Biden awards former Planned Parenthood president the Presidential Medal of Freedom November 22, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News President Joe Biden awarded Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood president, the Presidential Medal of Freedom Nov. 20 in a private ceremony, the White House said.
Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including abortion pill ban November 20, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A Wyoming judge ruled Nov. 18 that two state laws restricting abortion — including one banning chemical or medication abortions — violated the state’s constitution and could not be enforced.
Report examines ‘persistent racial disparities’ in federal death penalty use November 20, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News As activists push President Joe Biden to commute existing federal death sentences during his final months in office, a new report by the Death Penalty Information Center examined what it called persistent racial disparities in federal death penalty prosecutions.
Catholic groups reiterate ‘solidarity with immigrants’ amid a new administration, Congress November 19, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholic organizations have reiterated their “solidarity with immigrants” and shared what the first 100 days of a second Trump administration may bring on immigration policy.
Texas high court rejects execution delay for man convicted of ‘shaken baby’ murder November 16, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The Texas Supreme Court Nov. 15 denied a state House committee’s attempt to delay the execution of a man convicted of murder in the 2002 death of his 2-year-old daughter, after lawmakers questioned the evidence behind his conviction.
Trump’s cabinet picks; RFK Jr.’s pro-abortion record; abortion ballots examined November 15, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, News, World News President-elect Donald Trump named his nominees for several key roles in his second term, including the controversial selection of Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who was recently under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, for attorney general.
Biden meets with Trump, his predecessor and successor, at White House November 13, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News President Joe Biden welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House Nov. 13 for an Oval Office visit, a ritual part of the U.S. tradition of a peaceful transfer of power between presidents, and one that Trump declined four years earlier.
Republicans secure majority of U.S. House seats and expected to control U.S. Senate November 13, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News Republicans secured a majority of the U.S. House of Representatives, according to a Nov. 12 projection by data provider Decision Desk HQ, giving President-elect Donald Trump GOP majorities in both chambers of Congress as he begins his second term in January.
Federal judge blocks Louisiana law requiring public schools to post Ten Commandments November 13, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, World News Louisiana’s law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments is unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Nov. 12.
Data-driven campaign behind abortion ballot measure that defied national trend, strategist says November 12, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Voters in seven of 10 states with ballot referendums on abortion voted to codify abortion as a right in their state constitution, but three states defied that trend, marking the first victories on such measures for pro-life activists since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in June 2022.
Catholic group calls on Biden in final days to commute death penalty sentences November 12, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Catholic Mobilizing Network, a group that advocates for the abolition of capital punishment in line with Catholic teaching, issued a statement Nov. 6 urging President Joe Biden to take action on the practice during the remainder of his presidency while 40 lives on death row “hang in the balance.”
Economic concerns likely factor in victory for Trump, as Catholic vote shifts in his favor November 7, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Economic concerns among voters likely played a key role in former President Donald Trump’s defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris, analysts told OSV News. Early exit polls indicated economic concerns ranked among the top issues for voters, and that Catholic voters may have undergone a significant shift to the right since 2020.
