President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., asserted during a three-hour confirmation hearing that tissue from preborn children is not necessary for stem cell research.

Fortenberry’s charges were dismissed with prejudice, which prevents a future administration from bringing the same charges against the former Republican lawmaker from Nebraska at a later date.

At the National Pro-Life Summit, provocateur Fr. Calvin Robinson of the Anglican Catholic Church threw up a Nazi-like salute. After video of the gesture went viral, the Anglican Catholic Church revoked his license to practice in the church.

As a member of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, I have consistently defended the right to life at the federal level. While the 14th Amendment to the Constitution has guaranteed legal protection for innocent human beings since its enshrinement in 1868, much work remains to be done to align public policy with this fundamental human right.

Abortion opponents praised Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday, after he vowed at a Senate hearing to implement "whatever" position President Trump takes on regulating abortion pills, if confirmed as the next secretary of health and human services.

President Donald Trump has taken several actions via executive order and administrative directive to advance the pro-life cause since taking office last week. Here are three steps the Trump administration has taken to implement the objectives of the pro-life movement as the official policy of the U.

The president's executive orders have strengthened existing barriers to those who need access the most, experts say

Within the first week of President Donald Trump's return to the White House, he used executive authority to block taxpayer funds from paying for elective abortion procedures b

The New York Times dismissed President Donald Trump s claim that Democratic politicians support abortion on demand, including after the baby is born, days after Senate Democrats blocked a bill

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Monday signaled that it planned to prioritize the enforcement of religious protections. | HHS on Monday signaled that it planned to prioritize the enforcement of religious protections.

Trump reinstated a policy, commonly referred to as the Mexico City Policy, which bars taxpayer funds from going to nongovernmental organizations abroad that perform or promote abortions. He also signed an executive order to further enforce a ban on federal funding for abortion known as the Hyde Amendment.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. backed abortion rights, but the nation’s leading anti-abortion groups aren’t lobbying senators to reject him.