A federal judge issued a gag order forbidding release of undercover videos filmed during the National Abortion Federation Annual Conventions of 2014 and 2015. It was held up at the first level of appeal, but is clearly an unconstitutional impairment of free speech. The Thomas More Society is helping with the case.

Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law a bill banning dismemberment abortions, also known as D & E (dilation and evacuation) abortion. This procedure is used for most second trimester abortions, done between 13 and 24 weeks after the mother's last menstrual period.

Data on Fertility Awareness Based Methods (FABM) of Family Planning on the Center for Disease Control web site came from flawed studies which show a low effectiveness rate. More recent, controlled studies show very high effectiveness rates. A petition has been organized to ask the CDC to update its data to show more accurate results. Click on title to learn more.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act on May 4, which removes 86% of Planned Parenthood federal funding, through Medicaid and CHIP. Provisions also ensure that no federal funds are used to subsidize insurance plans that cover abortions.

On April 14, President Trump signed into law a bill allowing states to refuse Title X Family Planning funding to Planned Parenthood or other entities which provide abortion. The bill reverses Obama's executive order, made during the last months of his presidency.

Dr. Anthony Levatino, former abortionist, now pro-life, will speak at Jones Hall (3910 Yoakum) at the University of St. Thomas on Friday, Feb 24, at 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30 with light refreshments. The event is free and open to the public.

President Trump signed an executive order today to re-establish the policy to ban federal funds from going to organizations who do abortions or who lobby for governments to change their bans on abortion. This will remove family planning funds from International Planned Parenthood.

The company who deals in sales of fetal baby parts dropped its suit against David Daleiden, who made undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood's willingness to sell fetal tissue, and included footage with Stem Express CEO.

A Congressional panel has referred several abortion facilities and tissue procurement companies to local authorities to be prosecuted for charges of selling fetal tissue for profit, including Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast.

A Catholic priest in Phoenix presented clear reasons why Catholics should not enable the expansion of abortion with their votes. Video of the talk is about 20 minutes.

Four Texas bishops responded to the full page ad printed Monday 9/12/16 in the Houston Chronicle, Dallas and San Antonio papers. The Catholic church stands firmly in support of human life and dignity from the moment of conception.

Microcephaly may rather be caused by a pesticide that was used to control mosquitos, not the Zika virus. Click title for the LifeNews.com story.

All Harris County charges against David Daleiden, relating to his undercover videos exposing Planned Parenthood for selling fetal body parts, have been dropped. Praise God! He is still facing charges in California.

The Conscience Protection Act has passed in the House. It will need to pass the Senate as well, and get the President's signature to become law.

A bill has passed both houses of Congress to defund Planned Parenthood. President Obama has threatened to veto it. Click on title to sign the petition to show your support for the measure.

A petition has been initiated to ask Congress to require abortion clinics to adhere to the standards of ambulatory surgical centers. Click on title to sign. 100,000 signatures are needed by July 30.

Pro-life and pro-choice producers partnered to produce a documentary with the truth about how abortion affects women. Women deserve to know the risks before they decide.

The Court gave preferential treatment to the abortion industry, rather than allow states to impose safety standards. See weekly email on the subject sent out 6/29/16 (link on the lower left of this page.)

The United Methodist Church is pro-choice. Paragraph 161j in the Book of Discipline (2012) describes their stance of being "reluctant to approve abortion" but feel that in some cases of difficult circumstances, that it may be justified. However, on May 16, the General Conference voted to remove its boards from the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC). While the vote may have more to do with the radical advocacy of abortion by RCRC, it is certainly a step in the right direction. Let's pray they will also change Paragraph 161j to recognize that abortion is never justified by circumstances. Click for link to story

And Then There Were None reports that two abortion workers whom they helped to leave jobs reached out to other former co-workers - and two clinics were completely emptied of workers except for the doctor who did the abortions! Click for the ATTWN web site.