A Cuban woman serving an eight-year prison sentence for participating in the July 11, 2021 protests in Cuba has said that authorities at the prison are trying to force her to terminate her pregnancy. Lisdany Rodriguez Isaac fell pregnant following a conjugal visit by her partner, Luis Ernesto Jimenez, a number of months ago. The […]
A new California bill proposes to reduce the mortality rate for African American mothers by making them feel more included. Health care workers would go through training to properly address nonbinary people and transgender individuals who want to give birth.
Pro-life lawmakers from the U.S. House of Representatives will join Pregnancy Resource Center (PRC) leaders from across the country to discuss how PRCs help women through pregnancy and set families of every variety up for success at 2 p.m. ET on Jan. 18. PRCs provide the women and families in their communities with services worth […]
A judge in Nevada has struck down a petition from pro-abortion groups to place a question on the 2024 ballot aiming to make access to abortion a constitutional right across the battleground state. In an opinion handed down Tuesday, District Court Judge James Russell ruled that the proposed measure—which would amend the Nevada Constitution to […]
NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Calum Miller, ethicist, philosopher and medical doctor. Calum teaches Philosophy at the University of Oxford, where his research focuses on abortion policy in practice. He talks about the status of abortion in Britain, why legalising abortion doesn’t necessarily lead to better health outcomes, and why he thinks choosing life […]
A new study by a team of Texas researchers has revealed a strong association between autism in boys and aspartame consumption—in the form of diet soda intake or artificial sweeteners—during pregnancy and/or while breastfeeding. Researchers at the University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center at San Antonio asked the parents of 235 children diagnosed with […]
A federal court has temporarily blocked a new Illinois law that takes aim at maternal health care centers for expressing their pro-life message. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted a preliminary injunction late on Aug. 3, halting enforcement of SB1909, the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Businesses Practices Act. The […]
NEW YORK—Move over Instagram (or Snapchat)—the Met Gala was the place to announce pregnancies Monday night, at least if you’re Serena Williams or Karlie Kloss. The tennis legend and supermodel each revealed their pregnancies in interviews on the Met Gala’s not-so-red carpet. Williams’ announcement had particular poignance given that she stepped away from tennis last […]
NEW BOSTON, Texas—A Texas jury sentenced a woman to death Wednesday for killing a pregnant woman she knew to take her unborn daughter. Jurors returned with the sentence for Taylor Parker, 29, after deliberating for just over an hour, the Texarkana Gazette reported. The same Bowie County jury convicted Parker on Oct. 3 of capital […]
One of the nation’s largest providers of abortion altered a webpage on pregnancy after the Democrat Georgia gubernatorial candidate claimed that a fetus does not have a heartbeat at six weeks. “There is no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks,” Stacey Abrams, the Democrat, said during a Sept. 21 event in Atlanta while […]
On the CDC’s website, there is a page for COVID-19 vaccines and their effect on pregnancy. The bullet points on the page cite a total of 22 studies, including studies from the manufacturers, to illustrate why the CDC says COVID-19 vaccination “during pregnancy is safe, effective and beneficial to both mother and baby.” But is that […]
The FBI says it is investigating the over two dozen attacks against pregnancy clinics and groups linked to the pro-life movement. “The FBI is investigating a series of attacks and threats targeting pregnancy resource centers and faith-based organizations across the country,” a bureau spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email. “The FBI takes all […]
“Save the Storks” is on a mission to create a story of hope and empowerment for every woman facing an unplanned pregnancy. NTD sat down with its CEO Diane Ferraro at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver Colorado. They discussed how Save the Stork’s buses are helping pregnant women.
A pro-life pregnancy center in Buffalo, New York, says it was firebombed and vandalized overnight. According to multiple reports, authorities are investigating it as arson. Pro-abortion group Jane’s Revenge has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack. The group is also said to be responsible for similar attacks in recent months.
Pregnant women infected with COVID-19 appear to be at greater risk of experiencing common pregnancy complications compared to women who are uninfected, according to a new study. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded study included data from more than 13,000 pregnant women from 17 medical centers across the nation. Of those participants, nearly 2,400 […]
California now cannot criminally charge pregnant women for stillbirths or miscarriages. The announcement comes in response to two cases of women losing their unborn children after using drugs. Since the weekend, health workers who have tested positive for COVID-19 are allowed to return to work. The state’s health agency cites surging cases and staffing shortages.
A special report shows what’s taking place inside California’s female prisons. In September 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 132 into law, requiring prisons to house inmates based on their chosen gender identity. Now, biological men are sharing prison cells with terrified women—and one woman is reportedly pregnant.
A prenatal test used worldwide is sending gene data of pregnant women to a Chinese company. The company developed the test together with the Chinese military. The United States sees a security risk. Reporting by Rosanna Philpott
