Tag: Abortion
Supreme Court to review DACA case in next term
WASHINGTON -- In its next term, the Supreme Court will examine if the Trump administration illegally tried to end a program that protects young...
English bishops praise ruling that mentally disabled woman can give birth
LONDON — English bishops welcomed a Court of Appeal ruling that a pregnant mentally disabled woman did not need to have an abortion.
On June...
Vatican women’s soccer match canceled after protests
VATICAN CITY -- The members of the Vatican's women's soccer team decided not to play their first foreign match June 22 when a couple...
House debates rejecting spending bill to overturn pro-life policies
WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives has begun debate on a bill that will overturn at least nine pro-life policies, including reinstating taxpayer-funded abortion...
National Institutes of Health banned from using fetal tissue from elective...
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services banned the National Institutes of Health from using human fetal stem cells from...
Illinois House OKs abortion bill; vote called ‘collective moral failing’
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — In a 64-50 vote May 28, the Illinois House passed an abortion bill the Catholic Conference of Illinois called “an extreme...
Louisiana governor says he’ll sign newly approved ‘heartbeat bill’
BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana’s Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Catholic, said he will sign into law a measure that makes nearly all...
Pro-life leaders applaud passage of abortion bill in Alabama
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — By passing a bill to ban abortion in nearly all circumstances, the Alabama legislature has recognized that abortion is “the extinguishing...
17-year-old with Down syndrome becomes pro-life advocate in Canada
EDMONTON, Alberta — Sarah Joy Walker is alive today because her mother flatly turned down an abortion.
Seventeen years later, the Edmonton teenager saw her...
Georgia governor signs heartbeat bill restricting state abortions
ATLANTA — Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed legislation May 7 to ban abortions in the state once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which...