Trump, pro-life leaders at odds in recent developments
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission released a letter today (Jan. 16) calling for President Trump’s action on recent issues that have brought friction between the pro-life movement and an administration historically supportive of it.
FIRST-PERSON: Underground abortion networks reveal spiritual crisis, not policy problem
Underground abortion networks are emerging out of the shadows, and it is every bit as alarming as it sounds.
FIRST-PERSON: Trey’s new family
“I’m not religious.” She spoke the words as soon as I pulled a chair beside her hospital bed.
FIRST-PERSON: Reaching across state lines for life
As King David wrote in praise to God, “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:13-14). These ancient words carry fresh urgency for the Church today.
SBC DIGEST: Baptist Record editor retires; Sanctity of Life materials available
Martin retires from Baptist Record; Sanctity of Life Sunday materials available.
Contraception culture reconsidered by pro-life ethicist
NASHVILLE (BP) – When Evan Lenow raises the issue of contraception in his college and seminary ethics classes, it is the first time most students have considered that a married couple’s efforts to prevent pregnancy might be morally problematic.
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.
ERLC to engage in case of New Jersey AG pressuring pregnancy centers for donor info
NASHVILLE (BP) – The years-long efforts of New Jersey’s attorney general to force crisis pregnancy centers to provide internal documents as well as donors’ personal information is unconstitutional and the latest case of pro-life groups being persecuted for their beliefs, said attorneys for Alliance Defending Freedom on Aug. 22.
NEWS DIGEST: Abortion mandate rules still unsettled; Costco will not sell abortion pill
U.S. district court rules against Little Sisters of the Poor; Costco will not sell abortion pill.
Teenage moms find hope, support through pregnancy center
CHIANG MAI, Thailand – Pregnant and 17. Olive was depressed and scared. Being a teenage mom wasn’t what she envisioned for her life. But maybe being a teenage mother didn’t have to be the trajectory of her life. It could all be over with a trip to a clinic, and no one would know. Except her sister and family knew. And they wanted her to keep the baby.
