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.'”
Center for Pregnancy Concerns’ Howard St. location expected to open on schedule June 11, 2020By 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, 2020By 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.
Death penalty opponents decry first execution carried out amid pandemic May 20, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Filed Under: Coronavirus, News, Respect Life, World News Catholic advocates against the death penalty spoke out against Missouri’s May 19 execution of a death-row inmate, Walter Barton, whose death by lethal injection was the first execution to happen during the pandemic.
Belgium’s Brothers of Charity cut ties to their homes over euthanasia May 7, 2020By Simon Caldwell Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Belgium’s Brothers of Charity have cut ties with their 15 homes for psychiatric patients after the Vatican stripped the institutions of their Catholic status because euthanasia was permitted on their premises.
Few sermons mention abortion in U.S. Christianity, Pew finds April 30, 2020By Mark Pattison Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News The percentage of sermons about abortion is in the single digits, according to a Pew Research Center study, the results of which were released April 29.
