UK bishop denounces new IVF method resulting in first baby born with DNA of three people May 12, 2023By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Auxiliary Bishop John Sherrington of Westminster said the creation of babies by mitochondrial donation treatment (MDT) was unethical because the process involved the destruction of two embryos to create a single new life.
FDA advisory panels back over-the-counter sales of birth control pills May 11, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A panel of federal advisers voted May 10 in favor of a pharmaceutical company’s request to sell a type of their birth control pills over the counter and without a doctor’s prescription, clearing the way for the Food and Drug Administration to approve such sales of oral contraception.
Poll shows a majority of Americans say abortion drug should stay on market May 10, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A majority of Americans say the abortion drug mifepristone should remain on the market in the U.S., according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll, as the drug remains at the center of an ongoing legal battle.
N.C. poised to enact 12-week abortion ban over governor’s objections May 4, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News North Carolina legislators appear poised to pass a ban on abortions after 12 weeks despite objections from the state’s governor.
Coakley: Catholic response to gender dysphoria must ‘affirm one’s God-given sex,’ also recognize those struggling with it May 4, 2023By Julie Asher OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News A Catholic response to those experiencing gender dysphoria “must both affirm God-given sex and recognize the struggle of the person in front of us,” Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City said in a new pastoral letter.
Catholic governors inconsistent on role of death penalty May 4, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Despite the support for the practice from some Republican governors, a growing number of Republican state lawmakers are backing efforts to repeal the death penalty, marking a notable shift in conservatives’ views on the matter.
Abortion bans fail in GOP-controlled Nebraska and South Carolina May 2, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Abortion bans failed in Nebraska and South Carolina, two Republican-led states, in the final week of April following a successful effort in North Dakota.
End of life a time for accompaniment, discernment and respect for human dignity, say Catholic bioethicists April 28, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News Accompaniment, discernment and respect for God-given human dignity are central to church teaching on end-of-life issues, several Catholic bioethicists said.
Kansas enacts ‘born-alive’ bill after Legislature overrides governor’s veto April 27, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Lawmakers in the Kansas Legislature voted April 26 to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a “born-alive infants protection act.”
Catholic bishops hail abortion ban that makes North Dakota ‘a sanctuary for life’ April 26, 2023By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News North Dakota has enacted a near-total ban on abortions, with limited exceptions in cases of rape and incest up until the sixth week of pregnancy.
Haley calls for national ‘consensus’ on abortion that is ‘already within reach’ April 26, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: 2024 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley delivered remarks April 25 calling for a “national consensus” on abortion, embracing some general policy positions on the subject, but she stopped short of endorsing specific gestational limits at the federal level.
DeSantis lowers Florida’s threshold to impose death penalty, signs legislation criticized by state’s Catholic bishops April 24, 2023By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill April 20 that will eliminate the state’s requirement that juries in capital punishment cases agree unanimously to recommend death sentences, lowering the number of jurors needed to hand down a death sentence to the lowest threshold of any U.S. state.