Life Issues

In 2025, the Netherlands reported 10,341 euthanasia deaths—a record high and 6% of all deaths in the country.

Behind these numbers are alarming trends: almost 500 people with dementia, 475 with age-related conditions, and 174 with mental disorders were killed, including individuals no longer mentally competent to consent. Even more troubling, seven cases failed to meet the nation’s own “due care” standards.

Some studies suggest that the actual total may be much higher.

The Dutch experience is a grave warning: once society accepts killing as care, no life remains truly safe.

Planned Parenthood recently announced the closure of two more abortion facilities, this time in Indianapolis. The locations will merge with a third location as Planned Parenthood is forced to consolidate locations due to funding strains.

The abortion giant directly cited their loss of federal funding as the reason for the locations shutting down. Across the country many brick, and mortar abortion mills have faced the same fate, with 51 permanent closures reported so far.

In one final act of disservice to the community, Planned Parenthood specifically asked women not to seek care at pregnancy resource centers calling them fake clinics.

As these physical locations go under, the abortion industry continues to shift their efforts to the mail out distribution of deadly abortion drugs.

A pro-life march in Lisbon, Portugal was disrupted when a man threw a Molotov cocktail into a crowd of pro-lifers gathered outside the country’s parliament. The event, part of Portugal’s nationwide March for Life, included many families with young children and babies.

The incendiary device struck the ground but failed to ignite, preventing what officials said could have been serious injuries and deaths.

Police quickly apprehended and arrested the suspect at the scene, while others believed to be affiliated with an anarchist group fled.

More than 4,000 pro-life advocates gathered for the first annual march. Unfortunately, attacks against pro-lifers have become far too common as the culture of death becomes more and more violent

A recent paper published in the University of Chicago Press journal Ethics argues that abortion should be considered “adequate care” for pregnant minors. The authors contend that doctors have a moral duty to ensure underage girls undergo abortions, even if the girl or her family objects.  

The paper suggests that, in some cases, abortion could be carried out using sedation or physical restraint if necessary.  

It also compares pregnancy in minors to serious medical conditions such as cancer, arguing that terminating a pregnancy is analogous to providing lifesaving treatment.  

The authors argue that caregivers should not present multiple options but instead treat pregnancy in minors as a condition requiring intervention, prioritizing what they describe as the child’s best interests. Pure evil.

The latest report highlighted by Guttmacher Institute reveals a troubling reality: abortion numbers in the United States have risen, driven in large part by the spread of mail-order abortion pills and telehealth access.  

Even as some states have enacted protections for unborn life, the mail out distribution is bypassing those safeguards and expanding access nationwide.  

States like New York and California are effectively setting the nation’s abortion policy. 

Reports indicate over one point one million abortions annually, with a growing share now occurring through pills rather than in-person procedures. The abortion industry will not give up without a fight. Now more than ever we need every pro-life advocate to stand firm in defense of life.

Senator Josh Hawley has launched a formal investigation into two major abortion pill manufacturers, Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro. Hawley has sent official letters requesting detailed information on the abortion pill mifepristone, with a deadline of April 24, 2026.

The letters ask the companies to provide documents covering adverse event reports, internal safety databases, marketing materials, and records of distribution and manufacturing. Hawley also seeks details about compliance with FDA safety regulations, including the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies, and communications with regulators.

The investigation focuses on the reported risks and complications associated with mifepristone, aiming to gather full transparency on how these drugs are marketed and monitored.

Senator Hawley says the goal is to ensure that all necessary safety and regulatory standards are being met, and that accurate information is available regarding these widely used abortion pills.

In Massachusetts, a disturbing trend is emerging that should alarm anyone who values human life. New data show that abortions in the state more than doubled in just one year, jumping from about 24,000 in 2023 to nearly 50,000 in 2024.  

What’s driving this surge? The widespread use of abortion pills like mifepristone, which now account for more than 80 percent of these deaths in the state. Even more troubling, many of these pills are being mailed across state lines, turning Massachusetts into a hub for exporting abortion nationwide with little to no oversight.  

The normalization of at-home chemical abortions removes safeguards and puts both mothers and their unborn children at risk. 

The abortion drug has become the abortion industries most dangerous tool.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights has launched an investigation into 13 states that may be coercing health providers into covering abortions, a violation of federal law.  

Director Paula Stannard of the Office for Civil Rights said, “Under the Weldon Amendment, health care entities, such as health insurance issuers and health plans, are protected from state discrimination for not paying for, or providing coverage of, abortion contrary to conscience. Period. 

If the investigation finds that states are in violation of the amendment, they will be given the chance to correct their policies or face the loss of federal health dollars or potentially be referred to the Department of Justice. No one should ever be forced pay for an abortion against their convictions.

South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden recently signed a volley of pro-life legislation into law. One of the bills, HB 1313, requires that public schools provide "age-appropriate and research-based instruction in prenatal human growth and development."   

Teaching children the truth that human life begins in the womb. Pro-life education like this changes hearts and minds in the next generation. 

The state’s new pro-life measures did not stop there. HB1274 gives the Attorney General the explicit power to prosecute those who transport illegal abortion drugs meant for in state abortions. 

Another law, HB 1257, makes abundantly clear that the state’s pro-life laws do not prevent women from receiving legitimate medical care in cases of ectopic pregnancy or miscarriage.  

South Dakota has staked its claim as one of the nation’s strongest pro-life states.

Those with Down syndrome have tragically been targeted by abortions for years, but this story goes even further. When Yvonne Goldstein gave birth to her daughter with Down syndrome, she says medical staff encouraged her to let the baby die, telling her not to feed or care for her newborn.  

But she refused. She chose life. 

Suggesting that a precious child deserves to be abandoned, left to die devoid of the love and care of her mother simply because she has Down syndrome is appalling. 

Every life has purpose. Every child has dignity and a right to life.  

Not because of what they can do, but because of what they are. Human beings made in the image of God.  

Those with Down syndrome deserve to have their right to life defended, just like anyone else.