Plus: Wins—and Woes—Abound 1 Year After Roe v. Wade Overturned
June 24 2023
Good morning from Washington, where evidence mounts that the Justice Department made sure presidential son Hunter Biden got favorable treatment in a potentially explosive corruption case. Fred Lucas reports on what IRS whistleblowers say. The Supreme Court delivers a mixed message in two immigration cases, Hans von Spakovsky and Tom Jipping write. Plus: Mary Margaret Olohan on Mike Pence’s abortion challenge and the GOP’s pro-life plans; Rep. Mary Miller on her two new pro-life bills; and Gigi De La Torre on a pop singer’s pro-abortion screed. Seventy years ago today, Sen. John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier—a future president and first lady—announce their engagement.Beginning Monday, Morning Bell arrives in your mailbox without this opening “blurb,” so you can get to our coverage faster. Thanks for reading! Have a great weekend.
Half the states now significantly protect life, including 14 with full nine-month protections from abortion and still more with “heartbeat” laws or laws protecting children after the first trimester.
A Supreme Court decision allows the Biden administration to endanger public safety due to, as Justice Alito said, its “policy of releasing illegal aliens with criminal convictions for serious crimes.”
“When you start to make a decision about [whether a] child [is] valuable, that’s not a political decision,” says Sen. James Lankford. “It’s a moral decision.”
“The battle for life continues, so I am proud to introduce two bills in the House of Representatives: the Parental Notification and Intervention Act and the Dignity for Aborted Children Act,” writes Rep....
“We must not rest and must not relent until we restore the sanctity of life to the center of American law in every state,” says the former vice president.
“At seven weeks a baby is the size of a coffee bean and it’s the same time a mother has the first ultrasound,” says Anton Krecic, CEO of Seven Weeks Coffee.
