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FRC, Dr. Michael New Unveil Initial Findings in Joint Study on Perinatal Hospice

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

The study found that perinatal hospices offered a range of valuable resources to women.

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FRC's Statement Regarding Newly Released CDC Abortion Data

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data showing abortions increased by five percent between 2020-2021.

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  • WASHINGTON, Nov. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data showing abortions increased by five percent between 2020-2021.
  • Family Research Council's Director of the Center for Human Dignity, Mary Szoch, released the following statement in reaction:
    "From 2020-2021, the number of abortions increased by five percent.
  • Additionally, this data shows that 56 percent of abortions occurred using the dangerous chemical abortion drug, mifepristone.
  • The CDC data shows that six women and 625,978 unborn babies lost their lives from legal and induced abortion.

Family Research Council, 13 Pro-life Groups Send Letter Urging Walmart To Decide Not to Sell Chemical Abortion Drugs

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Friday, January 27, 2023

"We are grateful that Walmart Inc. has not declared that it will seek a certification that would essentially make the corporation an abortion facility--forcing every employee and customer to wrestle with its radical association with the abortion industry. We urge you to hold fast to this position."

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  • As long as Walmart pharmacies remain pharmacies--not abortion drug dispensers--Americans will know that there is a place where they can have their prescriptions filled without unwillingly subsidizing abortion.
  • "In addition, we are saddened and disappointed to learn that Rite Aid will be seeking a certification to transform the company into an abortion facility.
  • "Chemical abortion drugs are extremely dangerous--they take the life of an unborn child, and they can put the life of that child's mother in jeopardy.
  • Pharmacies across the country should recognize that distributing these drugs is antithetical to their mission of providing medications that allow life to flourish," Szoch concluded.

FRC's Tony Perkins' Statement Regarding Overturning of Roe v. Wade

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Friday, June 24, 2022

The Court's decision in Dobbs completely overturned Roe v. Wade, the Court's landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion through all nine months of pregnancy.

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  • The Court's decision in Dobbs completely overturned Roe v. Wade, the Court's landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion through all nine months of pregnancy.
  • A Reuters article published earlier details what propelled Tony Perkins into the pro-life movement and political movement.
  • The Court maintained its independence and in doing so, upheld its integrity and preserved the foundation of justice.
  • Mary Szoch, FRC's Director of the Center for Human Dignity, also commented:
    "Today the tyranny of Roe has come to an end.

FRC Releases New Map Showing What State Laws Protecting Unborn Life Could Look Like After Roe

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

WASHINGTON, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Family Research Council today released an updated mapĀ and research showing the status of abortion laws in the states across the nation. The Mississippi abortion case before the Supreme Court could lead to an overturning of Roe v. Wade which would once again allow state legislatures the ability to enact and enforce their own state laws protecting unborn life.

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  • The Mississippi abortion case before the Supreme Court could lead to an overturning of Roe v. Wade which would once again allow state legislatures the ability to enact and enforce their own state laws protecting unborn life.
  • Thirty states have a law protecting unborn life by the point of viability, though many states have enacted even stronger protections.
  • It also sketches a clear path forward for what laws protecting unborn life can look like in a world after Roe.
  • To see whether your state will protect unborn life if Roe is overturned, check out our interactive map .

ProLifeCon 2022 to Focus on Possible End of Roe v. Wade, Says FRC

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Thursday, January 20, 2022

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --This Friday, Family Research Council will release its annual ProLifeCon Digital Action Summit , the premier annual conference for digital pro-life activists.

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  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --This Friday, Family Research Council will release its annual ProLifeCon Digital Action Summit , the premier annual conference for digital pro-life activists.
  • Katherine Beck Johnson, Research Fellow for Legal and Policy Studies, Family Research Council;
    Mary Szoch, Director of the Center for Human Dignity, Family Research Council.
  • Mary Szoch, FRC's Director of the Center for Human Dignity, offered the following remarks:
    "After 49 years under the tyranny of Roe, there is hope.
  • WHEN: This digital summit will go live online on January 21, 2022.

FRC report: U.S., among Gang of Six, Inhumanely Allows Abortion Through All Nine Months of Pregnancy

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

The U.S. joins human rights violators China, North Korea, and Vietnam, as well as Canada and South Korea in their extreme abortion policy.

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  • The U.S. joins human rights violators China, North Korea, and Vietnam, as well as Canada and South Korea in their extreme abortion policy.
  • The FRC report indicates that across the globe the vast majority of countries, 130, completely prohibit or only allow abortion in specific cases.
  • Seventy-seven nations outlaw abortion completely or only allow abortion where the mother's life or physical health is at riskmaking this by far the most common type of abortion law in the world.
  • Twenty-three nations only allow abortion for some additional rare cases like rape, incest, or a fetal abnormality.

Sunday Night: FRC Gathered National Pro-Life Leaders for Dobbs Prayer Event in Jackson, Mississippi

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021

JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Pro-life leaders from across denominational, political, and ethnic lines came together Sunday, November 28, for a national prayer gathering hosted by Family Research Council.

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  • JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Pro-life leaders from across denominational, political, and ethnic lines came together Sunday, November 28, for a national prayer gathering hosted by Family Research Council.
  • The forthcoming decision in theDobbscase could be the one that sendsRoeto the dustbin of history.
  • Over the last half-a-century, the result of the Court's decision has been the death of over 60 million babies.
  • You know, the early church, in Acts Chapter 2, we read that they were gathered in one place with one mind with one purpose.

New Horizon Church in Jackson, MS to be the site of nationwide pre-Dobbs abortion case prayer event

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Friday, November 19, 2021

This decision could be the case that sends Roe to the dustbin of history.

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  • This decision could be the case that sends Roe to the dustbin of history.
  • FRC President Tony Perkins made the following statement:
    "America is again at a defining moment as the Court considers the future of abortion in America.
  • Mary Szoch, the Director of the Center for Human Dignity at FRC, remarked, "Abortion is a stain on our nation's history.
  • WHERE: New Horizon Church (1750 Ellis Ave., Suite 200, Jackson, MS 39204), or online at praytogetherforlife.com .

FRC's Mary Szoch speaks at Supreme Court in favor of Texas's efforts to protect life

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Monday, November 1, 2021

Mary Szoch, FRC's Director of the Center for Human Dignity, delivered the following remarks before the Court (while holding her infant son, Joseph):

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  • Mary Szoch, FRC's Director of the Center for Human Dignity, delivered the following remarks before the Court (while holding her infant son, Joseph):
    "I'm Mary Szoch and this is my son, Joe.
  • Texas found a way to say, 'the abortion movement will no longer prey upon our women and children.'
  • Szoch adds, "In seven states within the US, three and a half months ago, he could have been aborted for any reason.
  • Until two months ago, in all 50 states, at 20 weeks oldwhen he was kicking awayJoseph could have been aborted."