Life Issues

A British pop star named Lily Allen found herself on the receiving end of social media backlash. While chatting with her cohost on their podcast, Lily lightheartedly said she didn’t remember how many abortions she had. Lily said, “Abortions, I’ve had a few, but then again, I can’t remember exactly how many. I want to say four or five.” Her cohost admitted to having “about five” abortions. Neither woman expressed any remorse for killing their children. In America a vast majority of abortions are done for social or economic reasons. Less than two percent are done for what we call the hard cases of rape, incest, a baby’s disability or life of the mother. In large part, abortion’s being used as birth control in our nation. Americans oppose this by wide margins.

It took a researcher at Yale and a psychology student at the University of Amsterdam to tell us something we already knew.  Their study found if you sing to your fussy infant you’ll calm her down.  Singing to babies will improve the mental well-being of infants and benefit the health of the entire family.  One of the researchers correctly said, “Every parent knows that the mood of an infant affects everyone around that infant.”  I think you and I could have saved these people a lot of time and a ton of money if they’d first come to us – or most any other parent.  However, their findings are good for those who haven’t known the joy of holding a young baby in their arms while singing a soothing melody.  One of life’s greatest pleasures.

Actress Cynthia Nixon got an earful when she posted a picture of herself on Instagram.  She was wearing a red hat that read “Make Abortion Great Again.”  But what Nixon didn’t expect were the many comments – and I do mean many – taking her to task.  Lots were pro-abortion, but very few supported the pro-abortion activist.  Here’s a taste.  “I’m pro-choice and I think that hat is absolutely repulsive.”  “I’m pro-choice…[none] of my friends who had an abortion thought it was great.”  Others called Nixon’s hat “depraved, evil, sick, distasteful, and out of touch.”  But one thought touched my heart.  What about women who’re clawing their way back to healing after an abortion and see her hat?  I agree with the comments saying Nixon needs Jesus.  I pray she finds Him.

A student-run newspaper at the University of Notre Dame exposed the extreme pro-abortion activities of Professor Tamara Kay. She posted on X that she’d assist students with access to and cost of abortions. She also advertised the same with a sign on her office door. Kay spoke publicly about her pro-abortion advocacy, yet she sued the paper for defamation. A judge ruled in the paper’s favor and ordered Kay to pay legal fees. Kay appealed to the Indiana Court of Appeals that unanimously sided with the paper. Kay appealed to the State Supreme Court that almost unanimously ruled for the paper. This ordeal shows that justice won out and it demonstrated how all consumed pro-abortion activist can be, even when it defies reason and comes at great cost to them.

President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill initially denied funding to Planned Parenthood and others for ten years.  What passed defunded Big Abortion for just one year.  That was because the Parliamentarian who has authority over wording in reconciliation bills cut it back.  While we could certainly debate her decision, one year is our reality.  But even one year is a huge victory.  Planned Parenthood’s infrastructure will immediately begin to erode.  They will hemorrhage staff and struggle to pay their daily bills.  The abortion giant defiantly declared, “See you in court.”  But that’s going to be an uphill climb.  The US Supreme Court recently ruled states have the right to deny Medicaid reimbursement to Planned Parenthood.  This may be the corporate kiss of death for many of them.  Pun intended.

A brain injured mother was kept on life support until her unborn baby boy could live. His birth generated comments that should never come from a human mind.  Three women were concerned about the life-affirming precedent it would set.  One posted, “I might be a monster for saying this, but I don’t want that child to live.”  I agree with the first part of what she wrote.  Another posted, “People [are] framing the survival of Adriana Smith’s baby as a miracle when it’s actually one of the worst outcomes.”  The third wrote, “I still hope the baby doesn’t survive more than another day or two.  It really is the absolute WORST thing that can happen.”  Their stone cold hearts show just how badly they need Jesus to show them the miracle of life.  Let’s pray for them.

It’s a monumental victory for life and a historic achievement for the pro-life movement.  After years of tireless prayer, advocacy and determined action, Congress passed legislation ending taxpayer funding of the abortion industry for one year.  This victory is a long time in coming and we give glory to God.  It’s the first time taxpayers won’t be forced to underwrite Big Abortion.  Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion chain, commits over four hundred thousand abortions a year while receiving over two million taxpayer dollars every day.  They many now be closing abortion centers.  Congress demonstrated that killing America’s most vulnerable citizens isn’t the role of government.  We rejoice!  Please join us in prayers of thanksgiving to the Creator of Life.

Yesterday I told you how a husband forced his wife to ingest chemical abortion pills to kill his child.  Today here’s another account in America.  Justin Banta, an employee of the US Department of Justice has been charged with capital murder and tampering with evidence.  Police say he secretly put abortion pills in her drink at a coffee shop.  Just after his girlfriend had been at the doctor where the baby’s health was deemed to be fine.  After consuming the alleged poisoned drink, she went to the ER suffering from severe bleeding and later miscarried.  Officials confiscated Banta’s phone but he remotely put the phone in factory resent, wiping off any evidence of searching for and purchasing the lethal drug.  These criminal tragedies will become commonplace unless the FDA acts.

A young married woman in India had a two-year-old son and was six months pregnant with their second child.  However, the couple was building a house and her husband held superstitious beliefs that she shouldn’t be pregnant when conducting responsibilities related to a new house.  So, the husband forced his wife to take abortion pills.  She began suffering from severe pain and bleeding so she fled from her home.  While at the hospital she lost the baby and her condition severely worsened.  Doctors did all they could but she passed away.  Forcing, coercing or giving women abortion pills without their knowledge happens here in America, sometimes with questionable pills from India or other locations.  The abortion pill is being used as a clandestine tool against women and their babies.