Yesterday, a judge in California dismissed the case against Daleiden started by the notorious Kamala Harris some ten years ago – when she served as California’s Attorney General.

As you will start to recall, Daleiden and his organization uncovered the scandalous money making scheme by Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers to sell aborted baby parts to the highest bidder.  You remember … the video where an abortionist is negotiating the price of a baby’s brain because she wanted to buy a Lamborghini sports car….

But instead of launching an investigation into this horrendous practice, Planned Parenthood lackeys like Harris used all the power at their disposal to go after Daleiden and his organization.  She dispatched a squad to seize all his videos, his computers and other equipment.  They tried to imprison him, bankrupt him. Above all … silence him.

An outrageous offense against any notion of justice.

But Mr. Daleiden has persevered.  He has come out the other side and was finally vindicated yesterday. 

Maybe now the proper attention can be paid to the crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Abortion Industry. Perhaps federal authorities can pursue some accountability and authentic justice.

Judge Winmill once again ruled in favor of the Abortion Industry, finding that the lawsuit had merit.  This must be about the 1000^th time that Winmill has ruled in favor of abortion; his record over the past several decades remains hauntingly consistent.  In his years on the bench, he has NEVER issued a ruling favoring preborn babies or mothers.

In this latest example of his gross bias, Winmill found that Dr. Seyb had a right to a civil trial, despite an astonishing admission by the doctor that he had never actually read the law he is challenging.  Seyb also admitted, under oath, that St. Lukes does not provide training to medical staff on the Defense of Life Act or the application of that law provided by Idaho’s Supreme Court.

Rumors are that Winmill wants to stage a show trial for later this year, in hopes of boosting the “Abortion Always” ballot measure that Planned Parenthood and friends are pushing to get before voters in this year’s General Election.

But Winmill’s obstinance goes beyond that.  He is a highly educated and skilled jurist.  Appointed by Bill Clinton, he is a product of Harvard Law School where he was radicalized into believing that the U.S. Constitution really did protect a woman’s “right” to kill her own child.  And he has been fighting for this dark principle throughout his time on the bench.

In glossing over the fact that a plaintiff was suing the State over a law he (Dr. Seyb) had not even bothered to read … Winmill went on to make a superficially reasonable claim about his personal belief that the 14^th Amendment ensures a woman’s right to kill her child if her health is threatened:

“Idaho could not make a mother undergo a bone marrow transplant to save her child,” Winmill opines.  “Can it require a pregnant woman to give up her ovaries or her kidneys in the hopes of saving a fetus?”

One must admit there is a shallow logic to his claim.  Until one digs in a bit deeper.

Undoubtedly, the State of Idaho could not compel a mother to participate in a bone marrow donation – even though it would save the life of her 10 year old son.  And even if the procedure represents virtually no threat to the mother’s life or even health.

In a civilized society, however, one hopes that a mother would gladly undergo such inconvenience and momentary discomfort to save her own child.  But one cannot compel love by force of law.

But then notice the subtle shift in Winmill’s analogy:  He claims, by way of analogy, that the State must therefore allow the death of this child if Dr. Seyb subjectively believes it is necessary to save the woman’s ovaries.

Obviously, all parties to Winmill’s thought experiment are not equal.  In fact, the only way Winmill’s analogy is even to be entertained in polite society is to assume that the “fetus” in jeopardy is of little or no value.  Certainly not a human being.  And not even of value equal to a woman’s ovaries or kidney. 

Consider this rephrasing of Winmill’s statement:

“Can Idaho require the sacrifice of a ten year old girl in the hopes of saving her mother’s ovaries?” 

Such a claim would leave most reasonable aghast at the notion of sacrificing a living, healthy child to accommodate the health needs of another person.  (This is the same source of outrage most people experience when reading about the Chinese trade in forced organ harvesting). 

It would seem obvious that the State of Idaho has no legal or moral authority to condemn an innocent child to death for the benefit of another.  And certainly, Judge Winmill has no such legitimate power, delusions of grandeur notwithstanding.

It is further plain that Judge Winmill does not have the ability to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs – that abortion is a matter for the states to decide; and that there is no “right” to an abortion under the unambiguous language of the Constitution.  Nevertheless, Winmill’s radical ideology drives him to defy the Supreme Court once more.

Eventually, this 73 year old will actually go away.  And when he does, it would be a travesty if Planned Parenthood does not fete him with a grand banquet and bestow upon him a lifetime achievement award.  Beyond doubt, he continues to earn it. Perhaps the plaque will provide solace when he is held to account by his Creator.

Here is a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TiwsvzOsP4

To those raised in a Christian world, it’s easy to take its moral innovations for granted. Even atheists benefit from living in the world that Christians made. And the surest sign that we are living in an evil modern age is that the forces of modernity are fanatically fighting to restore the moral order that existed prior to Christianity: In other words, the moral order of the Pagans. In the Pagan world, the individual human life was of no importance. Therefore abortion, infanticide, human sacrifice, and more were just a part of life. Under Paganism, there was no notion that humans had equal innate worth, so one tribe enslaved another, or rulers enslaved their subjects, all with impunity.

I’ve been friends with Lucas for some time now. I’ve come to know him as a speaker, pastor, and partner at Turning Point USA Faith. But above all, I know him as a fearless warrior for Christ. Lucas is a man built to stand for the truth in a time of great apostasy. And the era we live in is a time of apostasy that would make the Old Testament prophets shudder.

The revival of those Old Testament times is exactly what this book, Pagan Threat: Confronting America’s Godless Uprising, confronts. Casual Christians like to imagine we have already won a permanent victory over the worshipers of Moloch, Baal, and Jupiter, but those gods are now back with a vengeance bearing new names like “progressivism,” “tolerance,” and “social justice.”

This new Paganism says a lot about “freedom,” but just like the old Pagans, its ultimate agenda is domination and moral anarchy. Christians seduced by its superficial words will find themselves betrayed—or making an alliance with the devil.

Thankfully, people like Lucas have realized the danger and are fighting back. They are fighting back with a true vision of Christianity—one that isn’t always polite and isn’t always “nice,” but is always on fire for the Lord and His truth. This book will not always be comfortable to read. It’s not pleasant to realize that our faith and our way of life are in danger. Denial is always more pleasant in the moment. But if you are willing to open its pages with a heart tuned to the Holy Spirit, it will also equip you and embolden you to see clearly, speak truthfully, and stand firmly in the face of darkness. Don’t just read this book—internalize what it has to say. Then, share its message with your Christian friends, before they are seduced by Paganism themselves.

We have a faith and a country to save.

From: Miles, Lucas. Pagan Threat: Confronting America’s Godless Uprising with a Foreword by Charlie Kirk (p. 10). Humanix Books. Kindle Edition.

We have a clear memory of the great questions which arose early in the pandemic years about the impact on pregnant mothers getting the shot.  Early on there was controversy about whether children should get the shot.  That led, naturally, to urgent questions about whether pregnant mothers should be vaccinated – especially when we learned that the vaccines used a new technology which modified RNA in human cells.  What would happen to vulnerable developing babies?

The FDA and CDC commissioned high-powered studies.  We here at Idaho Chooses Life smelled a rat in the soup when the major study – the “Shimabukuro Study”, published in April of 2021 – pronounced that the vaccine was perfectly safe for preborn babies and their mothers.  Our suspicion arose from the fact that this “gold standard” study was conducted over just a ten-week time frame; obviously their findings couldn’t possibly contain any data on the long term development of preborn children. And, in fact, the impact on children born after being exposed to the shot while in the womb has yet to be publicly addressed or examined.

What the Shimabukuro Study purported to find was that the vaccine had no impact on miscarriage rates.  They claimed that about 12% of mothers miscarried in the ten weeks following a vaccination; that is within the “normal” range of 15%.

Thus, the FDA and virtually every public health agency in America began a very intense public media campaign aimed at pregnant mothers to get vaccinated.  It was safe.  It was the only responsible thing to do … to protect oneself …to protect that growing baby in the womb.

The Masters of the Universe, it turns out, had determined that driving pregnant mothers into the clinic to get vaccinated was essential to the overall campaign to get Americans to ingest the experimental shot.

But here is the great bombshell: Dr. Thorp reveals that the Shimabukuro Study was a complete sham.  He told the US Senate that the authors of this study flat out lied to the American public regarding their findings … and about the devastating impact of COVID vaccinations on preborn children.

Dr. Thorp claims that the actual miscarriage for mothers getting the shot was not 12% … but actually an astounding 82% among women who received the vaccine during the first trimester of their pregnancy!  “These figures mirror the effect of chemical abortion drugs such as RU-486,” Dr. Thorp told the Committee.

What does that actually mean?

According to the data we could find, there are approximately 5.36 million pregnancies in the United States each year.  In 2020 … the last year for which we could find data … roughly 67% of these pregnancies resulted in live births; 17% were ended by an abortion … and 15% were lost to miscarriage.

So how bad is the carnage?

Assuming that 50% of pregnant women received a vaccination in 2021 and 2022 … that would mean about 2,680,000 mothers received the shot.  (This is actually a low-ball estimate, as the CDC claims that 70% of American adults were fully vaccinated).

If one sees a miscarriage rate of 82% among this population … then we can guesstimate that 2,197,600 babies lost their lives because of the vaccination program shoved down the throats of the American people by our governmental/expert class.  Each year!  During the critical COVID years of 2021-22, that conservatively turns into 4,395,200 babies lost to miscarriage.  Of course, we would expect some pregnancies to naturally result in miscarriage; the “normal” total for these two years would have been something like 1,608,000.

Thus, we can guesstimate about 2.8 million “excess” deaths resulting from the government’s campaign to impose vaccination on the American people. 

But given the dishonesty and unethical behavior of our media, public health agencies the establishment medical community – do not expect to see these numbers ever widely discussed or even included in the human toll of our long and tragic experience of COVID. 

One can only hope that brave souls like Dr. Thorp will provoke some band of smart, hungry lawyers to build a class-action lawsuit around this horrific breach of the public’s trust.  We would urge that the named defendants include not just the drug companies … but the entire list of co-conspirators, including governmental agencies like the CDC, the FDA and even state health agencies like the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare.

May justice be done for these innocent victims and their grieving families.

For many years, Americans of conscience have pressed Congress to stop public financing of the Abortion Industry.  Several times we have come close.  But through one ruse or another Planned Parenthood has managed to pull various rabbits out of the proverbial hat.

We have, perhaps, never been closer to ending this abuse of American taxpayers.  But it is not done yet.

We have already seen press reports that the Senate GOP is working on a major revamping of the House-passed bill.  Smoke signals suggest that the vote on this historic bill will be close, as no Democrats would consider voting for President Trump’s signature legislation.  This all means that moderates in the caucus will hold immense power over final passage in the Senate.  And that means pro-abortion champions Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins may once again be in a position to protect their friends at Planned Parenthood by demanding the defunding language be stripped from the bill.

It is not only time for pro-Life voters to watch this Senate process very closely – but to be in earnest prayer that we may finally be freed from this horrible bondage.

Today we are continuing our series on abortion procedures. This week’s update is featuring induction abortions. It is important to note that similar to the update regarding D&E abortions, this one contains graphic and disturbing information. Induction abortions are among the most gruesome and evil abortion procedures, and thus may be difficult for sensitive audiences.

What is an induction abortion?

An induction abortion is a gruesome and heartbreaking procedure used in the second or third trimester to intentionally end the life of a nearly fully developed pre-born baby. This type of abortion takes place over 2–3 days. The abortion sometimes begins with the mother taking Mifepristone (the chemical abortion drug we discussed last week). This drug blocks vital nutrients from getting to the baby, essentially starving him or her. However, at this point in pregnancy, Mifepristone alone is not necessarily enough to kill the baby. So, abortionists will then execute the baby using a long needle and insert it through the mother’s abdomen. The needle injects a poison—either digoxin or potassium chloride—into the baby’s heart or head. This causes a fatal heart attack, ensuring the child is delivered dead. The goal is to stop the baby’s heartbeat before labor is induced, so that no signs of life are present at delivery.

Once the baby has been killed, the abortionist begins preparing the mother’s body to deliver her dead child. This includes inserting small rods into the cervix to slowly force it open. Over the course of hours or even days, these rods expand, and additional drugs  like misoprostol or mifepristone are used to trigger strong contractions. The mother then goes through the physical pain and trauma of labor, knowing she will deliver a baby who has been intentionally killed.

In addition to the horrific fate of the baby in this abortion procedure, late-term abortions have a high risk of hemorrhage, lacerations, and uterine perforations, as well as a risk of maternal death. During litigation to keep D&E abortions legal, abortionists stated: “[i]nduction abortions can last from five hours to three days; are extremely expensive; entail more pain, discomfort, and recovery time for the patient than a standard D&E procedure; and are medically contraindicated for some patients.”

The reality is, many babies can survive outside the womb at the level of development when an induction abortion is considered. By 25 weeks, a pre-born baby is fully developed and considered viable. They can fully feel the pain of this abortion procedure.

Sometimes, the injection meant to stop the baby’s heart fails, and the child is born alive. In these heartbreaking cases, no medical care is given—the baby is simply left to die. A 2024 study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology analyzed 13,777 late-term abortions in Canada between 15–29 weeks and found that over 11% resulted in live births. Closer to home, Minnesota’s 2022 annual abortion report revealed that five babies were born alive in 2021 following failed abortion attempts.  No life-saving measures were taken and all five babies died. Tragically, instead of addressing this barbaric reality, the abortion industry works to conceal it. Reporting on babies born alive is largely unavailable and in Minnesota, the Democrat-controlled legislature in 2023 repealed the law that once required appropriate life-saving care for these children and stopped tracking these cases. Regardless, these survivors are not statistics. They are human beings with inherent dignity and worth.

An example which comes to mind is the work devoted to supporting girls in sports.  Another might be the effort to confront sexism in institutions where a woman was at least as qualified for a teaching position or other job.

But the core of the feminist movement has always been wrapped around the axle of abortion.  Many modern feminists have convinced themselves that abortion is necessary to the dignity of women.  This evil moral corruption has led feminism and the modern Democrat Party into ever deeper contradictions and even the betrayal of women.

Take, for example, the great cover-up of health issues related to abortion and chemical contraception.  The modern Left has effectively quashed any discussion about the risks of abortion, including higher rates of miscarriage and breast cancer.  Under pressure from modern “feminists,” the Biden Administration even stopped collecting data about the health complications arising from the use of RU-486.

In recent years, however, the Democrat Party has advanced to outright hostility toward women.

How else can one explain the fact that most national Democrats refuse to articulate a definition of ‘woman’ as a starting point toward any discussion of the social status and condition of American women.  (See the Senate Confirmation Hearing on Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Jackson). 

And what can be said about the Democrat Party’s demand that men be allowed to compete against women in all sports?  More than that – they demand an end to any safe and private space for women and girls, subjecting them to a humiliating invasion of their very personhood.  This is a complete betrayal of all the work that went into enacting Title IX decades ago.

What prompts this commentary, however, is the latest, and darkest betrayal of American women by the Democratic Governor of Wisconsin, Tony Evers.  This “progressive” Democrat seeks to erase motherhood from Wisconsin Law.  In his fevered contempt for women, Governor Evers proposes to replace the term “mother” in code with the term “inseminated person”.

It would be easy to laugh this off as some kind of weird foolishness.  But that would be a serious mistake.  We need to ponder this development because it reveals a contempt for women which is incredibly disturbing.

The ancient feminists – like Gloria Steinem – made a compelling case that society needed to stop “objectifying” women as mere objects.  They argued that things like pornography demeaned women and led to men treating them as little more than playthings designed for sexual gratification.  A fairly righteous observation.

Now ponder the connotations of Evers’ latest attack on women: Not only would he strip women of the beautiful and wondrous gift of being a co-creator with God of human life itself – he reduces them to the secondary object of some male action (i.e., “insemination”).  How bizarrely demeaning and objectifying.

The modern Democrat Party seems to be held captive by some mad delirium oddly focused on destroying women.