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Respect Life

Patricia Kelly, tireless pro-life advocate and legislative lobbyist, dies at 88

September 8, 2020
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Respect Life

Patricia Kelly, a tireless advocate for the pro-life cause whose gentle but persistent lobbying efforts helped secure a ban on physician-assisted suicide in Maryland, died Sept. 4 at Portumna, her family farm in Carroll County.

Planned Parenthood drops suit against Indiana abortion law on ultrasounds

August 24, 2020
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

Ending three years of legal dueling, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill announced Aug. 20 that Planned Parenthood has conceded defeat in a lawsuit that challenged a state law requiring women to undergo an ultrasound at least 18 hours before having an abortion.

Democratic Party urged to be ‘big tent’ and welcome its pro-life members

August 19, 2020
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: 2020 Election, Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

Alison Centofante, director of external affairs at Live Action, observed: “Abortion’s not a partisan issue,” but rather is based on what science has learned about fetal development in the womb.

Letter: Democrats must make room for pro-lifers, ‘moderate’ abortion position

August 17, 2020
By Julie Asher
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News

About 100 current and former Democratic lawmakers from several states urged the Democratic Party’s Platform Committee Aug. 14 “to moderate its official position on abortion,” saying many party leaders support abortion policies “radically out of line with public opinion.”

Nebraska governor signs bill that bans dismemberment abortions

August 17, 2020
By Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

Saying Nebraska is “a pro-life state,” Gov. Pete Ricketts Aug. 15 signed into law a ban on dismemberment abortions, which he said stops a “horrific procedure” and is “an important step to strengthen our culture of life.”

In planning Jan. 29 March for Life, officials mindful of health safeguards

August 2, 2020
By Kurt Jensen
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Coronavirus, Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

March for Life is, at its core, a bus event for college and high school groups, and restrictions on that kind of travel are still an unknown factor.

Notre Dame study examines ‘everyday’ Americans’ attitudes toward abortion

July 16, 2020
By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News

Americans participating in a study of attitudes toward abortion said they do not typically discuss it, find the labels “pro-life” and “pro-choice” inadequate, and generally do not consider abortion a “desirable good” for society, according to a University of Notre Dame study.

Supreme Court allows blocked federal execution to proceed

July 14, 2020
By Carol Zimmermann
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News

In a 2 a.m. decision July 14 after numerous last-minute filings, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to overturn a trial court order blocking the execution of federal death-row inmate Daniel Lewis Lee.

Supreme Court stops Texas execution for inmate’s religious liberty

June 17, 2020
By Carol Zimmermann
Filed Under: News, Prison Ministry, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News

The U.S. Supreme Court granted a last-minute stay of execution for Texas death-row inmate Ruben Gutierrez June 16, saying the state prison officials need to reexamine their rule that bans clergy from being with prisoners to the execution chamber.

HHS rule helps ‘restore rights of health care providers,’ say bishops

June 16, 2020
By Julie Asher
Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News

The chairmen of three U.S. bishops’ committees welcomed a final rule implemented by the Trump administration June 12 to restore “the long-standing position of the federal government that discrimination on the basis of ‘sex’ means just that and does not refer to ‘termination of pregnancy’ nor ‘gender identity.'”

Center for Pregnancy Concerns’ Howard St. location expected to open on schedule

June 11, 2020
By Erik Zygmont
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life

The pro-life Center for Pregnancy Concerns (CPC) will open as planned at 328 N. Howard St. in Baltimore, next door to the city’s Planned Parenthood location, late this summer, according to Gina Ruppert, executive director of CPC.

Pope prays for U.S., calls racism a pro-life issue

June 3, 2020
By Carol Glatz
Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, News, Racial Justice, Respect Life, Vatican, Video, World News

Observing with great concern the social unrest unfolding in the United States, Pope Francis said no one can claim to defend the sanctity of every human life while turning a blind eye to racism and exclusion.

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