2026-05-04

‘Rededicate 250’

PRES. TRUMP ANNOUNCED, during the National Prayer Breakfast in February, his call for an event on the National Mall in Washington, DC, to rededicate the United States as “one nation under God.” Date: May 17. That’s coming up! Says the White House, “As we celebrate 250 years of freedom, this is an opportunity to rededicate ourselves to the principles that gave birth to this land of liberty.” Want to go?

A ‘Star’ Arising? (Warning: Graphic Truth Herein)

REP. BRANDON GILL (R-TX) DID MORE THAN QUERY A WITNESS before a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee last week. When a witness came before the panel last Tuesday to opine before the panel on the FACE Act, Rep. Gill turned the topic toward abortion itself, asking, reports Leo Briceno for Fox News, “‘What’s your favorite type of abortion?’”

Witness Jessica Waters, whom Mr. Briceno identifies as “a senior scholar at the American University School of Public Affairs,” specializing in research on “‘reproductive rights law,’ ‘abortion regulation’ and ‘state control of reproductive decision-making,’” refused to take the bait, declaring, “‘I’m an advocate for patients having access to the full realm of reproductive healthcare.’”

Rep. Gill next explained, reports Mr. Briceno, “‘This first kind is called a “suction abortion. … This is when the cervix is dilated and a strong suction, 29 times the power of a household vacuum cleaner, tears the baby’s body apart and sucks it through the hose into a container. Do you prefer that method?’” he asked, according to the Fox News report. “‘I stand by my former testimony,’ [Ms.] Waters said.”

But the first-term Member from northern Texas was not done. “‘What about this one?’” Rep. Gill asked, reported by Mr. Briceno. “‘This one is called dilation and curettage. A sharp knife is inserted into the uterus, the baby’s body is cut into pieces and extracted often by suction. Do you prefer that method?’ [Rep.] Gill asked.

“[Ms.] Waters tried to divert the question,” notes Mr. Briceno. “‘What I believe we are here to talk about today is the FACE Act,’ [Ms.] Waters said, referring to a piece of legislation making its way through committee.

“‘No, you’re a pro-abortion advocate – I’m asking you if you prefer the dilation and curettage method,’ [Rep.] Gill interjected,” reports Fox News.

When the witness declared herself “‘an access to reproductive healthcare advocate,’” and said she “‘would prefer to talk about the reason the committee called the hearing,’” Rep. Gill said, “‘Is it because it’s uncomfortable? To talk about? It should be uncomfortable. I wouldn’t want to talk about this either if I were you.’”

And he went on, according to a LifeSiteNews report by Doug Mainwaring.

“‘How about this one,’” he said. “‘It’s called “Dilation and Evacuation.” Forceps are inserted into the uterus, grabbing and twisting the baby’s body to dismember him or her,’ [Mr.] Gill described,” writes Mr. Mainwaring. “‘If the head is too large, it must be crushed in order to remove it. Do you prefer that method?’” And he persisted. According to Mr. Mainwaring, he said again “to the clearly shaken [Ms.] Waters, ‘It’s uncomfortable to hear this, isn’t it? It is … because it’s barbaric and evil,’ [Rep.] Gill declared.”

And still he “would not let up,” writes Mr. Mainwaring. “‘How about this one? It’s called a “Saline Injection.” It’s when a 20% salt solution is injected through the mother’s abdomen into the baby’s amniotic fluid. The baby’s skin is burned off. The baby ingests the solution and dies of salt poisoning, dehydration and hemorrhaging of the brain. Do you prefer that method?’ [Rep.] Gill asked. Again the now-livid [Ms.] Waters sidestepped [Rep.] Gill’s questioning.

“[Mr.] Gill then said that he didn’t blame [Ms.] Waters for not addressing his questioning,” notes Mr. Mainwaring. “‘I wouldn’t want to talk about this either if I were you, because it is barbaric and evil.’”

Life Advocacy Briefing editor’s note: Readers can see we are delighted with Rep. Gill’s boldness and accuracy in this exchange. And there is more to the story. Later in this edition, we present a report by LifeSiteNews on a follow-up exchange between the Texas first-term lawmaker and colleague Rep. Shri Thanedar, a rookie Democratic Member from Michigan.

A Win for Us All

IT DOESN’t HAPPEN OFTEN, but the nine justices of the US Supreme Court found something last week on which they could issue a unanimous ruling: that “a group of faith-based pregnancy centers,” writes Raymond Wolfe for LifeSiteNews, “could challenge in federal court New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin’s subpoena demanding donors’ names, phone numbers, addresses and places of employment, as well as more than 20 other categories of documents.

“The sweeping subpoena,” writes Mr. Wolfe, “‘did not explain why the Attorney General sought First Choice’s donor records,’ the Supreme Court noted, and did not cite any wrongdoing. It also ‘warned twice that failure to comply may render the group liable for contempt of court and other penalties.’”

First Choice Women’s Resource Centers are represented in the dispute by Alliance Defending Freedom, reports Mr. Wolfe, who notes, “The Trump Administration had also backed the pregnancy centers in the case.”

Poison Pills on Campus?

NOW THE ABORTION ZEALOTS IN COLORADO are seeking to force “most colleges and universities” in the state, reports Nicole Hunt for Focus on the Family’s Daily Citizen, “to provide access to abortion pills through student health centers.”

HB-26-1335 passed the state House of Representatives on April 27 by a vote of 41 to 22. The bill, writes Ms. Hunt, “now goes to the State Senate for consideration, where it is expected to garner more than enough support to go to the governor’s desk for signature. 

“If it becomes law,” reports the Daily Citizen, “Colorado will become one of only six states (including California, New York, Massachusetts, Delaware and Illinois) to require colleges and universities to provide access to abortion pills. 

Said Jim Daly, president of Colorado-based Focus on the Family, quoted by Ms. Hunt, “‘To suggest that abortion is acceptable because it saves the state of Colorado money is dystopia and morally objectionable on every level. If we ever hope to attain a more civil society, we must start by respecting human life at all stages of development. Children are not a burden to society – they are a blessing.’”

Win for Life in Kenya

“KENYA’s COURT OF APPEALS HAS OVERTURNED a 2022 high court ruling,” reports Jonathon VanMaren for LifeSiteNews, “declaring that access to abortion is a ‘constitutional right’ and that the arrest and prosecution of abortionists and women procuring abortions is unconstitutional.”

That 2022 ruling must have surprised many in Kenya, as the nation’s constitution, according to Mr. VanMaren, “explicitly protects unborn children as persons, stating in Section 26: (1) Every person has the right to life; (2) The life of a person begins at conception; (3) A person shall not be deprived of life intentionally, except to the extent authorized by this Constitution or other written law; (4) Abortion is not permitted unless, in the opinion of a trained health professional, there is need for emergency treatment or the life or health of the mother is in danger, or if permitted by any other written law. …

“‘The court of appeals on Friday [April 24] reiterated that abortion denies a child the right to life as guaranteed in the constitution and is prohibited except in circumstances such as when the life of the mother is at risk,’ the Associated Press reported,” notes Mr. VanMaren. “Abortion, the destruction of an innocent child, is never actually medically necessary or justified.

“The ruling stated,” reports LifeSiteNews, “that: ‘In effect, abortion is not a fundamental right guaranteed under the constitution. On the contrary, the constitution expressly prohibits it but provides exceptions in limited circumstances where it may be permissible.’” They almost got it right, and their ruling is certainly preferable to the wild-west abortion policy foisted on Kenya by its high court four years ago.

Slippery Slope

PARLIAMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS “is considering changing the legal definition of an ‘embryo,’” reports Emily Mangiaracina for LifeSiteNews, “to include a human being created from the genetic material from two men, two women or even one person.”

Read that again.

An author and commentator named Johannes Koenraadt, who refers to himself on Facebook as “metaphysician, geopolitical commentator, persecuted by the Dutch government,” issued a video, reports Ms. Mangiaracina, in which he declares, “‘I’m calling on the international community to do something about the extreme disease that is in charge of the Netherlands,’” sharing his concern about the discussion in Parliament on a prospective new law which, reports LifeSiteNews, “would serve as an amendment to the Dutch Embryo Act, which currently prohibits the creation of embryos just for use in experiments. Only excess embryos from in-vitro fertilization may currently be used in research. …

“Dutch Parliamentarian Gideon vanMeijeren decried,” writes Ms. Mangiaracina, “during a recent session the bill’s proposed changes to the legal definition of an embryo as disgusting. ‘In the new definition, alongside the classic embryo, that was formed by the fusion of an egg cell produced in the female body and a sperm cell produced in the male body – in other words, the embryo that we once all were – in addition, a number of other entities are now also explicitly brought under that definition,’ vanMeijeren said,” in the LifeSiteNews report.

“‘This includes experimental embryos created by nuclear transplantation, which was used to clone the sheep Dolly, and embryos created from body cells such as skin cells that are reprogrammed into a sperm or egg cell in a petri dish, [Mr.] vanMeijeren explained,” reports the LifeSiteNews writer. “He pointed out that this technique allows for the creation of an embryo from two people of the same sex or from one person or even a human-animal hybrid.

“‘Chairman,’” Mr. vanMeijeren said in Parliament, quoted by Ms. Mangiaracina, “‘if that doesn’t evoke disgust, what does?’”

Gloves Off: Gill v. Thanedar on Abortion

April 30, 2026, LifeSiteNews report by Calvin Freiburger

             Pro-life US Rep. Brandon Gill’s recent grilling of an abortion advocate has provoked hostility from pro-abortion voices, but arguably the most revealing so far has come from US Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-MI).

             During a recent hearing on Capitol Hill, Gill illustrated the barbarity of abortion by pressing abortion advocate Jessica Waters on her “favorite method of abortion.” She refused to answer, as he pressed on with graphic descriptions of several abortion methods. “You don’t want to talk about abortion itself, why is that? Is it because it’s uncomfortable to talk about?” Gill asked. “It should be uncomfortable. … I wouldn’t want to talk about this either if I were you, because it is barbaric and evil.”

             On X [formerly Twitter], Indian-born Thanedar, who represents part of Detroit, opined, “Remember, folks, Republicans are NOT the party of creepy men trying to intrude their way into women’s private business; they just want to interrogate you about your favorite abortion method at a national Congressional hearing.”

             Gill responded by posing his original question [What is your favorite abortion method?] to Thanedar, who shot back, “My favorite kind of abortion is the kind that’s safe, legal, accessible and none of your damn business to regulate. And no amount of fearmongering by describing what goes on to a half-ounce fetus with no consciousness, self-awareness or feeling of pain is going to change that.”

             Thanedar’s reply doubles down on casting the “half-ounce fetus” as essentially worthless, without attempting to engage Gill’s original point that simply describing abortion highlights not only its violence but the humanity of the preborn humans it destroys.

             Many respondents told the Congressman [Thanedar] what they thought of his answer. Gill shot back with, “Not surprising that the Congressman who made his money abusing dogs also has a favorite method of abortion,” referring to allegations that a testing lab Thanedar owned abandoned over a hundred beagles after defaulting on loans.

             “I care a lot more about saving babies than being politically correct,” Gill added. “We are done with euphemisms when talking about abortion. It’s not ‘reproductive health care.’ Abortion is barbaric and evil.” …

Look Who Wants to Go to Congress

Excerpted from April 28, 2026, LifeSiteNews report by Matt Lamb

             Pro-life leaders are criticizing a Democratic Congressional candidate who recently explained why she killed two innocent preborn babies in the womb. … California candidate Esther Kim Varet made the comments during a recent episode of a show called “The Happily Never After.” She is running in the 40^th Congressional District against Congresswoman Young Kim, a Republican. …

             Varet shares how at age 21 she killed her innocent preborn baby in the womb. She and her husband later struggled with fertility and used embryo-destroying IVF to conceive two children. … After those two kids were born, Varet said she and her husband conceived a child naturally. However, they killed their own child in the name of “environmentalism” and because they already had a “boy and a girl.” …

Will SBA Claw Back Planned Parenthood’s ‘Covid’ Bounty?

April 29, 2026, The Washington Stand news analysis by Joshua Arnold for Family Research Council

             Biden Administration officials used a code word in internal e-mails when discussing small business loans to Planned Parenthood affiliates, according to e-mails revealed Monday by the Senate’s Small Business & Entrepreneurship Committee Chairwoman Joni Ernst (R-IA). In a letter, Ernst referred the documents to the US Dept. of Justice so that they can investigate whether Small Business Administration (SBA) officials “violated federal law by concealing or attempting to conceal federal records and by seeking to evade Congressional and public record inquiries.”

             The embarrassing episode dates back to the folly-filled chapters of the Covid panic, when Congress primed the pump for future inflation by indiscriminately dispensing piles of cash, while able workers were ordered to stay home on their couches. The easily predictable result was untold numbers of fraudulent cash-grabs. …

             The SBA has sought to claw back remaining money improperly dispensed under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was intended to protect the ability of small businesses to meet payroll while their employees were not allowed to go to work. On Friday, SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler announced that “the SBA referred 562,000 borrowers to [the] US Treasury for collection on $22.2 billion in potentially fraudulent pandemic-era loans, marking the largest debt referral in SBA history.”

             Among the improper PPP payments were loans to 38 Planned Parenthood affiliates totaling $88 million. By May, 2020 – still under the first Trump Administration – Republican congressmen had already identified these improper loans. They eventually cornered the SBA into agreeing that local affiliates of national organizations did not meet the requirements for the small business loan program. However, the Planned Parenthood affiliates never returned the money, and 34 of the loans were eventually forgiven under the Biden Administration. …

             If the Dept. of Justice opens an investigation, it will complement efforts already undertaken by the second Trump Administration’s SBA. On March 7, 2025, [Sen.] Ernst and Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Chair[man] Rand Paul (R-KY) asked the SBA to explain how Planned Parenthood had wrongly received tens of millions of taxpayer dollars, and why the Biden Administration forgave 34 of those loans.

             On Jan 22, 2026, the SBA issued letters to the 38 Planned Parenthood affiliates, “requiring them to produce documentation proving they were eligible to receive more than $88 million in Covid-era relief.” By publishing time, the SBA had not responded to a TWS request for comment. …

Wisdom from Mr. Hyde

Join us in reading a paragraph-by-paragraph reprinting of the Sept. 19, 1996, speech by Rep. Henry J. Hyde to the House of Representatives, in which he called for the House to override Pres. Clinton’s veto of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, HR-1833. Rep. Hyde has long been seen as one of America’s all-time leading orators and a model communicator in the cause of Life.

             … In his memoirs, Dwight Eisenhower wrote about the loss of 1.2 million lives in World War II, and he said: “The loss of lives that might have otherwise been creatively lived scars the mind of the civilized world.”  Mr. Speaker, our souls have been scarred by one and a-half million abortions every year in this country. Our souls have so much scar tissue there isn’t room for any more.