Nearly one in three conceptions in England and Wales end in abortion, government figures reveal July 14, 2025By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Nearly one in three conceptions in England and Wales end in abortion, newest government figures have revealed.
Judge blocks, for now, Planned Parenthood defunding provision backed by bishops July 9, 2025By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News A federal judge placed a temporary restraining order on a provision in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which President Donald Trump signed into law July 4, that would have stopped Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid payments for a year.
Report: US abortions continue post-Dobbs rise in part due to telehealth June 28, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The rate of abortions in the U.S. continued to increase in 2024 following the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade, according to a report by #WeCount, a research project by the Society of Family Planning, a group that supports legal abortion.
In retrial, judge acquits man charged in assault on pro-life protester June 27, 2025By Patricia Zapor Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life A Baltimore Circuit judge June 25 acquitted Patrick Brice, 28, in a retrial over whether the injuries he inflicted on pro-life protester Mark Crosby in a May 26, 2023 incident were intentional.
Supreme Court rules states can deny Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood June 27, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 26 that there is not a private right to bring a lawsuit challenging South Carolina’s decision to end Planned Parenthood’s participation in the state’s Medicaid program. The ruling will likely allow other states to remove Planned Parenthood from their Medicaid programs.
British Parliament ‘effectively decriminalizes’ abortion up to birth June 18, 2025By Simon Caldwell OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Members of British Parliament have voted overwhelmingly in favor of decriminalizing abortion up to birth.
Supreme Court takes up appeal from N.J. faith-based pregnancy centers June 18, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The Supreme Court said June 16 it will hear an appeal from a group of faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey challenging an investigation by that state’s attorney general alleging they misled people about their services and seeking information about their donors.
High court sends Catholic groups’ challenge to N.Y. abortion-coverage mandate back to state courts June 17, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The fight by religious groups against New York state’s abortion mandate requiring most private insurance plans to cover abortion has renewed life.
House Republicans advance bill to repeal FACE Act June 12, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News The House Judiciary Committee voted June 10 to repeal a federal law crafted to protect access to reproductive health facilities by prohibiting actions such as obstructing the entrance to an abortion clinic.
In move called a ‘dark day’ for residents, N.Y. Senate passes assisted suicide law June 10, 2025By Gina Christian OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The New York Senate has voted to legalize medically assisted suicide, a move that one Catholic bioethicist told OSV News marked “a dark day” for the state’s residents, and the act will now head to Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Asking for human life and dignity protections in the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ June 9, 2025By Archbishop Thomas Wenski OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Immigration and Migration, Respect Life Congress could make this “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” less expensive, more advantageous economically and beneficial to the entire community by removing the increased spending on the enforcement-only approach to immigration and moving the bill forward with a stay on deportations of non-criminal immigrants.
Trump administration revokes Biden-era abortion directive for emergency rooms June 4, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Health Care, News, Respect Life, World News The Trump administration announced June 3 that it would revoke Biden-era guidance to the nation’s hospitals directing them to perform abortions in emergency circumstances even in states that banned the procedure.
