New York Times features pro-life commentary
by Michael New This Monday, in their online “Room for Debate” section, the New York Times asked the following question: “Would support for abortion rights grow if more women talked publicly about their...
View ArticlePro-lifers get good news in Illinois
by Michael New Today the Illinois Supreme Court upheld a state parental-notification law. This law was signed back in 1995, but has been enjoined since that time due to a hydra-headed array of legal...
View ArticlePew poll shows widening regional divide on abortion
by Michael New The recent passage of pro-life legislation in both Texas and North Carolina has generated plenty of media coverage on state-level pro-life efforts. In the past month, a number of news...
View ArticlePew poll shows few Americans find abortion morally acceptable
by Michael New This week, the Pew Research Center released the results of a survey on the morality of abortion. The results indicated that 49 percent of Americans found abortion to be immoral. Only 15...
View ArticleWhat Wonkblog gets wrong about abortion
by Michael New The anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision usually generates some commentary on the state of the abortion debate from mainstream-media outlets. This year was no exception. Last...
View ArticleU.S. abortion rate is at its lowest level since 1973, but why?
by Michael New This week the Guttmacher Institute released a report based on their census of U.S. abortion providers. It contains abortion statistics up to the year 2011 — meaning this report contains...
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