Apostolate to pregnant women in need poised to spread mission as lay association of faithful June 24, 2024By Mike May OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Now — with the Vatican’s recent approval of the organization as a lay association of the faithful — Mater Filius is poised to spread its mission as part of the Catholic Church’s pro-life outreach.
Why are abortions increasing after Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling overturned Roe? June 23, 2024By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive research organization that supports abortion, estimated earlier this year that the number of abortions is the highest it has been in over a decade.
Face adversity with courage, pope tells Italy’s pro-life marchers June 21, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News There are no compromises when it comes to human life, Pope Francis said.
New book examines history of the fall of Roe and central role Catholics played in effort June 21, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Books, Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News In the nearly 50 years separating Roe v. Wade from the Supreme Court’s June 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that reversed the court’s previous abortion precedent, abortion opponents argued against the Roe ruling many of them saw as judicial overreach.
Bill equating abortion after 22 weeks to homicide shelved for 2 months in Brazil after controversy June 20, 2024By Eduardo Campos Lima OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News A bill to equate abortion after 22 weeks of pregnancy to homicide has been causing controversy in Brazil, with wide segments of society expressing their dissatisfaction with it, including Catholics who said it was more political PR than true help for pregnant women.
European church leaders welcome assisted-suicide ruling, but worry it will be human right in future June 19, 2024By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Catholic Church representatives have welcomed a ruling by Europe’s top human rights court that countries have no obligation to allow physician-assisted suicide.
Court temporarily blocks enforcement of EEOC abortion provision in challenge by USCCB, others June 18, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News A federal court in Louisiana has issued a temporary injunction blocking a federal agency from enforcing an abortion provision in regulations meant to add workplace protections for pregnant workers.
Sister Helen Prejean’s work against the death penalty June 18, 2024By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life Sister Helen Prejean, a dynamic foe of the death penalty, had just spoken to a crowd in a small town in Nebraska as part of our campaign to do away with execution in the state.
Supreme Court dismisses challenge to abortion drug mifepristone in unanimous ruling June 13, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court June 13 unanimously dismissed a challenge to mifepristone, a pill commonly used for abortion, finding that the challengers lacked standing to bring the case.
Swedish cardinal urges Catholics to make voices heard on abortion issue June 12, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Sweden’s Cardinal Anders Arborelius of Stockholm called on the country’s Catholics to engage others in meaningful ways to protect the lives of the unborn.
Pro-life advocates mark 2 years since Dobbs: ‘We have a challenge on our hands’ June 11, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News Prior to the second anniversary of a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn its prior abortion precedent, pro-life activists said much of their work remains to be done.
Lawmakers spar over women’s health care in Senate hearing on state abortion laws June 5, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News The Senate June 4 held a hearing on the impact of post-Dobbs abortion restrictions, with lawmakers alternately criticizing or defending them with respect to women’s health care concerns.
