The Shapiro administration announced on September 29th that it’s put about $343,000 from the Nonprofit Security Grant Fund into security at Planned Parenthood facilities. Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama asked the U.S. Supreme Court for permission to sue New York, Massachusetts and California over their abortion pill shield laws, and the Hyde Amendment turned 50 and still has to be defended every year.
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This week for Life
Three things that happened for the unborn this week
Settle in with a warm cup. It was a full week in the fight for Life, here in Pennsylvania and down in Washington, and I want you to have the whole picture.
1. Shapiro’s team sat down with Planned Parenthood about “security”
In a release on Tuesday, September 29th, the Shapiro administration announced a roundtable on security at abortion clinics. First Lady Lori Shapiro, Lt. Gov. Austin Davis and cabinet officials met with Planned Parenthood and other abortion-rights groups. The administration said it has put about $343,000 from the Nonprofit Security Grant Fund into security at Planned Parenthood facilities.
According to coverage of the event, speakers took aim at sidewalk protesters and at federal changes to the FACE Act, and participants called for new legislation on conduct near clinics. That’s a statement, not a bill, at least not yet. But if you know a sidewalk counselor, they should know this conversation is happening. When the governor’s office rolls out the red carpet for the abortion industry, the people standing outside offering women help are the ones who end up in the crosshairs.
2. Three states took the abortion pill fight to the Supreme Court
Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama asked the U.S. Supreme Court for permission to sue New York, Massachusetts and California over their abortion “shield laws,” the laws that protect prescribers who mail abortion pills into pro-life states. According to reports, the same three states also filed a companion suit in federal court in Louisiana against 30 prescribers and distributors.
To be clear, the Court hasn’t agreed to hear it. First the justices have to decide whether to let the case go forward at all. But this is the most direct challenge yet to the mail-order abortion pipeline, and every pro-life state is watching.
3. The Hyde Amendment turned 50
On September 30th, 1976, Congress first adopted the Hyde Amendment, and it’s been renewed every year since. It bars federal Medicaid funding of abortion except in cases of rape, incest or to save the life of the mother. Right now federal funding runs on a stopgap through December 11th, 2026.
Fifty years of protecting taxpayers and saving lives, and according to reports, abortion advocates already see a path to repealing it if control of Congress changes hands. Hyde doesn’t renew itself. It has to be defended every single year.
One to watch: October 7
The FDA’s safety review of the abortion pill mifepristone still isn’t finished. A court-related status update is reportedly due Wednesday, October 7th, and HHS says results will come by year-end. The current rules for the drug haven’t changed.
A Pennsylvania civic reminder
Monday, October 19: last day to register to vote.
Tuesday, October 27: last day to apply for a mail ballot.
Tuesday, November 3, 8 p.m.: mail ballots must be received by then.
That’s the week. Harrisburg is cozying up to Planned Parenthood, three states are taking on the mail-order abortion pill pipeline, and a 50-year-old protection is being circled. That’s why we keep watching.
If this rundown helps you keep up, would you chip in $5 to help Right to Life Pennsylvania keep watching Harrisburg for the unborn?
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For Life,
Lydia Dorr
Right to Life Pennsylvania
P.S. Keep an eye on October 7th for the FDA update and October 30th, when briefs are due at the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in the taxpayer-funded abortion case. And if you have a few minutes this weekend, say a prayer for the women walking into those clinics and the counselors standing outside to help them.
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