A New York Supreme Court judge has blocked an attempt by abortion advocates to proceed with a ballot initiative seeking to enshrine abortion as a ‘right’ in the state’s constitution, ruling that a procedural error was made in advancing the proposed measure. New York’s Equal Protection of Law Amendment would outlaw discrimination based on “pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, and reproductive health care and autonomy,” which many warn would therefore allow abortion for any reason. However, in his ruling State Supreme Court Justice Daniel J. Doyle declared the proposed amendment “null and void” becaus ..read more

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff sat down for an interview this week with NBC News, detailing how he wants men to be more active in advocating for abortion and saying that the killing of preborn children in the womb is a “family issue.” Emhoff, who spoke in Atlanta on Tuesday as part of a panel by the pro-choice group Men4Choice, positioned abortion as a “right that has been ripped from the people of this country.” “This is an issue of fairness to women. Women are dying,” Emhoff claimed. “It’s affecting men’s ability to plan their lives. And it’s also an issue of what’s next, what other freedoms a ..read more

A documentary exposed a horrifying reality in Quebec: three men from the same family had fathered over 600 children, prompting lawmakers to consider action. Journalists Marie-Christine Bergeron and Maxime Landry released a documentary in which they initially thought two men from the same family were fathering children as sperm donors, only to discover a third man was part of the scheme as well. The three traveled across the Canadian province impregnating women. When the documentary, “Father 100 Children,” was initially released, geneticists expressed serious concern about what this would mean ..read more

A recent French study suggests that children born via in-vitro fertilization (IVF)  may be at a higher risk for childhood leukemia.  Study authors Paula Rios, Philippe Herlemont, and Patricia Fauque published their findings in JAMA Network Open. While they say that embryo transfer of fresh or frozen embryos does not increase the overall risk of cancer, the risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) was 61%  higher among children born after frozen embryo transfer, while those born using fresh embryos had a 42% increased risk. “This risk, although resulting in a limited number of ..read more

A new article by The Washington Post argues that there are more errors within the fertility industry and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) than people realize — and that when these errors happen, they often go unreported. Though the fertility industry has claimed that it is already well-regulated, The Washington Post article gives evidence otherwise. It noted that, though patients do have the option to sue if things go wrong, fertility clinics typically settle and require non-disclosure agreements. This means the secrecy surrounding the fertility industry is maintained. “The vast, vast supermajorit ..read more

On Thursday, Justin Bieber and his wife Hailey announced on both of their individual Instagram accounts that they are expecting their first baby. The couple wed in September 2018. Hailey shared what appears to be a video of a vow renewal ceremony. She is seen wearing in a white lace dress and head covering while cradling her baby bump. There are also photos of the couple together highlighting the baby bump and audio of Justin singing. The caption on Hailey’s simply tagged Justin and Justin’s caption simply tagged Hailey.     View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Haile ..read more

Iceland made international headlines years ago, when it was discovered that there is a nearly 100% abortion rate for babies diagnosed prenatally with Down syndrome. And as nearly all pregnant women in Iceland undergo prenatal testing, that means Down syndrome is disappearing. Fast-forward to the present day, and not much has changed — and Icelandic bioethics experts are beginning to get concerned. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation recently published an article investigating why Iceland has such a sky-high abortion rate; there, just two or three babies with Down syndrome are born each yea ..read more

Legislation that would allow the legalization of assisted suicide in Delaware passed the state’s House last month with a vote of 21-16. House Bill 140 would allow a terminally ill person to end his or her life “in a humane and dignified manner” via assisted suicide as long as both the patient’s individual doctor or advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) and a consulting doctor or nurse sign off on the request and verify their belief that the individual is of sound mind and acting voluntarily. Several Republican lawmakers expressed concerns with the bill, especially with the fact that these ..read more

A woman has shared a heartbreaking story of fertility struggles, in-vitro fertilization (IVF), and eventually… abortion. In an article written for the Daily Mail, the anonymous woman said she and her husband are both 47, and began trying to have a baby when she was 36. After a year of trying unsuccessfully, doctors diagnosed them with “unexplained infertility,” and after another three years, they still had not been able to get pregnant. “The obvious answer was to try IVF. We weren’t eligible on the NHS where we live, and the prospect of success for a woman my age was pretty bleak, too,” she wr ..read more

Across the globe, countries are panicking as fertility rates are falling. Yet one country — Israel — seems to be the exception, with a higher fertility rate than the rest of the globe. As the Christian Post reported, the fertility rate in Israel is the highest among developed countries. To sustain a population, a country needs a 2.1 birth rate per woman; the average in both Europe and the United States is just 1.6. Countless Asian countries, such as Japan and South Korea are likewise struggling to boost birth rates as their populations plummet. Israel’s rate is 3.1. So what has been the differ ..read more