Supreme Court hears case over effort to bar Planned Parenthood from Medicaid funds April 3, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument April 2 in a case concerning South Carolina’s attempt to prevent Planned Parenthood from participating in its Medicaid health program, in what could determine the nation’s largest abortion provider’s ability to use public funds in states that have restricted abortion.
Idaho schools to teach fetal development, show ultrasound videos when teaching related material April 2, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Idaho lawmakers recently approved legislation that will require public schools to teach fetal development and show ultrasound video to students in grades five to 12.
Notre Dame Law School gathering makes case for abolishing death penalty April 1, 2025By Catherine Odell OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The University of Notre Dame Law School hosted a four-day event to promote the abolition of the death penalty. Its March 24-27 Death Penalty Abolition Week brought to campus nationally known and respected opponents of the death penalty.
Brother of Terri Schiavo says fight to protect life at all stages more urgent than ever March 30, 2025By Katie Yoder OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Bobby Schindler spoke about Terri Schiavo ahead of the 20th anniversary of her death — a death that followed a years-long legal battle that made international headlines and captured the attention of then-President George W. Bush, U.S. members of Congress and even the Vatican.
Maryland March for Life participants urged to remain steadfast March 28, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Nearly five months after Marylanders overwhelmingly voted to enshrine abortion in the state Constitution – and just weeks after Maryland lawmakers agreed to use a $25 million fund to help pay for abortions – hundreds of unwavering pro-life advocates took to the streets of Annapolis March 27 for the 46th annual Maryland March for Life.
For attendees at Florida vigil, death penalty shows no dignity, respect for life March 28, 2025By Jean Gonzalez OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Outside those prison grounds and across the street a group of about 100 death penalty opponents held a prayerful vigil in response to state-sanctioned murder happening behind the prison walls.
Pro-life advocates call on Trump, Congress to fully defund Planned Parenthood March 28, 2025By Kate Scanlon OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, U.S. Congress, World News A coalition of pro-life groups went to the U.S. Capitol March 27 to urge Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood, shortly before the Supreme Court is set to consider a case concerning that funding.
Patrick Brice to be retried for first-degree assault charges outside Planned Parenthood March 26, 2025By Katie V. Jones OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Respect Life Patrick Brice, of Baltimore, will be retried for a first-degree assault charge on Mark Crosby, the then-73-year-old abortion protestor Brice pushed, punched and kicked in the face in front of a Planned Parenthood facility in Baltimore May 26, 2023.
U.S. lawmakers push anti-discrimination bill to protect pregnancy resource centers March 26, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Respect Life, World News The language of the latest incarnation of the Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act, a bill aimed at protecting more than 2,700 pregnancy resource centers nationwide from federal and state interference, is not radically different than the language of the one introduced in Congress last year.
Princeton’s Robert George reflects on ‘Evangelium Vitae’ 30 years on March 26, 2025By Charles C. Camosy OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Respect Life Robert P. George, McCormick professor of jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, recently spoke with OSV News’ Charlie Camosy about how St. John Paul II’s encyclical “Evangelium Vitae,” released 30 years ago, provided a pro-life vision that remains relevant today.
Spanish Church rallies Catholics against ‘demographic winter’ of abortion March 25, 2025By Jonathan Luxmoore OSV News Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Spanish bishops marked International Day for Life March 25 by demanding a better environment for “stable families,” as pro-life campaigners rallied in Madrid against promoting abortion in the traditionally Catholic country.
30 years later: St. John Paul II’s enduring challenge to culture in ‘Evangelium Vitae’ March 23, 2025By John M. Haas OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Respect Life Pope St. John Paul II could well be called the “apostle of life.” He spent his entire pontificate boldly proclaiming the inviolability of innocent human life.
