FDA advisory panels back over-the-counter sales of birth control pills May 11, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A panel of federal advisers voted May 10 in favor of a pharmaceutical company’s request to sell a type of their birth control pills over the counter and without a doctor’s prescription, clearing the way for the Food and Drug Administration to approve such sales of oral contraception.
Biden administration finalizes plans for end of Title 42 May 10, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Since its 2020 implementation, Title 42 has been invoked more than 2.7 million times to expel migrants, including those seeking asylum, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.
Poll shows a majority of Americans say abortion drug should stay on market May 10, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A majority of Americans say the abortion drug mifepristone should remain on the market in the U.S., according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll, as the drug remains at the center of an ongoing legal battle.
Bishops critical of House Republicans’ plan on border security as Title 42 ends May 9, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News As Title 42 draws to its scheduled close, House Republicans are planning to vote on border security legislation criticized by the U.S. bishops.
Bishop Flores: Brownsville vehicle crash indicative of ‘corrosive tendency’ to devalue vulnerable human life May 8, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A vehicle crashed into a crowd waiting at a bus stop outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas, killing at least seven people and injuring at least 10 others, authorities said.
Dallas bishop reacts to mass shooting at mall with ‘heavy heart,’ urges ‘prayers for peace’ in communities May 8, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News Dallas Bishop Edward J. Burns addressed the faithful of the diocese “with a heavy heart” late May 6 after at least eight people, including a child, were killed during a mass shooting that afternoon at an outlet mall in Allen, Texas.
Catholic hospital says federal government told it to extinguish sanctuary candle or risk funding May 5, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Religious Freedom, World News A Catholic hospital in Tulsa, Okla., said the federal government has presented it with a choice to either extinguish a candle in its chapel’s sanctuary or risk its ability to treat patients covered by Medicare, Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, jeopardizing its ability to operate at all.
U.S. religious freedom panel finds conditions ‘worsening’ around the globe May 5, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News Conditions for religious freedom are “worsening” around the globe, a U.S. government body monitoring international religious freedom said in a recent report.
N.C. poised to enact 12-week abortion ban over governor’s objections May 4, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News North Carolina legislators appear poised to pass a ban on abortions after 12 weeks despite objections from the state’s governor.
Catholic governors inconsistent on role of death penalty May 4, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Despite the support for the practice from some Republican governors, a growing number of Republican state lawmakers are backing efforts to repeal the death penalty, marking a notable shift in conservatives’ views on the matter.
Abortion bans fail in GOP-controlled Nebraska and South Carolina May 2, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Abortion bans failed in Nebraska and South Carolina, two Republican-led states, in the final week of April following a successful effort in North Dakota.
El gobierno de Biden anuncia un nuevo plan para reducir la llegada de inmigrantes cuando finalice el Título 42 April 28, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: En Español La administración Biden anunció el 27 de abril nuevas medidas que tomaría en un esfuerzo por reducir las llegadas de migrantes a la frontera entre EE.UU. y México cuando el Título 42 expire en mayo.
