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.
Judge blocks portion of Georgia law, allowing some transgender hormone treatments for minors August 22, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News A federal judge in Georgia Aug. 20 temporarily blocked part of a state law banning certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender while a challenge to that law plays out in court.
Maryland, New Jersey cases on public schools’ trans student policy, parental rights get day in court August 20, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News A federal appeals court threw out a Maryland lawsuit Aug. 14 from parents challenging guidelines barring teachers from notifying parents if a student identifies as transgender. In New Jersey, a case is under consideration by a judge after the state government objected to three Monmouth County school districts implementing new policies requiring school staff to notify parents in such cases.
Latest Trump indictment alleges ‘criminal enterprise’ to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results August 16, 2023By Kate Scanlon Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Former President Donald Trump and 18 of his allies were indicted in Georgia Aug. 14 over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state, prosecuting him under an anti-racketeering statute alleging he and his aides conducted a “criminal enterprise” to keep him in office despite his election loss to President Joe Biden.
RFK Jr. offers support to banning abortion after first trimester, then walks it back August 14, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offered his support to a federal abortion ban limiting the procedure to around the first trimester of pregnancy, but quickly backtracked after earning the praise of a pro-life group.
Congressional incivility escalating, experts warn, but some lawmakers looking for solutions August 11, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News Relations between congressional Democrats and Republicans are growing increasingly contentious, but possible solutions exist, including the relaunch of a civility and respect caucus, congressional experts and observers told OSV News.
Catholics mark 78th anniversary of atomic bombings with calls for nuclear disarmament August 10, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Catholics marked the 78th anniversary of the United States’ 1945 atomic bombings in Japan with calls for nuclear disarmament, prayers for peace and a protest at the White House.
Voters reject Ohio measure that would have raised threshold to pass abortion amendment August 10, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Ohio voters Aug. 8 rejected a measure that proposed raising the threshold to make changes to the state’s constitution, according to projections by The Associated Press and the elections reporting firm Decision Desk HQ.
Biden administration criticized over abortion rule in law meant to protect pregnant workers August 9, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Biden administration has drawn criticism for its inclusion of abortion in a proposed rule for a bipartisan law guaranteeing protections for pregnant workers that had the support of Catholic, pro-life and Republican leaders.
