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Pro-Life Women’s Conference a Refreshing Retreat

By Taylor Gautreaux Having the fourth annual Pro-Life Women’s Conference right in our back yard was an extremely refreshing retreat from these past few weeks. Between the New Orleans City Council “resolution” against the heartbeat law recently passed by the state Legislature and signed by Gov. John Bel Edwards and a “boozy bake sale” to…

New Congressional Bill Would Permanently Defund Planned Parenthood, Ban Taxpayer Funded Abortions

By Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews.com Pro-life lawmakers introduced a bill this week to protect American taxpayers from being forced to fund abortions. The Protecting Life and Taxpayers Act permanently would ban direct funding of abortions as well as funding to groups like Planned Parenthood that provide and promote abortions. “Like … millions of Americans, I strongly…

Advertise for Life Program is Saving Lives

Studies show that 95 percent of women who enter a pregnancy center choose life. But even with more than 30 pregnancy resource centers in Louisiana, 22 women a day still choose abortion. Louisiana Right to Life began the Advertise for Life project in 2011 to try and reach these and other women considering abortion through…

National Poll: 58% of Americans Want All or Almost All Abortions Made Illegal

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com A new national poll finds that 58% of Americans want all or almost all abortions made illegal. A poll conducted by the Morning Consult research firm finds most Americans want abortions to be made illegal either in all cases or in very rare cases such as rape or incest or when…

Pro-Abortion House Appropriations Bill Passes House, 226-203

National Right to Life Press Release Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the House Appropriations bill, H.R. 2740, by a vote of 226-203. “Pro-abortion Democrats are using H.R. 2740 in an attempt to strike down popular pro-life policies,” said National Right to Life President Carol Tobias. “These policies were established to protect the conscience rights of…