Much-courted Catholic vote expected to be narrowly divided on Election Day October 30, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Catholic voters are among the key constituencies that candidates are seeking to win in 2024, as surveys and analysts indicate they are on track to be closely divided at the polls.
Pro-lifers express religious liberty concerns after Harris rejects ‘concessions’ on abortion October 26, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News After Vice President Kamala Harris said she does not think “concessions” should be made on codifying abortion protections, some pro-life activists expressed concern that a potential Harris administration would not implement religious exemptions to abortion policy.
Biden administration proposes new regulation expanding contraception coverage October 23, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News The White House on Oct. 21 proposed a new regulation under the Affordable Care Act, sometimes referred to as Obamacare, that would require insurers to cover over-the-counter contraception without cost sharing.
Coalition’s declaration promotes life-affirming health care for both ‘maternal and fetal’ patients October 22, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News A coalition of medical and pro-life groups Oct. 22 launched what they called the Women’s Healthcare Declaration, which they said calls on policymakers, medical boards and other health care entities to enact pro-life policies that enhance “the medical standard of care for pregnant women and women facing miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, an incomplete abortion or any other life-threatening condition related to pregnancy.”
School choice among issues in 2024 ballot referendums in three states October 22, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Schools, World News Three states — Nebraska, Kentucky and Colorado — will have ballot measures related to school choice before voters on Nov. 5.
Texas lawmakers scrutinize ‘shaken baby syndrome’ conviction of death row inmate October 22, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Texas lawmakers held a hearing Oct. 21 on the fate of a Texas man whose scheduled execution was halted the previous week after an unprecedented legal effort by members of a state House panel who questioned the evidence behind his conviction.
Trump touts IVF mandate but mulls religious exemption in EWTN interview October 21, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Respect Life, World News Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, said he “will look at” a religious exemption to his proposed mandate to cover in vitro fertilization treatments, commonly known as IVF — a procedure the church condemns as linked to the “abortion mentality” and destructive of human life — in an interview with a Catholic television host.
Polls show tight contest in final stretch of presidential campaign season October 16, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Polls show a tight contest between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in the final stretch of the 2024 campaign season.
March for Life prepares for new U.S. president — and its own new president October 15, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, Respect Life, World News Jennie Bradley Lichter, president-elect of the March for Life Education and Defense Fund, said challenges for the group’s cause on both political and cultural fronts also present an opportunity to demonstrate “leading with love.”
Study shows more than half of young Americans don’t identify with a major political party October 14, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, World News A recent report from Springtide Research Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, found that a growing share of young people do not identify with a political party, defying traditional political categories.
Pope praises Catholic group that advocates for abolition of death penalty October 14, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Catholic Mobilizing Network, a group that advocates for the abolition of capital punishment in line with Catholic teaching, marked the World Day Against the Death Penalty Oct. 10 in an event at the Holy See’s apostolic nunciature in Washington with a message from Pope Francis praising its work to help transform society.
Prominent bioethicist calls for public bioethics seeking to foster human flourishing October 14, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Highlighting the intersection of bioethics and human rights, a prominent bioethicist argued in an Oct. 8 address that public bioethics should seek to foster human flourishing.
