By Tom Strode AUSTIN, Texas (BP) – The state of Texas is appealing a federal court order in an effort to reinstate its five-week-old ban on abortion when a fetal heartbeat can be detected. Texas announced its intention to petition the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans following an Oct. 6 order by […]
By Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP) – Southern Baptists and other pro-life advocates greeted with hopefulness the news that a date has been set for arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the most significant abortion case in nearly three decades. The high court announced Monday that oral arguments are scheduled for Dec. 1 in Dobbs […]
Suzanne and Rachel Guy pose outside a Planned Parenthood Clinic in Marietta, Ga. By Roger AlfordThe Christian Index MARIETTA, Ga. – Suzanne and Rachel Guy exude kindness. It shines in their eyes. It resonates in their voices. The mother-daughter duo from First Baptist Church in Woodstock are on the frontlines of the continuing battle over […]
By Tom Strode AUSTIN, Texas (BP) – A Texas law that prohibits abortion when a fetal heartbeat can be detected became effective Wednesday in a barrier-breaking development hailed by pro-life advocates and decried by abortion-rights defenders. The U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to block enforcement of the measure in response to a last-ditch request by abortion-rights […]
By Tom Strode NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Southern Baptists and other pro-life advocates praised an unprecedented federal appeals court decision earlier this week that upheld a Texas ban of a particularly horrifying abortion procedure. The full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans reversed a federal judge and its own three-person panel in a […]
By Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP)—The congressional effort to continue to prohibit taxpayer funds from paying for abortions suffered multiple setbacks this week. The House of Representatives Appropriations Committee rejected pro-life amendments on Thursday to two spending bills for fiscal year 2022. The committee defeated an attempt to restore the 45-year-old Hyde Amendment, which has saved […]
WASHINGTON (BP) — Southern Baptists are calling on Congress to reverse a move by President Joe Biden to allow federal funding to pay for abortions. On May 28, Biden released a $6 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2022 that failed to include the 45-year-old Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funds in Medicaid and other […]
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, center, gave a brief speech before signing the Texas Heartbeat Act into law on Wednesday. By Tom Strode AUSTIN, Texas (BP) – Texas has become the latest and largest state to prohibit abortions when a fetal heartbeat can be detected. Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Texas Heartbeat Act into law Wednesday […]
Pro-life protestors march in Washington in opposition to abortion in this file photo. Baptist Press WASHINGTON (BP) – Pro-life advocates gladly welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court’s announcement Monday it would rule on the constitutionality of Mississippi’s ban on abortions of unborn children whose gestational age is more than 15 weeks. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson […]
By Tom StrodeWashington Bureau Chief, Baptist Press WASHINGTON – Pro-life advocates decried a COVID-19 relief bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives that fails to include safeguards against abortion funding that were included in previous measures to address the pandemic. The Democratic-controlled House voted 219-212 for the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act, HR. […]
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., speaks to and amendment designed to provide the same level of treatment for churches and other religious bodies as secular entities regarding restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. SPECIAL/Baptist Press WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives both approved Friday (Feb. 5) a budget resolution that paves the […]
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