With Roe in the background, policies to advance a culture of life take center stage (opinion)

If you have recently been to a restaurant, you may have been asked to wait for a table, even if the restaurant is nearly empty. In this all-too-common scenario, the problem isn’t space, it’s workers — or lack of them. When I visit businesses throughout south central Kansas, nearly every business owner tells me they … Read more

Even at March for Life, abortion opponents don’t talk about a national ban

Johnson highlighted two bills House Republicans passed this week. One would block a proposed federal rule meant to keep states from using money from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program (TANF) — one of the programs most often associated with the term welfare — to support anti-abortion centers. Another bill would require that colleges … Read more

Doctors face ‘a perpetual rollercoaster’ as abortion returns to the Supreme Court

Doctors across the country told The 19th that they have struggled to stay on top of the latest developments in abortion lawsuits since the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturned federal abortion protections. That confusion, some said, could stop physicians even from providing legal pregnancy-related health care. Read more … Read more

Google promised to delete location data on abortion clinic visits. It didn’t, study says

A year and a half has passed since Google first pledged to delete all location data on users’ visits to abortion clinics with minimal progress. The move would have made it harder for law enforcement to use that information to investigate or prosecute people seeking abortions in states where the procedure has been banned or … Read more