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Alabama pro-lifers have been actively praying and witnessing at the building site of a new Birmingham Planned Parenthood facility over the course of the past year. Now, it looks like their efforts may have been successful at keeping that Planned Parenthood from opening. Students for Life of America recently sent out a press release in which it praised many of its student activists for their role in delaying the opening of the new state-of-the-art facility. “Numerous pro-life students have volunteered their time and energy to stop the new abortion facility from opening up in their community. They have been actively...

According to a survey by the pro-life watchdog group Operation Rescue, 367 surgical abortion facilities have closed permanently since 2013. With this year’s closures, there has been an astounding 79 percent drop in the total number of surgical abortion facilities in the United States since 2013. But it isn’t all good news. Operation Rescue conducted a survey of all abortion facilities in the United States from November 18 to December 6, 2019. They defined abortion facilities as independent businesses that commit abortions outside of a hospital, and looked at two categories of abortion: surgical and chemical (abortion pill). Overall, the...

One of the busiest abortion facilities in Massachusetts may be shutting its doors soon, and is begging for donations to help stay open. Women’s Health Services in Brookline, a suburb of Boston, claims to only have a few months left if it doesn’t get more money, fast — even though it is the third busiest abortion facility in the state. Women’s Health Services (WHS), which has been open for 27 years, launched a GoFundMe page with the hope of raising $250,000; so far, it is far short of that goal. Allegedly, the loss of a grant has left them with...

PART ONE OF A TWO-PART OPERATION RESCUE SPECIAL REPORT A total of 36 abortion facilities closed nationwide in 2019, according to a survey of every abortion facility in the U.S. conducted by Operation Rescue. While the number of closures shows that in certain areas, abortion suppliers have outstripped the demand, as abortion numbers and rates continue to drop nationwide, according to the Center for Disease Control. Other noteworthy facts were revealed by Operation Rescue’s survey. * Since 2013, 367 surgical abortion facilities have permanently closed. * This year’s closures represent a staggering 79 percent drop in the number of surgical...

Pro-lifers in Birmingham rejoiced today as over 30 years of persistent prayer were answered. The Calthorpe Clinic abortion centre in Edgbaston closed its doors for the last time as their business came to a halt after performing terminations for 50 years. Originally run as an old people’s home, in 1969 the centre became the first in the UK to exist exclusively for abortions. ‘People have been praying there for decades’ said Stephanie Pyne who, along with many other dedicated Christians, has herself participated in peaceful vigils for nearly 30 years. For over 8 years the international prayer campaign 40 Days...

The ACLU of Tennessee filed a lawsuit against a Nashville suburb Wednesday to stop a zoning ordinance that effectively bans surgical abortions in the city borders, an antiabortion tactic that is putting town councils on the front lines of one of the most polarizing issues in American life. The suit, filed on behalf of the nonprofit national women’s clinic carafem, calls the Mt. Juliet city commission’s zoning ordinance “unconstitutional.” The ordinance is part of “the state’s relentless attack on abortion rights, enacting a multitude of restrictions designed to shutter clinics that have provided safe and affordable abortion care and impose...

Dayton, OH – Operation Rescue is seeking help from pro-life supporters in a public campaign to force the resignation or removal of the current Ohio Department of Health Director, Amy Acton, who has prevented a very dangerous late-term abortion facility from losing its facility license through the use of a duplicitous paperwork loophole. Acton, who was appointed by Gov. Mike DeWine in February, licensed the Women’s Med Center of Dayton, a late-term abortion facility, under an assumed name to keep it open despite four years of litigation by the state to terminate its abortion license for dishonesty and failure to...

Iowa pro-life advocates won a legal victory this fall when a federal judge ruled in favor of their right to free speech outside of abortion facilities in the state. Anthony Miano and Nicholas Rolland, both of Davenport, are pro-life advocates who stand outside Planned Parenthood and other abortion facilities in Iowa to be a voice for unborn babies. They stand on the public sidewalks, read aloud from the Bible, preach and speak to people walking in and out of the abortion facilities. In 2018, they challenged a state law that prohibits “loud and raucous noise in the vicinity of any...

In a webcast sponsored by And Then There Were None, two former abortion workers told their stories. And Then There Were None is a pro-life group that helps abortion workers leave the abortion industry. Abortion workers Noemi and Jayne described how women were rushed through their abortions. Their facilities wanted to do as many abortions as possible in order to maximize profits. Jayne worked at a Planned Parenthood facility in Delaware. She says: "The doctor was always in a rush. He was there, he flew in, to the airport – the Planned Parenthood people, the up[per] echelon would rush to...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — Charleston police said two people were cited for violating a city ordinance for allegedly harassing two people leaving the Women's Health Center. Christopher M. McComas, 52, and Louis B. Ferraro, 48, both of St. Albans violated a city ordinance protecting passage to and from health care facilities, according to a complaint filed in Charleston Municipal Court. Charleston police said the two approached two people Wednesday leaving the Women’s Health Center in the 500 block of Washington Street West. Police said the incident occurred on a sidewalk along Washington Street West and within 100 feet of the...

<p>ST. LOUIS (AP) — An administrative hearing to decide whether Missouri can revoke the license for the state's only abortion clinic concluded Thursday with emotional testimony from a clinic official.</p> <p>The hearing in St. Louis before a commissioner with the Missouri Administrative Hearing Commission was expected to last five days but wrapped up a day early. A ruling isn't expected until February at the earliest.</p>

<p>COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Dayton area's last abortion clinic is trying to avoid closure by pursuing a new state license and intervention by a federal court after the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday again refused to hear its appeal.</p> <p>The state court's decision meant Women's Med Center faced losing its license as an ambulatory surgical facility because it didn't meet certain Ohio requirements about hospital transfers and agreements with doctors who could help facilitate hospital care in an emergency.</p>

St. Louis, MO – Opening statements and testimony in a licensing dispute between RHS Planned Parenthood, Missouri’s only operational abortion facility, and the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) focused on evidence of unsafe abortions at the Planned Parenthood clinic. According to the Associated Press, opening arguments made by Assistant Attorney General John Sauer related cases of horrifically botched abortions that placed the lives of women in danger. Later, Planned Parenthood’s attorneys presented information that supposedly refuted concerns that the facility was unsafe. The AP reported: Assistant Attorney General John Sauer outlined cases of “failed abortions,” including one where...

One of the most common pro-abortion arguments is that legalization keeps abortion safe. The rationale goes something like this: whether people like it or not, some women will always seek out abortions. No matter what other services or programs are offered to help with crisis pregnancies, abortion is so needed, so necessary, that keeping it legal is the only way to keep women fully safe. When legislation is brought up to limit abortion to certain gestational periods (such as before 20 weeks) or to limit abortions to only ambulatory surgical centers, abortion advocates oppose these measures, claiming it places undue...

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — First, authorities discovered a spine-chilling 2,246 fetal remains in the Illinois garage of an abortion doctor after his death. Then, investigators found “thousands” of abandoned medical records across his abortion clinics in Indiana, the Indiana attorney general announced on Friday, Sept. 20. Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill called Dr. Ulrich Klopfer one “of the more notorious abortionists in the history of Indiana.” The doctor had “a record of deplorable conditions and violations of regulatory controls that are placed on these clinics,” Hill said. “He certainly was problematic in life, and as it turns out, continues to...

An interesting turn of events has brought renewed hope to the City of Brotherly Love. Within just the past few months, the Pennsylvania Department of Health reports that two Philadelphia abortion centers have shut their doors. The closures have received scant—if any—attention in the media sphere. However, the closures are definitely significant—especially in light of the sordid history of abortion in southeastern, PA. West Philadelphia, for instance, was where abortionist/convicted killer Kermit Gosnell plied his grisly trade. Gosnell is now serving three consecutive life sentences in connection with the murders of three newborn babies. He was also convicted of involuntary...

FULL TITLE: Authorities urge women who may be linked to fetal remains found at abortion doctor's home to come forward Authorities are urging women who may have had an abortion performed on them by an Indiana doctor who kept more than 2,000 fetal remains at his Illinois home to come forward if they feel that they could have a link to the remains. Will County Sherrif Mike Kelley said Thursday that the 2,246 fetal remains would be turned over to the Indiana Attorney General's Office for further investigation. "What we're looking for is to work with Indiana authorities to find...

Toledo, Ohio is closer to being abortion free once again. An Ohio abortion facility that was caught putting woman’s lives in jeopardy and violating state health and safety laws has been forced to relinquish its license to do surgical abortions. In 2018, the Ohio health department revoked Capital Care Network’s license after it was caught violating a requirement that ambulatory surgical facilities have a written transfer agreement with a hospital for patient emergencies. However, the abortion business later complied with the requirement and received a new license. The abortion business was eventually fined and contested the fine. Today, Capitol Care...

More than 2,200 preserved fetal remains were found on the property of a dead abortion doctor, the Will County Sheriff’s Office said Friday.The remains were found on the property of Dr. Ulrich Klopfer, who was described by the South Bend Tribune in 2016 as “likely Indiana’s most prolific abortion doctor.” Court records show Klopfer lived on Pine Court in Crete Township.An attorney for Klopfer’s family contacted the Will County Coroner’s Office on Thursday about the discovery of what appeared to be fetal remains, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.Klopfer died Sept. 3.Sheriff’s detectives and representatives from the coroner’s...

Abby Johnson is doing a video of a tip for pro-lifers every Tuesday. Here is a sidewalk counseling tip from 9/14/2016: “This week I’m going to talk about difficult people on the sidewalk. A lot of times people go out to the sidewalk and they’re with 40 Days for Life or they’re with Sidewalk Advocates for Life, or another really great group, and they have other groups that come out and do weird things on the sidewalk. [For example] they have baby doll parts that are painted with red blood, and they dangle them over the fence. Or they have...