This video depicts a woman walking into Hobby Lobby, surrounded by Bible verses and children’s room décor depicting Jesus. Crosses, devotionals, everything. She then walks into the bathroom to enact a satanic “abortion ritual,” where she chants ritualistic phrases, takes the abortion pill to deliver her baby, passes her child while smiling on the toilet, and flushes the child. She then walks out with clips of the Christian merchandise throughout the store set on fire.

After aborting her child, she returns to her own reflection and reads an affirmation that echoes the liturgy of the Eucharist: “By my body, my blood, by my will, it is done.”

Yes, you read that right.

Now, some of you may not be surprised, and some of you may be utterly shocked. But our God is not caught off guard. He has seen the enemy mock Him and His gift of Life for thousands of years; this is nothing new.

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So the question is, how do we respond to this kind of darkness?

Do we get upset, make a comment on social media, and forget about it? Or do we use this as an eye-opener to what is happening in today’s world and let it be a call for more prayer, more evangelism, and more support for mothers and families?

This video is a wake-up call. If those who oppose God are becoming comfortable openly mocking Him and pursuing darkness, then we, as followers of the One True King, must be willing to boldly live out our faith and fight the good fight every single day.

That means praying for those who have been deceived, speaking the truth even when it is unpopular, and making sure women and families know they have support when they are facing difficult circumstances. It means refusing to become complacent while innocent lives are being destroyed and our faith is openly mocked.

We should not look at this kind of darkness and become discouraged. We should let it remind us that there is still work to be done. There are hearts to reach, mothers and families to support, and lives to defend. The darkness may be bold, but we know who has already won the victory.

So let this be a call to pray more, speak more boldly, serve more faithfully, and fight the good fight.

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• Sometimes, that “yes” changes a campus.
• Sometimes, it leads to a lifelong calling.
• And sometimes, it even leads to finding the person you’ll spend the rest of your life with.

For Kaden Harman, the Dr. Joseph Graham Fellowship did all three.

Kaden first became involved in the Pro-Life movement during his freshman year at Stephen F. Austin State University with Lumberjacks for Life.

But Kaden wanted more.

That’s where the Dr. Joseph Graham Fellowship came in.

Through the Fellowship, Kaden received in-depth training on Pro-Life issues, learned how to defend Life, and was equipped to compassionately speak with women facing unexpected pregnancies. Just as importantly, he found a community of students and mentors who encouraged him to be courageous.

“The Fellowship was pivotal in forming me as an effective Pro-Life advocate and leader,” Kaden says.

And that impact didn’t end when he graduated.

After earning his degree in piano performance from SFA, Kaden stayed involved with Texas Right to Life. He returned to help train new Fellows, sharing the lessons he learned with the students who followed in his footsteps.

He also continued speaking to churches and college Pro-Life groups about abortion, bioethics, campus ministry, and the role men can play in defending Life.

As a pianist, Kaden also found a way to combine one of his greatest talents with his passion for saving babies from abortion.

Today, he serves as president of Every Note for Life, a nonprofit ministry.

Proceeds from his first album, It Is Well, help fund Pro-Life education and training, and his benefit concerts bring people together for the cause.

Kaden’s story is a powerful reminder that you don’t have to work full-time for a Pro-Life organization to spend your life defending Life.

In fact, Kaden encourages current Fellows to look at the gifts and opportunities God has already given them.

“What are your strengths?” he asks. “Where does your passion lie within the Pro-Life movement?”

For Kaden, it means using his voice and talent to serve moms, babies, and families.

And along the way, the Fellowship gave him one of his most incredible blessings: his future wife.

Kaden and Anais first met in 2021 when they were both Dr. Joseph Graham Fellows. They attended the same week-long training at Texas Right to Life’s headquarters.

Over the next few years, their paths continued to cross here and there through Texas Right to Life. Then, they reconnected at an alumni reunion in August 2024.

That weekend changed everything.

Kaden and Anais began talking every day—first through texts, then phone calls and video calls that sometimes lasted two to five hours.

After spending time together at Texas Right to Life’s gala, they finally admitted what had been growing between them and began dating.

This October, they’ll say, “I do.”

Their relationship is a beautiful picture of one of the best blessings of the Fellowship: The community you find here lasts far beyond your college years.

You may not know exactly where your career will take you. You may not know what your future Pro-Life work will look like.

But you have an opportunity to learn, grow, and lead.

Kaden’s story is proof that the Fellowship doesn’t just prepare you for four years on campus. It forms you for a lifetime of Pro-Life leadership.

She felt God calling her to the Pro-Life movement. As she grew as a leader in the campus club, Pro-Life Aggies, she knew she needed more than passion. If she was going to really change the culture at Texas A&M, she needed a mentor and a community that had been in her shoes before.

That’s why she joined Texas Right to Life’s Dr. Joseph Graham Fellowship.

Through the Fellowship, Katherine received one-on-one guidance, attended in-depth Pro-Life trainings, and became part of a network of hundreds of past and present college Pro-Life leaders.

After graduating, Katherine continued her journey by joining Texas Right to Life’s Pro-Life Graduate Fellowship while earning her law degree at the University of Texas at Austin. There, she received additional training and started the Pro-Life club at UT Law, Texas Law Students for Life.

Today, Katherine represents the State of Texas as a lawyer at the Texas Office of the Attorney General, where she often works on Pro-Life cases.

She helps enforce the state’s Pro-Life laws in court and goes on the offense against criminal abortion activists.

Katherine worked on a lawsuit against the City of San Antonio after officials dedicated $100,000 in tax money to pay for women to leave the state to get abortions.

She also blasted abortion pill companies with cease-and-desist letters for illegally shipping abortion pills to Texas. With chemical abortions being the biggest threat to preborn babies today, the letters warned companies that they’ll face massive lawsuits from the state if they continue their deadly business.

In 2025, Katherine went to court to help block a Houston midwife performing illegal abortions. Investigators say that Maria Rojas aborted babies in Texas “for some side money.” Two women reported that they received abortions from Rojas—one at three months pregnant and the other at eight weeks pregnant. Katherine helped shut down this abortionist’s illegal network of clinics.

Most recently, Katherine has assisted in filing two lawsuits to fight back against the abortion pill industry: State of Texas v. Aid Access et al. and State of Florida and State of Texas v. FDA.

Just a few years ago, Katherine was a college student looking for ways to make a difference. Today, she is defending Life for our entire state.

Her story shows what is possible when students are equipped with strong mentorship, practical training, and a community committed to protecting innocent human Life.

The Dr. Joseph Graham Fellowship and the Pro-Life Graduate Fellowship prepare students for exactly this kind of impact. Whether graduates pursue careers in law, medicine, nursing, research, public policy, education, or ministry, they leave with the knowledge, experience, and confidence to become leaders for Life.

If you’re passionate about saving babies from abortion and helping hospital patients, Texas Right to Life’s scholarship programs can help prepare you to make a difference wherever your career takes you.

The Colorado House Health and Human Services (HHS) Committee rejected a bill that would have mandated inspections and licensing for facilities performing late-term abortions in March 2025. The vote came after the death of 18-year-old Alexis “Lexi” Arguello of Fort Collins, who never returned home from a Planned Parenthood appointment at 22 weeks pregnant in February of that year. 

Lexi’s heartbreaking story is a clear reminder that abortion is not only deadly to babies in the womb, but dangerous to the women who seek them.

Lexi was months away from graduating from Arvada West High School. She loved reading, excelled in AP English, and had plans for her future. When she became pregnant, she sought an abortion at a Planned Parenthood facility in Fort Collins. Complications followed. Paramedics were called under a “silent siren” practice, meaning no lights or sirens were used to protect the abortion giant from public scrutiny, delaying the sense of urgency that typically accompanies a medical emergency. 

By the time Lexi reached the hospital, her condition was critical. Testimony before the HHS committee described unstable vitals and dangerously low oxygen levels. Doctors determined she suffered an amniotic fluid embolism associated with the abortion procedure, a rare but often fatal complication. Lexi’s official cause of death was complications from a second-trimester abortion. 

In the days, weeks, and months following Lexi’s death, the Fort Collins Planned Parenthood never issued a statement. No condolences were extended to her family, no explanation was offered as to what happened to their daughter. No accountability was ever taken.

Yet, a month after Lexi’s death, legislators turned down a measure that would have required abortion facilities to meet the same inspection and licensing standards as other surgical centers. The policy would not have stopped abortion. It would have only added safeguards to help women who endure complications after an abortion. Instead, the Colorado Legislature chose to protect the abortion industry over vulnerable women. 

The story does not end there. Shortly after the bill’s failure in March of 2025, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed a different policy into law. This directed reimbursement for Medicaid patients visiting abortion giant Planned Parenthood. This means that public funds are now flowing directly into the same organization that has faced zero consequences following Arguello’s death.

When a young woman dies following a botched abortion, the response should be scrutiny, protections, and accountability, not silence and expanded funding. Shockingly, reimbursements granted to Planned Parenthood via taxpayer dollars amount to 39% of the organization’s total income. In 2025, Planned Parenthood reported over $2.1 billion in total income, with $832 million coming from government funding. 

Meanwhile, Planned Parenthood is responsible for over one-third of the million abortions committed each year in the United States. This deadly business should not receive a single taxpayer dollar. 

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Colorado has positioned itself to be a state that “prioritizes” women’s health. But shielding abortionists from the same oversight required of other surgical facilities does not protect women; it protects abortion chop shops. 

True healthcare is defined by its commitment to healing — not killing. The murder of babies and the deaths of women like Lexi are not healthcare. They are the tragic consequences of an industry that has been allowed to profit from taking babies’ lives with no accountability to the women it harms in the process.

The question remains: How many more babies will be killed and women harmed before action is taken? Colorado had the chance to require basic protections and chose not to. When states fail to protect both women and their children, the responsibility does not disappear. It shifts.

It is time for federal leaders to uphold the most fundamental Right to Life that protects the United States. Human dignity does not depend on a zip code. Women and babies in our nation are paying the price while we wait.

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This reality is foundational to protecting Life. Modern science affirms that the baby in the womb is not something that becomes human later, but is fully human from fertilization. The child is the same human being from the very beginning, simply growing, developing, and maturing over time.

Understanding Age in the Womb

It is important to distinguish between gestational age and fetal age:

• Gestational age (the common “40 weeks”) is measured from the mother’s last menstrual cycle.
• Fetal age begins at fertilization, when the child actually comes into existence.

Because this article focuses on the child’s development, we use fetal age.

This graphic is based on gestational age.

First Trimester: Life Begins and Takes Shape

The first trimester is a time of extraordinary formation, where every major system of the body begins.

• Week 1: At fertilization, a unique human organism is formed. This single cell, called a zygote, contains a complete set of DNA (determining hundreds of traits like hair and eye color, race, and gender) and immediately begins developing in a coordinated way.
• Week 2: The child, now called a blastocyst, travels to the uterus and implants, continuing rapid growth.
• Week 3: Distinct cell layers begin forming, which will develop into all organs and tissues. The heart begins beating.
• Week 4: The neural tube forms, becoming the early foundation of the brain and spinal cord. 
• Week 6: The heart has four chambers. Facial features, fingers, and toes begin to appear.
• Week 8: The child’s basic body structure is established. Pain receptors are forming.
• Week 9: The child is now called a fetus. This is a change in terminology, not value. Eyelids begin to form and close. (Only 17 states in the USA ban abortion by this point.)

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Second Trimester: Growth, Movement, and Awareness

During this stage, the child grows rapidly and becomes more active.

• Week 11: Bones harden, organs function, and the body becomes more defined.
• Week 12-13: The baby’s neck and head become more defined. Red blood cells form within the circulatory system. The kidneys are able to filter blood to make urine.
• Week 14: Movements become more coordinated.
• Week 16: The child can hear sounds from the outside world, like his or her mom and dad’s voices.
• Week 18: All major body systems are formed. Development now focuses on growth and refinement.
• Week 20: Many mothers feel movement for the first time, called quickening. The child develops sleep cycles and has the neurological capacity to experience pain.
• Week 21: Unique fingerprints form. The lungs begin practicing breathing motions.
• Week 22: With medical care, babies have a 60%–70% chance of survival outside the womb. The brain undergoes rapid and complex development, likely able to feel pain. (34 states ban abortion by this point.)

Third Trimester: Preparing for Life Outside the Womb

The final trimester is marked by rapid growth and readiness for birth.

• Week 24–26: Eyes develop and begin to open. The nervous system regulates body functions.
• Week 28: The baby can respond to stimuli, suck their thumb, and even cry. Survival rates outside the womb rise dramatically.
• Week 29–32: Growth and weight gain accelerate. The body continues maturing.
• Week 34: The baby prepares for birth and often turns head-down.
• Week 36: The child can grasp and respond more intentionally.
• Week 39: The baby is considered full-term and ready for life outside the womb. (9 States and Washington D.C. allow abortion all the way to this point.)

*Abortion Ban information was taken from pro-abortion think tank Guttmacher Institute. 

Human development is not a series of disconnected stages. It is a continuous process. There is no moment when a child “becomes” human. From fertilization onward, the same human life is present, growing, and developing naturally.

This understanding has shaped Pro-Life laws and policies:

• Protections recognizing the humanity of the unborn and protecting them from abortion;
• Making laws surrounding IVF and surrogacy, which rely on IVF, that create babies in labs, grade them, and discard and implant the created babies based on preferences; and
• Policies grounded in the principle that every human life has inherent dignity from the very beginning to the natural end.

Ultimately, recognizing fetal development for what it is, the unfolding of a single human life, calls us to protect that life at every stage.

Scripture beautifully reflects this truth: “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb” (Psalm 139:13). Long before birth, each life is known, formed, and valued. We strive for a day when laws across our nation reflect this truth.

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Tuesday’s ruling comes after McKenna West, a surrogate mother from Alaska, fled to Texas to save Baby Gabriel when the intended parents attempted to force her to abort their son due to his serious but treatable heart condition.

West refused to end the child’s life and offered to adopt Baby Gabriel, but the parents disagreed.

“Every life matters,” West said in a statement. “No woman should be forced to end the life of the baby she is carrying—including me.”

She then traveled to Texas, where the unborn child would be recognized as a person and where she could give birth near experienced doctors who treat children with serious heart conditions.

The parents then stated that if he is born, they would not consent to give Baby Gabriel the life-saving surgery he needs, and they may attempt to transport him out of Texas to prevent treatment.

That raised an urgent question: What happens if Baby Gabriel is born in Texas and needs immediate surgery to survive, but the adults claiming authority over him refuse the procedure and leave him to die?

Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office asked a Dallas County judge to address that question before the baby is born.

Praise God: The court agreed to protect Baby Gabriel, ordering life-saving care upon birth and blocking him from being removed from Texas except when medically necessary.

This case exposes big problems with surrogacy: a woman is treated as a reproductive contractor and a child is treated as a product for sale.

Texas should ensure that every baby—including children conceived through surrogacy—is protected from medical neglect and discrimination.

Texas Right to Life is grateful to the attorney general’s team for saving Baby Gabriel and affirming a basic principle: A child’s life is worth more than a contract.

Baby Gabriel’s dignity does not depend on whether he is healthy, wanted, or convenient. He deserves the opportunity to be born, treated, loved, and given the chance to grow up.

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