By Brian Blackwell, The Baptist Message (Reprinted with permission) MARKSVILLE – The effort to protect more unborn babies just got a shot in the arm with the announcement that Avoyelles Parish will soon have a pregnancy center of its own April 9. The 600-sq.-ft. facility, located at 115 Ferdinand St. in Marksville, will be the…

Press Release From National Right to Life WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today voted 53-44 to advance the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 130) sponsored by Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), but pro-abortion Democrats, in a near-party-line-vote, blocked the bill from receiving the 60 votes necessary to move forward (“invoke cloture”). The bill would extend…

By Dave Andrusko, National Right to Life In the first comprehensive survey since a surge of outrage over Democratic proposals for abortion on demand until birth and after, a Marist Poll released today shows a dramatic and substantive increase in pro-life attitudes and overwhelming opposition to post-20 week abortions. One pro-abortion website pointed to the…

New Orleans Catholic Cemeteries is offering families that were unable to memorialize their unborn baby a name plaque that can be installed in the Holy Innocents Prayer Garden in St. Patrick No. 1 Cemetery, 5000 Canal St. The prayer garden, dedicated for parents who have lost an unborn child through abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth,  is…

NEW ORLEANS – Yesterday, Louisiana Right to Life sent a letter of concern for public safety to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners about Dr. Kevin Govan Work (Certificate No. MD.025394), a current abortionist at Delta Women’s Clinic in Baton Rouge and at Women’s Healthcare Center in New Orleans. Records show Dr. Work has…