Six pro-life activists convicted of federal civil rights offenses for abortion clinic blockade February 1, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Six pro-life activists, including one already jailed and awaiting sentencing for a separate incident in Washington, were convicted Jan. 30 of federal civil rights offenses resulting from their blockade of an abortion clinic in Mount Juliet, Tenn., on March 5, 2021.
Catholic U. ends contract with professor over ‘abortion doula’ guest lecturer January 31, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, News, Respect Life, World News The Catholic University of America has ended its contract with a psychology professor who recently invited a self-described “abortion doula” to address a class of students.
Maryland bishops speak against physician-assisted suicide January 30, 2024By Christopher Gunty Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, Maryland General Assembly, News, Respect Life The Maryland General Assembly has again taken up bills that would legalize physician-assisted suicide, or euthanasia, with committee hearings scheduled on House Bill 0403 and Senate Bill 0443 in early February.
So that the works of God might be revealed in him January 29, 2024By Adrienne Weaver Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life By the grace of God, Jeremy’s life has shown us the importance of uniting our sufferings with Christ’s and asking the Lord to redeem them (Col 1:24).
New gender law takes effect in April after Ohio lawmakers override DeWine’s veto January 26, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Ohio lawmakers voted Jan. 24 to override Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s recent veto of legislation that bans certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender and also prohibits athletes from competing on sports teams corresponding with their self-perceived gender identity opposite their biological sex.
Supreme Court OKs Alabama’s first nitrogen gas execution decried by faith leaders January 25, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The Supreme Court Jan. 24 rejected an appeal by death-row inmate Kenneth Smith, whose planned execution by the state of Alabama — the first known execution by nitrogen gas — was openly decried by more than 100 Alabama faith leaders just days earlier.
Biden administration marks Roe anniversary with new abortion initiatives January 24, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News On the 51st anniversary of the now-overturned Roe v. Wade decision, President Joe Biden called for the restoration of Roe in federal law, and pledged his administration would take new steps to “protect access to safe and legal medication abortion.”
Physician-assisted suicide next front of pro-life cause, Cardinal O’Malley says January 23, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The pro-life cause will confront new challenges in the coming decades, with physician-assisted suicide in particular emerging as a growing threat to human life, Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley of Boston told attendees of the 25th annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life Jan. 20.
Marist Poll finds majority in U.S. ‘pro-choice,’ willing to support some abortion limits January 23, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Although most Americans describe themselves as “pro-choice,” a majority also would support some legal limits on abortion, as well as conscience protections for health care workers who do not wish to participate in those procedures, according to a new Marist Poll sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.
Keep advocating for life ‘from womb to tomb’ even when laws don’t, bishop urges January 23, 2024By Theresa Cisneros OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Auxiliary Bishop Matthew G. Elshoff compared California’s 2022 decision to enshrine a right to abortion up to the point of delivery into the state constitution to the 1857 Dred Scott v. Sandford decision, in which the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Constitution did not guarantee the rights of American citizenship to people of African-American descent, even if they were no longer slaves.
Five reasons why I’m still marching for life January 23, 2024By Father Patrick Briscoe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life In the wake of the Dobbs decision, the March for Life is not just a celebration but a rallying call. It’s a reminder that our work is far from over
Church’s surrogacy teaching rooted in the primacy of the rights of the child January 22, 2024By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News “Donum Vitae” is a document that, nearly 40 years ago, made explicit the church’s teaching about in vitro fertilization and related practices, including gestational surrogacy — a teaching that in January 2024 made headlines after Pope Francis called for a worldwide ban on surrogacy while speaking with members of the diplomatic corps assigned to the Holy See.
