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Commentary Supreme Court Case Exposes Medical Scandal of Epic Proportions
/in Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Tyler O’Neil Estimated Reading Time: 7 minutes It’s hard to wrap your head around just how grotesque it is that many medical associations and the federal government have adopted the idea that it’s healthy to sterilize children in an attempt to “affirm” a stated transgender identity. On Wednesday [12/4/24], the Supreme Court will shed much-needed […]
Here’s How To Actually Reverse The Baby Bust
/in Economy, Featured, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jay P. Greene and Lindsey M. Burke Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes The best way to promote fertility isn’t funding parenthood. It’s stopping the government programs that discourage people from having babies. Birth rates are plummeting in the United States and globally, forecasting a political and financial crisis. The most recent estimate predicts the […]
Report: Planned Parenthood Caught Selling ‘Viable’ Fetuses To University Of California San Diego
/in Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Shawn Fleetwood Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Editors’ Note: This is not the first time Planned Parenthood has been caught selling human body parts. However, this is not an undercover video but a contract with a university. The practice raises grave ethical and moral issues for both Planned Parenthood and the University of California […]
The Passage Of [AZ] Proposition 139 Means “Red Wave” Will Include Innocent Blood
/in Featured, Life Advocacy, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Tiffany Benson Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Anyone could have predicted that Christians and pro-lifers would be outvoted on the abortion issue. We all know spiritual leaders are guilty of telling their people to “stay out of politics,” “be spiritual, not political,” “turn off the news,” and “God’s in control.” Okay… As of publication, […]
Corporate Media, Dems Thought Female Vote Would Be Slam Dunk For Harris. Boy, Were They Wrong.
/in Economy, Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Carrie Lukas Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Vice President Kamala Harris was going to ride to victory on a wave of votes from women motivated by their support for abortion rights, their desire to see the first female president, and — most of all — their disgust with former President Donald Trump as a […]
Pro-Trans Doctors Hide Results Of Taxpayer-Funded Study Because It Shows ‘Transitioning’ Kids Is Harmful
/in Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Nathanael Blake Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Editors’ Note: It is interesting that even the New York Times (to its credit) is willing to buck the wrath of the transgender industrial complex. But it remains a sad day for medicine. As we have seen over recent years, the practice of medicine is becoming increasingly […]
Abortion Is Built on Fraud: A Response to The New York Times
/in Featured, Healthcare, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Sarah Parshall Perry Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Editors’ Note: The following article is an accurate fact check on the lies of the pro-abortion industry. In Arizona, Prop 139 is based on these lies. Political advertising on the television by the abortion industry claim an “abortion ban” in Arizona – an outright lie. We […]
Cruel and Unusual Punishment: New Exposés Shed Light on Male Inmates Being Housed in Women’s Prisons in Washington and Minnesota
/in Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Editors of The Independent Women’s Forum Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Editors’ Note: Democrats attempt to portray themselves as the “party of women.” Their extreme views, however, are erasing the concept of womanhood and the legal protections that have been provided in law. This has become one of the leading “sleeper issues” of this […]
Ladies, You Don’t Have To Vote For Kamala Harris
/in Featured, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Jennifer Galardi Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Editors’ Note: If one is watching the political ads in Arizona, it is abortion, abortion, abortion. The linkage of abortion to “women’s rights” is troublesome. There is no unlimited right to kill another human being just to achieve one’s goals in life. No one has the right […]
Weekend Read: How Democrat Activists Buy Elections By Taking Over Local News
/in Featured, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Mark Hemingway Estimated Reading Time: 13 minutes In recent years, hundreds of millions of dollars in new investment has poured into local media, but the lion’s share is coming from left-wing activists with overtly ideological and partisan agendas. American journalism has experienced a spectacular collapse in the last 25 years — daily newspaper circulation […]
The Urgent Need To Return To Reagan Style Fusionism
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes “The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is an 80 percent friend and not a 20 percent enemy”–Ronald Reagan Kari Lake is the US candidate for Senate in Arizona. Trump is the candidate for President. Arizona is a critical swing state for the […]
URGENT MESSAGE: Petty Grievances Can Wait, Arizona’s Future Can’t
/in Economy, Education, Featured, Liberty, Life Advocacy, National Security, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes “The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is an 80 percent friend and not a 20 percent enemy” ~Ronald Reagan Kari Lake is the US candidate for Senate in Arizona. Trump is the candidate for President. Arizona is a critical swing state for […]
Prop 139 vs Psalm 139
/in Featured, Healthcare, Liberty, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Neland Nobel Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes The topic the Democrats are using most effectively against Kari Lake and other Republicans remains abortion. Numerous media ads proclaim, “Vote against the abortion ban,” by supporting Proposition 139. But there is no abortion ban. There is, instead, a restriction against abortion after 15 weeks, a reasonable […]
Pro-Life Advocates Warn Of ‘Deceptive’ Abortion Measures On The Ballot In Red States
/in Featured, Healthcare, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Leif Le Mahieu Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Editors’ Note: This important warning for pro-life voters is critical to prevent the extending of abortion through late-term pregnancy in many states. For our Arizona readers, this means a resounding NO on Proposition 139. Despite the proposition’s deceptive language, in reality it translates to abortion through […]
While Hurricane Victims Suffer, Kamala Makes Time For Podcast Famous For Giving Girls Blowjob Advice
/in Featured, Life Advocacy, Politics, ThePricklyPear.org /by ThePricklyPear.orgBy Mary Rooke Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes Editors’ Note: When we first read this, we had real concerns about running it in our publication. However, after thinking about it, our job is to deliver the truth, as painful and disgusting as it might be. We had no knowledge of this podcast or the topics […]
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) […]