Tag: Pro Choice
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British judge orders woman to have abortion
Update: A British appeals court has overturned this decision. I’m pleased by that result, however this story is still a chilling reminder of the control a government can try to exercise over citizens. A British court has ordered a British woman to have an abortion. The unnamed woman is in her 20s, but due to a…
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Born at 23 weeks, smallest surviving premature baby discharged from hospital
She’s the smallest newborn to ever survive. Born from an emergency c-section in December, the little girl, nicknamed Saybie, was born at just 23 weeks. This week, the baby was discharged from the hospital. When she was born, Saybie weighed just 8.6 ounces. Not 8 pounds, 6 ounces. That would have been a healthy, above…
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On abortion, red states are getting redder while blue states get bluer
Separated by the Mississippi River, Illinois and Missouri are in two different worlds when it comes to abortion. It’s a microcosm of much of the nation. As several states have passed new, strict laws on abortion, including Missouri, other states have passed legislation to further diminish the rights of the unborn. Last week, Missouri passed…
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Media treats being pro-life and pro capital punishment as moral paradox
On Wednesday, Alabama passed the most restrictive abortion law in America. On the same day, Alabama also executed a man who was a participant in a grizzly quadruple murder in 1997. It was interesting seeing how those two stories are being taken together in the media. The New York Times ran an article titled “a…
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Bill protecting babies born alive in abortion attempts FAILS in the Senate
The senate voted on the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act today. It was a bill that would have required medical care for babies who survive failed abortion attempts. This bill should not be controversial. It should have 100 votes. It didn’t need 100 though. It needed 60. And the bill couldn’t even get that.…
Josh Benner 