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Updated at 5:24 p.m. Eastern on Friday May 17 to include comments from Troy Newman and Douglas Johnson.

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 17, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Congressman Trent Franks announced today that he will change the language of an existing…

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 17, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Today, the Thomas More Society offered over 150 pages of analysis and evidence to the House Ways and Means Committee about repeated IRS harassment of pro-life organizations.

At the request of…

Analysis

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 17, 2013 (Heritage Foundation) - The recent admission by the IRS that its employees improperly subjected certain organizations to heightened scrutiny based upon their political affiliation raises troubling…

May 17, 2013 (Family Research Council) - Today, I will be participating in the Step Forward for Orphans March to bring awareness to the more than 10 million children around the world who live outside a family setting, in an institution, or even on…

PHILADELPHIA, May 17, 2013 (Acton Institute) - Standing up for religious principles in an increasingly secularized and politicized country has become extremely difficult for religious and clergy. It doesn’t help their spiritual causes when these…

TAMPA, FL, May 16, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A 28-year-old Florida man faces life in prison after he tricked his pregnant girlfriend into taking medication that killed their child, police say.

Andrew Welden told her that a doctor's visit…

Editor's note: Students for Life of America have organized a demonstration to oppose the speech on Monday, May 20th, beginning with a prayer vigil and public witnessat 8 a.m. and a press conference at 9 a.m. at the corner of Chestnut Hill Dr. and…

ROME, May 16, 2013 (C-FAM.org) - Pro-lifers held their breath the day the world received a new Pope. They did not question his pro-life credentials but wondered if he would speak forcefully.

An old quote soon surfaced and concerns faded. “Defend…

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2013 (National Right to Life News) – On Wednesday U.S. Congressmen Chris Smith, R-NJ, and Dan Lipinski, D-IL - who are co-chairs of the Bipartisan Congressional Pro-Life Caucus - and U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-MS,…

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2013 (Heritage Foundation) - With the announcement by Attorney General Eric Holder of a criminal investigation of the IRS over the agency’s targeting of conservative Tea Party and other groups, a key question that has…

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2013 (Acton Institute) - While the Obama administration is busy dealing with the IRS scandal, the Benghazi scandal and the seizure of reporters’ phone records, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is skirting around a scandal,…

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 16, 2013 (Acton.org) - After the recent admission by the IRS that employees targeted conservative groups, two prominent Christians have come forward claiming they too were harassed for their political views. Franklin Graham,…

May 16, 2013 (C-FAM) - The AP reports on a U.S. Apeals Court decision to leave a family of homeschoolers at the mercy of the German government, even though the court found that the U.S. Constitution forbids the state from prohibiting…

Updated on May 16 to include the Texas Department of State Health Services investigation.

HOUSTON, May 15, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Houston prosecutors and officials with the state of Texas announced Wednesday that they have launched criminal…