Abortion

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Human embryos aren’t property, Virginia judge rules

Mar 21, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news. Read more

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In federal suit, Illinois diocese says state ‘human rights’ law violates religious freedom

Mar 21, 2025

By Daniel Payne

The Diocese of Springfield in Illinois is arguing in federal court that a state “human rights” law is infringing upon... Read more

A young woman prays the rosary in front of the Planned Parenthood facility on Bleecker Street in Manhattan in an undated photo.

Planned Parenthood shutters only facility in Manhattan after decades of pro-life prayers

Mar 20, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

The location is one where New York pro-life Catholics have frequently prayed outside. Read more

State capitol in Dover, Delaware.

Delaware halts enforcement of law targeting pro-life pregnancy centers

Mar 19, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings agreed to a March 17 court order that requires the state to stop any enforcement... Read more

The Maryland State House in Annapolis.

Maryland passes bill that would provide $25 million to fund abortion

Mar 19, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The Maryland Senate passed a bill Monday that would allow $25 million in funding to go toward abortions. Read more

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U.S. bishops call for Walking with Moms in Need program to become staple in ‘every parish’

Mar 19, 2025

By Madalaine Elhabbal

Walking with Moms in Need is a nationwide parish-based initiative that works “to increase outreach and support to pregnant and... Read more

Mailman on the job in Salt Lake City.

Democrats push bill to protect mailing of abortion pills

Mar 14, 2025

By Matt McDonald

The “Stop the Comstock Act” bill, filed Wednesday, would remove language in federal law that prohibits sending items that cause... Read more

Archbishop Alexander Sample of Portland, Oregon, processes out of the Church of Our Lady of Providence after Mass during a Rise Up Encounter of World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugal, on Aug. 4, 2023.

Archbishop Sample rebukes ‘celebration of death’ as Oregon governor honors abortionists

Mar 14, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

“There are moments when words fail,” Portland Archbishop Alexander Sample wrote in a letter that also offered a pastoral teaching... Read more

A Planned Parenthood facility in Indianapolis.

Senators press small business agency on Planned Parenthood’s ‘unlawful’ use of COVID funds

Mar 12, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

Sens. Rand Paul and Joni Ernst sent a letter requesting documents and records related to Planned Parenthood’s receipt of Paycheck... Read more

Mexico City cathedral.

Mexican bishops warn of ‘manifestations of death’ in the country

Mar 9, 2025

By Diego López Colín

In a statement issued on March 5, the Mexican Bishops’ Conference specifically pointed out problems such as “the decriminalization and... Read more

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White House moves to drop Biden-era lawsuit against Idaho pro-life law

Mar 8, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The Department of Justice filed a motion to dismiss the Biden-era lawsuit, according to court papers filed by St. Luke’s... Read more

Ana Redondo, Spain’s minister of equality, is seen at the Spanish Congress of Deputies on Feb. 12, 2025.

Spanish government considers including abortion as a constitutional right

Mar 5, 2025

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Spain’s minister of equality, Ana Redondo, said such an inclusion would be “a good way to protect sexual and reproductive... Read more

U.S. Supreme Court.

U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Illinois abortion ‘buffer zone’ case

Feb 24, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

Coalition Life, a St. Louis pro-life group, had last summer petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the buffer... Read more

Illinois Rep. Henry J. Hyde (left) in 1998.

Who is Henry Hyde? Illinois officials move to purge pro-life lawmaker’s name

Feb 13, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

The Democratic-controlled board of DuPage County voted 10-5 earlier this week to remove Hyde’s name from the county courthouse and... Read more

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HHS to review programs to prevent taxpayer funding for abortions

Jan 29, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

The acting secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services also stressed the importance of enforcing conscience rights and... Read more

Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates march through the heart of San Francisco on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, for the 21st annual Walk for Life West Coast.

Thousands rally in San Francisco for the 21st Walk for Life West Coast

Jan 27, 2025

By María J. Moriarty

“Abortion hurts women, we love babies, and women deserve better than abortion,” Eva Muntean, co-chair of the Walk for Life... Read more

Department of Health and Human Services at the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building.

U.S. government abortion website shut down

Jan 24, 2025

By Kate Quiñones

Here is a roundup of recent abortion- and pro-life-related news. Read more

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Senate Democrats unite to vote against protections for infants who survive abortions

Jan 23, 2025

By Tyler Arnold

The “Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act” would have guaranteed equal protection under the law for “any infant born alive after... Read more

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Abortion pills: Where are they legal and illegal?

Jan 8, 2025

By Jonah McKeown

Abortions done via medication, also called chemical abortions, currently account for about half of the abortions that are done in... Read more

King Baudouin salutes during the playing of the Belgian national anthem on March 31, 1981.

Vatican officially opens beatification process for late Belgian King Baudouin

Dec 23, 2024

By Kristina Millare

Pope Francis announced the opening of the cause for beatification and canonization of King Baudouin during his recent apostolic journey... Read more