Why This Survivor of Saline Abortion Wants Congress to Pass ‘Born Alive’ Bill

Jan. 18, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where thousands of Americans are gathering for tomorrow's annual March for Life as abortion survivors welcome legislation to protect babies who live through the procedure. Rachel del Guidice reports. A new poll finds that even pro-choice Democrats support more restrictions on abortion, Kyle Perisic writes. Why would anyone want to shutter faith-based adoption agencies? Monica Burke explains. Plus: Hans von Spakovsky and Sarah Williams on a victory for voter ID, Mary Clare Amselem on a comeback for great books, and Michelle Riestra on enforcing the new sexual orthodoxy in Latin America.
News Why This Survivor of Saline Abortion Wants Congress to Pass 'Born Alive' Bill "Ultimately a nurse rushed me off to the [Neonatal Intensive Care Unit], because, in her words, I 'just kept gasping for breath,' and she couldn't just leave me there to die," says Melissa Ohden. Read More
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Commentary The New Threat Children Face 45 Years After Roe v. Wade In November, the American Civil Liberties Union sued Michigan over a law that allows faith-based adoption agencies to operate according to their belief that children should be placed with a mother and a father. Read More
Commentary How the Great Books Are Revolutionizing College Admissions Tests The Common Core-aligned SAT and ACT have been heavily criticized for their very limiting format that too often reflects a student's ability to learn testing tricks, rather than core knowledge. Read More
News More Than 3 in 4 Americans Support Limits on Abortion, Poll Finds Six out of 10 Democrats say they want significant restrictions on abortion. Read More
News US Poised to Shatter Records for Oil Production, Gas Exports Unleashing U.S. energy exports has the potential to upset longstanding geopolitical and economic arrangements across the world. Read More
Commentary International Court Pushes Gay Marriage on 20 Latin American Nations Faced with conservative member nations slow to follow the liberalism of Canada, the U.S., and much of Western Europe, the court has taken it upon itself to force its own liberal agenda on a reluctant region. Read More
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