The Sisters of Life and Knights of Columbus announced Dec. 21 that they will be teaming up for a second year to host Life Fest in conjunction with the National March for Life in Washington in January.
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Happy new year, losers!
In Nativity scenes all around us, we see the Holy Infant come into less than ideal circumstances and are reminded that our cause – – protection of innocent, fragile human life, the tiny infant in the womb – – remains the most pressing issue of justice and civil rights in our beloved country.
Washington Roundup: Justices disqualify Trump; Harris’ abortion tour; no Ukraine Christmas deal
The Colorado Supreme Court on Dec. 19 found former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely review by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Having child out of wedlock does not bar access to sacraments, Vatican says
Women who have conceived a child out of wedlock and have the courage to choose life for their baby “should be encouraged to have access to the healing and consoling power of the sacraments,” said the head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith.
Five years after catechism update, Catholic activist sees ‘renewed momentum’ to end death penalty
Five years after Pope Francis updated the catechism to clarify the Catholic Church’s teaching on the death penalty, there is “renewed momentum” in the United States to end the practice, a leading Catholic activist said.
Supreme Court agrees to review legal challenge to abortion pill
The U.S. Supreme Court said Dec. 13 it would take up a case concerning the abortion pill, the first major case involving abortion on its docket since the high court overturned its previous abortion precedent last year.
Federal court strikes down Illinois law restricting pro-life pregnancy center speech
A federal court has struck down an Illinois law that restricted what the state’s 100 pregnancy resource centers — but not abortion clinics — could tell patients.
Judge orders protesters who block abortion clinics to abide by New York buffer zone
Red Rose Rescue, the small Michigan-based group that has conducted blockades of abortion clinics in Michigan, New York and Virginia since 2017, was ordered Dec. 8 to abide by a new restriction on clinic access covering 13 counties in New York.
Texas Supreme Court rules abortion petition failed to meet ban’s exception standards
The Texas Supreme Court on Dec. 11 overruled a district judge’s order allowing a pregnant mother to obtain an abortion under an exemption to the state’s abortion ban.
Pregnant mother at heart of Texas abortion case flees state after high court’s stay
The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily stayed a district judge’s Dec. 7 ruling in favor of a pregnant mother who sued the state for an exemption to its abortion ban, after arguing her pregnancy would endanger her life and future fertility.
Texas judge grants exception to state abortion ban
A Texas judge ruled Dec. 7 in favor of a pregnant mother who sued the state to seek an exemption to its abortion ban after she argued that continuing with her pregnancy would endanger her life and future fertility.
Tuberville ends hold on hundreds of military promotions over Pentagon abortion policy
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., told reporters on Capitol Hill Dec. 5 that he would end his monthslong blockade on hundreds of military promotions undertaken in protest of a Pentagon abortion policy.