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.
Appeals court allows defunding of Planned Parenthood to continue
WASHINGTON (BP) – The First Circuit Court of Appeals decided in favor of the Trump Administration Thursday (Sept. 11), allowing a key component of the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” to be enforced.
Pro-life lawmakers join call for VA abortion rule change
WASHINGTON (BP) – The Department of Veterans Affairs appears likely to rescind a Biden-era rule promoting abortion services at VA facilities.
ERLC files letter urging Veterans Affairs to end abortion coverage
WASHINGTON (BP) – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) should not pay for abortions nor counsel expectant mothers to end their unborn babies’ lives, Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) Acting President Miles Mullin said in a letter to the department Sept. 3.
Maine clinics denied Medicaid funds during lawsuit
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – A network of clinics in Maine will not resume getting Medicaid funds during its lawsuit over financial cuts to abortion providers, a judge ruled Monday.
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Baptist leaders urge Trump to ban abortion drug
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BP) – Forty Southern Baptist state executives, officers and public policy leaders have signed on to a letter encouraging President Trump’s “immediate action” in stopping the mail-order distribution of the abortifacient mifepristone.
