Outlet profile

LifeNews

U.S. right, single-issue pro-life

Owned byFounded and independently owned by Steve Ertelt

FundingReader donations and on-site advertising

On the administrationbroadly supportive

Background

LifeNews was founded in 2001 by Steve Ertelt, who began distributing pro-life news online as early as 1993. Ertelt has deep organizational roots in the anti-abortion movement, having served as president or executive director of Right to Life chapters in Wyoming, Montana, and Indiana, as a past president of Students for Life of America, and as a current board member of the National Right to Life Committee. The site describes itself as 'an independent news agency devoted to reporting news that affects the pro-life community' and claims a weekly audience of more than 750,000 people across its website, email newsletters, social media, and a weekday radio program. It is funded by reader donations and advertising revenue, with no outside corporate or institutional ownership. Media Bias/Fact Check rates it as right-biased and has flagged it for multiple failed fact-checks and reliance on poor sourcing. The outlet has a consistent editorial record of opposing abortion access, criticizing Democratic policy makers, and supporting Republican politicians who align with anti-abortion positions. During Trump's second term it has praised executive actions reversing Biden-era abortion policies, though it has also published pieces noting that Trump's pro-life record is 'not perfect' and urging him to do more.

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Profile compiled 2026-08-31; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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