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On Abortion, Kamala Harris Is the Extremist
/in Featured, Healthcare, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy David Harsanyi Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes At one point during the Sept. 10 presidential debate, former President Donald Trump accused Democrats of not only supporting unlimited third-trimester abortions, but the “execution” of babies after birth. Once Trump wrapped up his rant, Linsey Davis, one of the ABC News moderators, “fact-checked” the former president, helpfully noting that […]
Meta’s New Policy Could Erase Women
/in Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Editors of The Independent Women’s Forum Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Sex-Based Speech is not harassment. Meta (Facebook and Instagram) has almost 4 billion active users and moderates content based on Community Standards. Its “Bullying and Harassment” Community Standard generally requires removal of targeted bullying against children and bullying that the victim specifically asks […]
If You Think Trump Is The Abortion Extremist, You’ve Bought Democrat Propaganda
/in Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Margot Cleveland Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes The Harris-Walz campaign and abortion apologists continue to deceive Americans, both about Trump’s pro-life positions and the consequences of abortion initiatives. Florida’s Amendment 4 ballot initiative is not about overturning the state’s six-week abortion ban. It is about inscribing an unlimited, unregulated access to abortion-on-demand for the […]
Independent Women’s Law Center Files Amicus Brief in Sixth Circuit Against Ohio Schools’ Forced Pronoun Policy
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Editors of The Independent Women’s Forum Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Independent Women’s Law Center (IWLC), alongside the Manhattan Institute, on Monday filed an amicus brief before the en banc Sixth Circuit to challenge one of Ohio’s largest school district’s policies that require students to profess the belief that men can become women, including by using […]
The Progressive Case for Parenthood
/in Books, Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Elizabeth Grace Matthew Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes What Are Children For? On Ambivalence and Choice is an ambitious book that addresses arguably the most pressing questions of both our time and all time: Are people good? Is life worth living? What does it mean to be a parent? What is motherhood, what is […]
Talk to Young Ladies
/in Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes A recent poll conducted by McLaughlin and Associates for the Media Research Center showed that most Democrats and Independents did not know the policy positions taken by Kamala Harris. These folks will be voting, canceling out the votes of those who are informed. Is this a case […]
Subverting the American Family
/in Featured, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Auguste Meyrat Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes The Right must prioritize the basic pillars of society above all other considerations. A recent Pew study found that less than half of Americans (39 percent) believe that “society should prioritize marriage and having children.” The sentiment is not consistent across the electorate. Among Democratic supporters, 81 percent […]
What Happened to My Party?
/in Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Joel Kotkin Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes The Democrats need to appeal to Main Street America. I grew up among people who worshipped the key pillars of the twentieth-century Democratic Party: the New Deal, Franklin Roosevelt, and the great public works project known as New York City. The Democrats then were the party of […]
‘Pull Off A Leg Or Two’: Planned Parenthood Staff Discuss Harvesting Baby Parts In Unsealed Footage
/in Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jordan Boyd Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Editors’ Note: As we read this, we could not help but reflect on how extreme ideology, in this case radical feminism, can short-circuit the normal moral wiring of the human being. Not only do they seem impervious to the pain they are causing the child (tearing them […]
Arizona Voters Will Be Voting On Abortion In November
/in Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Madeline Armstrong Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Arizona for Abortion Access, an organization working to put abortion access in Arizona’s constitution, officially received a place on the November ballot – Prop. 139. This proposition states that an individual is entitled to an abortion until fetal viability and in some cases afterwards if it is […]
The Problem With Cat Ladies Is Not the Cats- Part I
/in Featured, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Republican Vice-Presidential candidate J.D. Vance has caught a lot of flak for his remark about childless cat ladies. He seems to have touched a nerve. The issue is not that they have cats, it is that a growing proportion of women have chosen not to have families. […]
The Problem With Cat Ladies Is Not the Cats-Part ll
/in Featured, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes Continuation from Part I: Attitudes toward abortion of course play a role. A child, by definition, will not be born if aborted. Again, using states as our laboratory, what five states have the most liberal policies regarding abortion versus those with the most restrictions? ADVERTISEMENT States with […]
America’s Conflicts Are Not Primarily Political Or Ideological, But Religious
/in Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Religion, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy John Daniel Davidson Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Without a civic life shaped by Christianity, there can be no American republic. The conflicts roiling American society today are not primarily political or even ideological, but religious. America is supposedly a secular country, with separation of church and state, free exercise of religion, and so […]
An Argument Against the Arizona Right to Abortion Initiative
/in Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Ellie Fromm Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes We the people of the State of Arizona, grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution. Above is the entirety of the preamble to the Constitution of the State of Arizona. Similarly to the Constitution of the United States of America, these Arizonans thank […]
DOJ Attorney Expressed Concerns About Conservative Media Coverage of Biden Admin Persecuting Christians, Pro-Lifers
/in Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Mary Margaret Olohan A federal Justice Department attorney expressed concerns to a Michigan judge about conservative media coverage suggesting that President Joe Biden’s administration is persecuting Christians and pro-lifers for their beliefs. The discussion took place during a March pre-trial conference in USA v. Zastrow, in which the federal government brought Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) […]
IVF Modernizes Ancient Eugenic Practices Of ‘Selective Breeding’
/in Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Life Advocacy, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Katie Breckenridge If states enforced restrictions on IVF, embryos would no longer be commodities that society can do with as it pleases. The Alabama Supreme Court’s recent and right decision to deem embryos created through in vitro fertilization (IVF) as people sparked concern from fertility facilities regarding the future of IVF. This concern resulted […]
After a Male Caused Her Partial Paralysis, Female Volleyball Player Payton McNabb Now Fights to Protect Women’s Sports
/in Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Ashley McClure Editors’ Note: Biden and the Democrats make a big deal about supporting “women’s rights”, deliberately conflating abortion with a right. No one has a right to kill another being to advance their goals, male or female, and clearly, a baby is being killed during an abortion. Only in the defense of life is […]
Female Volleyball Player Payton McNabb Now Fights to Protect Women’s Sports
/in Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Ashley McClure Editors’ Note: Biden and the Democrats make a big deal about supporting “women’s rights”, deliberately conflating abortion with a right. No one has a right to kill another being to advance their goals, male or female, and clearly, a baby is being killed during an abortion. Only in the defense of life is […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Endorses Democrats’ Unpopular Abortion Until Birth Agenda
/in Featured, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jordan Boyd Editors’ Note: RFK, Jr. has said some interesting things. His views seem to integrate with Conservatives on issues of free speech, the collusion of government and media to influence election outcomes, the Administrative State, and the abuses of the medical establishment. Because of this, some “conservatives” who are not in love with […]
Our Daughters Will Reap The Consequences Of Feminists Killing Boy Scouts
/in Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Mary Rooke Editors’ Note: The author makes an excellent point. The arguments made by feminists that there should be no differences between men and women and that they should be “equal” in all regards has led to the transgender movement, which is erasing the very concept of womanhood. In addition, if there can be […]
Weekend Read: Is Marriage A White Priviledge ? Part II
/in Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel In part I, we discussed that a traditional family of mother and father produces the best results overall for children. And since children are our future, better results for them translate into a better future for the country. It also means less income disparity and a better life for minority children. To […]
Weekend Read: Is Marriage A White Privilege ? Part II
/in Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel In part I, we discussed that a traditional family of mother and father produces the best results overall for children. And since children are our future, better results for them translate into a better future for the country. It also means less income disparity and a better life for minority children. To […]
Every State Facing Deceptive, Unlimited Abortion Ballot Measures This November
/in Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jordan Boyd Democrats and their abortion giant allies want to legalize killing unborn babies throughout all nine months of gestation in every state. A majority of U.S. adults reject that position, but that fact hasn’t stopped the ballot measure battle that plagued Ohio last year from infiltrating several other states, including those controlled by […]
The Cherry-Picking of History on College Campuses
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Craig J. Cantoni Editors’ Note: The author is spot on about the genocide in Darfur and selection bias in the outrage of campus leftists. We could also add the Islamic slaughter of their own as in Syria, the oppression by Hamas of all opposition in Gaza, and the killing of Black Christians throughout sub-Saharan […]
DARFUR GENOCIDE: Cherry-Picking History on College Campuses
/in Education, Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Craig J. Cantoni Editors’ Note: The author is spot on about the genocide in Darfur and selection bias in the outrage of campus leftists. We could also add the Islamic slaughter of their own as in Syria, the oppression by Hamas of all opposition in Gaza, and the killing of Black Christians throughout sub-Saharan […]
The Pro-Life Movement Has A Storytelling Problem
/in Featured, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Carrie Gress Women are drawn toward what is aspirational and beautiful, not scary stories of grueling and unfamiliar situations. Many years ago, a friend visiting an Eastern European country diligently wrote several postcards, stamped them, and then dropped them in what he thought was a mailbox. It turned out to be a very elegant […]
Dems Smell Blood In The Water After Arizona Abortion Ruling. Republicans Are Scrambling To Respond
/in Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Mary Lou Masters Editors’ Note: We think the authors are spot on. Abortion is a big issue for Arizona and we have offered our own take that we think is helpful in thinking about the matter. We don’t think the compromise we suggest will satisfy all, but that is the difference between the political […]
Biden’s Title IX Rewrite Strips Away Protections For Women, Denies Women Equal Opportunity
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Editors of The Independent Women’s Forum Editors’ Note: Democrats cast themselves as the party of “women’s rights”, while they actually are the party of unrestricted abortion to be paid for with public money. We hope the knowledge of this most recent decision will change the minds of not only Arizona women, but women across […]
Medical Groups Silent After Review Finds ‘Weak Evidence’ for Recommending Puberty Blockers to Kids
/in Featured, Healthcare, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Katelynn Richardson Editors’ Note: It is appalling that American medical organizations either remain opposed or silent on this latest study. Already Scotland is looking at banning puberty blockers and several other European countries now severely restrict their use. Among these are Norway, U.K. Sweden, Denmark, France, and Finland. In addition, 22 American states have […]
The Sex Education of Our Nation’s Children: Since the Sexual Revolution
/in Education, Featured, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Kali Fontanilla Since the Sexual Revolution Then came the 1960s and the Sexual Revolution. Many attribute the Sexual Revolution to the birth control pill approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1960. Some states banned the pill entirely or made it illegal for single women to purchase, but by 1972, the Supreme Court […]