Fort Wayne, IN (LifeNews.com) -- A judge has issued an initial ruling in the case abortion advocates brought against a new Fort Wayne, Indiana measure designed to keep women's health and safety in mind. In April, the county commissioners approved an ordinance cracking down on botched abortions that injure women.

Fresno, CA (LifeNews.com) -- In a victory for pro-life speech in public schools, a federal court entered a judgment Thursday against a California elementary school and three school officials. The court determined they violated the First, Fourth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights of a 6th grade student who wore a pro-life T-shirt.

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A leading pro-life advocate is celebrating the decision from Washington, D.C. city officials saying the sidewalk outside the Planned Parenthood abortion business in the nation's capital is public property. The decision may allow pro-life advocates to pray there without interference.

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The Obama administration has cleared itself of illegally lobbying for abortion in Kenya when it spent $23 million financing groups participating in the Yes campaign supporting the draft constitution Kenyans approved earlier this month that would essentially allow unlimited abortions.

Sacramento, CA (LifeNews.com) -- A new poll in the California Senate race shows pro-life candidate Carly Fiorina has increased her lead over pro-abortion incumbent Barbara Boxer to five percentage points. Not content with the results, Boxer has released a new Internet ad that bashes Fiorina on abortion.

On January 29, the Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Death Penalty (CMN) was launched. According to its executive director, Karen Clifton, the CMN was created "with the encouragement of the USCCB."

New York, NY (LifeNews.com) -- A recently-released document, revives concerns that the Washington DC-based Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is becoming yet another venue for the promotion of abortion, under the guise of reproductive health, and family planning.

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The response to a national controversy -- generated with a pro-life student group uncovering information showing students who attend public universities in North Carolina will be forced to pay for abortions via their required student health care plan -- has been swift.

Jefferson City, MO (LifeNews.com) -- Just one week after Missouri voters made it abundantly clear they strongly oppose the pro-abortion health care bill President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies pushed through Congress, a new poll shows pro-life Senate candidate Roy Blunt leading pro-abortion Robin Carnahan.

It is no secret that the upcoming 2010 midterm elections will in part be a referendum on the health care reform legislation that was passed this spring. However the enactment of Obama care will have some important policy and political implications that will last well beyond 2010. This is especially the case for the pro-life movement in America.

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Two new polls out today show Americans believe pro-abortion President Barack Obama is more liberal than the beliefs they espouse. Yet they appear unwilling to support any of a slate of potential Republican presidential candidates over him in potential 2012 matchups.

Public opinion polls and the political pundits seem to now agree that if the November elections were held today the Republican Party would win an historic landslide victory. Indeed, the agenda of the Obama administration has been dominated by far left policies that have deepened the current economic recession and has pursued a radical social agenda, which includes a steadfast commitment to abortion on demand.

Amsterdam, Netherlands (LifeNews.com) -- The Dutch government reported today that the number of reported cases of euthanasia or assisted suicide rose 13 percent in 2009 and now total about two percent of all deaths in the European nation. The news, which already worries pro-life advocates, sparked a further concern with talk of creating a euthanasia "hospital" to facilitate more deaths.

Madison, WI (LifeNews.com) -- Republican front-runner Scott Walker and former Congressman Mark Neumann, the other GOP hopeful, both lead pro-abortion Democratic Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in the race to be Wisconsin�s next governor. Both pro-life candidates hold leads in the latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of likely voters.

Orlando, FL (LifeNews.com) -- Embattled Florida abortion practitioner James Pendergraft recently saw his medical license suspended for a fourth time by the Florida Board of Medicine. on Saturday, the board suspended his license for one year and placed it on probation for three years after that.

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- On behalf of the nation's Catholic bishops, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo presented the People of Life award to three individuals for their lifetime commitment to the pro-life movement. The archbishop of Galveston-Houston presented the awards at a ceremony in Houston on Monday.

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- He's not officially a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 2012, but pro-life former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum is actively making preparations in case he decides to become one.

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The bus tour the Susan B. Anthony List is sponsoring through the Midwest to highlight the way in which some "pro-life" Democrats voted for the pro-abortion health care bill is raising the ire of the House members from Indiana and Ohio. They are responding to the criticism with assertions pro-life groups aren't pro-life.

Topeka, KS (LifeNews.com) -- Yesterday, a national pro-life college student group unveiled new information showing how public university students in North Carolina may soon be forced to pay for abortions in student health insurance plans. A pro-life group in Kansas says it can understand how students don't appreciate having to do so.

Atlanta, GA (LifeNews.com) -- Nathan Deal, a pro-life former congressman seeking the Republican gubernatorial nomination, defeated his primary runoff opponent, former Secretary of State Karen Handel.