Alaska among 23 states calling on Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade
Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor signed onto an amicus brief, joining 22 other states in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion across the nation in 1973. The brief is filed in support of a Mississippi law that bans
Dunleavy picks liberal justice for AK Supreme Court after Judicial Council blocks conservatives
On July 7, Gov. Mike Dunleavy appointed a justice with close ties to abortion supporters to serve on the Alaska Supreme Court. Judge Henderson was selected from a group of just three individuals forwarded to the governor by the Alaska Judicial Council to fill
Planned Parenthood uses teen recruits to reach Alaska youth with sexual agenda
Planned Parenthood is training and using local teens to disseminate its sexual agenda in Alaska classrooms. In a June 16 announcement lauding its Anchorage Teen Council, the Planned Parent affiliate in Alaska said its youth activists are actively infusing
U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka addresses abortion, women’s sports, religious freedom
Kelly Tshibaka, who is attempting to unseat 20-year U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski in the 2022 midterms, addressed a number of hot-button issues during a June 16 appearance on a faith-based Alaska radio show. Speaking to host Jim Minnery, Tshibaka reaffirmed her
Fairbanks pro-life group changing leadership, seeking new direction
The Fairbanks-based Right to Life Interior Alaska will be holding an important meeting later this month to reorganize under new leadership. Lance Roberts serves as chair of the organization, but he is stepping down this summer to run for the Fairbanks
Alaska Archbishop tried to delay discussion on denying Communion to pro-abortion politicians
Archbishop Andrew Bellisario, who oversees some 32,000 Alaska Catholics in the Archdiocese of Anchorage-Juneau, is among a minority block of U.S. bishops who wish to delay a conversation on whether pro-abortion politicians such as President Joe Biden and U.S.
Six Alaska legislators will decide whether to explicitly prohibit state funding of abortion
Should Alaska use public funds to compensate abortionists for killing unborn babies? This is one key matter that a committee of six state legislators will hash out in the coming days. At issue is whether a specific pro-life amendment should be included in the
Alaska on board as U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear case challenging Roe v. Wade
The U.S. Supreme Court announced May 17 that it will hear a case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, regarding a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Both pro-life and pro-abortion activists see the case as an
Legislators reintroduce bill aimed at banning abortions in Alaska
Alaska Representatives Christopher Kurka and David Eastman, both from Wasilla, have reintroduced a Life at Conception Act with the goal of directly challenging the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade which declared a right to abortion. Closely
2020 marks fewest abortions Alaska has ever recorded
For the past 18 years, Alaska has tracked annual abortions in the state. The 1,206 reported in 2020 are the fewest ever recorded. Between 2003 and 2009, there were around 1,860 abortions performed annually in Alaska. Those numbers began to steadily decline
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