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Katie Ascough, UCDSU President. Courtesy of Katie Ascough.

Attempt to oust pro-life student union president denounced as 'bullying tactic'

Oct 14, 2017

The student union president at University College Dublin said that a campaign to impeach her is a “bullying tactic” by... Read more

Iowa district judge praised for upholding three-day wait for abortions

Oct 12, 2017

An Iowa judge upheld the state’s three-day waiting period for abortions last week, drawing praise from local pro-life organizations such... Read more

Why did Twitter reject this pro-life ad?

Oct 10, 2017

By Adelaide Mena

A political advertisement for pro-life Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) has been blocked by Twitter for statements about Planned Parenthood selling... Read more

US House passes bill to ban most abortions after 20 weeks

Oct 3, 2017

By Matt Hadro

The U.S. House passed on Tuesday a ban on abortions after 20 weeks of gestation in a largely party-line vote.... Read more

Crowds at the March for Life in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2017.

Love Saves Lives: Theme of the 2018 March for Life

Oct 3, 2017

By Adelaide Mena

Organizers of the March for Life issued the 2018 theme for the pro-life demonstration on Tuesday, and a challenge to... Read more

Crucifix.

Dutch cardinal: Don't underestimate power of Catholics as a 'creative minority'

Oct 3, 2017

By Andrea Gagliarducci

Despite the challenges of secularization, a Dutch Cardinal encouraged Catholics from his country and from all parts of the world... Read more

Could this bill put an end to Down syndrome abortions in Ohio?

Sep 26, 2017

By Adelaide Mena

An Ohio bill hopes to stop abortions undertaken solely because an unborn child has Down syndrome.    Read more

Faith helped couple choose baby over chemotherapy treatment

Sep 15, 2017

A Michigan mother with a lethal form of brain cancer who declined treatment in order to save her unborn child... Read more

U.S. Capitol, Senate side, public domain.

Pro-life groups to Senate Dems: Don't eliminate Hyde Amendment

Sep 14, 2017

By Matt Hadro

After a Democratic senator boasted on Wednesday that his party’s Medicare bill would repeal the Hyde Amendment, pro-life groups are... Read more

Pope Francis aboard the papal plane.

Pope hopes Trump will 'rethink' DACA decision on pro-life grounds

Sep 11, 2017

By Elise Harris, Hannah Brockhaus

During a press conference Sunday aboard the papal plane from Colombia to Rome, Pope Francis said that though he is... Read more

This health center for the uninsured used to be an abortion clinic

Aug 31, 2017

By Matt Hadro

Prayer. Sacrifice. Friendship. Charity. Could one Virginia community’s work to put basic Gospel tenets into action be a model for... Read more

Defund Planned Parenthood.

South Carolina governor ends funding of abortion clinics

Aug 27, 2017

In an executive order issued Aug. 25, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster directed state agencies to stop funding abortion clinics... Read more

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Chilean court sidesteps constitution, paves way for legal abortion

Aug 23, 2017

A Chilean court ruled this week in favor of a controversial bill that allows abortion in some cases, against the... Read more

Florida Department of Corrections execution chamber.

As Florida execution approaches, bishops urge governor to take pro-life path

Aug 22, 2017

An imminent execution scheduled for this week is the wrong path, said Florida’s Catholic bishops, urging the governor of the... Read more

In Ontario, legal assisted suicide could kill conscientious objection

Aug 18, 2017

By Kevin J. Jones

Conscience protections for Catholic hospitals and other organizations could soon come under fire in the Canadian province of Ontario, with... Read more

High court weighs constitutionality of Chile's abortion bill

Aug 17, 2017

After the recent passage of a bill that would allow some abortions in Chile, the country's high court is considering... Read more

Girl with Down syndrome.

Iceland is 'eradicating' Down syndrome…by aborting everyone who has it

Aug 16, 2017

By Mary Farrow

A recent article from CBS News proclaims that “few countries have come as close to eradicating Down syndrome births as... Read more

Baby Feet.

New Texas law axes insurance coverage for elective abortion

Aug 15, 2017

A new law in Texas removes elective abortion coverage from the standard package of health insurance benefits offered in many... Read more

Abortion-pill reversal: The next frontier of informed-consent laws?

Aug 15, 2017

Medication abortions are on their way to becoming the dominant method of abortion in the U.S. But lawmakers are starting... Read more

Lit candle at the memorial for Orlando at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Rome.

Bishops across US condemn racism after white supremacist rally in Charlottesville

Aug 14, 2017

By Matt Hadro

With deadly violence following a rally of white supremacists this past weekend in Charlottesville, Va., bishops throughout the nation denounced... Read more