EXPLAINER: How the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling on life affects IVF
Earlier this week, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) healthcare system announced that it was pausing all in vitro fertilization (IVF) fertility treatments. This pause is due to the perceived fear of prosecution and lawsuits in light of the Alabama Supreme Court’s ruling on Friday, Feb. 16, stating that human beings in the embryonic stage have the same legal rights and protections as children who are born.
Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are ‘children’
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (BP) – The Alabama Supreme Court ruled last week that frozen embryos are “children” for the purposes of a wrongful death lawsuit. The decision reverses two lower court rulings.
Psalm 139, BGCT place ultrasound machine in New Mexico pregnancy center
HOBBS, N.M. (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s Psalm 139 Project has partnered with the Baptist General Convention of Texas to place an ultrasound at Legacy Pregnancy Resource Center in Hobbs, N.M.
POLICY DIGEST: ERLC endorses pro-life bills
WASHINGTON (BP) – A trio of pro-life bills, endorsed by the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, were either introduced, reintroduced or passed on Thursday, Jan. 18.
Woman conceived in rape thankful for life, restoration found in Christ
SOMERSET, Ky. (BP) – Chrystal York was 13 when she learned she was conceived after her mother was raped by a man whose advances she rejected.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Southern Baptist, addresses March for Life rally
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BP) – Addressing a crowd he called “a beautiful picture of America,” U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson laid out his philosophy for the American pro-life movement in a speech at a rally just prior to the 51st annual March for Life Jan. 19.
51st March for Life an opportunity to ‘refocus’ pro-life efforts
WASHINGTON (BP) – Thousands of Americans braved snowy conditions Friday (Jan. 19) in support of the pro-life cause during the 51st annual March for Life.
Pregnancy counselor sees God’s plan woven miraculously throughout her story
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) – Kathryn Barnhill knows she was an answer to prayer. But not her mother’s. Her great-aunt’s.
FIRST-PERSON: The sanctity of life from conception to final breath
On Sanctity of Human Life Sunday, we mourn for the preborn who have been lost to abortion and affirm a commitment to the dignity of every life — from conception to their last days. What is the sanctity of life? From a biblical perspective, “sanctity” describes something that is holy or sacred. All life is sacred because it is set apart by God.
Election year expected to impact legislatures as pro-life advocacy continues
COLUMBIA, S.C. (BP) – Anthony Beam, a policy consultant with the South Carolina Baptist Convention, had not been able to enter the room for the overflow on the legislature’s opening day as a subcommittee considered a bill to protect minors from gender transitions.
