On October 25, 2023, after a chaotic few weeks of voting, Rep. Mike Johnson was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the House. Speaker Johnson is unknown to many Americans, and since his election, there has been no shortage of articles painting him as extreme.  That said, pro-lifers should be happy to know that the new Speaker has been a fearless champion for the unborn in both his tenure in Congress, and in his time prior. 

Speaker Johnson, representing Louisiana’s 4th district, is a constitutional law attorney widely recognized as a strong defender of the right to life. He has served as vice chair of the House Republican Conference and has been an active promoter of pro-life issues, particularly in his role on the Judiciary Committee.

Comments and newly released documents highlight concerns surrounding UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital's role in fetal tissue experimentation. On Monday, 9th October, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Magee-Womens Hospital Board of Directors got a wake-up call from pro-life leaders at its first public meeting in four years. 



Board members were forced to come out of hiding after being cited in March for violating state code by not allowing yearly public attendance. Magee closed its board meetings one month after the publication of a University of Pittsburgh study that grafted the scalps of babies killed in abortions performed at the hospital to mice and rats.

In today's America, political controversy rages over when-or whether-legal protections should begin for children in the womb. The arguments are intense, and tend to focus on milestone events in fetal development, like the onset of the child's brainwaves, heartbeat, or capacity to feel pain. At the same time, however, developments in fetology and prenatal medicine are pressing strongly for recognition of the baby as a patient in his or her own right ever earlier in pregnancy.

The march of science has proceeded in a life-affirming direction. Indeed, medical progress has not only pushed viability earlier in pregnancy, but delivered critical life-saving aid to children in utero before viability. Occasionally, this dazzling truth breaks into the headlines when a celebrity undergoes one of the extraordinary procedures now available to save children before they are born.