Focused search for life issues

11+ hour, 23+ min ago (616+ words) Anti-abortion activists have the right to hand leaflets to women in the driveway of a Clearwater abortion clinic, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday. In a 2-to-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit'tossed'a trial judge's decision preventing the Florida Preborn Rescue organization from entering within five feet of the Bread and Roses Women's Health Center's driveway.' Instead, the lower court must pause the Clearwater ordinance preventing the group " and any other pedestrians " from entering the center's "buffer zone" " a 38-foot stretch of public sidewalk, 28 feet of which cross the clinic's driveway. "The Ordinance seriously burdens Florida Preborn's speech " by restricting the sidewalk counselors' ability to distribute leaflets to patients as they arrive at the clinic," the majority opinion reads.' "The controlling question is whether the challenged buffer zone " be it five, 10, or 35 feet"burdens substantially more speech…...

16+ hour, 15+ min ago (1023+ words) The Daily Signal's roots date to 2008 when The Heritage Foundation first introduced the Morning Bell email newsletter and The Foundry blog. Upon launching The Daily Signal on June 3, 2014, they expanded their reach to serve millions of Americans who seek a truthful source of news and commentary about the political and policy issues facing America. Today, The Daily Signal is an independent organization " legally separate from Heritage " with its own board of directors and leadership team. Their affiliate, The Daily Signal Institute, is financially supported through donations from our audience and generous grants from philanthropic organizations committed to quality journalism. "Credible threat: Supreme Court skeptical of states intrusive probe of pregnancy center When the American Civil Liberties Union agrees with pro-life, gun rights, and business groups in the Supreme Court, there must be a pretty clear and important principle at stake....

16+ hour, 15+ min ago (947+ words) [Supreme Court justices in 2022]Does 1st Amendment allow 'a state to pry into private organizations' internal communications and uncover donor lists'? [Supreme Court justices in 2022][U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. (Image by Mark Thomas from Pixabay)]U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. When the American Civil Liberties Union agrees with pro-life, gun rights, and business groups in the Supreme Court, there must be a pretty clear and important principle at stake. The case is First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Platkin, and the Court heard arguments on Dec. 2. The important principle is whether the First Amendment allows a state to pry into private organizations' internal communications and uncover donor lists, supposedly in the name of the "public interest," even when those organizations have not been accused of violating any law. Every organization across the ideological spectrum will be affected by the Court's decision. First Choice…...

17+ hour, 34+ min ago (423+ words) Terrisa Bukovinac and Randall Terry, who both ran for president on pro-life platforms in 2024, are part of Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, which recently opened an activist training facility in Memphis. A liberal pro-life group blockaded a Memphis Planned Parenthood clinic Friday, prompting several arrests including the group's founder and her mentor, a veteran pro-life activist known for clinic blockades decades earlier. Progressive Anti-Abortion Uprising, which exposed allegedly illegal late-term abortions blocks from the White House and prompted House Republican committee chairs to pledge a probe, kicked off a new wave of what it calls "nonviolent direct action" through "the largest peaceful civil disobedience for the unborn in 30 years" Friday. PAAU founder Terrisa Bukovinac, who challenged President Biden for the Democratic presidential nomination before he dropped out, and Randall Terry, the founder of Operation Rescue and Constitution Party nominee in 2024, were both…...

17+ hour, 42+ min ago (204+ words) A good part of a person's success in the game of life is a product of nature and nurture " his genes and the parenting he received. People who were unlucky enough to receive bad genes, or bad... Maybe we should pay bad parents money Posted By: Big Bopper, 12/6/2025 11:44:47 AM A good part of a person's success in the game of life is a product of nature and nurture " his genes and the parenting he received. People who were unlucky enough to receive bad genes, or bad parenting, or both, tend to be unsuccessful. Tragically for America, these people who are unsuccessful at life are the very people who are disproportionately successful at having babies. Those babies tend to inherit their parents' bad genes and learn their bad parenting. When those babies grow up (or, often, just partially grow up) they,…...

18+ hour, 4+ min ago (681+ words) Coalition Life recently began to offer sidewalk counseling at this location. The pro-life nonprofit Coalition Life is planning to ramp up its sidewalk counseling initiative at a Planned Parenthood facility in Chicago after a woman was found crying in pain outside of the business. A video shows sidewalk counselor Jacob Tipre observing the woman curled up, leaning against the doorway for the Planned Parenthood Elizabeth Cohn Morris Health Center, which is located in downtown Chicago. The incident occurred Nov. 15 shortly before 4 p.m., according to Coalition Life. Mary Jane Maharry, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood of Illinois, told CNA: "We're not commenting." Planned Parenthood Federation of America did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A video posted by Coalition Life shows Tipre asking the woman whether she was okay. She responded: "No, I am not." "They just do the procedure,…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago (224+ words) The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Platkin, Docket No. 24-781, on December 2, 2025, concerning the administrative subpoena sent by the New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin to First Choice Women's Resource Centers, a pro-life crisis pregnancy organization in November 2023. At oral argument, the Justices' focused (1) on whether the subpoena was "self-executing," (2) on the nature of First Choice's alleged injuries flowing from the subpoena, and (3) on potentially precluding any federal court review. The majority of the Justices appeared inclined to side with First Choice and reverse the Third Circuit." The outcome of this case could have significant implications for the balance between state investigatory authority and constitutional rights/limitations. A broad ruling for First Choice may open a new and widely available door to challenge state administrative subpoenas in federal court at the earliest phases of investigations,…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago (379+ words) Two dozen Republican lawmakers say members of Congress and their staff have access to taxpayer-funded healthcare plans that include coverage for elective abortions, in violation of federal law.... GOP Lawmakers Demand OPM Halt Taxpayer-Funded Posted By: ConservativeYankee, 12/6/2025 9:02:56 AM Two dozen Republican lawmakers say members of Congress and their staff have access to taxpayer-funded healthcare plans that include coverage for elective abortions, in violation of federal law. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) led a bicameral letter on Friday to U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor demanding the agency stop "administering government contributions for Members of Congress and Congressional staff in connection with health insurance plans that cover elective abortion, in violation of the longstanding Smith (NJ) Amendment." The letter explains that, since 1984, federal laws have prohibited the use of…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago (245+ words) Two dozen Republican lawmakers say members of Congress and their staff have access to taxpayer-funded healthcare plans that include coverage for elective abortions, in violation of federal law." The letter points out OPM's claim on its website that abortion coverage is enabled by segregated costs, meaning the individual's contribution to their health plan is used for abortion coverage, while other coverage is derived from taxpayer funds. Republicans rejected that claim in their letter, calling it an "accounting gimmick." Therefore, we request swift action by OPM to ensure that any health insurance subsidies for members of Congress or Congressional staff are in full compliance with the clear terms of the Smith Amendment. Any DC SHOP plan that covers elective abortion should not be eligible for a government contribution. "Thank you for your attention to this important matter. We look forward to…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago (634+ words) A Cumberland County judge has denied the state's request for a 500-foot buffer zone between an anti-abortion protester and the Planned Parenthood location in Portland. Maine is suing John Andrade Jr., a street minister who has spent the last six years loudly protesting across the street from the Planned Parenthood on Congress Street on Fridays. Andrade often uses a microphone to preach and plays loud music from a mobile speaker. A clinic employee testified last month that Andrade has become so loud that it's interrupting patient care. Cumberland County Superior Court Justice Darcie McElwee found the employee's testimony credible and agreed that the state could likely prove at trial that Andrade is violating the Maine Civil Rights Act by disrupting medical services. In one order Monday, McElwee wrote that the proposed buffer zone "would overburden Defendant's First Amendment rights," but…...