International Jane Doe Obtains Abortion

October 25 was a historic day as the D.C. Appellate Court issued a decision to stop the Trump administration from saving the life of Jane Doe’s baby. Garza v. Hargan was an eight-week-long battle to preserve Jane Doe’s baby. The 17-year-old, named Jane Doe, was an undocumented immigrant young adult being held in a detention center […]

SCOTUS Strikes Down Key Provisions in HB 2

The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruled 5-3 in the case Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, which challenged a Texas law mandating abortion businesses abide by the same health and safety standards as all other ambulatory surgical health clinics. Whole Woman’s Health, an abortion facility, challenged two provisions of HB 2. They claimed it created an “undue […]

Life Notes February-March 2016

Abortions decline to historic low A new report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reveals abortion numbers are at a historic low. The report shows that 699,000 babies lost their lives by abortion in 2012, the latest year the CDC has figures for. This figure represents about half the 1.5 million abortions per year […]