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Pro-Life This Week – May 29, 2026

Week in Review

Documentary Details Horrific Story of a Baby Trafficked for Organ Harvesting

David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress released a new documentary this week that shares how a prominent late-term abortion clinic in a Philly suburb harvests fetal body parts from preemie-age infants after using large doses of labor-inducing drugs on their mothers.

The documentary shares the story of a couple who express extreme regret for the abortion and have come forward to share this story in hopes that it will not happen again. They would like to find their daughter’s remains so that she can receive a proper burial. They also hope to pull back the horrific curtain of what goes on in this late-term abortion facility. 

The documentary, What Happened to Clementine? A Baby Trafficked for Organ Harvesting, is available for free on YouTube. 

The film, about 50 minutes long, details the story from start to finish. As a parent, it’s incredibly sad to watch. The pain and regret both parents feel are obvious, and so is the fact that the true victim is the documentary’s namesake—baby Clementine.

The mother details how she was coerced into an abortion and how the facility delivered her child alive so they could harvest her organs. The horrific events are confirmed in the documentary, as two former abortionists review the medical records of the mother, deducing that the facility delivered Clementine alive and then sold her to be used for medical research. 

The sad reality is that Clementine’s fate is not an isolated incident. We know because of David’s undercover videos what lengths abortion providers will go to in order to traffic aborted babies. The evil of the abortion industry knows no bounds.

To watch the documentary or find out more details about this case, visit centerformedicalprogress.org. 

Latest Pew Research Study Highlights the Need for Courage and Reverence for Our Lord in Church

A new Pew Research poll on political and social topics mentioned in church shows that abortion is the number one “social” issue churchgoing Americans report hearing about from the pulpit. Yet, the study shows that only 35% of the church-going Americans surveyed had heard from their pastor about abortion at least once.

However, even though the Catholic Church teaches the evil of abortion, more than half of the regular Mass goers polled in this survey reported never hearing a sermon on abortion. The Church has strong and consistent teaching on the dignity of human life and about the truth that abortion kills a preborn child, so it stands to reason that Catholics attending Mass regularly should be able to confidently say that their parish priest has spoken out against abortion. 

Catholics need proper instruction from the pulpit, especially when it comes to the Church’s teachings regarding morality, sin, and reverent reception of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. Sadly, we regularly see news headlines of pro-abortion politicians who continue to receive Our Lord in the Holy Eucharist at Mass yet who legislate in favor of preborn child murder. Therefore, it is the duty of our priests and bishops to refuse to give the Eucharist to Catholics publicly living in grave sin until they have repented, gone to confession, and ceased their actions.

Holy Mother Church says this clearly in Canon 915, which specifically states that “those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion” (emphasis added).

Canon 915 specifically addresses the sacrilege and scandal that Catholics with public platforms pose to others when they support evil actions, such as abortion and euthanasia, yet continue to receive Jesus Christ, who is fully present in the Eucharist. 

American Life League designed our Canon 915 program to promote what the Catholic Church already teaches in this canon and to encourage our shepherds to be courageous in implementing it to defend Our Lord. Canon 915 does not seek to condemn the individual who is putting their soul in grave danger but rather seeks to protect Jesus from sacrilege. As said time and time again, Canon 915 is truly the “ultimate act of charity.” Therefore, we must ask the Holy Spirit to guide our priests and bishops for continuous growth in courage so that they defend Our Lord through both their actions and speech.

ALL in the News

Celebrate Life Magazine editor Susan Ciancio recently published an article with Catholic365. The article is entitled “Joy in Christ Outlasts Earthly Happiness.” Susan also penned an article about Our Lady of Charity; it was published in Catholic World Report. 

Katie Brown Xavios, ALL’s national director, regularly posts updates about American Life League and its important work on social media channels X and LinkedIn. Follow her accounts to stay up to date.

Twice a week, Judie’s commentaries are distributed to an expansive media list. The list contains over 100 media outlets such as Fox News, The Federalist, Breitbart, and The Daily Caller, among others. Judie’s commentaries are each featured on the front page of ALL.org. 

Pro-Life Education

Culture of Life Studies Program

Conversation Starter: Politicians and the Eucharist helps teens think about these questions: Is it okay for a pro-abortion Catholic politician to receive Communion? Is it okay for a priest to deny Communion to a public figure whose pro-abortion stance is well known? Are there other instances in Church history where public figures were denied Communion for grave reasons? What can you as a young person do to help influence pro-abortion politicians? In this 6-page mini-lesson, you and your kids will learn about Canon 915 and reverence for the Eucharist. Now on sale for just $1 to download! ORDER HERE

ALL’s Education Materials

A Person’s a Person, No Matter How Small: Inaccurate science leads to the dehumanizing of preborn babies. From the moment the sperm fertilizes the egg, a new human being is created and begins growing exponentially each day. Containing a scientifically accurate and descriptive illustration of a baby’s development, this brochure not only takes you on a five-week journey with the baby as you watch him grow, but it identifies the language used by some in the scientific community who strive to obfuscate the truth about when a human being’s life truly begins—a tactic that results in more abortions and more dead babies. SHOP NOW

Pro-Life Social Media

Texas Democrat Justifies Abortion with Mary’s ‘Consent’

Democrats’ penchant for rewriting history should come as no surprise. The New York Times’ 1619 Project reframed the founding of the country as beginning with the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Virginia. Democratic rhetoric consistently claims to be the party of civil rights. Daily commentaries frame contemporary issues like school choice and border enforcement as echoes of Jim Crow policies. 

American history isn’t the only subject vulnerable to aggressive rewrites. The Annunciation of Gabriel’s message to Mary, the Mother of God, is now a lesson in abortion apologetics. James Talarico is the Democratic nominee for the US Senate in the state of Texas, and he has new ideas about the Incarnation: 


Talarico sides with abortion because Mary gave “consent” to God’s will for her.

Huh?

Mary’s fiat isn’t about “choice” or “consent.” It’s about submission to God’s will, which Mary did perfectly. 

according to your word.” Christians for 2,000 years have celebrated this as obedience, humility, and trust in God’s sovereign plan. This deceptive hireling trying to retroactively transform the passage into a modern bodily-autonomy argument stretches the text far beyond what it actually says. The passage is about divine incarnation, obedience, and faith… not contract negotiation. You can debate abortion policy separately. But Luke 1 is being imported into a framework the text itself does not explicitly teach.