Vatican reaffirms, clarifies church teachings on end-of-life care September 22, 2020By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, Vatican, World News With the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia in many countries, and questions concerning what is morally permissible regarding end-of-life care, the Vatican’s doctrinal office released a 25-page letter offering “a moral and practical clarification” on the care of vulnerable patients.
Global biotech company ends use of aborted fetal cell lines for vaccines September 21, 2020By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Coronavirus, News, Respect Life, World News Catholic pro-life leaders say they are seeing some progress in the development of vaccines with the use of ethical animal cell lines instead of cell lines derived from abortions.
Patricia Kelly, tireless pro-life advocate and legislative lobbyist, dies at 88 September 8, 2020By 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, 2020By 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, 2020By 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, 2020By 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, 2020By 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, 2020By 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, 2020By 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, 2020By 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, 2020By 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, 2020By 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.'”
