Puerto Rico sets personhood at conception but keeps abortion; Wyo. high court upholds abortion
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (BP) – Abortion remains legal in Puerto Rico despite a new law there establishing personhood at conception; while among the states, the Wyoming Supreme Court struck down legislation Jan. 6 that outlawed the abortion pill and other limitations.
Appeals court says defunding of Planned Parenthood can continue
BOSTON (BP) – The First Circuit Court of Appeals has sided with the Trump Administration in allowing the defunding of abortion providers to continue while a lawsuit is ongoing.
Southern Baptists Across State Lines join New England Baptists to save pre-born lives
Williston, VT (BP) -- After leaving Vermont, returning again feels like entering spiritual darkness. That’s how one volunteer at Aspire Now Pregnancy Care Center in Williston, Vermont, described her experience serving mothers in a state that is leading the nation in abortion access.
Supreme Court hears New Jersey pregnancy center’s First Amendment case
WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Dec. 2 in a case involving a group of New Jersey pregnancy resource centers challenging a state subpoena asking them to hand over information about their fundraising practices.
State conventions, Send Relief partner for Psalm 139 ultrasound placement in Vermont
WILLISTON, Vt. (BP) – The Psalm 139 Project, a pro-life ministry of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), has donated an ultrasound machine to a pregnancy resource center in Williston, Vt., in a partnership with multiple Baptist state conventions and Send Relief.
South Carolina looks at most restrictive abortion bill in the U.S.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Sending women who get abortions to prison. Outlawing IUDs. Sharply restricting in-vitro fertilization. These are the strictest abortion prohibitions and punishments in the nation being considered by South Carolina lawmakers.
ERLC announces ‘Across State Lines’ pro-life initiative
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) has launched a new pro-life emphasis of the Psalm 139 Project called “Across State Lines,” which focuses on providing ultrasound equipment and subsequent training to pregnancy resource centers in states where abortion is readily available.
Pro-life leaders respond as another abortion drug enters the market
NASHVILLE (BP) – The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has approved another generic abortion drug, to much protest from pro-life advocates.
Be ‘unafraid’ of the ‘messiness’ of crisis pregnancy ministry, SWBTS students told
FORT WORTH, Texas – Gospel ministers should be “unafraid” of “messiness” that comes with ministry to women in crisis pregnancies, representatives of Prestonwood Baptist Church said during a chapel service highlighting the Prestonwood Pregnancy Center ministry located on the campus of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Psalm 139 Project places ultrasound machine in Alaska in partnership with Alabama Baptists
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Psalm 139 Project, a pro-life ministry of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), has donated an ultrasound machine to a pregnancy resource center in Anchorage, in partnership with the Alaska Baptist Resource Network and the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions.
