Catholic Review
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OSV News
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When the Alabama Supreme Court recently recognized the personhood of embryos, it gave legal standing to something the church has clearly established: An embryo is a human being and should be treated with the dignity and rights due to all people, especially the most vulnerable who cannot speak for themselves.
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OSV News
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An Alabama Supreme Court ruling that frozen embryos qualify as children under state law has raised complex legal questions about artificial reproductive practices opposed by the Catholic Church.
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OSV News
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In a stunning development for Catholic pro-life activist Lauren Handy, the scheduled destruction of five unborn babies’ corpses she recovered from a Washington abortion clinic in 2022 has been indefinitely delayed with the expectation they will finally be autopsied.
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OSV News
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Lawyers for Catholic pro-life activist Lauren Handy, who is facing a lengthy prison term for violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, are seeking to halt the destruction of the bodies of five unborn babies that Handy recovered from a Washington abortion clinic in 2022.
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Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News
Christians must let go of the God they think they know and convert every day to the God Jesus presents in the Gospel — the God who is the father of love and compassion, Pope Francis said.
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OSV News
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Six pro-life activists, including one already jailed and awaiting sentencing for a separate incident in Washington, were convicted Jan. 30 of federal civil rights offenses resulting from their blockade of an abortion clinic in Mount Juliet, Tenn., on March 5, 2021.
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OSV News
Filed Under: Colleges, News, Respect Life, World News
The Catholic University of America has ended its contract with a psychology professor who recently invited a self-described “abortion doula” to address a class of students.
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Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Maryland Catholic Conference, Maryland General Assembly, News, Respect Life
The Maryland General Assembly has again taken up bills that would legalize physician-assisted suicide, or euthanasia, with committee hearings scheduled on House Bill 0403 and Senate Bill 0443 in early February.
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Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life
By the grace of God, Jeremy’s life has shown us the importance of uniting our sufferings with Christ’s and asking the Lord to redeem them (Col 1:24).
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OSV News
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Ohio lawmakers voted Jan. 24 to override Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s recent veto of legislation that bans certain types of medical or surgical gender reassignment procedures for minors who identify as transgender and also prohibits athletes from competing on sports teams corresponding with their self-perceived gender identity opposite their biological sex.
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OSV News
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The Supreme Court Jan. 24 rejected an appeal by death-row inmate Kenneth Smith, whose planned execution by the state of Alabama — the first known execution by nitrogen gas — was openly decried by more than 100 Alabama faith leaders just days earlier.
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OSV News
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On the 51st anniversary of the now-overturned Roe v. Wade decision, President Joe Biden called for the restoration of Roe in federal law, and pledged his administration would take new steps to “protect access to safe and legal medication abortion.”
