States with so-called abortion bans still have many abortions
THE SENTINEL
“The dozen or more conservative states which claim to have banned abortion have a substantial number of mothers murdering their preborn babies under explicit cover of law, according to an updated report released earlier this month by the Foundation to Abolish Abortion.”
The Truth About Abortion Rates In Our Post-Roe World
THE SWORD AND THE TROWEL PODCAST
Tom Ascol of Founders Ministries talks with Bradley Pierce, President of Foundation to Abolish Abortion about the Pro-Life movement, abolishing abortion, and the truth about the number of abortions that still happen in the post-Roe v. Wade world.
Alabama denies 'equal protection' for the unborn by allowing thousands of abortions, Texas attorney says
1819 NEWS PODCAST
Alabama denies 'equal protection' for the unborn by allowing thousands of abortions, Texas attorney says.
Is Being Pro-Life Enough? with Abortion Abolitionist Bradley Pierce
TRUTH OVER TRIBE PODCAST
Keith Simon invited Bradley Pierce on the Truth Over Tribe podcast to discuss the differences between being Pro-Life and being an abolitionist. They covered many common questions Christians have about abolitionism.
Is the Pro-Life Movement Fake? | Guest: Bradley Pierce | Ep 844
RELATABLE WITH ALLIE BETH STUCKEY
Allie Beth Stuckey interviewed FAA president, Bradley Pierce on her The Blaze network podcast Relatable. They discussed the differences between abolitionists and many pro-lifers, what justice for abortions might look like, and how to balance impartiality and compassion for those misled by the media and the abortion industry.
Opinion: One year after Dobbs, abortion remains legal in every state
THE SENTINEL
“Equal protection under the law becomes nothing more than a political slogan if a subset of the population has blanket immunity to violate such protections.”
Missouri Republican proposes bill to enable murder charges for getting an abortion
THE KANSAS CITY STAR
“A Missouri Republican has offered legislation that would allow for women to be charged with murder if they get an abortion in the state. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Mike Moon, an Ash Grove Republican, would give fetuses the same rights as human beings, which would allow for criminal charges to be filed against anyone who gets an abortion, helps someone get an abortion or provides abortion care.”
Missouri Republican proposes bill to enable murder charges for getting an abortion
YAHOO NEWS
“A Missouri Republican has offered legislation that would allow for women to be charged with murder if they get an abortion in the state. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Mike Moon, an Ash Grove Republican, would give fetuses the same rights as human beings, which would allow for criminal charges to be filed against anyone who gets an abortion, helps someone get an abortion or provides abortion care.”
Abortion opponents and supporters spar over prosecuting women
WORLD News
“In some ways, this is all kind of moot,” Pierce said. Now that every home can be an abortion facility, he said, unless the law treats abortion as murder, “we’re dealing with method instead of dealing with the actual conduct of what actually is happening—and that is intentionally causing the death of a human being.”
Inside the Extreme Effort to Punish Women for Abortion
New York Times
In their amicus brief, they wrote, “The court is not only bound by the text of the Constitution, but it is also bound by the limits on human civil authority revealed by God.”
Anti-Abortion Movement Faces Divisions in Post-Roe Politics
Bloomberg News
“We already have laws on the books that prohibit homicide. The abortion exceptions to those laws should be repealed, so that no one can take a life,” said Bradley Pierce, head of Foundation to Abolish Abortion, based in Liberty Hill, Texas. Pierce is an attorney who helped author an amicus brief to the Supreme Court abortion case that was just decided.
“If abortion should be illegal for [anyone], it should be illegal for everyone,” Pierce said.
America Is About to See Just How Pro-life Republicans Actually Are
The Atlantic
America Is About to See Just How Pro-life Republicans Actually Are
The landscape of American politics shifted this week, when the Supreme Court decided to overturn Roe. But even on this new terrain, Americans can probably expect much more of the same: a widening chasm between blue states and red.
With Roe abortion access overturned, Texas activists celebrate and others mourn
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
It was a day Bradley Pierce had prayed for. On Friday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade — officially repealing the federal right to abortion and handing control to individual states.
Southern Baptists debate how to best be pro-life
The Christian Post
Southern Baptists debate how to best be pro-life
A debate over the best legal approach to abortion and how it informs resolutions within the Southern Baptist Convention has resurfaced as messengers are set to gather for the denomination’s annual meeting next week.
The anti-abortion movement is about to win. Even it isn’t ready for what comes next.
Vox
The anti-abortion movement is about to win. Even it isn’t ready for what comes next.
Tracking down the sources of abortion pills, a brewing internal schism over arresting pregnant people — welcome to the post-Roe future.
Anti-abortion rights groups say they don't support criminalizing abortion patients
National Public Radio
One of them is Bradley Pierce with the Foundation to Abolish Abortion. He's based in Texas, and he's been drafting legislation that has been proposed in Louisiana and that he's promoting elsewhere to prohibit abortion from the moment of fertilization and to classify it as a homicide.
Where Does the Anti-Abortion Movement Go After Roe?
New York Times
“If the fetus is a person, then we should protect them with the same homicide laws that protect born persons,” said Bradley Pierce, who helped draft the Louisiana legislation and leads the Foundation to Abolish Abortion. “That’s what equal protection means.”
Orleans District Attorney will not 'shift priority' to prosecuting abortion as murder if proposed bill becomes law
The New Orleans Advocate | The Times-Picayune
Attorney Bradley Pierce, who assisted Rep. McCormick in drafting the bill, said the bill is meant to redefine the concept of a person.
"It's a really simple bill," said Pierce, president of the Foundation to Abolish Abortion. "It's a bill to provide legal protection to all persons, which is required by the U.S. Constitution and Louisiana constitution."
If Roe v. Wade is overturned, abortion would immediately be outlawed in Louisiana.
NBC Nightly News
Bradley Pierce, President of the Foundation to Abolish Abortion, helped write that bill, and says his organization is working with at least a dozen other states on anti-abortion legislation. “We believe that abortion is cruel, and it’s the taking of an innocent life, and we should make that illegal. There shouldn’t be some exception for mothers.”
Louisiana wants to make abortion a crime of murder. Supporters even say it's unconstitutional.
USA Today
Bradley Pierce of the Foundation to Abolish Abortion said state legislatures have the right to ignore the U.S. Supreme Court if they disagree with any high court decision.
"If the Supreme Court ignores the (U.S.) Constitution, you should ignore the court."