Tag: Nebraska

Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen responds to Abortion Ballot Initiative that seeks to enshrine abortion in the State Constitution

By McKenna Snow The governor of Nebraska issued a statement this past week responding to a Planned Parenthood-backed ballot initiative seeking to enshrine a right to abortion in Nebraska’s constitution. This flawed initiative would radically expand abortion in Nebraska, resulting in the deaths of thousands of babies in mothers’ wombs,” stated Republican Gov. Jim Pillen …

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Nebraska abortion activists launch ballot measure for late-term abortions

Allowing abortion in the first trimester isn’t enough for the ACLU Editor’s note. This statement comes from the Nebraska Pro-Life Coalition which is opposing the efforts of “Protect Our Rights Nebraska” to embed an amendment in the state constitution that would allow abortion up until birth. LINCOLN, Neb. – Based on language related to “viability” and …

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Pro-abortion group misleads public with billboards and banners in Nebraska

By Nebraska Right to Life “Free and Just,” a Washington D.C. based abortion-rights advocacy group, has been waging a misinformation campaign in Nebraska using billboards and flying banners. In August the organization purchased five billboards in the Omaha area that read: “Women are going to jail under Nebraska’s abortion ban.” Nebraska Right to Life sprung …

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Nebraska Supreme Court rejects pro-abortion request for a temporary injunction that would have halted pro-life Legislative Bill 574

By Dave Andrusko On August 11, after hearing arguments from lawyers for Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office, Lancaster County District Court Judge Lori Maret sided with the state. Plaintiffs had requested that a preliminary injunction be placed on the “Let Them Grow Act” and the accompanying law protecting the …

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Nebraska RTL Urgent Action Alert

UPDATE: Within the hour, we heard from Lamar Outdoor Advertising and they WILL be taking action against the messaging on the billboards in Omaha. Thank you for contacting this company to stand up for the truth. Moving forward, they will ask the Washington D.C. abortion advocacy group Just and Free, to change their messaging. We …

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Planned Parenthood appeals to Nebraska Supreme Court to overturn new pro-life law that protects unborn babies after 12 weeks of pregnancy

By Dave Andrusko On August 11, after hearing arguments  from lawyers for Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office, Lancaster County District Court Judge Lori Maret sided with the state.  Plaintiffs had requested that a preliminary injunction be placed on the “Let Them Grow Act” and the accompanying law protecting the unborn at 12-weeks and beyond …

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Judge rejects attempt to block Nebraska’s new pro-life law

By Dave Andrusko After hearing arguments last month from lawyers for Planned Parenthood of the Heartland and the Nebraska Attorney General’s Office, Lancaster County District Court Judge Lori Maret on Friday sided with the state. Plaintiffs had requested that a preliminary injunction be placed on the “Let Them Grow Act” and the accompanying law protecting the unborn at 12-weeks and beyond …

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House Democrats use misleading reports about teen who burned, buried preborn child to scare public

By Calvin Freiburger WASHINGTON, D.C.– Democrats in Congress are seizing on a pervasive misrepresentation of a grisly child killing out of Nebraska in their attempt to turn the public against pro-life laws by claiming they subject troubled pregnant teenagers to criminal prosecution. Last week, 19-year-old Celeste Burgess was sentenced to 90 days in prison and two years’ …

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18-year-old Nebraska woman sentenced to 90 days in jail for burning the body of the baby she had aborted

By Dave Andrusko 18-year-old Celeste Burgess was sentenced last week to concealing or abandoning a dead body—the body of her 30-week-old unborn baby which she buried three different times in addition to trying to burn the baby’s remains. The northeastern Nebraska woman was sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years of probation for …

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Judge considers Planned Parenthood’s request to stop enforcement of pro-life measure that protects unborn babies after 12 weeks

By Dave Andrusko After a hearing on Wednesday, Lancaster County District Judge Lori Maret said she would issue a written ruling later on a request by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland to place a preliminary injunction on Legislative Bill 574. Judge Maret did not say when her decision could be expected. Attorneys for Planned Parenthood of the …

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Nebraska becomes 9th state to add Abortion Reversal Pill information to informed consent statute

By Dave Andrusko And now there are nine. Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has signed LB 209, meaning Nebraska joins Arizona, Arkansas, South Dakota, Utah, Idaho, North Dakota, Kentucky, and Oklahoma in having a law on the books requiring that women be informed about Abortion Pill Reversal (APR). “Governor Ricketts has signed another pro-life bill into …

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Abortion Pill Reversal bill on its way to Nebraska Governor

By Dave Andrusko As soon as Gov. Pete Ricketts signs LB 209, Nebraska will join eight other states in having a law on the books requiring that women be informed about Abortion Pill Reversal (APR). The other eight are Arizona , Arkansas, South Dakota ,Utah, Idaho North Dakota, Kentucky, and Oklahoma. Their laws require that …

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