Category: heartbeat

Dear Abortion Lobby, You Suck At Valentine’s Day
Caroline Wharton | February 15, 2022
In addition to severely lacking in ethics, morality, compassion, and honesty, the abortion lobby also leaves much to be desired in the tact department; take today as a prime example. On the international day of love—named for a self-less, altruistic martyr and celebrated worldwide through acts of both romance and friendship—the abortion lobby decided to announce that they didn’t believe

Students for Life Action Celebrates the Introduction of a Michigan Heartbeat Ban, “A Heroic Effort to Protect Those Exhibiting A Universal Sign of Life”
Kristi Hamrick | October 19, 2021
Reported on behalf of Students for Life Action MEDIA ADVISORY: Bill Sponsors and Michigan Pro-Life Leaders will announce Bill Details at 9 a.m. eastern Tuesday at a press event on the Michigan Capitol Steps. UPDATE 10/19/21: Students for Life traveled to Lansing and enjoyed being present at this important event. SFLA’s Emily Shelcusky reflected, “We arrived at the capital,

The Abortion Industry Says We Want to Jail Women. Is It True?
Brenna Lewis | October 6, 2021
Recently, the abortion industry and its supporters have pushed the notion that the pro-life movement wants to sentence women to prison for seeking an abortion or even for miscarrying a child. This is blatantly false… so let’s examine this popular criticism of the Pro-Life movement that is just so wrong. When did this belief become so popular? The conversation

Pro-Choice Public Writing Professor Accidentally Cites Embryology Textbook
Brenna Lewis | September 24, 2021
On September 7, 2021, Ms. Magazine published a piece by Carrie Baker titled “Media Repeat Junk Science Behind Abortion Ban Laws: Check the Science — There is No Heartbeat at Six Weeks.” Baker’s not-really-a-heartbeat piece followed the same general format as the many others before it: cite nothing but interviews and replace arguments with ambiguity. [Read more about this approach –

NPR Interviews Abortion Activists to Determine if Embryos Have Hearts
Brenna Lewis | September 13, 2021
On Sept 3 (2021) NPR published the article “The Texas Abortion Ban Hinges On ‘Fetal Heartbeat.’ Doctors Call That Misleading” by Selena Simmons-Duffin. In NPR’s tweet of the article, the description said “What an ultrasound detects in an embryo at 6 weeks is electrical activity from cells – not a heart.” Here I will explain the incomplete and inaccurate ideas Simmons-Duffin’s

The Top 8 Myths About the New Texas Abortion Law
Brenna Lewis | September 2, 2021
Texas has enacted the nation’s first Heartbeat Act (SB 8), a law that prohibits abortionists from killing preborn babies after a heartbeat is able to be detected by medical equipment. The heartbeat of gestating humans begins around 21 days after fertilization as the heart is one of the first organs to form. The law is unique as it empowers

The New Texas Abortion Law Isn’t Actually Radical
Brenna Lewis | September 1, 2021
Abortion supporters are freaking out today as a new Heartbeat Law goes into effect in Texas. The law prohibits abortion after a preborn baby’s heartbeat is able to be detected, which is roughly three weeks after fertilization. It also, uniquely, empowers citizens to act when the law is broken – as a result, it has been hard for corporate

Victory! Texas Says No More Aborting Babies with Heartbeats
Brenna Lewis | May 14, 2021
This week, a major victory took place in Texas with the Texas Heartbeat Bill approaching the final stages of passage. This bill was authored by Senator Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola) and sponsored by Representative Shelby Slawson (R-Stephenville) and, starting September 1st, 2021, will outlaw abortions after the baby’s heartbeat can be detected. But this Texas bill is special in an

What a Legend! AZ Senator Attaches Abortion Ban to Totally Unrelated Bill about License Plates
Brenna Lewis | March 31, 2021
A healthy handful of U.S. states are on a roll right now with writing and passing pro-life legislation (some of which pose a formidable challenge to Roe v. Wade – fingers crossed). But the award for the most creative and cheeky pro-life effort has to go to Republican Sen. Sine Kerr of Arizona who this week proposed essentially a Heartbeat

Public Fetal Heartbeat Display, Judge Costumes, and the Call to Confirm Amy Coney Barrett
Kristi Hamrick | October 12, 2020
Students for Life of America/SFLAction’s Kristan Hawkins calls on the U.S. Senate to Confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court; Doppler Heartbeat Event reminded Protesters of the Need to Protect Life in Law; SCOTUS Squad Rallied in Judges’ Wigs and Robes Countering the Handmaid’s Tale Fictional Characters “Judge Barrett is quite literally the role model for a new