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.
‘New pro-life agenda’ sees wins in state battles to expand Medicaid coverage for new moms March 17, 2023By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The pro-life movement in post-Dobbs America requires robust support for health care and social service programs to accompany parents who choose life, some clergy, legislators and advocates told OSV News — including efforts to expand Medicaid coverage for postpartum mothers.
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.
At prayer breakfast, Catholics challenged to assist Ukraine, mothers and children post-Dobbs March 14, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Crisis in Ukraine, Feature, News, Respect Life, 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.
Catholics must reject ‘sectarian partisan lens’ and ‘live the truth’ of their faith, says former congressman March 13, 2023By Julie Asher OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Journalism, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News Despite being labeled a Democratic “heretic” by the media for his pro-life stand and his support for traditional marriage, former Congressman Dan Lipinski told a Washington conference he never backed down from “what I knew was true.”
Assisted suicide proposals in Maryland called ‘unethical, discriminatory and dangerous’ March 10, 2023By Mark Zimmermann Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, Maryland General Assembly, News, Respect Life As Maryland’s General Assembly considers bills permitting physician assisted suicide and that would allow voters to decide on whether to enshrine abortion as a constitutional right in the state, Maryland’s Catholic bishops led a Prayer Vigil for Life and Lawmakers on March 9 at St. Mary in Annapolis.
Pro-life leaders defend Texas abortion law facing new lawsuit March 9, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Five women who said they were denied abortions under Texas law despite pregnancy complications filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s abortion ban, while pro-life leaders defended the law, saying it already takes into account life-threatening situations.
New Mexico lawmakers approve bill blocking local jurisdictions from restricting abortion March 9, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News A bill that would ban local jurisdictions in New Mexico from restricting abortion was approved by state lawmakers March 7, as the state seeks to block such ordinances by some communities in rural parts of the state.
World needs ‘brave leaders’ advocating an end to death penalty, activist says March 3, 2023By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The world needs courageous leaders who will fight for abolishing the death penalty even when there is no clear majority against it, said a leading Catholic activist opposed to capital punishment.
