Pence at St. Anselm’s: Populism a ‘road to ruin’ for GOP September 7, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Republicans face a choice between populism and conservatism, former Vice President Mike Pence argued in a Sept. 6 speech at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.
Invade Mexico? Campaign rhetoric offers ‘simplistic’ solutions to drug and migration problems, expert says September 4, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Campaign rhetoric often offers simple solutions to complex problems of drug trafficking and migration, an immigration policy expert told OSV News, with a notable example taking place at the recent first Republican primary debate of the 2024 presidential election cycle.
State abortion limits become topic of debate among candidates and activists September 3, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News After activists for legal abortion pushed back on some Republican presidential candidates’ criticism of some state abortion laws as being without limits, a prominent pro-life group cast those arguments as disingenuous and said some states actually do not limit the procedure in law.
60 years after March on Washington, Georgetown panel says MLK’s dream yet unfulfilled September 1, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Racial Justice, World News Sixty years after the March on Washington, there is still work to be done to make the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream a reality, a Georgetown University panel said Aug. 28.
Parents ask appeals court to allow an opt-out from school books with LGBTQ+ themes August 31, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Schools, World News An interfaith group of Maryland parents has asked a federal appeals court to allow them to opt their children out of classroom instruction pertaining to books containing LGBTQ+ themes to which they object on religious grounds.
Steve Scalise, No. 2 House Republican, discloses ‘very treatable’ blood cancer diagnosis August 30, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News House Majority Leader Steve Scalise disclosed Aug. 29 that he has been diagnosed with a “very treatable” form of blood cancer.
NBC: Virginia governor may seek 15-week abortion ban if GOP takes Legislature August 29, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will seek the passage of a 15-week abortion ban if Republicans gain control of the state’s General Assembly this fall, NBC News reported.
Fla. bishop condemns racially motivated shooting: ‘Violence, bigotry have no place in our hearts or society’ August 28, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, Racial Justice, World News A Florida Catholic bishop condemned a racially motivated shooting that took place late Aug. 26 at a Dollar General store Aug. 26 in Jacksonville, saying, “Violence and bigotry have no place in our hearts or our society.”
Few GOP candidates back pro-life call for 15-week federal abortion limit at primary debate August 25, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News – Eight Republican candidates — minus the party’s frontrunner, former President Donald Trump — participated in the Republican National Committee’s first debate of their party’s presidential primary process held Aug. 23 in Milwaukee. But just three of those nine candidates have said they would sign a federal abortion limit sought by a prominent pro-life group.
GOP presidential contenders spar over abortion, immigration, Ukraine and Trump in first debate August 24, 2023By Kate Scanlon Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, World News Eight Republican candidates participated Aug. 23 in the Republican National Committee’s first debate of their party’s presidential primary process in a Milwaukee debate hosted by Fox News — but the party’s frontrunner, former President Donald Trump, did not attend, and was referred to by moderator Bret Baier as “the elephant not in the room.”
South Carolina Supreme Court upholds state’s 6-week abortion ban August 23, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the state’s six-week abortion ban in an Aug. 23 ruling, permitting that law to go into effect.
Texas lawsuit demands Planned Parenthood pay back millions in Medicaid funding August 22, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A Texas lawsuit is seeking for Planned Parenthood to pay back millions of funds it received through Medicaid, which the abortion provider says could shutter its operations in the state.
