After Nashville school shooting, Biden renews call for assault weapons ban and universal background checks March 28, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News President Joe Biden called a March 27 shooting at a school in Nashville, Tenn., “sick,” “heartbreaking” and “a family’s worst nightmare,” in remarks from the White House. The president called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban.
Wyoming abortion ban blocked over Obamacare-era amendment to state constitution March 28, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A Wyoming judge on March 22 temporarily blocked a new state law prohibiting most abortions in the state just days after it took effect after opponents said an Obamacare-era amendment to the state constitution may void the ban.
‘We all need to do more’: House hearing demands action over Nicaragua regime’s anti-Catholic persecution March 23, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, U.S. Congress, World News A U.S. House hearing March 22 examined what it called Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s anti-Catholic persecution and called for action, just days after the Vatican said it closed its embassy in Nicaragua.
Jewish parents challenge California ban on special education funds at religious schools March 23, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News A group of Jewish parents and schools filed a lawsuit in March challenging a California law that prohibits the use of special education funding for students to attend religious schools.
Federal judge’s pending ruling could block abortion drug from nationwide sale March 22, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A still-pending ruling by a federal judge in Texas could pull an abortion drug from the market across the United States.
Pro-life groups seek commitments on federal abortion limits from 2024 GOP contenders March 22, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Pro-life groups indicated they plan to seek commitments from 2024 Republican presidential contenders on their positions on abortion in what will be the first presidential election cycle since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its Roe v. Wade decision.
Bishop calls ‘reproductive justice’ lecture series with abortion doula ‘scandal,’ ‘unworthy’ of Notre Dame university March 22, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A lecture series on “reproductive justice” at the University of Notre Dame is advancing “activist propaganda” rather than “conducting a neutral inquiry or exploring the debates within this field,” Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, in whose diocese the university operates, stated in a sharply written March 21 column.
Wyoming becomes first state to ban abortion pills March 20, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Gov. Mark Gordon, R-Wyo., signed the law with a ruling by a federal judge in Texas still outstanding that could potentially implement a nationwide ban on the drug mifepristone amid a legal challenge brought by pro-life groups.
Biden administration proposes steps aimed at reducing ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water March 17, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, World News The Environmental Protection Agency proposed in March the first federal limits on “forever chemicals” in drinking water, a move the Biden administration said will save thousands of lives and prevent some serious illnesses attributed to exposure to these chemicals over time.
South Carolina GOP lawmakers’ bill opens up women to death penalty over abortion, a move pro-life leaders reject March 16, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News South Carolina lawmakers introduced a bill that if passed, could subject women who undergo abortions to the same punishments as those for murder in the state, including the death penalty.
Biden issues executive order on guns, calls on Congress to reduce gun violence March 16, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Gun Violence, News, World News President Joe Biden announced March 14 he would sign an executive order aiming to increase the number of background checks on prospective gun buyers, as well as measures to promote red flag laws and the secure storage of firearms.
At prayer breakfast, Catholics challenged to assist Ukraine, mothers and children post-Dobbs March 14, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, War in Ukraine, World News U.S. Catholics should urge their lawmakers to continue to help the people of Ukraine fend off Russia’s invasion of their country, Metropolitan Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia told attendees of the 18th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast March 14.
