In surprise move, Alaskan Independence Party elects John Howe to replace chairman Bob Bird
On April 13, a small group of party leaders voted to replace Bird with longtime member John Wayne Howe. The vote occurred during the party’s annual convention in
Alaska Dept. of Law suggests Walgreens’ move to sell abortion drugs may violate state law
As of last month, the Alaska Department of Law was unaware of the fact that Walgreens was distributing the abortion drug mifepristone through its Alaska stores, a practice that may be in violation of state
Group of Alaska Republicans help Dems kill pro-life amendments to contraception bill
Many Republicans in the Alaska State House, including some who claim to be “pro-life,” teamed up with pro-abortion Democrats to kill several pro-life amendments to a bill that would mandate insurance providers cover a whole range of contraceptives,
Pro-life sidewalk counselor training occurs tonight in Anchorage
Tonight, March 19, there will be a training session for Alaskans who wish to learn more about becoming a sidewalk counselor on the frontlines of the pro-life
Hearing on March 14 for Alaska bill that aims to defend all human life, from conception onward
On March 14, the Alaska State House will take up this question in a hearing for the Life At Conception Act, a bill that aims to protect babies from conception to natural end of
Alaska Walgreens’ move to sell abortion drug prompts pro-lifers to protest Soldotna store
After initially assuring the state that it would not sell the abortion pill mifepristone in its Alaska stores, Walgreens has since reversed course and is now dispensing the deadly drug to
Once again, Sen. Murkowski sponsors bill to force states into killing unborn babies
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski has once again signed on as a co-sponsor of a controversial bill aimed at forcing every state in the nation to kill unborn babies through
Alaska pro-lifers gather at abortion clinic for another 40-day vigil, volunteers needed
Fresh off Anchorage’s first pro-life march last month, advocates for the unborn will soon be gathering outside the state’s largest abortion mill for another 40 days of prayer and public witness for the city’s most vulnerable and
OPINION: Alaska GOP’s shopworn ‘resistance’ to abortion is an absurd dead end
The Republican Party has used the prolife vote for decades now, and with the exception of Donald Trump’s judicial appointments, has given very little reason to expect prolife voters to continue to support the GOP. This realization is dawning on many
Fairbanks schools’ diversity committee looks to exclude pro-life perspective
Despite claims that it values diverse perspectives in working to improve local schools, the Fairbanks School Board’s Diversity Committee doesn’t seem interested in hearing from pro-life stakeholders in the
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