Lily came to CompassCare a few months ago in the early stages of pregnancy suffering from hyperemesis, a debilitating condition of extreme nausea and vomiting. She felt physically drained – hopeless. On top of this, Lily had just left her abusive boyfriend and was worried this pregnancy would prevent her from moving on with her
An abortion represents a death. According to the World Health Organization, every year abortion robs life from an estimated 45 million preborn boys and girls globally; 800,000 in the U.S. and New York is the hub. Abortion is the story of 125,000 life and death battles fought every day, a living death for a mother
By allowing Texas to ban abortion and by setting a date to hear a Mississippi case, restricting all abortion over 15 weeks gestation, well below the court’s 24-week age of viability, the Supreme Court may be signaling a reversal of Roe, leaving the states to decide the abortion debate for themselves. Picking up on these
On September 13, Governor Hochul unveiled a plan to codify Cuomo’s 2019 abortion expansion bill known as the Reproductive Health Act. After passing the act, nothing was done to interpret and enforce it. Madam Hochul in her new role as governor wasted no time amassing a team of abortion allies, enshrining abortion as a human
The face of abortion is changing in two ways. First, given the recent activity of the Supreme Court responding favorably to state abortion restrictions, it appears that they may return the abortion problem to the states to decide for themselves how they want to deal with it. A majority of states would outlaw the practice,
Is the Supreme Court signaling an end to Roe v Wade? After Mississippi passed the Gestational Age Act limiting abortion over 15 weeks gestation, an abortionist filed suit. The lower courts struck the law but the Attorney General of Mississippi appealed to the Supreme Court. The high court agreed to hear the case. This is
Fearing the conservative leaning Supreme Court will overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade decree legalizing abortion nationwide, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed to bring a massive abortion expansion bill to the floor for a vote. She did. That bill is called the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA). The bill goes far beyond Roe, nullifying all
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Carol is in her late 30s and has been through quite a lot, raising two children on her own and with no family support. Just when she was looking forward to moving and a new job, she discovered she was pregnant. Overwhelmed and confused, Carol ignored her pregnancy for several weeks. She considered getting an
Mankind fell (Gen. 3:1-8). Humanity is naked, exposed to God’s judgment (Gen. 3:9-11), vulnerable to a world of chaos: “Therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden” (Gen. 3:23a). Suffering is now the norm. All the wisdom of the world to solve or salve are futile sandbags when the ocean tide
Recently, the Supreme Court decided to hear a Mississippi case limiting abortion to the first trimester. Twelve U.S. Governors together filed a “Friend of the Court” brief asking the Court to take this opportunity to overturn the sweeping 1973 case Roe v Wade, making all state abortion laws unconstitutional. The Governors essentially encouraged the court
