rcna149181" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The state House&#8217;s move to repeal the abortion law came after two failed attempts by lawmakers in the body to repeal the 1864 law as Arizona Republicans juggle the contentious issue in a major election year. Arizona&#8217;s abortion law has become a national controversy as even former President Donald Trump has urged the state&#8217;s lawmakers &#8220;to remedy what has happened.&#8221;
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After the state Supreme Court&#8217;s decision to allow the abortion law to go into effect, pro-life groups such as Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America and LiveAction celebrated the ruling and its protection of unborn children.

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A key witness for the Biden administration&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-life-demonstrators-found-guilty-face-up-to-11-years-in-federal-prison" target="_blank" rel="noopener">successful prosecution</a> of 10 Christian pro-life activists who took part in a peaceful protest at a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a> abortion facility is scheduled to be sentenced on Wednesday for her part in the protest.
Caroline Davis, who offered to cooperate with the Justice Department&#8217;s prosecution of her follow activists after the government offered her a plea deal, is <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/04/0512-Order.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expected</a> to be sentenced by Middle District of Tennessee Federal Judge Aleta Trauger at the Fred Thompson federal courthouse in Nashville on Wednesday. At one point, Davis <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdtn/pr/eleven-charged-face-act-violations-stemming-2021-blockade-mount-juliet-reproductive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faced</a> felony charges and over 10 years in prison and hundreds of thousands in fines for her role in a peaceful pro-life protest at the Carafem abortion facility in Mt Juliet, Tennessee on March 5, 2021.
The March 2021 protest involved a group of demonstrators gathered on the second floor of an office building in the hallway outside Carafem in Mt. Juliet. The group, including Davis, prayed, sang hymns, and urged women showing up to the clinic to not get abortions. Several sat in front of doors to the facility and against the walls of the hallway.
In October, Davis <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.tnmd.92089/gov.uscourts.tnmd.92089.326.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pled guilty</a> to misdemeanor charges related to the protest if she agreed to testify. She was a key witness in two federal trials in Nashville, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-life-demonstrators-found-guilty-face-up-to-11-years-in-federal-prison" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including one</a> where six defendants — including Chet Gallagher of Tennessee, Coleman Boyd of Mississippi, Heather Idoni of Michigan, Cal Zastrow of Michigan, Paul Vaughn of Tennessee, and Dennis Green of Virginia — were convicted of violating the FACE Act and civil rights conspiracy over the protest.
The FACE Act is a Clinton-era law that is frequently used against pro-lifers protesting outside of abortion facilities. The six convicted in February face up to 10.5 years in prison and fines of up to $260,000 when sentenced in July.
Davis also testified in a one day bench trial for four others involved in the demonstration earlier this month. Those four — Eva Edl, Eva Zastrow, James Zastrow, and Paul Place — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/four-pro-lifers-face-prison-time-after-being-convicted-in-federal-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were convicted</a> of violating the FACE Act and face up to six months in prison and a $10,000 fine upon sentencing in July.
During her testimony in January, Davis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/video-played-at-trial-shows-pro-lifers-targeted-by-doj-singing-hymns-urging-peace-during-protest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that she had a change of heart about attending the Carafem demonstration. She said her “rational side” was “in the toilet” at the time of her participation. She also said that she changed her mind “over time” and that being indicted by the federal government “terrified” her.
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In cross-examination, Davis became repeatedly exasperated with the questions from defense lawyers, especially when asked about how many times she met with the government before the trial. When asked about a previous meeting with the prosecution and about how long it was, she said, “I have a busy life,” and replied “Oh my God” when asked about another meeting with the government. At one point, Trauger told her to just answer the question and not add any commentary to her answers.
No one present at Carafem was arrested for assault or any assault-related charge. Davis said the most violence she saw was when a police officer moved two pro-lifers aside when taking a woman down the hallway to the abortion facility. Davis was also a key witness in a similar Washington, D.C., abortion facility FACE Act trial where she again pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge in exchange for her testimony.
The convictions have prompted calls from Republican lawmakers to repeal the FACE Act, saying that it has been weaponized to target pro-lifers.

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Key Biden Administration Witness In Tennessee Pro-Life Convictions To Be Sentenced

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An Associated Press article last week suggested pregnant women have been turned away from emergency rooms due to state abortion bans, but the examples do not appear to support that narrative.
The report, which was <a href="https://apnews.com/article/pregnancy-emergency-care-abortion-supreme-court-roe-9ce6c87c8fc653c840654de1ae5f7a1c?taid=6622523e39b57f0001f5de81&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> Friday, cites three examples — two women who were turned away from emergency rooms and another woman who delivered her baby in a car and lost it after a hospital told her they could not give her an ultrasound. The AP cites federal documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request filed early last year.
&#8220;The cases raise alarms about the state of emergency pregnancy care in the U.S., especially in states that enacted strict abortion laws and sparked confusion around the treatment doctors can provide,&#8221; the article states.
Pregnant women have “become radioactive to emergency departments” in states with abortion bans, the AP quoted a health law and policy professor as saying.
The woman who delivered in a car and lost her baby initially showed up with stomach pain at Person Memorial Hospital in Roxboro, North Carolina, where staff told her they would not be able to give her an ultrasound.
The hospital staff failed to tell her it would be risky to leave without being stabilized, federal investigators said. She delivered her baby in a car while on the way to another hospital 45 minutes away, and the baby did not survive.
It is unclear how North Carolina&#8217;s 12-week abortion ban would have affected this woman&#8217;s devastating situation.
Person Memorial Hospital reported the incident, and a hospital spokeswoman said they continue to “provide ongoing education for our staff and providers to ensure compliance.”
In another example the AP cites, a woman who was having contractions was turned away from Falls Community Hospital in Marlin, Texas, when the doctor on duty told her they did not have &#8220;obstetric services or capabilities,&#8221; according to federal investigation records. The doctor recommended the patient drive to a Waco hospital about 35 minutes away.
The hospital broke the law, according to investigators with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
The article does not explain how Texas&#8217; abortion ban, which includes exceptions for cases where the pregnancy would risk the life or a major bodily function of the mother, would have affected this woman&#8217;s case.
Another woman miscarried in a restroom toilet after staff at a stand-alone emergency room in a Houston strip mall refused to check her in when her husband asked for help delivering the baby.
The woman&#8217;s husband called 911 as she miscarried in the Sacred Heart Emergency Center&#8217;s lobby restroom, telling first responders in Spanish, &#8220;She is bleeding a lot and had a miscarriage &#8230; I’m here at the hospital but they told us they can’t help us because we are not their client.&#8221;
First responders arrived 20 minutes later and took the woman to a hospital. They appeared confused about the staff&#8217;s refusal to help the woman, 911 transcripts cited by the AP show.
State law requires stand-alone emergency rooms to treat or stabilize patients, a spokeswoman for Texas Health and Human Services told the AP.
Again, it is unclear how Texas&#8217; abortion ban would have affected this case.
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In yet another example, a security guard at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Florida, would not allow a pregnant woman into the triage area because she had a child with her. Medical staff could not find a fetal heartbeat when she returned the next day, the AP said.
Florida bans abortions after six weeks, but it is not clear how the law would have affected this case.
Legacy media outlets have made a variety of claims about the repercussions of state abortion bans, saying they affect everything from miscarriage care to treatment for ectopic pregnancies.
However, in many cases, the details reveal these situations are much more complex.

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Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/merrick-garland" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Merrick Garland</a> agreed to “look into” questions from Republican lawmakers about the Biden administration’s application of the FACE Act during a congressional appropriations hearing on Tuesday. 
Garland told Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA) during a budget request hearing for the Justice Department that he would hand over data on the DOJ’s prosecution FACE Act charges if that information existed. Republican lawmakers have argued that the FACE Act, a Clinton-era law that criminalizes the use of force or threats of force that prevent someone from accessing an abortion facility, has been weaponized against pro-life activists. 
“My colleague, Congressman Chip Roy, has twice requested a copy of the Freedom of Access to Entrance of Clinics Act prosecution data,&#8221; Clyde said. &#8220;He first asked for it in October 2022 and then again two months ago on February 16. He has yet to receive this data. My question to you is when will this data be provided by the Department of Justice?”
Garland replied that he would be “very happy to look into this,” but added that he was unfamiliar with the specific request. He said the DOJ would provide the data if it “exists.”
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The DOJ has repeatedly stonewalled my friend <a href="https://twitter.com/RepChipRoy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepChipRoy</a>’s requests for FACE Act data.
Joe Biden’s DOJ is desperate to hide the truth about its weaponization of this law against pro-life Americans.
Today, I pressed AG Garland to commit to finally providing this information. <a href="https://t.co/ETM5Kamyjy">pic.twitter.com/ETM5Kamyjy</a>
&mdash; Rep. Andrew Clyde (@Rep_Clyde) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rep_Clyde/status/1780303690697498844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Republicans <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-call-for-repeal-of-weaponized-face-act-after-conviction-of-peaceful-pro-lifers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">began a renewed push</a> for access for FACE Act data after six pro-lifer activists were convicted in February over a peaceful demonstration at an abortion facility in Tennessee in March 2021. Upon sentencing in July, they could face hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and up to 10.5 years in prison after the Biden administration accused them of conspiring against rights secured by the FACE Act.
After the hearing, Clyde said that Biden’s Justice Department had purposely been hiding the data. “The DOJ has repeatedly stonewalled my friend<a href="https://twitter.com/RepChipRoy"> @RepChipRoy</a>’s requests for FACE Act data,” Clyde posted to X. “Joe Biden’s DOJ is desperate to hide the truth about its weaponization of this law against pro-life Americans.”
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Roy, alongside Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), have repeatedly pushed for the FACE Act to be repealed. Lee has noted that the FACE Act, which supposed to be used to protect churches and pregnancy centers as well, appears to only be used to target pro-life activists and not pro-abortion activists. 
“Both AG Garland and Assistant AG Clarke have now agreed to release FACE Act data,” Roy’s press office said Tuesday. “Will the DOJ finally stop stonewalling this information? Or are they afraid it will expose just how much the FACE Act has been weaponized against Americans?”
Earlier this month, four more pro-lifers <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/four-pro-lifers-face-prison-time-after-being-convicted-in-federal-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were convicted</a> in Tennessee over a peaceful pro-life protest. They face up to six months in prison and thousands of dollars in fines upon sentencing.

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A 29-year-old man who firebombed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin</a> pro-life group’s headquarters in May 2022 was sentenced to nearly eight years in prison this week after he was arrested last year. 
Hridindu Roychowdhury was <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/wisconsin-man-sentenced-prison-2022-firebombing-madison-building" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sentenced</a> to 7.5 years in prison on Wednesday after he pled guilty in December 2023 to throwing two Molotov cocktails through the windows of a Wisconsin Family Action building in Madison. The attack came just a week after an early draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion leaked that indicated Roe v. Wade would be struck down. The phrase “If abortions aren’t safe then you aren’t either,” was also graffitied outside the building. 
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BREAKING: Somebody vandalized and allegedly threw Molotov cocktails into Wisconsin Family Action’s — an anti-abortion rights group — Madison office, writing w/ graffiti, “If abortions aren’t safe, then you aren’t either.”
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Federal Judge William William Conley, an Obama appointee, who sentenced Roychowdhury, could have given him up to 20 years in prison. Roychowdhury <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspect-nabbed-in-firebombing-of-pro-life-clinic-after-dobbs-leak" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was arrested</a> in Boston as he was attempting to fly out of the country. 
“Roychowdhury’s arson was an act of domestic terrorism,” said U.S. Attorney Timothy O’Shea for the Western District of Wisconsin. “Domestic terrorism is cowardly and profoundly undemocratic. It is not speech; it is not an exchange of ideas; instead, it is an attempt to harm or frighten one’s fellow citizens, thus driving Americans apart and weakening the fabric of our democratic society.”
Members of Wisconsin Family Action <a href="https://wifamilyaction.org/wisconsin-family-actions-statement-regarding-sentencing-of-individual-who-firebombed-its-office/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were</a> disappointed with the sentence after recommending that Roychowdhury get 15 years for the attack. 
“We are disappointed,” said the group&#8217;s president emeritus Julaine Appling. “The court missed an opportunity to strengthen the protection of constitutional rights like free speech and free exercise, rights that have themselves been under assault in recent years. The defendant’s act of domestic terrorism to threaten our people, our families and friends, our neighbors, and our greater pro-life community is unconscionable. Ultimately, the defendant — and others who attacked pro-life groups they disagree with — attacked our civil society and the constitutional rights foundational to it.”
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Wisconsin Family Action President Christine File said that the sentence “lacks proportionality” for the crime. 
“It is notable that nearly 60 people filled the courtroom to support this person who committed a violent, unprovoked, and hate-filled crime,” she said. “Will the society-of-tomorrow support terrorism intended to silence people with whom we disagree? But perhaps most concerning, in the two years since the attack the defendant did not at any point express remorse to the people he targeted and harmed — until the judge asked him.”
Six pro-lifers face over 10 years in prison over a peaceful protest at a Tennessee abortion facility after they were found guilty of a conspiracy against rights in February. They are being sentenced in July.

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Daily Wire host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exploding-lips-on-a-plane-judged-by-matt-walsh-debuts-with-a-bang" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Walsh</a> addressed the recent abortion ruling in Arizona during a Wednesday interview with conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, and lamented that Republicans seem to be running away from pro-life victories after the monumental 2022 Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
Walsh sat down with the Turning Point USA founder on “The Charlie Kirk Show” and was asked his thoughts on some conservative politicians not embracing the pro-life position, especially after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/arizona-supreme-court-upholds-1864-law-protecting-unborn-babies-from-abortion-in-nearly-all-cases" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arizona Supreme Court ruled</a> on Tuesday that an 1864 law could go into effect protecting unborn babies from nearly all abortions in the state.
“What we’re being told right now is that the way to win elections is to moderate your position on abortion, is to be at least a little bit pro-abortion,” Walsh said, but added that this strategy among Republicans was nothing new.
“Those of us who have been in the pro-life movement for a long time know that … this is not a new thing, it’s not a new insight,” Walsh continued. “This is what the Republican Party has been saying my entire life. They’ve been insisting that the only way to win elections is to basically forfeit the pro-life position to some extent.”
Walsh added that some Republicans are inconsistent with their arguments when they say abortion laws should be determined by the states, but then oppose laws, such as the one in Arizona that bans abortion.
“If your kind of way to navigate this is to say ‘well make it states’ rights,’ then what happens when a state does outlaw [abortion], if you turn around and oppose that too, well then it appears you’re just pro-abortion,” he said.
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After the Arizona Supreme Court decision, Republicans such as former President Donald Trump and Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-says-arizona-abortion-law-goes-too-far-that-will-be-straightened-out" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said they oppose</a> the nearly total abortion ban. Trump, the leading candidate in the 2024 presidential race, told reporters on Wednesday that the 1864 Arizona law goes too far, adding, “That will be straightened out.”
“As you know it’s all about state’s rights. It’ll be straightened out. I’m sure that the governor and everybody else are going bring it back to within reason, and that’ll be taken care of, I think, rather quickly,” Trump said.
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Lake, along with Rep. David Schweikert (R-AZ) who are both running in tight races, also said they oppose Tuesday’s abortion ruling.
Walsh said the Left is far better at capitalizing on political and cultural victories than the Right is.
“Rather than doing what the Left does, which is when they get a victory, they gloat about it, they celebrate, and then they immediately look for ‘what can we do next?’ … ‘what’s the next victory?’ They’re never satisfied, and instead, what we’ve done on the Right — in many corners anyway — is we’ve responded by [being] embarrassed by the victory. We don’t want to talk about it,” Walsh said.
“We seem to be disappointed that it happened because it’s politically inconvenient,” he continued. “And we’re now retreating, kind of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, which I think is one of the essential differences between the Right and the Left.”
Democrats, who are seeking to make abortion a main issue in the election, have already attempted to connect the Arizona law to Trump’s policies and fire up their base to show up and vote for the president in November. The Biden campaign said the 160-year-old Arizona abortion law “is now enforceable because Trump ended Roe.”
During Walsh’s interview with Kirk, the Daily Wire host, who is now a highly respected judge, also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-walsh-reveals-the-genesis-of-his-new-comedy-court-series-judged-in-sit-down-with-charlie-kirk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discussed</a> his new comedy court series “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/judged-by-matt-walsh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JUDGED by Matt Walsh</a>,” which premiered on Tuesday night.

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Matt Walsh Decries Republicans ‘Retreating’ From Major Pro-Life Victories Following Overturning Of Roe

Matt Walsh Decries Republicans 'Retreating' From Major Pro-Life Victories Following Overturning Of Roe

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The Arizona Supreme Court came down with a major abortion ruling on Tuesday, upholding a law passed in 1864 that outlaws all abortions in the state except when the mother&#8217;s life is at risk.
The case made its way to the state&#8217;s highest court after an appeals court ruled in December 2022 that doctors could not be prosecuted under the 160-year-old abortion ban that went into effect before Arizona was a state. The state Supreme Court ruled 4-2 that the law &#8220;is now enforceable&#8221; and can take effect in 14 days pending any additional legal challenges, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/arizona-abortion-ban.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The law mandates that anyone who aids an abortion, except in the case of saving the mother&#8217;s life, be punished by two to five years in prison, AZ Central <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2024/04/09/arizona-abortion-law-state-supreme-court-upholds-near-total-ban/73251148007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, a Republican, signed a 15-week limit into law in 2022, which came just three months before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, opening the door for states to enact their own limitations or bans on abortion.
“We celebrate this enormous victory for unborn children and their mothers. Reinstating Arizona’s pro-life law will protect more than 11,000 babies annually at all stages of pregnancy while providing an exception for the life of the mother,&#8221; Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser said in a <a href="https://sbaprolife.org/newsroom/press-releases/unborn-babies-their-mothers-protected-in-arizona-for-now" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. &#8220;This includes babies who have heartbeats, babies who can feel pain, and babies who can smile and suck their thumbs. Today’s state Supreme Court decision is a major advancement in the fight for life in Arizona.&#8221;
Last year, Arizona Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs signed an executive order giving the state&#8217;s attorney general, who is currently a Democrat, the power to enforce abortion laws. Attorney General Kris Mayes has vowed not to enforce any limitations or bans on abortion and said shortly after the state Supreme Court ruling that its decision is &#8220;an affront to freedom.”
“The Court has risked the health and lives of Arizonans,” Mayes <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/09/us/arizona-abortion-ban.html">said</a>. “Today’s decision to reimpose a law from a time when Arizona wasn’t a state, the Civil War was raging, and women couldn’t even vote will go down in history as a stain on our state.”
Hobbs also <a href="https://twitter.com/GovernorHobbs/status/1777756501974934007" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the decision represents &#8220;a dark day in Arizona&#8221; and vowed that she &#8220;won&#8217;t stop fighting until we have secured the right to abortion.&#8221;
Shortly after the abortion decision, Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake released a <a href="https://twitter.com/KariLake/status/1777763769890071022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> saying she opposed the state Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling and called on the governor and legislature &#8220;to come up with an immediate common sense solution that Arizonans can support.&#8221;
Democrats are already using the ruling to pit their pro-abortion policies against what they describe as &#8220;extreme abortion laws&#8221; in some states. The Biden campaign <a href="https://twitter.com/BidenHQ/status/1777755420498461062">posted</a> on X showing side-by-side videos of Trump&#8217;s Monday statement on abortion — in which the former president said laws should be left up to the states — with an MSNBC report of the Arizona Supreme Court ruling. The Biden campaign said the 160-year-old abortion law &#8220;is now enforceable because Trump ended Roe.&#8221;
Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-releases-long-awaited-abortion-position-says-policies-should-be-left-to-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">released a video statement</a> on Monday morning where he came out against federal limitations on abortion and said the issue should be left up to the states.
“My view is now that we have abortion where everybody wanted it from a legal standpoint, the states will determine by vote or legislation or perhaps both, and whatever they decide must be the law of the land. In this case, the law of the state,” Trump said.
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“At the end of the day, this is about the will of the people,” Trump said, adding later, “You must follow your heart on this issue, but remember: you must also win elections to restore our culture and, in fact, to save our country.”
Democrats and pro-abortion advocates have been pushing for an abortion measure as they seek to make abortion an unrestricted practice and allow doctors to perform the procedure at any point of a pregnancy. Those pushing for pro-abortion policies say the initiative has already received enough signatures to appear on the November ballot.
Arizona, a vital battleground state in the 2024 election, has been polling in Trump&#8217;s direction as the former president focuses on immigration and the border crisis. As of Tuesday afternoon, Trump leads Biden by 4.5 points in Arizona, according to the <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/arizona/trump-vs-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">RealClearPolitics</a> polling average.

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lindsey-graham" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lindsey Graham</a> (R-SC) is not following former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>&#8216;s lead on abortion, saying on Monday that he still believes a national abortion law should be pursued even if Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-releases-long-awaited-abortion-position-says-policies-should-be-left-to-states">says</a> that states should be the ultimate arbiters on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abortion</a> policy.
The South Carolina Republican, a close ally to Trump, released a <a href="https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1777340625660125448" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on Monday saying he still wants a national abortion limit after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
&#8220;I respectfully disagree with President Trump’s statement that abortion is a states’ rights issue. Dobbs does not require that conclusion legally and the pro-life movement has always been about the wellbeing of the unborn child – not geography,&#8221; Graham said.
&#8220;The states’ rights only rationale today runs contrary to an American consensus that would limit late-term abortions and will age about as well as the Dred Scott decision,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The science is clear – a child at fifteen weeks is well-developed and is capable of feeling pain.&#8221;
Graham was comparing the 2022 ruling in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/united-states-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-leaves-abortion-restrictions-to-states" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overturned</a> Roe v. Wade and returned the issue of abortion to the states, and the 1857 ruling in Dred Scott v. Stanford that <a href="https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/dred-scott-v-sandford#:~:text=In%20this%20ruling%2C%20the%20U.S.,slavery%20from%20a%20Federal%20territory." target="_blank" rel="noopener">barred</a> citizenship to black slaves prior to the Civil War.
Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1777340625660125448" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a video on Truth Social that states now should be able to decide by voting and legislation on access to abortion. President Joe Biden responded with a <a href="https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1777352142950748449" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> warning if Trump is elected to a second term, Republicans will deliver him a national abortion ban to sign.
Graham said that he will &#8220;continue&#8221; his push for a &#8220;national minimum standard limiting abortion&#8221; after 15 weeks — an idea central to a <a href="https://www.lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2022/9/graham-introduces-legislation-to-protect-unborn-children-bring-u-s-abortion-policy-in-line-with-other-developed-nations#:~:text=The%20Graham%20legislation%3A,physical%20health%20of%20the%20mother." target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposal</a> he introduced in a 2022 bill that has failed to gain traction — with exceptions for rape, incest, and saving the life of the mother that Trump also supports.
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&#8220;However, until we achieve this goal, the least we can do is to provide anesthesia to an unborn child facing an abortion at fifteen weeks because they can feel pain,&#8221; Graham said.
&#8220;Therefore, I will be introducing new legislation requiring abortion providers to administer anesthesia to an unborn child at fifteen weeks because they are capable of feeling pain,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It is common medical practice to administer anesthesia to operate on an unborn child at fifteen weeks to save their life.&#8221;
Graham concluded, &#8220;Forty-seven of fifty European nations have national limits on abortion between twelve and fifteen weeks. This is the civilized world’s position.&#8221;

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Republican lawmakers slammed the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> on Wednesday over a “weaponized” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-justice" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Justice Department</a> after four more Christian pro-lifers face prison time after they were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/four-pro-lifers-face-prison-time-after-being-convicted-in-federal-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convicted</a> of FACE-Act related charges on Tuesday.
The four, Eva Edl, Eva Zastrow, James Zastrow, and Paul Place, face up to six months in prison and a $10,000 fine after they were found guilty of violating the FACE Act by Middle District of Tennessee Magistrate Judge Chip Frensly. Critics say that the FACE Act, a Clinton-era law that criminalizes the use of force or threats of force that prevent someone from accessing an abortion facility, has been used to target pro-lifers.
In the aftermath of the convictions, some lawmakers again renewed calls for repeal of the FACE Act, saying that it had been weaponized.
“Biden&#8217;s DOJ is weaponized against pro-life demonstrators,” Rep Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said, commenting on the Tuesday trial. “This is not acceptable. Congress must repeal the FACE Act.”
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Biden&#39;s DOJ is weaponized against pro-life demonstrators.
This is not acceptable.
Congress must repeal the FACE Act.<a href="https://t.co/AOhLu4Tyb4">https://t.co/AOhLu4Tyb4</a>
&mdash; Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAndyBiggsAZ/status/1775524854411727042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“I am a proud cosponsor of [Rep. Chip Roy&#8217;]s FACE Act Repeal Act of 2023,” Biggs <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAndyBiggsAZ/status/1775524855590330502" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>. “Let&#8217;s get it done.”
Roy <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-call-for-repeal-of-weaponized-face-act-after-conviction-of-peaceful-pro-lifers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">introduced</a> a bill in the House last year that would repeal the FACE Act and a companion bill was put forth in the Senate by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT). Roy again <a href="https://twitter.com/RepChipRoy/status/1775499543003463931" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged</a> Congress to take up his measure on Wednesday, saying that Congress should pass it “immediately.”
Edl, Place, and the Zastrows (brother and sister) were charged by the DOJ after they participated in a sit-in at the Carafem abortion facility in Mt Juliet, Tennessee, on March 5, 2021. On that day, a group of demonstrators gathered on the second floor of an office building in the hallway outside Carafem. The group prayed, sang hymns, and urged women showing up to the clinic to not get abortions.
Photos were displayed at the trial showing the four sitting in front of the door to Carafem, but the defendants&#8217; lawyers argued that the DOJ never proved they had actually blocked anyone from entering or actually inhibited the activities of the staff of the facility.
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Responding to the news of the convictions on Tuesday, Rep. Barry Moore (R-AL) blasted the Biden administration for its targeting of pro-life activists.
“More than 5,000 illegals enter our country every day and the Biden Administration has no idea where they are,” he posted on X. “If you’re a pro-life activist, Biden’s DOJ definitely knows where you are.”
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More than 5,000 illegals enter our country every day and the Biden Administration has no idea where they are. 
If you’re a pro-life activist, Biden’s DOJ definitely knows where you are. <a href="https://t.co/pEcEtuF7xv">https://t.co/pEcEtuF7xv</a>
&mdash; Rep. Barry Moore (@RepBarryMoore) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepBarryMoore/status/1775531658453676301?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) also slammed Biden over the prosecution of the pro-lifers.
“Biden&#8217;s DOJ is prosecuting Christians for peacefully praying outside abortion clinics, which is their First Amendment right,” she wrote. “Meanwhile, 10 million illegal aliens walked into our country, including known terrorist &#8216;gotaways&#8217; &amp; Biden&#8217;s DOJ has no idea where they are. AMERICA LAST!”
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Biden&#39;s DOJ is prosecuting Christians for peacefully praying outside abortion clinics, which is their First Amendment right. Meanwhile, 10 million illegal aliens walked into our country, including known terrorist &quot;gotaways&quot; &amp; Biden&#39;s DOJ has no idea where they are. AMERICA LAST! <a href="https://t.co/KJv920JTik">https://t.co/KJv920JTik</a>
&mdash; Rep. Mary Miller (@RepMaryMiller) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMaryMiller/status/1775526614048088128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO), a member of the House Oversight Committee, called the whole thing “gross.”
“Instead of securing the border and protecting Americans, Joe Biden is going after Pro-Lifers &#8211; gross,” Burlison said.
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Instead of securing the border and protecting Americans, Joe Biden is going after Pro-Lifers &#8211; gross. <a href="https://t.co/3ezrAyjetc">https://t.co/3ezrAyjetc</a>
&mdash; Rep. Eric Burlison (@RepEricBurlison) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepEricBurlison/status/1775538503335485589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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 In January, six other pro-lifers who were at Carafem in March 2021 were convicted of similar charges and could be sentenced to over 10 years in prison and leveled hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fines.

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‘Gross’: Lawmakers Slam Biden Administration Over Convictions Of Pro-Life Activists

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Pro-life activists have long believed that fetuses are deserving of human rights because of the scientific belief that human life begins at conception. Contrary to what some may think, this goal is not out of reach. States are <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/personhood-bills-ivf-restrictions-alabama-rcna140228" target="_blank" rel="noopener">working</a> to enshrine fetal rights into law, recognizing fetuses as human beings who should be given the same rights as people who have already been born. 
As of March 15, 23 pieces of legislation had been introduced in 13 states that would create fetal personhood and outlaw abortion, according to the pro-abortion <a href="https://www.guttmacher.org/state-legislation-tracker" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Guttmacher</a> Institute. With fetal personhood as the end goal for many in the pro-life movement, how these laws would impact the fertility treatment of in vitro fertilization (IVF) is now a main point of discussion. 
A recent decision by the Alabama Supreme Court essentially <a href="https://publicportal-api.alappeals.gov/courts/68f021c4-6a44-4735-9a76-5360b2e8af13/cms/case/343D203A-B13D-463A-8176-C46E3AE4F695/docketentrydocuments/E3D95592-3CBE-4384-AFA6-063D4595AA1D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">states</a> that embryos must be considered children under the letter of the law. It ruled that embryos fall under the state’s Wrongful Death of a Minor Act, which creates a way for parents to receive punitive damages over the death of a child. It found that embryos qualify as “unborn children” and stated that the Act “applies to all unborn children, regardless of their location.” The decision called into question whether or not the IVF industry will be able to continue its treatments under pro-life legislation. The pro-life movement and the practice of IVF can co-exist, but their bond would be stronger if the procedures surrounding IVF were altered because of new laws protecting unborn life.
Although fetal rights will inevitably have a major impact on the IVF industry, this does not mean that supporters of IVF should shy away from such rights being enshrined into law. Many pro-life advocates, as well as conservative Christians, view IVF as an essential means to starting a family. A Facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/search/groups/?q=christian%20ivf%20support&amp;sde=Abo6mQGTwumSH8ghiQqAvvjPX7NFviMO4wSBhxr6grIQwUayjg5k0ye5FNdIS2HCiLkkJOB-TfP5YV29lVJ9zt3H" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> “Christian IVF Support” has 2,000 members and conservative women have begun to speak out in favor of IVF practices. 
Hannah Nelson, a Christian mother who received IVF treatment in order to give birth to her son, responded to a post by conservative commentator Allie Beth Stuckey in late February. “There is an ethical and Christian way to do IVF,” she wrote, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/03/01/ivf-embryos-alabama-ruling-conservative-women/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Washington Post. “I am curious why you’re against that means of creating a family.”
Kristan Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America, told me about natural cycle IVF, a <a href="https://www.shadygrovefertility.com/article/stimulated-ivf-vs-natural-cycle-ivf/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">process</a> that <a href="https://lomalindafertility.com/is-natural-cycle-ivf-your-best-option/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">takes</a> one egg at a time from a woman during her menstrual cycle. The egg is <a href="https://www.ohioreproductivemedicine.com/2018/02/21/natural-ivf-and-mini-ivf/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fertilized</a> outside of the body, and <a href="https://www.wsj.com/health/did-i-need-to-make-extra-embryos-to-have-a-baby-a6b0c584?st=l0ewceljhfags4n&amp;reflink=article_imessage_share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transferred</a> back into the woman, similar to traditional IVF, but without the use of drugs or multiple embryos. 
“There is natural cycle IVF which I believe only extracts a limited number of eggs and implants every embryo into the mother,” Hawkins explained over text. “I think many who are pro-life would be okay with [natural cycle IVF] as you aren’t ‘screening out’ humans or freezing them.”
There is also the process of “Minimal Stimulation IVF,” or “Mini IVF,” which <a href="https://fertilitynj.com/ivf/mini-ivf/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">incorporates</a> less medication to produce fewer eggs, resulting in fewer embryos. This could be another option for people who have concerns over the vast number of unused embryos that are frozen through the traditional IVF process, possibly to never be implanted and given a chance.
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Without <a href="https://www.theregreview.org/2022/08/13/saturday-seminar-the-regulation-of-assisted-reproduction/">cohesive</a><a href="https://www.theregreview.org/2021/08/10/verniero-wild-west-fertility-clinics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> regulation</a>, the IVF industry as a business is not pro-life. One doesn’t have to look far to find pro-life parents who have gone through the IVF process and were forced to seek alternative clinics or received pushback when they wanted to implant all of their embryos.
The IVF industry does not promote pro-life practices in part due to clinics’ desires to have high success rates and make money. The procedure of in-vitro fertilization, however, can be completed in a way that gives value to the lives of unborn children. Laws that protect the unborn at all stages of life — whether in utero or prior to being implanted — will change the IVF industry for the better.
Legislators in the United States need only glance across the pond for a model on how to better protect human life created through fertility treatments. European countries have stricter laws on IVF and other fertility procedures. According to fertility treatment <a href="https://ivi-fertility.com/blog/regulations-legislation-assisted-reproduction-europe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">group</a> IVI, as of January 2022, 20 of the states in the European Union <a href="https://ivi-fertility.com/blog/regulations-legislation-assisted-reproduction-europe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">permit</a> donation of sperm and only 17 allow egg donation. The process of freezing one’s eggs or sperm is allowed in all countries in Europe if it is done because of medical reasons that could negatively impact a person’s ability to have children. In many other countries, however, it is not allowed for social reasons. The only states that permit &#8220;fertility preservation” for social purposes include Germany, Spain, Switzerland, as well as the United Kingdom. 
Even the United Kingdom, which <a href="https://www.fertilityclinicsabroad.com/ivf-abroad/ivf-united-kingdom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allows</a> access to IVF, has restrictions. The law does <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/5360625/danielle-lloyd-gender-selection-legal-uk-early-foetus-identification/#:~:text=The%20only%20way%20you%20can,a%20technique%20which%20does%20this." target="_blank" rel="noopener">not</a> permit parents to pick which embryo they would prefer based on the child’s sex unless it is for a medical reason. In the United States, this is widely <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/04/fertility-clinics-advertise-gender-selection-ethical-wuandary.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">accepted</a>, even though several states ban sex selection for abortion, even when some of them <a href="https://www.abortionfinder.org/abortion-guides-by-state/abortion-in-kansas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allow</a> the <a href="https://www.abortionfinder.org/abortion-guides-by-state/abortion-in-north-carolina" target="_blank" rel="noopener">procedure</a>. According to the Guttmacher Institute, as of August 2023, eleven states <a href="https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/abortion-bans-cases-sex-or-race-selection-or-genetic-anomaly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prohibit</a> abortion because of the sex of the baby.
No one conceived through fertility treatments — or parents who utilized these procedures — should be judged or ostracized. As Kristan Hawkins pointed out in our conversation, “those who were conceived via IVF are valuable persons who we are glad are here.”
The pro-life movement does not need to exist apart from IVF, but it can and should positively influence laws surrounding fertility treatments so that humans at all stages of life are given the rights they deserve.
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The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire. 
Disclosure: The author formerly worked with Students for Life of America.

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NASHVILLE — Four pro-life Christians were convicted on Tuesday of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/abortion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FACE Act</a> violations after they were charged by the Biden administration over a peaceful protest at a Tennessee abortion facility.
The four found guilty are Eva Edl, Eva Zastrow, James Zastrow, and Paul Place. They face up to six months in prison and thousands of dollars in fines upon sentencing. They are currently sent to be sentenced on July 30.
The decision came after a one day bench trial, meaning that the defendants&#8217; fate was in the hands of Middle District of Tennessee Magistrate Judge Chip Frensly. Frensly agreed with the Justice Departments allegations that the pro-lifers had violated the law and found them guilty.
The judge deliberated for less than half an hour. Immediately after the convictions, the defendants and their families went outside the courthouse to sing and pray.
DOJ prosecuting attorney Amanda Klopf said that the case was about the rule of law and that the four had engaged in criminal activity and not a protest. During the DOJ&#8217;s final arguments, lawyer Kyle Boynton said that the four were &#8220;not on trial for their beliefs,&#8221; but for their actions.
Lawyers for the defendants said that their clients were just practicing their faith in a peaceful manner. Place&#8217;s lawyers said that the trial demonstrated massive overreach by the federal government, saying that the Biden administration was prosecuting &#8220;people who were simply expressing their beliefs in a non-violent way.&#8221; Edl&#8217;s lawyer said that the group was there to &#8220;pray and sing and worship&#8221; and persuade women to not go forward with abortions.
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Charges were brought against the four after they participated in a peaceful pro-life protest at the Carafem abortion facility in Mt Juliet, Tennessee on March 5, 2021. On that day, a group of demonstrators gathered on the second floor of an office building in the hallway outside Carafem. The group prayed, sang hymns, and urged women showing up to the clinic to not get abortions. The trial took place at the Fred Thompson federal courthouse in Nashville.
Photos were displayed at the trial showing the four sitting in front of the door to Carafem, but their lawyers argued that the DOJ never proved they had actually blocked anyone from entering or actually inhibited the activities of the staff of the facility.
Testimony was heard from a former worker at Carafem, a Mt. Juliet police officer who processed the pro-lifers arrested on March 5, a woman who had an appointment at the facility the morning of the trial, and Caroline Davis who was one of those arrested at the protest before taking a plea deal and agreed to testify for the government.
Much of the DOJ&#8217;s case rested on Davis, who repeatedly said that she had a &#8220;massive change in perspective and beliefs&#8221; after her participation.
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The courtroom gallery was packed with dozens of supporters of those on trial. A group of supporters and family members gathered Tuesday morning before the trial to pray and sing hymns like &#8220;Holy, Holy, Holy,&#8221; and &#8220;When I Survey the Wondrous Cross.&#8221;
Edl, who grew up in Eastern Europe and survived a Communist concentration camp, spoke briefly before the trial began, saying, &#8220;Whatever happens, we are in the Lord&#8217;s hands.&#8221;
In January, six others at the protest were convicted of conspiracy against civil rights and FACE Act violations. They face over 10 years in prison and hundreds of thousands in fines.

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Four Pro-Lifers Face Prison Time After Being Convicted In Federal Court

This is the second part of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-knowles-offers-the-case-against-murder-an-anti-abortion-speech-at-university-of-wisconsin-madison" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speech</a> delivered by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-michael-knowles-show" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Michael Knowles</a> at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Wednesday, March 13, 2024.
Having <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-pro-abortion-crowd-wants-to-pretend-that-infanticide-is-a-constitutional-right" target="_blank" rel="noopener">examined and refuted</a> the historical, legal, constitutional, and anthropological arguments for abortion — having cleared away all the muck that obscures the abortion debate — the final question remains: Is it moral? Is it moral to commit murder? Is it moral to kill an innocent little baby in the womb for any reason?
The first question to answer is whether it’s ever ok to kill at all. Is it ok to kill an animal? Is it ok to kill a plant? Plants are living things. Liberals sometimes hug trees. I, for one, think it’s perfectly fine to kill a plant, just as I think it’s perfectly fine to kill an animal. Our bodies are made to eat animals. And if you want to eat an animal, you’ve usually got to kill it. Unless you’re one of those Korean ladies on TikTok who eat live octopuses and squids and things, generally you’ve got to kill the animal first. Which is fine. Animals are not rational, they are naturally part of the human diet, and there’s nothing wrong with using a thing for its purpose.
Ironically, abortion supporters are much more likely to object to killing animals than pro-lifers are. You will not meet many conservative vegetarians. But virtually every purple-haired vegan you ever meet will support abortion. They oppose the killing of irrational animals as inhumane, but they support the killing of human babies as a human right.
These liberals will support laws like the Bald Eagle Protection Act. If you kill a bald eagle in the United States — if you destroy a bald eagle egg, if you in any way agitate a bald eagle, if you even so much as disturb a bald eagle’s nest when the eagle is not present — you can be fined $100,000, imprisoned for a year, or both — for your first offense. And the penalties only get worse after that. Kill a human baby? The liberals will throw you a party and call you a hero.
So much for animals. Is it ok to kill bad guys? It depends. The moral and legal tradition in our civilization — and every civilization — for all of history has been for the government, the civil authority, to kill certain bad guys. The civil authority has care of the community. When someone poses a threat to the community, the civil authority, which does not bear the sword in vain, has always been understood to possess the temporal power to enforce the laws.
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Here, once again, the pro-abortion people disagree. The pro-abortion crowd, the liberals, in recent years have tended to argue against capital punishment. They lobby to get even the very worst criminals — the psychosexual sadist serial killers — off the hook. They seek to abolish the death penalty.
How about the private killing of bad guys? Not the government, just individuals. Vigilantes. Private people hunting down their personal enemies. Is that ok? My view — the traditional view — is that it’s not ok because, while it’s lawful to kill an evildoer to defend the community, that right belongs to him who has charge of the community’s welfare. To borrow an analogy from St. Thomas Aquinas, just as it belongs to the surgeon to cut off the decayed limb of his patient, so too the care of the common good belongs to the persons entrusted with public authority. We don’t want randos going around chopping people’s limbs off; nor do we want randos going around shooting their own perceived enemies.
Again, the liberals seem to disagree. When BLM spent eight months pillaging and murdering all around the country, the most prominent liberals — some of the most prominent abortion supporters in the country, the current vice president of the United States and staff members of the president — raised money to bail the criminals out of jail. In recent years, liberals have openly called to defund the police, even to abolish prisons. They’ve allowed vigilantes to shut down highways. They’ve encouraged vigilantes to threaten and terrorize Republican elected officials. You might remember Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) in the early days of the Trump administration.
Is it ok to kill a person in self-defense? I think most reasonable people would say yes. The liberals, however, often criticize laws that defend self-defense — Stand Your Ground laws, the Second Amendment, etc. In practice, they deny the right to kill in self-defense.
So, for those still keeping score, the libs oppose killing animals, murderers, and people who are trying to kill you, but they support killing their private enemies and innocent little babies. The Left’s position on killing seems to become weirder and weirder the more we examine it.
How about killing yourself? Is suicide ok? My answer — the traditional answer — is no. Because it is contrary to nature. It’s contrary to the natural inclination to preserve yourself. It’s contrary to self-love and charity. Also, it harms the community, to which we have an obligation. This is why we describe suicide as a “selfish act” that traumatizes, often for life, the loved ones of the people who do it. Further, life is a gift given to us by God which we have neither the ultimate ability to create nor the right to end.
The libs, you will not be surprised to hear, say otherwise. Liberals throughout the West are presently attempting to legalize suicide and even to commercialize suicide by selling tickets to suicide pods and various “euthanasia” poisons. “Don’t kill an animal; do kill yourself.”
Now, we finally arrive at the core question: Is it ever ok to kill the innocent? Obviously, we wouldn’t be killing them in self-defense. We wouldn’t be killing them because they committed a crime. And we wouldn’t be killing them to protect the common good because (one) they’re part of the community — because they’re people — and (two) they actually advance the common good. Because they’re innocent. Therefore, it is never acceptable under any circumstances to kill the innocent, including the most vulnerable among us — innocent little babies.
Abortion is totally indefensible: historically, legally, anthropologically, and morally. Because it’s wrong to commit murder. In an earlier and saner age, we could have settled that question in pretty much those five words. Today, however, we’re more confused. We’ve made an idol of choice — a false kind of liberty — and we prefer it to reason. We mistakenly think that’ll make us better off. Because we forget that when society rejects reason, it necessarily conducts politics through irrational violence, which we see increasingly around us and which imperils not only our liberty but also our very lives.

Michael Knowles

Examining The Left’s Position On Killing An Innocent Baby

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