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They Want to Start Euthanizing
Mentally Ill People
LifeNews.com | Alex Schadenberg
June 16, 2026 | Ottawa, Canada
The death lobby sells the concept of giving doctors the right to kill their patients (euthanasia or assisted suicide) by assuring legislators that the killing will be limited to rare circumstances.
In Canada, the death lobby argued that medical homicide would be limited to terminally ill people who are fully competent, freely choosing and suffering.
The original Canadian euthanasia law claimed to have “tight” safeguards that including a restriction based on having a “terminal” condition.
The reality was that the Canadian law lacked effective definition. Therefore, from the beginning it was designed to quickly expand from killing the few to killing the many.
The strategy of selling killing based on it being limited to rare circumstances is used in every jurisdiction when debating the legalization of poisoning.
The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC) argues that once legal, the assisted killing law inevitably expands because it is discriminatory to allow doctors to kill one group of people while restricting doctors from killing another group of people with similar conditions. EPC has been vilified for our honesty.
The Globe and Mail published an opinion article on June 13 by Dr. Konia Trouton titled: Why are the rules different for MAiD depending on what you have? Trouton is not only a euthanasia doctor but she is also a co-founder and past president of CAMAP (Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors and Practitioners) and she helped develop the curriculum for training doctors to poison (kill) their patients.
Trouton’s article justifies euthanasia for people who are not terminally ill, but living with mental health conditions, something that is never promoted when a jurisdiction is debating the legalization of medical homicide. CLICK HERE to read the full story. Note from Tiffin Right to Life: This type of legislation has been proposed in Ohio for Ohioans. This is a great concern for all of us. We urge you to contact your State Representative and State Senators and ask them to vote against any physician assisted suicide laws.
Congress Urged to Defund Planned Parenthood
Before July 4 Deadline
LifeNews.com | Kim Hayes | 6-15-26| Wash., DC
With a July 5 congressional deadline, advocates seeking to defund Planned Parenthood are intensifying their efforts with new research highlighting concerns over the organization’s funding, patient safety record, and involvement in sex-rejecting interventions.
The American College of Pediatricians (ACP) and American Principles Project (APP) recently released a fact sheet calling on Congress to end federal funding for Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. The report argues that taxpayers should not subsidize an organization that performs abortions, promotes gender ideology to children, and faces ongoing criticism over patient care practices.
“This resource provides important facts and information on Planned Parenthood as a leading provider of sex-rejecting interventions, a primary distributor of gender ideology sex education, and a serious threat to patient safety,” the organizations stated in a press release accompanying the report.
Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the US, presents as a non-profit organization with over 50 years of government funding.
“Planned Parenthood has developed itself as a non-profit organization but has a startling annual revenue that exceeds 2 billion,” stated Christa Brown, Senior Director of Medical Impact for Heartbeat International, who oversees the Abortion Pill Rescue Network.
According to Planned Parenthood’s Annual Report, government reimbursements and grants account for nearly 40% of Planned Parenthood’s revenue.
“They have no limits in how they seek funding, charging patients, billing Medicaid, securing grant funding, and soliciting private donors,” Brown said. “Adding sex-rejecting interventions is just another way to bill the American taxpayer.”
Congress must act by July 5, 2026 to prevent Planned Parenthood from regaining federal funding. CLICK HERE for the entire article.
Abortion Pill Poisoning: The New Method of Abusing Women
LifeNews.com | Christa Brown | 6-15-26 Wash.,DC
At the end of May, a young woman called the Abortion Pill Reversal Hotline desperate for help and for someone to believe her. Thankfully, the hotline nurse who answered her call at 4:00 a.m. was deeply concerned. Once again, a woman had been poisoned with abortion drugs and help was needed quickly.
This story is not an isolated case. Abortion pills are the new tool of those who would abuse, pimp, and traffic women. And they are readily available for purchase.
At ten weeks of gestation, “Annie” (a pseudonym used to protect her safety) noticed a prescribed medication she had been taking was “completely different than yesterday.” In a panic, she had called the police, who found an open case of abortion medications in the apartment she shared with her boyfriend. The person she loved had intentionally poisoned her and her preborn baby. CLICK HERE to read the full story.
Pro-life Orgs Ask Congress
to Extend Moratorium
On Taxpayer Funding of Abortions
Zeale.co | 5-20-26 | by Hannah Heister
A coalition of 60 pro-life organizations across the U.S. have signed a letter urging Congress to extend a moratorium — set to expire at the beginning of July — that protects taxpayer funds from being used for Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.
In an emailed press release, Christus Medicus Foundation (CMF) said that it and the other organizations are asking Congress to uphold its “moral, ethical, and fiscal obligation” to extend the moratorium, which went into effect last summer as a provision of the “Big Beautiful Bill.”
“The principles of justice and human dignity obligate Congress to stop sending hundreds of millions of dollars to an abortion industry that destroys unborn life and victimizes pregnant mothers,” CMF stated.
The organization pointed to the Hyde Amendment, which has for decades banned taxpayer funds from paying for abortions and called for the idea behind the amendment to be “broadened to ensure that no federal tax dollars go to any organization or entity that kills unborn children and harms pregnant mothers.” CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING ARTICLE
Pro-Life Americans Hope
New FDA Leaders
Will Finally Stop Mail-Order Abortions
LifeNews.com | Joshua Arnold | 5-20-26 | Washington, DC
Leadership changes continue at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), with more high-level departures after FDA Commissioner Marty Makary’s exit.
The effect of these changes remains to be seen, but pro-life advocates hope the personnel shake-up will also shake loose the stalled review of a Biden-era policy that removed critical safeguards around the use of mifepristone, the chemical abortion drug.
At least three high-ranking FDA officials have departed since Makary’s sudden resignation last Tuesday. Acting Director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) Tracy Beth Høeg refused to sign a letter of resignation and was subsequently fired. Høeg was the fifth acting director of CDER during the second Trump administration (acting officials can serve no longer than 210 days in positions requiring Senate confirmation) and was influential in altering the FDA’s recommended immunization schedule, a policy change now blocked in federal court. CLICK HERE to continue reading this informative article.
Trump Restores HHS Civil Rights Division to Protect Pro-Life Conscience Rights
LifeNews.com | S.A. McCarthy | 5-20-26 | Washington, DC
President Donald Trump and his administration are restoring a religious liberty office dismantled under former President Joe Biden. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Monday that it is reorganizing its Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and establishing three divisions: the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division, the Civil Rights Division, and the Health Information Privacy, Data, and Cybersecurity Division. The Conscience and Religious Freedom Division was originally established by Trump in 2018, during his first term. Under Biden and his Health Secretary, new California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra (D), the division was eliminated.
“This reorganization restores the HHS Civil Rights Division and the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division and strengthens the Office for Civil Rights’ ability to defend religious liberty, enforce conscience protections, and combat unlawful discrimination,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said in a statement. He added, “Under President Trump’s leadership, HHS will defend these rights with clarity, accountability, and resolve.” HHS OCR Director Paula M. Stannard said, “This reorganization reinstitutes a structure that rightly prioritizes civil rights and conscience and religious freedom alongside health information privacy and security.” She observed, “All three areas are deserving of subject-matter expertise and distinct senior executive leadership for OCR to best serve the American people.” CLICK HERE to read more of this article.
Supreme Court Allows
Mail-Order Abortions to Continue
LifeNews.com | Steven Ertelt | 5-14-26 | Washington, DC
This means the dangerous abortion pill mifepristone can still be mailed to customers nationwide while the lower court addresses a case from Louisiana seeking to stop them nationwide long-term.
The high court’s temporary stay, issued on
May 8, expired at 5 p.m. ET Thursday. The court extended the stay today while the case continues. Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito, dissented.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote in a separate dissent that allowing mail-order and telehealth access to mifepristone is a “scheme to undermine” the court’s decision in Dobbs overturning Roe v. Wade and the right of states to protect babies from abortions, which he authored. CLICK HERE to read the full article.
Speaker Mike Johnson
“Doing Everything He Can”
to Defund Planned Parenthood Again
LifeNews.com | Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
May 6, 2026 | Washington, DC
Speaker Mike Johnson has assured some members of Congress and pro-life leaders that he will try to stop the resumption of Planned Parenthood funding, but he faces opposition from Democrats and even members of his own party.
Johnson told Pro-Life Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., and other members of Congress that he is working to prevent Planned Parenthood from receiving federal funding again on July 4, Smith told The Daily Signal.
“He said he’s doing everything he can to make sure that happens.” “I have a great deal of respect for Speaker Johnson. I do believe he will do everything he can.”
President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act,” passed through the process of reconciliation, defunded Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, for one year. Reconciliation requires a simple majority vote instead of the usual 60 votes in the Senate. However, the defunding provision expires on July 4, America’s 250th birthday. CLICK HERE to read the full article.
SCOTUS GRANTS
PREGNANCY CENTERS RIGHT
TO CHALLENGE NEW JERSEY
PROBE INTO DONORS
By Hannah Hiester on 4-28-26 for Zeale.co/news
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) unanimously ruled April 29 that a New Jersey coalition of pregnancy resource centers may proceed with a First Amendment lawsuit against state officials who demanded private information about the centers’ donors.
SCOTUS held that former New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin’s actions against First Choice Women’s Resource Centers violated the centers’ First Amendment right to freedom of association. As Zeale News previously reported, Platkin subpoenaed First Choice in 2023 and demanded up to 10 years of private records, including donor information, internal documents, and communications.
According to the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), New Jersey also argued that First Choice could lead donors to believe that facilities offer abortions, citing the fact that their donor portal features pictures of people holding babies.
State courts did not overturn the subpoena and instead sought to redraw its scope. When First Choice brought a case to federal courts, those courts decided the suit could only be heard at the state level since the centers had not yet been forced to comply with Platkin’s subpoena, ruling that no actual violation of the First Amendment had yet occurred.
However, the new SCOTUS ruling holds that the subpoena did harm First Choice by burdening the centers’ constitutional right of association. The ruling allows the centers to argue their case before federal courts instead of waiting for the subpoena to be enforced, the ERLC explained. CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS NEW ARTICLE.