Abolition News – February 18th – March31st

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I apologize for the delay in this edition. Our household was sick for over a month total, but we are finally on the mend. Here’s the news…

Abolition Bill Filed in Colorado

According to the Foundation to Abolish Abortion, State Representative Scott Bottoms filed House Bill 24-1224, also titled, “Personhood of Living Unborn Human Child”. It was assigned to the State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs committee and was given a hearing on March 4th where the committee voted to postpone the bill indefinitely.

Abolition Headlines

Upcoming Events

April 11th – Defending the Pre-Born (G3 & End Abortion Now). Register here.

April 18th – 21st – The 2024 Abolitionists Rising Conference, in Charlotte, NC.

July 20th – Life Bristol one day conference with Bradley Pierce at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Kingsport, TN from 10:00-4:00pm. You can register here.

Abortion Numbers Increasing Despite Overturn of Roe

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Reporting is All Over the Place

Like many of you, I have seen the pro-life headlines about babies being saved since Roe’s reversal, but then I look deeper into the studies and they are simply not what they claim. For example, one headline claimed 32,000 babies had been saved since Roe’s reversal. I researched and this headline is misleading. When reading the report, I discovered it only contained research concerning birth rate percentages. The study also admits the largest birth rate increase was among Hispanic women, which are the least likely demographic to abort their children.

Louisiana Right to Life released an article stating 1,652 babies had been saved in their state, but that is misleading too. The numbers they used were based on reported abortions inside the formal healthcare system. It did not count those outside the formal healthcare system. After Roe was overturned, Louisiana became the number one state for online abortion pill orders according to Aid Access. There were 1,455 requests in the same time frame as these supposed “saves”, from only one site (and there are 23 that I know of who send pills).

The Truth About Abortion Numbers

The first thing to realize is that abortion numbers either come from pro-life or pro-abortion sources. There is no unbiased source to find these numbers. I believe Guttmacher Institute, although they are a pro-abortion research group, has the most reliable data for abortion numbers and estimates because of the extra work they do to ensure their numbers and estimates are accurate.

According to Guttmacher’s latest report regarding abortion estimates through November of 2023, reported abortions within the formal healthcare system were 952,600. For December, let’s assume the estimate is 80,600 (which is what they were in December 2022). That gives a total of 1,003,200 abortions for 2023. According to historical data from Guttmacher, abortions within the healthcare system have not been over one million since 2010.

Not only are abortions increasing within the formal healthcare system, but more women are pursuing abortions outside the formal healthcare system. According to Aid Access, the largest online provider of chemical abortion pills, before Roe’s reversal they received 82 pill requests from the USA per day. After Dobbs and continuing, it rose to an average of 254 pill requests per day from just one pill provider.

Why Truth Matters

I heard a pro-life figure this week that “tens of thousands” of lives had been saved since the overturning of Roe, but no study or research I did support this statement.

Why does being truthful matter? Because our neighbors in the womb are being murdered every day and they have no voice. Spreading misinformation does nothing to help them. So here is the truth:

  • Tens of thousands of lives have not been saved since Roe was overturned.
  • Abortion is legal for pregnant women in all 50 states and in 27 of those states because of pro-life laws.
  • Every major pro-life organization is fighting against equal justice for our neighbors in the womb.

For those reasons and more I repented of my pro-life compromise and became and abolitionist. If you would like to learn more about the abolition movement, please click here.

Where Can I Buy Abolition Gear?

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We are thankful you asked!

One question I am asked quite often by those new to the abolition movement is where can they purchase gear? I thought putting it all in one post would be easier to send to those asking, so here we go!

Apparel

Abolitionists Rising
Abolish Abortion Texas
Abolish Abortion Pennsylvania
1:1 Media
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Drop Cards/Tracts

Abolitionists Rising (Multiple cards/quadfolds/flyers to choose from)
Abolish Abortion Pennsylvania (One card, link is directly to card)
End Abortion Now (One tract, link directly to tract)

Signs

Abolitionists Rising (Multiple designs to choose from)

If you are aware of any other abolition apparel not listed here, please leave a comment!

2023 Abolition Bills & Abolition News Archive

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Find Abolition Bills filed in 2023 by clicking here.

Check out 2023 Editions of Abolition News

Abolition News – February 3rd-17th

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John Barros, Well Done❤️

As I am sure everyone reading this knows, John Barros met his beloved Savior face to face on February 15, 2024, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. John served outside Orlando Women’s Clinic as an evangelist for 20 years fulfilling the command of Proverbs 24:11. It is estimated God used his faithful service to save over 3,000 children from death. A funeral service will be held at 1:00pm on Tuesday, March 5th, at St. Andrews Chapel in Sanford, FL.

Pro-Life Committee Chair, Steven Holt, Kills Iowa Abolition Bill

Pro-life committee Chair Steven Holt ensured legal abortion will remain alive and well in Iowa as he refused to assign HF2256 to a subcommittee before the deadline. In a string of unhinged Facebook posts, he railed against the bill saying, “It should also be noted that HF2256 would allow mothers who abort their children to be prosecuted and jailed. This is something that no credible person in the pro-life community believes is acceptable, would never pass in Iowa and I will not advance such a concept.” In another post he called wanting equal protection for children in the womb a “disastrous approach”, which Satan would certainly agree with. This story was covered here and here.

Abolition Headlines

Abolitionists Rising hosted Abolition Day at the Oklahoma Capitol on February 6th in support of SB1729. Local Coverage of the event can be found here, here, and here. Abolitionists Rising also posted two videos on their YouTube channel that were shot on Abolition Day including, “This is What’s Wrong with the Pro-Life Movement: Special Murder Rights for Mothers” and “Everything we say about the Pro-Life Movement is True.” Unfortunately, Governor Kevin Stitt (Live Action’s “Life Award” winner), said if this bill was passed by the House and Senate, he would not sign such a bill.

Joe Pojman, Executive Director of Texas Alliance for Life, has been going after David Lowe, Candidate for District 91 in Texas, for his equal protection stance. After becoming aware of this situation, I donated to David’s campaign, which you can do so as well here.

Apologia Studios released a video titled, “Super Bowl ‘He Gets Us’ & Murder on the House Floor” about what happened in Iowa this week.

Bradley Pierce was featured on the B.A.R. Podcast in an episode called, “Foundation to Abolish Abortion.”

On February 4th, Heritage Tulsa hosted an evening event called “Why Abolition Matters” with messages from Brandon Scalf and James Silberman. A recording of the event can be found here.

The Foundation to Abolish Abortion is hiring a video editor. Job description and application can be found here.

Abolitionists Rising added four new articles to their site:
–Will the Sixth Annual Abolition Day Be the Last?
–Rose Day: A Celebration of Treachery and Deceit
–Kevin Stitt Comes Out Against Dusty Deevers’ Abolition of Abortion Act
–He Gets Us, The Pro-Life Movement, and Theological Liberalism

Upcoming Events

February 21st – Abolish Abortion Missouri Rally at the Capitol from 1:00-3:00pm local time.

February 24th – Love of Truth Ministries is hosting an Anti-Abortion Apologetics and Abolition Training in San Antonio, TX from 9:00-3:00pm local time.

March 27th – AIMKS Abolish Abortion Rally at the Capitol in Topeka beginning at 8:00am.

April 18th – 21st – The 2024 Abolitionists Rising Conference, April 18th-21st in Charlotte, NC.

Abolition News – January 21st – February 2nd

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Iowa Abolition Bill Filed, Pastors Meeting Announced

It is a very exciting time in Iowa! Iowa Pastors hosted A Call for Equal Protection at the state capitol on January 31st. The next day, State Representative and Abolitionist Legislator Zach Dieken introduced HF2256 to abolish abortion in the Hawkeye State. According to Abolitionists Rising, “The bill has been assigned to the House Judiciary Committee chaired by Rep. Steven Holt, who has full authority over the bill’s fate. In Iowa, committee chairs create subcommittees to consider each bill assigned to the committee who then recommend bills for passage to the whole committee. If a committee chair does not want a bill to pass, he can simply deny it a subcommittee hearing.” Iowa Abolitionists are asking everyone to email Rep. Steve Holt at steven.holt@legis.iowa.gov and let him know HF2256 needs a subcommittee hearing. There will also be an Iowa’s Pastor and Church Leadership Meeting at Calvary Chapel in Des Moines on February 9th from 6:00-8:00pm local time.

Foundation to Abolish Abortion Publishes New Report

The Foundation to Abolish Abortion published a new report titled, “Babies Unprotected:
An Analysis of Self-Managed Abortion Numbers in States with ‘Bans‘”. According to their website, the report “offers analysis of the available data on the numbers of self-managed abortions occurring in states with “bans”, and the data is clear. Because no states’ laws are considered to prohibit self-managed abortion, babies in all 50 states remain essentially unprotected from abortion.” The Sentential also covered the report’s release here.

This report was providentially released the same week that the Charlotte Lozier Institute (the research arm of the Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America) released a new study titled, “Pro-Life Laws Exempt Women from Prosecution: An Analysis of Abortion Statutes in 27 States“, in case you need a quick reference for how all pro-life laws keep abortion legal for pregnant women.

AIMKS Announces Capitol Rally

AIMKS has been busy lately! On January 27th they hosted a booth at the Kansas State GOP Convention and were able to have good conversations about their upcoming abolition bill. The bill will be introduced by Representative Samantha Poetter Parshall in the coming weeks and you can read the full bill here. They will be hosting an Abolish Abortion Rally at the capitol in Topeka on March 27th at 8:00am local time.

Abolition Headlines

Russell Hunter of Abolitionists Rising was featured on the Cross Defense YouTube Channel in an episode titled, “Interview of Abolitionists Rising founder, T. Russel Hunter“.

End Abortion Now has released three new videos on their YouTube Channel:
—Feminist Wants Mandatory Vasectomies
—Amazing: Pastor vs. Women’s March Foster Mom
—Debating With The Babylon Bee’s Editor?

Protestia published an article titled, “ERLC Endorses Pathetic Pro-Life Legislation While Snubbing Prominent Abolitionist Bill“.

The Oklahoma GOP released a resolution calling or a Senate floor debate on three bills, including SB1729, which is the abolition bill currently in committee in Oklahoma. You can read more about the full resolution here.

Love of Truth Ministries is hosting an Anti-Abortion Apologetics and Abolition Training in San Antonio, TX on February 24th from 9:00-3:00pm local time.

Abolitionists Rising has published several articles on their website including:
—Senator Dusty Deevers Files Abolition of Abortion Act. The Left Panics
—William Wilberforce: Anti-Incrementalist Extraordinaire
—Abortion, Slavery, and Oklahoma State University

Not a Victim is continuing to fundraise for new “Things You Say To Us” literature focused on equal protection. You can donate here.

Abolish Abortion TX released their 2024 Voter Guide.

Upcoming Events

February 3rd – Abolish Abortion TN Mini-Conference from 2:00-7:45PM EST at North Athens Baptist Church.

February 6th – Abolition Day at the Oklahoma State Capitol at 10:00am local time.

February 9th – Iowa’s Pastor and Church Leadership Meeting at Calvary Chapel (606 E. 9th Street) in Des Moines on February 9th from 6:00-8:00pm local time.

February 21st – Abolish Abortion Missouri Rally at the Capitol from 1:00-3:00pm local time.

February 24th – Love of Truth Ministries is hosting an Anti-Abortion Apologetics and Abolition Training in San Antonio, TX from 9:00-3:00pm local time.

March 27th – AIMKS Abolish Abortion Rally at the Capitol in Topeka beginning at 8:00am.

April 18th – 21st – The 2024 Abolitionists Rising Conference, April 18th-21st in Charlotte, NC.

Tracking Abolition Bills 2024

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Last Update: April 3rd, 4:30pm EST

Knowing how hard it can be to keep up with abolition bills in each state, we created this post in order to help our fellow abolitionists stay up to date with what is happening concerning bills of equal protection.

2024 Filed Bills

Missouri
SB775
Status – Filed by Senator Mike Moon. Assigned to Health and Welfare Committee on 1/19.
TAKE ACTION: Senator Mary Coleman is the Chair, please contact her and demand she give the bill a hearing. You can also email her directly from her public page here.

HB1508
Final Status – Filed by Representative Bob Titus. Titus withdrew the bill after pressure from the pro-life establishment in Missouri.

Oklahoma
SB1729
Status – Filed by Senator Dusty Deevers on 1/16. Has not yet been assigned to committee.
TAKE ACTION:

Indiana
HB1379
Status – Filed by Representative Lorissa Sweet. Referred to the Committee on Courts and Criminal Codes on 1/10.
TAKE ACTION: Contact committee members and ask HB1379 be given a hearing!

Iowa
HF2256
Final Status – Filed by Representative Zach Dieken. Referred to the House Judiciary Committee. Bill was killed after Pro-Life Committee Chair, Steve Holt, refused to assign HF2256 to subcommittee.

Kansas
HB2737
Status – Filed by Representative Samantha Parshall. Referred to the Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
TAKE ACTION: Click here to find out how YOU can help this bill have a hearing!

Colorado
HB24-1224
Final Status – Filed by Representative Scott Bottoms on February 8, 2024. Bill was assigned to the House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs and was voted 8-3 to postpone indefinitely.

Abolition News – January 1st-20th

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Abolition Bills Filed in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Indiana

The 2024 legislative session has kicked off in multiple states and so far three starts have abolition bills filed! In our last issue discussed Missouri’s abolition bill, which was prefiled in December and has now been assigned to the Health and Welfare Committee. Oklahoma Senator and Abolitionist Dusty Deevers filed SB1729 earlier this week which is also known as “The Abolition of Abortion in Oklahoma Act.” Oklahoma’s session begins on February 2nd.

Indiana House Representative Lorissa Sweet has filed HB1379 to abolish abortion in Indiana. The bill has been assigned to the Committee on Courts and Criminal Codes. According to the Indiana General Assembly’s website, their session begins on January 22nd.

Abolition Rallies Announced in Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas

Oklahoma – This years Abolition Day will take place on February 6th at 10:00 am local time at the Capitol. Participants will meet at the South Plaza for a short rally and then head inside for organized lobbying and more.

Missouri – Abolish Abortion Missouri will be hosting their Rally at the Capitol on February 21st from 1:00-3:00 local time

Kansas – Had to reschedule their rally due to weather, but have not selected a make-up date yet.

Abolition Headlines

The film Abolitionist released on January 1st and is available to view for a $4 rental fee. Abolitionist Jon Speed reviewed the film on his website as well.

The “Abortion Free” docuseries dropped episode number two which can be watched here.

Ben Zeisloft wrote an excellent post about the annual March for Life that happened this week and gave us permission to publish it as an article on our site which can be read here.

Abolitionists Rising released a new video on their YouTube channel titled, “City Employee Hates Free Speech.”

AbolitionWomen (aka Steadfastwomen who runs this site) was featured on A Word Fitly Spoken Podcast discussing abolitionism and how women can become more involved. On an unrelated note, a Pro-Life PRC director also discussed her disagreements with points I made on Conversations With a Calvinist podcast on this podcast starting at the 38-39 minute mark.

Not a Victim is continuing to fundraise for new “Things You Say To Us” literature focused on equal protection. You can donate here.

Abolish Abortion Missouri hosted a day conference in Chillicothe. A recording of the event can be found here.

Upcoming Events

February 3rd – Abolish Abortion TN Mini-Conference from 2:00-7:45PM EST at North Athens Baptist Church.

February 6th – Abolition Day at the Oklahoma State Capitol at 10:00 local time.

February 21st – Abolish Abortion Missouri Rally at the Capitol from 1:00-3:00 local time

April 18th – 21st – The 2024 Abolitionists Rising Conference, April 18th-21st in Charlotte, NC.

Five Facts About Abortion Every March for Life Participant Should Know

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This article is copied from an X (formerly known as Twitter) post by Ben Zeisloft.

Today is the #MarchForLife: one of the most significant annual demonstrations in America meant to draw attention to the abortion holocaust and the plight of the preborn. This year is the second #MarchForLife since the overturn of Roe v. Wade. But the battle to end abortion in our land is far from over. Here is why:

1). Abortion is Still Legal in All 50 States

You may have heard from pro-life news outlets that abortion is banned in a dozen or more red states. But all of these states have laws saying that officials cannot prosecute mothers who have abortions, even if they willfully and intentionally murder their preborn babies.

2). Women Are Not “Second Victims”.

You may have also heard that women are “second victims” of a culture of death telling them to murder their babies, or that they are “second victims” of parents or boyfriends pressuring them to abort. There are certainly women who are in abusive situations and deserve our compassion. But we have also seen women over the past few years “shout their abortions” and take abortion pills on the steps of the Supreme Court and even on live television.

We actually infantilize women by suggesting they have no idea what they are doing when they willingly take part in abortion. Even worse, we hold them back from the grace of God and the salvation found in Christ. If they are innocent victims of abortion, how could they need forgiveness for their abortions?

3). Self-Managed Abortion is on the Rise

Because of laws which allow women to murder their babies with immunity and impunity, demand for self-managed abortion pills is on the rise. Even though surgical abortion mills may be closed, women can still order poison pills through the mail to murder their babies. Some of the states with the most rapid increases in abortion pill orders are red states like Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, where pro-life lawmakers and their lobbyist allies insist that abortion has been officially banned.

4). The Pro-Life Movement is the Problem

Elected officials and lobbying groups in the pro-life movement are actually the reason abortion remains legal for women in every red state. Every time Christians try to introduce and advance bills to abolish abortion entirely, even in states with Republican pro-life supermajorities where the abortion lobby has no power, pro-life lawmakers are always the ones who kill these bills.

5). Jesus is the Death Kneel to Abortion

Jesus Christ died and rose from the dead for men and women who have taken part in murdering preborn children. If you have participated in an abortion, repent of your sins and trust in him! Western nations submitted to Christ once abolished child sacrifice in history. Only the departure from Christ has led to the return of child sacrifice. Only by the return to Christ can we vanquish child sacrifice once more.

Resources

Thank you for reading this. Please share this with other #MarchForLife attendees. If you want to see more paradigm-shifting information about abortion and equal protection for the preborn after Roe, you should check out these resources:

Videos: The Fatal Flaw, Abortion is Still Legal in All 50 States, Abortion Free

Talks/Sermons:

Abolition News – December 2023

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Dusty Deevers Wins Oklahoma Senate Seat

Abolitionist Pastor Dusty Deevers won his Oklahoma Senate election by 10 points over his Democrat opponent in a special election held on December 12th despite an onslaught of slander from both Republicans and Democrats in the state. We praise God for this and ask you to keep Senator Deevers in your prayers.

AIMKS Announces Abolition Rally

Abortion is Murder Kansas (AIMKS) announced a rally to abolish abortion will be held on January 16th at 8:30 local time. According to the event description, “We are going to our Capitol to demand of our legislators that abortion be abolished, that child sacrifice end, that baby murder be criminalized for God’s sake and our neighbors’. We will hear from many pastors from around the state, we will set up meetings with our legislators, we will sing hymns, chant chants, and call the world to repent of their apathy for the genocide we all live in. And we will go every year, preach every month, demand justice every day until abortion is abolished.”

Pro-Life Leaders Brag About Killing Equal Protection Bills in MO/Looking to Expand Abortion Rights in Oklahoma

On December 1st, Missouri House Representative Bob Titus and Senator Mike Moon prefilled two bills of equal protection, HB1508 and SB775, respectively. By December 8th, Missouri Pro-Life leader Samuel Lee (who spoke against a bill of equal protection last year in the Senate hearing for SB356) vocalized his objections to the bills. Pro-life Missouri State Representative Tony Lovasco also spoke out against these bills stating that while equal protection may be an intellectually consistent position, it is an incredibly bad idea. Bob Titus then withdrew his bill in the House. Further information can be found here and here.

In Oklahoma, State Chair for Oklahomans for Life Tony Lauinger, is back for yet another year calling for the reintroduction of rape and incest laws concerning abortion, which would reopen kill mills in the state.

Abolition Headlines

Not a Victim is continuing to fundraise for new “Things You Say To Us” literature focused on equal protection. You can donate here.

Abolitionists Rising, which recently broke 200K subscribers on YouTube, released two new videos titled, “You’re Arguing In Bad Faith!” Pro-Choice Activists Debate Abolitionist” and “Should Women Be Prosecuted?: A Debate With Babylon Bee’s Joel Berry“.

Abolition Abortion Texas (AATX) published two new articles on their site titled, “Pro-Life laws aren’t working. Equal protection is the answer.” and “They aren’t fighting as Christians. We are.” AATX also released two new videos on their YouTube channel as well titled, “Pro-Life laws aren’t working. Here’s why.” and “Equal Protection is advancing in Texas and across the country!“

End Abortion Now released an new video titled, “Our Biggest Year Yet! Partner With Us In 2024!“.

Bradley Pierce of AATX was featured on the Truth Over Tribe podcast for an episode titled, “Is Being Pro-Life Enough? with Abortion Abolitionist Bradley Pierce” where he did an excellent job handling the questions and objections of the pro-life podcast hosts.

End Abortion Ohio was featured in an article titled, “After Ohio Supreme Court dismisses anti-abortion arguments, advocates work to unveil total abortion ban.”

Laura Klassen, founder of Choice42.com, was featured on the Pro-Life Guys podcast to discuss IVF. She also wrote an article for The Art of Worship website titled, “Pastors, Love Your Preborn Neighbor“.

Abolitionist Pastor Brian Gunter was featured on Iron Sharpens Iron radio on an episode titled, “Has Pro-life, Evangelical Christian, Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson Betrayed the Cause to Rescue the Unborn from Slaughter?”

Abolish Abortion NC started a Twitter account which can be followed here.

InTheGrove has a new sweatshirt avliable for purchase:

Upcoming Events

January 11th – Abolition, What is it? Hosted by Abolish Abortion Nebraska. Event will take place at Dominion Covenant Church, 6140 Irving Rd., Omaha, NE from 5:30-8:00pm local time with dinner provided.

January 16th – AIMKS Abolish Abortion Rally in the Kansas State Capitol–2nd Floor Rotunda starting at 8:30 local time.

February 3rd – Abolish Abortion TN Mini-Conference from 2:00-7:45PM EST at North Athens Baptist Church.

April 18th – 21st – The 2024 Abolitionists Rising Conference, April 18th-21st in Charlotte, NC.