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Respect Life

New Barbie seen as affirmation of children with Down syndrome even while abortion claims more of them

May 14, 2023
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

More than just a toy, the doll becomes “an affirmation of who they are. It’s an acknowledgment that a major toy company has created a doll that looks like them,” Bradford said, “and represents who they are.”

Maternity homes offer a ‘haven’ that gives moms chance at ‘directional change’ in life

May 13, 2023
By Gina Christian
OSV News
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

Through a homelessness services agency, Verriotto was connected with Good Counsel Homes, a Secaucus, New Jersey-based ministry that has been providing residential care for homeless pregnant women for almost four decades.

UK bishop denounces new IVF method resulting in first baby born with DNA of three people

May 12, 2023
By 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, 2023
By 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, 2023
By 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, 2023
By 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, 2023
By 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, 2023
By 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, 2023
By 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, 2023
By 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, 2023
By 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, 2023
By 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.

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