Biden signs executive order temporarily shutting down asylum requests June 5, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News President Joe Biden June 4 signed an executive order aimed at reducing unauthorized border crossings by asylum-seekers. The move was expected and comes as Biden faces increasing political pressure on the issue of migration in the midst of his reelection bid.
Lawmakers spar over women’s health care in Senate hearing on state abortion laws June 5, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News The Senate June 4 held a hearing on the impact of post-Dobbs abortion restrictions, with lawmakers alternately criticizing or defending them with respect to women’s health care concerns.
Experts: Trump’s felony conviction is historic, with potential ramifications for U.S. May 31, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, was found guilty on all 34 felony counts by a Manhattan jury agreeing unanimously that he falsified business records in paying hush money to an adult film actress in the closing days of the 2016 campaign.
Contraception emerging as 2024 campaign issue for both parties May 27, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Contraception is becoming a campaign issue in the 2024 election.
Louisana Legislature approves bill to reclassify abortion-related drugs as controlled dangerous substances May 24, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Louisiana lawmakers approved legislation May 23 that would classify drugs used for both early abortion and miscarriage as controlled dangerous substances, and would criminalize improperly possessing the pills, such as lacking a valid prescription or their use outside the context of a professional medical practice.
U.S. bishops sue EEOC over regulation adding abortion to pregnant worker protections May 24, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News The U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference, alongside other Catholic groups, filed suit May 22 against a federal agency for including abortion in regulations implementing a law meant to add workplace protections for pregnant workers.
Louisiana House approves bill to reclassify abortion-related drugs as controlled dangerous substances May 22, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The Louisiana House approved legislation May 21 that would classify drugs used for both early abortion and miscarriage as controlled dangerous substances, and would criminalize improperly possessing the pills, such as lacking a valid prescription or their use outside the context of a professional medical practice.
New York upholds abortion coverage mandate; Albany Diocese to appeal to U.S. Supreme Court May 22, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Health Care, News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News The Diocese of Albany, N.Y., said May 21 it planned to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after New York’s highest court ruled the Empire State can continue to require companies with health insurance plans to cover what it called medically necessary abortions.
Catholic aid group weighs in on House, Senate committees’ dueling farm bills May 21, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Social Justice, U.S. Congress, World News Lawmakers on the House and Senate agriculture committees released differing frameworks for the 2024 farm bill, with one version praised by a Catholic aid group.
Rise in religious persecution fueled in part by authoritarianism, says U.S. watchdog agency May 20, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News An increase in religious persecution around the globe was fueled in part by a rise in authoritarianism, according to a recent annual report.
Pew study shows support for legal abortion growing 2 years after Dobbs May 17, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Nearly two years after the Supreme Court overturned its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision making abortion a constitutional right, a majority of Americans said they support legal abortion in all or most cases, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.
Voting involves acts of citizenship, faith and discernment, ‘Civilize it’ panelists say May 16, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Voting is an act of conscience and should be discerned as such, panelists said at a May 14 webinar organized by the U.S. bishops’ conference and other Catholic groups.
