Category: Sanctity of Life

The ethical pitfalls of surrogacy are on stark display in the United Kingdom (UK), where some elderly retirees are now having children via surrogates. A husband and wife, both 72, recently won a court battle to become the legal parents of a 14-month-old boy born through surrogacy in California using the husband’s sperm and a donor egg. This is despite an acknowledgement from Mrs. Justice Knowles that the couple will be 82 when the boy begins secondary school and nearly 90 (if they live that long) when he reaches adulthood.

As the nation awaits New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s decision to approve or veto legislation to legalize assisted suicide in the state, it’s becoming more evident that the United States is moving at a slow but increasing pace toward the promotion of death — which always begins with those most vulnerable. If a wave of pro-assisted suicide laws sweeps the nation, as it appears it could, countless vulnerable people will die or face pressure to die regardless of their desire for it or the lack of a terminal diagnosis.

A congressional panel led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has launched an investigation into Planned Parenthood, probing whether the nation’s largest abortion business has misused federal taxpayer funds. The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Subcommittee, chaired by Greene under the House Oversight Committee, initiated the probe on Friday, targeting Planned Parenthood’s handling of billions in federal dollars. Greene sent a letter to Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson, questioning whether the nonprofit is commingling federal funds for unpermitted purposes, despite the Hyde Amendment’s prohibition on using federal money for abortions.

Planned Parenthood played a key role in skyrocketing abortions in recent years by popularizing a dangerous and deadly abortion drug regimen used to execute a majority of U.S. abortions, a new study suggests. Abortion in the U.S. rose steadily from 1973, when the Supreme Court handed down its Roe v. Wade decision, until 1990. For the next 28 years, however, the total number of abortions declined. It wasn’t until 2018 that “this long-term decline veered sharply upward in a new direction,” about a 20 percent increase that lasted through 2023.

Pro-life sentiment has increased slightly from 2024 to 2025, a recent Gallup poll found. The poll found a slight increase in those who identify as pro-life (41% to 43%) while those who identify as pro-choice fell from 54% to 51%. The survey also saw slight increases in those who say abortion is morally wrong and those who say abortion should be legal in only a few or no circumstances. Both categories were up by 3 percentage points from last year.

The Louisiana legislature has given final approval to legislation to open anyone who helps facilitate a chemical abortion to crushing $100,000 civil suits.

A new Gallup poll has revealed that the percentage of surveyed Americans who say they are pro-life has risen two points since last year to 43%, a number that is consistent with past survey results over the last two decades. Experts say the numbers suggest that the efforts by the Democratic Party, pro-abortion activists, and the mainstream media to sway the American electorate towards widespread acceptance of abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision have been largely unsuccessful.

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a reconciliation bill hailed as a significant pro-life victory, which will defund major abortion companies like Planned Parenthood and redirect support to women, children, and families.

The American Medical Association (AMA) voted during its annual meeting on June 9 to uphold its opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide.

Pro-life advocates argue the case highlights hospital mismanagement, not Texas’ pro-life laws, which explicitly permit treatment for ectopic pregnancies.