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Guttmacher Institute says states where abortion remains legal have seen biggest...

Legal abortions most likely increased in the United States in the first six months of 2023 compared with 2020, according to a New York...

Services and gatherings across the country will take place for National...

A coast-to-coast observance this month commemorates the souls of children lost to abortion. The National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children takes place Sept. 9,...

Republican presidential candidates criticize states without gestational limit on abortion

WASHINGTON -- After activists for legal abortion pushed back on some Republican presidential candidates' criticism of some state abortion laws as being without limits,...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster’s six-week abortion ruling ensures ‘the sanctity...

The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the state's six-week abortion ban in an Aug. 23 ruling, permitting that law to go into effect.The 4-1 ruling...

Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr says Catholics ‘are morally obliged to...

CINCINNATI -- Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr has urged Catholics to reject a Nov. 7 ballot initiative on abortion he called an "extraordinary and...

Ohio voters soundly reject measure raising threshold to pass abortion amendment

Ohio voters Aug. 8 rejected a measure that proposed raising the threshold to make changes to the state’s constitution, according to projections by The...

Suit filed against Vermont over new mandates for pregnancy resource centers

WASHINGTON -- In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade last year, pregnancy resource centers are becoming the new legal...

Iowa Legislature passes six-week ban on most abortions; Gov. Reynolds says...

During a special session July 11, the Iowa Legislature passed a ban on most abortions after six weeks. Once Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signs...

‘Self-identified Catholic’ Democrats in U.S. House argue for abortion rights; bishops...

WASHINGTON -- After more than two dozen Catholic Democratic House lawmakers signed a "statement of principles" advocating for abortion access that cited tenets of...

President Joe Biden says executive order strengthens abortion access, Dobbs ruling...

WASHINGTON -- In a statement to mark the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's Dobbs ruling, President Joe Biden said June 24 that his...

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