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NOTE FROM TIFFIN RIGHT TO LIFE 1-15-26
If you purchase pills to achieve an elective abortion (abortion on demand), how would you know where the pills were manufactured and whether they are "safe" for the woman who takes them?
Did you know that "abortion pills" are shipped into the United States from foreign countries?
Below is a short article from LifeNews.com that refers to a comprehensive study on this troubling situation.
New Report Shows
Overseas Abortion Drugs
Are Flooding America
LifeNews.com | National | Laura Pham | 1-14-26 | Washington, DC
A new Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI) report documents how international entities are bypassing U.S. laws and regulations to ship massive numbers of abortion drugs nationwide. The report discusses international abortion centers that mail drugs into the U.S., international online pharmacies that sell abortion drugs to U.S. customers, and community abortion drug networks that source abortion drugs internationally and distribute them around the country.
Drug-induced abortions, accounting for two-thirds of abortions in the U.S., have surged in recent years.
Although only the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved abortion drugs distributed by the three U.S. sponsors may be legally sold in the U.S., the FDA’s 2021 removal of the in-person dispensing requirement coincided with a surge in the availability of abortion drugs from international sources. CLICK HERE to read the full article from LifeNews.com.
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If you wish see the FULL REPORT, "International Shipments of Abortion Drugs," by Tessa Cox, senior research associate at Charlotte Lozier Institute (CLI), CLICK HERE
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Pope Leo Blasts Abortion,
Says Killing Babies is “Deplorable”
LifeNews.com | Steven Ertelt | 1-9-26 | The Vatican
Pope Leo XIV sharply condemned abortion and surrogacy in a major address today, declaring the allocation of public funds to support it “deplorable” and a grave violation of human dignity that prioritizes suppressing life over aiding mothers and families.
In his remarks, the pontiff emphasized life as “a priceless gift” that must be protected from conception, framing the family as its “responsible guardian.”
“Life, in fact, is a priceless gift that develops within a committed relationship based on mutual self-giving and service,” Pope Leo said. “In light of this profound vision of life as a gift to be cherished and of the family as its responsible guardian, we categorically reject any practice that denies or exploits the origin of life and its development.”
The pope expressed particular alarm over initiatives funding cross-border travel to obtain abortions.
“In this regard, the Holy See expresses deep concern about projects aimed at financing cross-border mobility for the purpose of accessing the so-called ‘right’ to safe abortion,” the pope said.
Pope Leo went further, criticizing the use of taxpayer money to fund abortions that kills babies instead of aiding pregnant women and families.
“It also considers it deplorable that public resources are allocated to suppress life rather than being invested to support mothers and families, and that they must remain the protection of every unborn child and the effective and concrete support of every woman so she is able to welcome life,” he said. CLICK HERE for the entire article, including the Pope's comments on surrogacy.​ NOTE: A second, more comprehensive article about Pope Leo's sweeping address to 9 diplomats from around the world is LINKED HERE
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Most people in the United States believe the pro-life movement began in the 1970's after Roe v. Wade was passed.
The scientific facts behind the pro-life movement were actually discovered nearly 200 years ago.
CLICK HERE and watch a 12-minute video:
"Why 19th Century Doctors Fought to Protect The Unborn," presented by Cy Kellett in 12 minutes. We think you will learn some facts you didn't know before.
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Court Overrules Leftist Judge,
Allows Planned Parenthood
Defunding to Continue
LifeNews.com | National | Steven Ertelt
Dec 9, 2025 | Washington, DC
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The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday overruled a preliminary injunction from liberal U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, allowing a federal provision to defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business through Medicaid to take effect and continue during ongoing litigation.
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The decision, which lifts a temporary block on the funding ban, marks a significant victory for pro-life advocates who have long pushed to redirect taxpayer dollars away from the abortion company.
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The American Center for Law and Justice, which filed amicus briefs supporting the government’s position, hailed the ruling as a “crucial” step in “defending the sanctity of life and ensuring that taxpayer dollars are not used to fund organizations that perform abortions.”
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Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee in Massachusetts, issued a preliminary injunction against a pro-life provision in Congress’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The measure bars Medicaid reimbursements to tax-exempt organizations that kill babies in abortions and received more than $800,000 in such funds during fiscal year 2023.
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Pro-life advocates had championed the law as a critical step to redirect taxpayer dollars away from abortion companies, ending federal taxpayer support to large entities like Planned Parenthood.
The ruling applied to a coalition of 22 states led by California, Connecticut and New York, plus the nation’s capital.
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Talwani found that the states are “likely to prove that the law imposes an unconstitutional, retroactive condition on state participation in the Medicaid program,” which provides health coverage to low-income Americans. She described the provision as “impermissibly ambiguous,” noting that allowing it to take effect would “increase the percentage of patients unable to receive birth control and preventive screenings, thereby prompting an increase in states’ healthcare costs.”
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Now defunding can continue nationwide thanks to the appellate court.
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Tiffin RTL Notes: The "Monday" referenced in the lead sentence above apparently refers to Monday, December 8, as this article was published online on Tuesday, Dec. 9. The full text of the article appears above as taken from this CLICK HERE link
If you wish to read a previous article published on December 4, 2025 by "The Washington Stand," about about District Judge Indira Talwani's earlier ruling, you can CLICK HERE
These two articles illustrate just how quickly legal issues can change.
16,499 People Killed by Canada’s Euthanasia Program in 2024, Government Report Finds
by McKenna Snow for Catholic Vote, 12-1-25
The Canadian government this month released the annual report on its euthanasia program, Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), revealing that 16,499 people were killed via the program in 2024 — a 6.9% increase from 2023.
The government granted nearly 75% of all requests for euthanasia in 2024, according to the Sixth Annual Report. In total, 22,535 people requested MAID, 1,327 people were deemed “ineligible,” 4,017 died of another cause, and 692 people withdrew their request. The rest had their request granted and were killed.
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An excerpt from the article: Euthanasia is now the fourth leading cause of death in Canada, according to Alexander Raikin, a visiting fellow in bioethics and American democracy at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
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CLICK HERE to read the full article, then pray and vote that this type of Physician-Assisted Suicide is NEVER passed in Ohio.
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THE BEAUTY & THE MIRACLE
OF NEW LIFE
This 3-minute video is one of the most detailed looks ever shown of human life in the womb featuring "Baby Olivia" with medically accurate, life-like animation of a preborn baby’s development
before birth.
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​Life is beautiful -- Let's Celebrate Life
CLICK HERE here to watch
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Some States are advocating the use of this video in public schools to teach students about the development
of human life in the womb.
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Physician-Assisted Suicide:
A Perversion of Mercy
by Kevin Jorrey
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In recent years, the push for Physician-Assisted Suicide (PAS) has been framed as a compassionate choice, a way to end suffering and uphold “personal dignity.” Yet the Catholic Church, rooted in Scripture and Tradition, makes clear that such practices gravely misunderstand both human dignity and authentic compassion.
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In Canada, PAS has been legal for several years, and the consequences are devastating. In 2023 alone, over 15,000 Canadians died under what is called Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), a phrase that hides the harsh reality of euthanasia. This represents almost 5% of total deaths in 2023, meaning one in every twenty Canadians who died did not receive love and care in their final days, but instead were handed a cold, clinical death. When universal healthcare is paired with PAS, the sick are no longer seen as treasures to be cherished but as burdens to be removed, lives deemed more “valuable” dead than alive.
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When physicians abandon their oath to “do no harm” and instead participate in killing, the foundations of healthcare itself begin to collapse. CLICK HERE to read the FULL article.
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to hear a
4-minute
MIND-BLOWING CONVERSATION ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS
"You're making me
THINK about it."
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Ethical Dilemmas of IVF:
Real Stories from
Parents and Children
a video link from
Lila Rose of Live Action
7/19/25
CLICK HERE to watch a recorded discussion of Adult Children conceived via In Vitro Fertilization and Parents who used IVF
to achieve pregnancy
BOTH GROUPS EXPERIENCE TRAUMA​
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THE REALITY OF
ELECTIVE ABORTION ON DEMAND
For many people, abortion is an abstract idea concerning personal freedom. They have not grasped the true reality of what happens when a more powerful person chooses elective abortion (also known as abortion on demand).
Elective abortion is a violent and fatal assault on an innocent human being growing and developing in his or her mother's womb.
Elective abortion is spoken about in euphemisms to hide the brutal reality of what occurs. We want people to understand why it is necessary to bring the truth forward.
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CLICK HERE for a short video of the fastest response to 7 of the Most Frequent Challenges to the Pro-life Position.
JUST BECAUSE AN ACT IS LEGAL
DOES NOT MAKE IT MORAL
Ask yourself this question, "If Ohio law said it is legal to steal less than $500 from a bank, and you will not be prosecuted for doing so," would that make it morally right to steal?
Many people incorrectly assume, "If it's legal, it must be moral." Pro-life people understand that elective abortion is now legal in many states, but it is NOT moral, AND that medical care after a spontaneous miscarriage is NOT elective abortion, AND ELECTIVE ABORTION IS NOT HEALTH CARE.
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What is happening in California appears to embrace the incorrect position that assumes "if it's legal, it's moral," as evidenced by the 63% increase in requests for physician assisted suicide per the statistics shown in information from California. CLICK HERE to read a blog article about the experience in California.
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When a society no longer values innocent life in the womb, it quickly goes down the slippery slope of degrading the value of other innocent lives as illustrated in information from Canada. CLICK HERE to read a blog article from Canada about Physician Assisted Suicide. ​