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1 year ago
Chevron Victory is Important to the Pro-Life Cause: Oklahoma v. Department of Health and Human Services SCOTUS Case May Prove It
While the FDA U.S. Supreme Court case captured the minds of pro-lifers and abortion supporters alike, one past case could have a profound impact on a new U.S. Supreme Court case.
The pro-life movement won a fantastic victory in the Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo & Relentless, Inc. v. U.S. Dept. of Commerce case6 to 3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court essentially ruled that Federal Agencies don’t get to act unilaterally as unaccountable experts. This was a massive blow to the long-standing Chevron deference, weaponized to support whatever policy an agency bureaucrat chooses to enforce.
With the legal slaying of Chevron, more good news for preborn lives may be coming next year. According to a new report from Vox, a Supreme Court case, Oklahoma v. Department of Health and Human Services, could further erode the federal government’s ability to abuse its power by challenging whether abortion services can be included in Title X.
Title X was enacted 1970 under the Public Health Service (PHS) Act. Its main and sole purpose was to create federal programs targeting family planning and related preventive health services. Seeing that abortion is killing a child in the womb and destroying families and women’s health, one would think that it should be excluded. However, the Biden-Harris Administration unsurprisingly thought otherwise.
“Taken seriously, Oklahoma’s proposed limit on federal agencies’ power would profoundly transform how many of the biggest and most consequential federal programs operate,” reported Vox. “As the Justice Department points out in its Oklahoma brief, ‘Medicare’s ‘Conditions of Participation’ for hospitals alone span some 48 pages in the Code of Federal Regulations.’ All of those rules, plus countless other federal regulations for Medicare, Medicaid, and other programs, could cease to function overnight if the justices accept Oklahoma’s more radical argument.”
This “radical” argument is a profound defense for the preborn – that money from Medicare, Medicaid, and other “family planning” government programs, funding meant to help create more families, can’t be used for the exact opposite purposes of killing a child in the womb. With Chevron knocked off its high horse, pro-life institutions, states, and others can start challenging the pre-existing standards put in place by unchecked government entities.
Pennsylvania Sen. Lankford discussed this with Students for Life Action (SFLAction) on the emergency webcast several months ago when we called on the GOP to be a part of Life.
However, even before Chevron met its demise, another Reagan-era U.S. Supreme Court case, Rust v. Sullivan (1991), upheld the Reagan Administration’s prohibition of any Title X grant recipients using funding for abortion counseling. According to Vox:
“Rust held that the federal statute governing Title X, which provides that ‘[n]one of the funds appropriated under this subchapter shall be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning,’ does not speak to whether Title X programs may refer patients to other medical providers who do offer abortions. Thus, the law is ‘ambiguous’ regarding such referrals, and the Court concluded that the Reagan administration could resolve this ambiguity by banning abortion-related referrals.”
Hopefully, with this upcoming case, the ambiguity can be resolved and not be manipulated to push abortion on vulnerable women, as the Biden-Harris Administration is doing.
Given Chevron’s recent fall, we hope Oklahoma sees a victory and that agencies can’t push them around.
1 year ago
The Most Pro-Life Moments at the Paris 2024 Olympics
Despite the controversies surrounding the Paris 2024 Olympics captivating the world’s attention, many Olympians have stunned people everywhere with their talent and, yes, even pro-life messages.
Whether they meant to or not, these pro-life Olympians’ moments and stories are sure to warm the hearts of pro-abortion and pro-life supporters alike. Look and see which one is your favorite.
After five-time Olympic medalist, swimmer, and devout Catholic Ryan Murphy finished winning bronze in the men’s 100m backstroke when his wife surprised him with a gender reveal sign – it’s a girl!
He and his college sweetheart, Bridget Konttinen, wed at Lake Tahoe in September 2023 and are expecting their first child, a daughter.
That’s the best award to win!
Azerbaijan archer Yaylagul Ramazanova competed in the Paris Olympics – at six months pregnant.
For whoever said women can’t pursue their career and motherhood, Ramazanova didn’t get the memo.
“I felt my baby kick me before I shot this last arrow,” said Ramazanova. “And then I shot a 10.”
Despite not winning a medal, Ramazanova was proud of her best efforts.
“During the training for the Olympics, I didn’t feel uncomfortable with my pregnancy,” she said. “Instead, I felt that I was not fighting alone but fighting together with my baby.”
The most decorated U.S. women’s cyclist and Olympic gold medalist, Kristin Armstrong, has been winning gold her entire career. Even though she didn’t ride in this Olympics, she instead became a coach, and her team made it on the podium.
Under Armstrong’s wing, Chloe Dygert won bronze, and Haley Batten won silver.
“Being a mom was actually my secret weapon,” revealed Armstrong. “No matter how my day went, I had this little one smiling back at me. Kids remind you of what’s really important.”
She married Joe Savola and has a son, Lucas, born in 2010.
U.S. swimmer Caeleb Dressel won two golds and one silver at the Paris 2024 Olympics with his family by his side.
After the men’s 4 x 100-meter medley relay, Dressel celebrated with his wife, Meghan, and son, August. Dressel told the following to USA Today:
“…I think the special part was for a sport that has meant so much for me for 22 years, to be able to bring him into those moments with me, to be able to hold him on deck, and for the medals here — gold, silver, it doesn’t really matter what they represent — I know my son got to watch me win those. … And he can take it and ding it up, bring it to show-and-tell if that’s still a thing nowadays.”
Egyptian Fencer Nada Hafez advanced to the 16th round before losing to South Korea’s Hayoung Jeon. Still, her victories became even more incredible when she made a surprising announcement on Instagram.
“What appears to you as two players on the podium, they were actually three!” she wrote. “It was me, my competitor, & my yet-to-come to our world, little baby!”
Simone Biles is a U.S. gymnast who’s raked in three gold medals and one silver medal, not including her medals from other Olympic competitions. Before she was considered the greatest gymnast of all time, she had a challenging start to life. Both her parents struggled with alcohol and drugs, and while her birthmother was unable to provide for her children, especially after their father abandoned them, she lovingly chose life.
“My journey to the 2016 Olympics started on a daycare field trip,” wrote Biles. “You might think that going from a girl in foster care to being an Olympic gold medalist in Rio de Janeiro is the most amazing part of my journey. It isn’t. It’s how I got there — or, more accurately, who got me there — that is most miraculous. I’m going to tell you a story. My story. How my faith and my family made my wildest dreams come true. And how embracing a dream can give you courage to soar.”
They were later adopted by their maternal grandparents, who were cheering her on at the Paris Olympics.
11-time Olympic medalist and mother of two Allyson Felix has set up the first ever nursery in the Olympic Village as part of a partnership with Pampers.
“It was top of mind to support athletes who are mothers,” Felix told NBC Olympics in an article. “It’s a space where families can get away from it all and have some of the comforts of home. They can have playtime and have places to feed their babies.”
Emma Terho, the IOC’s Athletes’ Commission Chair and a two-time Olympic ice hockey medalist for Finland spoke about how motherhood doesn’t have to be the end of a career.
“Pregnancy and motherhood don’t have to mean a career end for female athletes,” said Terho to NBC Olympics. “This nursery allows that to happen, while also giving athletes the opportunity to focus on the Games.”
As the Olympics inspires viewers and aspiring athletes to new heights, we hope these stories and moments will inspire people towards life and all the fantastic things that can happen when life blossoms.
To the next generation of Olympians!
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