This week: Hold Them Accountable campaign launches, Springfield Bishop calls the law a “grave offense,” Trump’s expected FDA pick, Dr. Christina Francis, Argentina and more.
Release date: August 21, 2026
MCFL launches statewide campaign to hold lawmakers accountable after abortion expansion
Massachusetts Citizens for Life has launched a statewide campaign to identify where Massachusetts legislators and candidates stand following the state’s expansion of abortion later in pregnancy.
READ MOREDr. Christina Francis warns Massachusetts abortion expansion puts mothers at risk
Dr. Christina Francis, a board-certified OB-GYN and CEO of the American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians and Gynecologists, is warning that Massachusetts’ new abortion law puts women at greater medical risk by removing the state’s previous 24-week abortion limit.
READ MORE“Grave offense”: Springfield Bishop says Massachusetts late-term abortion law violates right to life
Springfield Bishop William D. Byrne is condemning Massachusetts’ new late-term abortion law, arguing that it denies unborn children the basic right to life.
READ MOREFDA: Trump expected to nominate pro-life doctor Heidi Overton
President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Dr. Heidi Overton, a physician and White House health policy adviser, as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
READ MORE“Blank check” for abortion industry: New Jersey Right to Life blasts new law
New Jersey Right to Life is condemning a new state law that the pro-life organization says gives broad legal protections to abortion providers while limiting accountability for activities classified as “reproductive health care.”
READ MORECampaign calls on CVS, Walgreens and others to stop selling abortion pills
Human Life Action is calling on major pharmacies and drug distributors to stop selling or distributing mifepristone for abortion.
READ MORELive Action rejects demand to stop calling abortion “killing”
Live Action is rejecting a cease-and-desist letter from a pro-abortion legal group that demanded the organization remove articles and stop describing abortion as “killing” preborn children.
READ MOREMassachusetts mother makes record 1,900-ounce breast milk donation
A Massachusetts mother has made a record-breaking breast milk donation to Cape Cod Hospital, giving 1,900 ounces of breast milk to the hospital’s breast milk depot.
READ MOREArgentina joins Geneva Consensus Declaration on abortion, women's health and families
Argentina has formally joined the Geneva Consensus Declaration on Promoting Women’s Health and Strengthening the Family, becoming the first country to join the coalition since the United States assumed leadership of its Secretariat.
READ MOREComing soon: Former abortionist Dr. Kathi Aultman on abortion up to birth in MA
MCFL recently interviewed retired OB-GYN and former abortionist Dr. Kathi Aultman about Massachusetts’ new law allowing abortions later in pregnancy and its consequences for women and unborn children.
READ MORESix weeks to Massachusetts’ biggest pro-life event featuring Riley Gaines
In just six weeks, Massachusetts Citizens for Life will bring supporters together for its 53rd anniversary dinner and the state’s biggest pro-life event of the fall.
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