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.
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New York upholds abortion coverage mandate; Albany Diocese to appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
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.
Pro-life UK groups vow to oppose ‘barbaric’ proposal to list all restrictions on abortion
British pro-life campaigners have vowed to step up opposition to law changes that would lift all restrictions on abortion and called on church leaders to speak up more forcefully.
Federal judge sentences 6 more pro-life activists to federal prison terms
Most of the pro-life activists sentenced to federal prison terms in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia May 14 and 15 along with Lauren Handy are Catholics with years in the “rescue movement” and other arrests.
Pew study shows support for legal abortion growing 2 years after Dobbs
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.
Christian love embraces the unlovable, enemies, the unborn, pope says
While it is easy for people to love what is good and beautiful or to be generous and heroic for an ideal, Pope Francis said Christian love embraces what is not lovable, it offers forgiveness and blesses one’s enemies.
Louisiana bill would reclassify abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances
Legislation in Louisiana would classify abortion drugs as controlled dangerous substances, which would criminalize improperly possessing the pills, such as lacking a valid prescription or their use outside the context of a professional medical practice.
Catholic activist sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison for abortion clinic blockade
Lauren Handy has been sentenced to nearly five years in federal prison — 57 months — for leading a blockade of a Washington abortion clinic on Oct. 22, 2020.
Vatican pro-life chief: Only palliative care offers ‘death with dignity’
“Dying is part of the process of living and should not take place in a pre-cemetery,” said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
Missouri enacts legislation to block Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funding
Missouri’s Republican Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation May 9 that revives an effort to block Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program.
University of Mary’s community for student moms celebrates its first graduate
When Katie Chihoski walked the graduation stage at the University of Mary April 27, she was holding both her hard-earned bachelor’s degree in social work and her 18-month-old daughter Lucia.
Proposed abortion ballot measures in several states move closer to qualifying for November
Abortion advocates in at least 15 states are seeking to qualify ballot measures for November that would enshrine abortion protections in law or their state constitutions, and some efforts recently got a step closer.