EXPLAINER: 3 takeaways from the 2024 election
As results continue to come in, here are three additional takeaways about the election and how the results are likely to affect issues of life, religious liberty and marriage and family.
Pro-life medical professionals release ‘Women’s Healthcare Declaration’
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of doctors, medical professionals and healthcare policy leaders are urging dignified care for women and calling for accurate information surrounding pregnancy, pregnancy complications and state laws.
FIRST-PERSON: Pregnancy resource centers are essential
When I started building our baby registry, I was immediately overwhelmed by the price tags on basic items every parent and infant needs. Car seat, crib and mattress, stroller, diapers and wipes, bottles, burp clothes — everything easily tallying into the $1,000+ range for budget brands.
Americans OK with IVF, divided over embryo destruction
U.S. adults support in vitro fertilization (IVF) in general but are more divided about destroying embryos created in the process.
FIRST-PERSON: How pro-Life activists should react to the Republican Party platform change
As has been reported in multiple news outlets, the Republican Party significantly amended its issue platform this year. The current language reads:
How the Republican platform compares with SBC resolutions
MILWAUKEE (BP) -- This year’s Republican Party platform is leaner than usual on references to social issues. Nonetheless, it dovetails with the stances of SBC resolutions on a variety of issues.
Lawsuits challenging abortion bans on religious freedom grounds falter
(RNS) — Soon after the national right to an abortion was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court two years ago, a legal strategy emerged for challenging new state abortion bans. It argued that near-total bans infringe on religious freedom by imposing a Christian understanding on people of other faiths.
Southern Baptist leaders respond to RNC’s potential pro-life public policy shift
MILWAUKEE (BP) – A release of the Republican National Convention’s (RNC) platform reveals a potential shift in the party’s focus on a federal abortion ban. The announcement came hours after the RNC’s platform committee met on Monday morning.
ERLC urges party leaders to prioritize pro-life issues
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) is urging the committee chairmen for both political parties to prioritize pro-life policy in their parties’ soon-to-be-released platforms.
FIRST-PERSON: Children are to be desired but not by any means possible
Last week, messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Indianapolis overwhelmingly adopted a resolution focused on the dignity of the human embryo and the ethical realities of commonly used reproductive technologies like in vitro fertilization (IVF).
