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8+ min ago (428+ words) A federal appeals court has overturned a Clearwater, Florida ordinance that pro-life advocates said censored their efforts to counsel women outside an abortion facility, ruling Thursday that the law unconstitutionally burdened free speech on public sidewalks. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, in a 2-1 decision, sided with Florida Preborn Rescue and other pro-life sidewalk counselors who challenged the city's 2023 buffer zone as discriminatory and overly restrictive. The ruling allows the activists to resume leafleting and one-on-one conversations with patients in the driveway of the Bread and Roses Women's Health Center, a facility that does very early abortions. Florida currently has a heartbeat law in place that bans abortions from killing babies starting at 6 weeks when their heartbeat can be detecfed. "The Ordinance seriously burdens Florida Preborn's speech " by restricting the sidewalk counselors' ability to distribute leaflets to patients as…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago (504+ words) Zero complaints. No wrongdoing. Just subpoenas, intimidation, and a state government determined to shut down pregnancy centers. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin's office was recently forced to make a stunning admission before the U.S. Supreme Court. During oral arguments, Platkin's team conceded that although the state issued a sweeping subpoena against a pregnancy center " First Choice Women's Resource Centers " the office had no complaints against the organization. What's at stake is the work of pregnancy centers and charities nationwide that help women sustain their decision for life. These organizations provide the material and emotional resources mothers need to meet their own needs and the needs of their children. Research shows that 60% of women who have had abortions would have preferred to choose life if they had more financial security or emotional support. Pregnancy centers and life-affirming organizations across the country…...

2+ hour, 34+ min ago (736+ words) New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin's office was recently forced to make a stunning admission before the U.S. Supreme Court. During oral arguments, Platkin's team conceded that although the state issued a sweeping subpoena against a pregnancy center " First Choice Women's Resource Centers " the office had no complaints against the organization.That admission stripped away any pretense that the attorney general was protecting consumers. It revealed the real motive: a fishing expedition into constitutionally protected internal records and private donor information for no reason other than First Choice's commitment to life-affirming support for women. Now the court must decide whether New Jersey's top law enforcement officer can bully pro-life charities out of helping women and families.When First Choice made its case before the Supreme Court, it stood up for every American who believes mothers deserve compassion without harassment from the…...

12+ hour, 51+ min ago (581+ words) Illinois Democrat blames Mike Johnson and conservatives for blocking progress on key Trump 2024 campaign policy President Donald Trump and the House Republican caucus have been increasingly at odds over the past few months, ever since a discharge petition over the Jeffrey Epstein investigation files threatened to spark a rebellion among the GOP with Speaker Mike Johnson helplessly caught in the middle. Now, one Democratic senator is trying to drive another wedge in between Johnson and Trump over one of the president's key campaign promises for younger families. She spoke to anchor Dana Bash about a letter she wrote to the president annotated with the Trump-style caption, "WARNING: Speaker Johnson wants YOU to become the DEADBEAT DAD of IVF." Her comments come on the heels of a Military.com report detailing the congressional discussions over the National Defense Authorization Act, better…...

13+ hour, 15+ min ago (236+ words) December 7, 2025 John Tuttle The Dispatch 0 Print Yet, our society discards its own members constantly. What does that say about society? The hypocrisy of the culture of death That syllogism he had learned in Kiesewetter's'Logic: "Caius is a man; men are mortal; therefore Caius is mortal,' had seemed to him, all his life, to be correct only for Caius, but not at all for himself. Call to activism and practical steps Like many of G. K. Chesterton's commentaries, Camosy's new work brings wisdom and common sense to bear on the important issues of our day. Because it is timely and urgent, it risks becoming quickly dated. Yet, what he gives us helps us respond right now, and the underlying verity that he draws upon remains ever new. Living and Dying Well: A Catholic Plan for Resisting Physician-Assisted Killing by Charles Camosy Our Sunday…...

19+ hour, 12+ min ago (275+ words) According to data from Guttmacher Institute, as of 2024, the abortion rate was at 15.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44. And yet, within that data, a lot of those women's stories go unseen and unheard. Compelled by the sparse nuance of discourse in the often-tough decisions that people make to get abortions, writer-director Lauren Melinda decided to bring her own personal story to life." Below, Melinda speaks with Deadline about partnering with Planned Parenthood and navigating the vulnerabilities that come with telling a personal story. DEADLINE: Where did the idea for this story come from? DEADLINE: You have your production company, Simbelle Productions. Can you talk about the work you're doing in the film space and how you got connected with Planned Parenthood? DEADLINE: Before You has an interesting color palette and stylistic choices, in my opinion. What were your inspirations, and what…...

22+ hour, 49+ min ago (717+ words) COMMENTARY: Here are some ways the movement has a historic opportunity to build a system that protects all Americans. There is broad bipartisan agreement that the health-care system in the United States is broken. Our country just endured the longest government shutdown ever, and it was largely over health care. Few other developments in America could do more to combat abortion and protect unborn lives, uplift the dignity of pregnant mothers, restore the family unit, and revive American greatness than establishing a robust culture of life in health care. While the pro-life movement should reject legislative efforts to create a pro-abortion, pro-euthanasia socialized medical system, it is vital that the pro-life movement offers an alternative pro-life health-care vision and proposal. Drawing on Catholic social teaching, seven principles should inform policymakers and the American people about building a health-care system that…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago (336+ words) According to data from Guttmacher Institute, as of 2024, the abortion rate was at 15.4 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44. And yet, within that data, a lot of those women's stories go unseen and unheard. Compelled by the sparse nuance of discourse in the often-tough decisions that people make to get abortions, writer-director Lauren Melinda decided to bring her own personal story to life. 'Jane Austen's Period Drama' Filmmaking Duo On Blending Comedy & Menstrual Education In Oscar-Qualifying Short 'Hoops, Hopes & Dreams' Filmmakers On Fostering Community Through MLK-Inspired Basketball Short Film Disney Animated Short Film 'Versa' Filmmaker On Expanding The Boundaries Of Grief Storytelling: "I Felt Like I Got Split Open" Below, Melinda speaks with Deadline about partnering with Planned Parenthood and navigating the vulnerabilities that come with telling a personal story. DEADLINE: Where did the idea for this story come from?" DEADLINE: You…...

1+ day, 14+ hour 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…...

1+ day, 19+ hour 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....