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Pro-Life This Week – August 7, 2026

Week in Review

New Jersey Bishop Leads Monthly Rosary Procession in Front of Planned Parenthood

Once a month, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney hosts a monthly Mass and Procession for Life beginning at St. Margaret of Scotland Parish in Morristown, NJ. Catholics from the Paterson Diocese gather with the bishop to publicly defend the sanctity of human life.

On August 1, Bishop Sweeney and many New Jersey faithful gathered for Mass followed by a rosary procession to the local Planned Parenthood facility where they prayed for an end to abortion. The crowd the returned to St. Margaret’s for Adoration. 

The impact of praying for an end to abortion cannot be underestimated. ALL’s own Marian Blue Wave program asks prayer partners to pray a rosary for these intentions once a week, however most prayer partners tell me they do so once a day!

Since the MBW was founded in 2019, thousands of Catholics have pledged to pray weekly for an end to abortion. Some do it in groups, like Bishop Sweeney and the Diocese of Paterson, NJ, but many pray from their homes with their families. 

No matter the location, our prayers are united in this intention: an end to all abortion.

If you have not done so already, I invite you to join us. Pledge to say one rosary a week for an end to all abortion. You can sign up here and join the thousands of Catholics who have already done so. I will send you an email reminder every Monday morning to pray that week.

God bless Bishop Sweeney and the faithful in Paterson, NJ! 

STOPP Finds That Planned Parenthood CEOs Continued to Earn More Money Prior to Medicaid Defunding

STOPP just published its 2026 Report on Planned Parenthood CEO Compensation to alert the public about how much Planned Parenthood affiliate CEOs continue to earn across the country, despite all the financial struggles the organization has been claiming for years now. This report covers the abortion organization’s financial compensation for its affiliate CEOs from fiscal year 2023-2024, which included the financials from the last fiscal year prior to the temporary Medicaid defunding in July 2025.

Affiliate income and CEOs’ compensations saw an uptick overall in FY 2024. Here is an overview of where the abortion giant saw increases in that fiscal year:

  • The total compensation paid to all affiliate CEOs was $21,305,153 in 2024, a 7.8% increase from the prior year.
  • The average Planned Parenthood CEO earned $352,661 in 2023. In 2024, the average salary was $355,086.
  • Sue Dunlap, the highest paid Planned Parenthood CEO, earned a total compensation of just under $1 million dollars in 2024. Her affiliate, PP Los Angeles, also earned the highest income of $247,408,428.
  • Planned Parenthood Federation of America was given $792.2 million in American tax dollars that year.

While the organization saw these financial increases prior to the Medicaid defunding, STOPP cites numerous examples of Planned Parenthood’s downsizing of staff, affiliates, and its facilities during that time. To this day, Planned Parenthood claims that these decisions were made due to reduced abortion access post Dobbs, as well as from political “attacks” that have subsequently reduced their income. 

STOPP has been pointing out for years that Planned Parenthood always finds a reason to cry poor, yet it simultaneously continues to earn more of our taxpayer money each year and increases the number of abortions it commits each year. And while it may decide to shut the door to many of its brick-and-mortar facilities, it continues to do business online through telehealth appointments. It also certainly doesn’t seem to slow down in providing its CEOs with exorbitant and increasing salaries in the difficult times it says it endures.

Since STOPP produced this report in the spring of 2026, more updated information has been acquired to give an ever more current landscape of where Planned Parenthood stands today. Please stay tuned for an updated report in the coming months from STOPP. In the meantime, please review and share this report with your friends and family who may be interested. As always, thank you for your continued support of STOPP. It is because of your generosity and prayers that we can continue to provide reports such as this one!

Apple Inc.’s Stance on Life and Family

When Texas’ six-week abortion ban went into effect, Apple Inc.’s CEO promised that the company’s medical insurance would help cover the costs for employees in Texas to travel out of state for abortions. In 2022, after Roe v. Wade was overturned, it expanded this benefit to cover abortion travel for employees nationwide. Apple has supported LGBTQ+ lifestyles for years and openly opposed California’s Proposition 8, which sought to ban same-sex marriages. Apple also supports LGBTQ+ lifestyles and “Pride Month” through its “Pride Collection” of accessories and digital wallpapers. 

ALL in the News

On Wednesday, the bimonthly Wednesday STOPP Report was published, highlighting new Planned Parenthood closures and the latest Planned Parenthood CEO report. 

Susan Ciancio, editor of Celebrate Life Magazine and director of the Culture of Life Studies Program, recently published two articles. The first focused on building a culture of life through prayer and is published with Catholic365, and the second discussed what pro-lifers can learn from St. Philip Neri. It was published in LifeSiteNews.

ALL’s national director, Katie Brown Xavios, 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

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VIDEO: HHS Secretary Kennedy Decertifies Organ Procurement Network over Shady Practices

A faction of the organ harvesting industry was dealt with a blow this week. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that he has begun the process of decertifying Network for Hope, a federally designated organ procurement agency serving Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia.  Multiple reviews by federal agencies identified patient safety failures despite extensive oversight, written warnings, and opportunities to correct its behaviors.  

“Deficiencies in nearly 30% of the cases that they examined.”

“Patients placed on an organ donation pathway who should have never been there.”

“The donation process continued despite signs that patients were not appropriate organ donors.”

Kennedy cites one case where a patient was fully aware of his organs being prepared for removal while lying on the operating table. American Life League has said for years that organ donation is a disturbing industry. Vital human organs do not come from the dead; they come from the living. Kennedy’s announcement only reinforces our claims.

“…fully recovered.”