Maryland March for Life is March 11 March 4, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life The annual Maryland March for Life begins with a 4:30 p.m. youth rally on the campus of St. Mary on Duke of Gloucester Street. Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Adam J. Parker will celebrate a 5:30 p.m. Mass in the church that will be concelebrated by Washington Auxiliary Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala.
Alabama House, Senate pass similar bills to safeguard IVF; once reconciled, bill goes to governor March 4, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Alabama lawmakers in both the state’s House and Senate Feb. 29 passed similar bills to implement legal protections to in vitro fertilization clinics following a ruling by that state’s Supreme Court that frozen embryos qualify as children under the state law’s wrongful death law.
Walgreens, CVS pharmacies to begin dispensing pills used for abortion, early miscarriage March 2, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Two major U.S. pharmacy chains have announced they will begin dispensing the drug mifepristone, which has been prescribed for both abortion and early miscarriage, within the coming days.
Texas executes death-row inmate despite allegations of false testimony at trial February 29, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Ivan Cantu was executed Feb. 28 by the state of Texas despite claims that the Texan’s 2001 conviction for killing James Mosqueda and Amy Kitchen, his cousin and his cousin’s fiancee, was based on false testimony.
Christian minister says nitrogen execution he witnessed is slow, ‘spiritually violent’ torture February 29, 2024By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Rev. Hood said he and the other witnesses “were very under-informed, very underprepared” for the execution method.
Q&A: Why does the church oppose IVF? What can be done about frozen embryos? February 27, 2024By Father Francis J. Hoffman OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Marriage & Family Life, News, Respect Life, World News 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.
Alabama Supreme Court rules frozen embryos are children under wrongful death law February 22, 2024By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News 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.
Lawmakers demand investigation, autopsies of 5 aborted babies rescued by jailed Catholic activist February 15, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News 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.
Jailed Catholic activist’s attorney calls for Congress to investigate 5 aborted babies’ fate February 12, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News 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.
God is close, compassionate, not cold, distant, pope says February 5, 2024By Carol Glatz 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.
Six pro-life activists convicted of federal civil rights offenses for abortion clinic blockade February 1, 2024By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News 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.
Catholic U. ends contract with professor over ‘abortion doula’ guest lecturer January 31, 2024By Gina Christian 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.
