When Amanda Finnefrock went into early labor, she was promised that her twins would receive “full, aggressive treatment” as long as they were born after 22 weeks and 5 days gestation. She delivered the babies after that time, but the hospital nevertheless refused to provide any assessment or intervention. Instead of transferring the babies to the neonatal …
Hospital does NOTHING as mother pleads for her babies’ lives Read More »
President Trump signed an Executive Order on Friday directing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that hospitals provide appropriate medical care and screening for premature babies. Earlier this year, Life Legal briefed HHS on the practice of some hospitals to deny life sustaining care to children born prematurely and/or who have serious disabilities. …
Trump signs order to protect vulnerable babies after Life Legal files complaints Read More »
May 5 is #GivingTuesdayNow, a day to donate to non-profits in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. #GivingTuesdayNow is the brainchild of the Giving Tuesday Foundation, which was created in 2012 as part of the United Nations Foundation. In 2019, Giving Tuesday was launched as its own foundation, headed up by its co-founder—Planned Parenthood supporter …
Today is #GivingTuesday! Unlike “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday,” today is an opportunity to invest your resources to make a lasting difference. Life Legal relies completely on your prayerful giving to protect vulnerable life in the courtroom and the public square. We need your help today as we: Appeal the outrageous verdict against pro-lifer defendants …
Four “Red Rose Rescuers” appeared in court in Washington DC this morning on charges of unlawfully entering Capital Women’s Services, a late-term abortion clinic operated by notorious abortionist Steven Brigham. The rescuers went to the clinic to let women know of the dangers of abortion and to provide them with one last opportunity to choose …
As we celebrate the birth of Christ, the nation’s largest killer of preborn children is not taking a break. Earlier today, Planned Parenthood tweeted “Tis always the season to advance access to sexual health care and defend our reproductive rights.” Of course, this is just another way to say that Christmas is the time to …
Planned Parenthood demands more abortions for Christmas Read More »
“Our nationwide policy of abortion-on-demand through all nine months of pregnancy was neither voted for by our people nor enacted by our legislators—not a single state had such unrestricted abortion before the Supreme Court decreed it to be national policy in 1973. But the consequences of this judicial decision are now obvious . . .” — …
Life Legal regularly receives calls from family members of patients who are mistreated or denied care in hospitals around the country. These are often extraordinarily difficult cases that require immediate, life-saving action. Over the weekend, one of my family members required Life Legal’s intervention. On Saturday evening, I visited my sister’s father-in-law Louis in the …
VICTORY: Patient rescued from life-threatening “care” Read More »
Last week, I had the privilege of spending an afternoon with the family of two-year old Mirranda Lawson, who is on a ventilator at a Virginia hospital after inhaling a popcorn kernel in May. The family has been working with a Life Legal attorney in an attempt to have the hospital facilitate Mirranda’s transfer to …
While on the East Coast, I had the opportunity to meet a young woman who was largely unresponsive after she went into cardiac arrest. The decision was made to put her in hospice and to starve her to death. Two days after arriving in hospice, the young woman began to speak and move her arms and legs. …
