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Lawsuit aims to let states block abortion clinics from Medicaid funds

AbortionMay 17, 2022

Editor’s note: In 2021, Alaska used its Medicaid program to pay for 537 abortions. That represents about 44% of all state abortions. As the Senate and House wrestle back and forth in the Alaska Legislature about whether state funds should be allocated

AK Democratic Convention fixates on abortion, masks, ConCon & beating Murkowski

AbortionMay 16, 2022

Alaska Democrats held their statewide party convention earlier this month with a heavy emphasis on deriding pro-life advocates, defeating Sen. Lisa Murkowski, denouncing anti-maskers and opposing a constitutional convention. A recap of the May 6-8 convention

Democrats must denounce violence & mayhem threatening our Union

AbortionMay 16, 2022

In all the efforts to demonize conservatives, be they congressmen, legislators, parents in front of school boards, columnists and commentators, the threats coming from the far left have either been ignored or approved by the leaders of the Democratic Party.

4 Senate Republicans help Dems restore abortion funds in Alaska budget bill

AbortionMay 13, 2022

While most media outlets are fixated on the possibility that the Alaska Legislature might pass a budget that includes a $5,500 PFD payment for Alaskans, another controversy is brewing over abortion funding language. Last month, the House sent a bill to the

Alaska pro-abortionists to protest May 14

AbortionMay 13, 2022

With the U.S. Supreme Court on the verge of overturning Roe v. Wade, Planned Parenthood abortion activists are attempting to mobilize Alaskans to “take action” and “fight” back as part of a national effort that has occasionally incited violence and

AK Democrats get staunch pro-abortion candidate to challenge Murkowski

AbortionMay 12, 2022

Mat-Su Democrat, Pat Chesbro, has thrown her hat in the ring to challenge Sen. Lisa Murkowski for the U.S. Senate. Chesbro is staunchly pro-abortion, and used her May 11 campaign announcement to specifically highlight the issue, saying she will fight for a

Murkowski votes against national abortion bill – favors her own version

AbortionMay 12, 2022

In a vote which may well alienate her pro-abortion supporters, U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined all Senate Republicans, along with Democratic Sen. Joe Machin, of West Virginia, in voting against a radical abortion-expansion bill – the Women’s Health

Sen. Murkowski’s abortion conundrum continues to haunt her

AbortionMay 10, 2022

Since taking office as a U.S. Senator from Alaska in 2002, Lisa Murkowski has attempted to walk a 20-year, precarious and ever-changing line regarding the killing of unborn babies through abortion. From the beginning, she has supported the practice, but with

Alaska ACLU hires Anchorage’s former first lady to further radical agenda

AbortionMay 10, 2022

Climate change activist and abortion rights supporter Mara Kimmel is the new executive director of Alaska’s ACLU chapter. The hard-left organization issued an announcement on May 10. Kimmel is a well-known name in Anchorage’s liberal political circles.

Planned Parenthood’s Soldotna abortion mill to shutter May 31

AbortionMay 9, 2022

The number of Planned Parenthood abortion clinics in Alaska will drop by 25% when the company shutters its Soldotna abortion mill on May 31. Soldotna is one of four communities in Alaska where Planned Parenthood performs abortions. The others are Fairbanks,

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