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Nevada tees up abortion vote as pro-lifers continue to fight 2024 ballot measures

Jul 2, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

Including Nevada, six states are set to vote on pro-abortion amendments in November, and seven are considering adding measures to... Read more

The Wisconsin Supreme Court building in Madison, Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules in favor of pro-life advocate citing ‘free speech rights’

Jul 1, 2024

By Gigi Duncan

The court ruled last week that a lower court order prohibiting a pro-life advocate from approaching a Planned Parenthood employee... Read more

Iowa state capitol building in Des Moines, Iowa.

Iowa bishops celebrate as ‘heartbeat’ law goes into effect

Jul 1, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

The narrow 4-3 decision, issued in Planned Parenthood v. Iowa on June 28, reversed a lower court’s temporary blockage of... Read more

Mercy Health Perrysburg Hospital in Perrysburg, Ohio.

Ohio hospital system offers clarification on ‘medically necessary abortions’ report

Jun 29, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

A spokesperson for a major Catholic hospital system based in Ohio clarified to CNA this week that the system does... Read more

Teresa Larkin, co-chair of the Pregnancy Care Alliance and executive director of Your Options Medical, a pregnancy center in the state speaks in support of pro-life pregnancy centers in Massachusetts.

Besieged Massachusetts pro-life pregnancy centers rally at state capitol

Jun 27, 2024

By Joe Bukuras

Clinic leaders and women who have been helped by pro-life pregnancy centers testified to the variety of ways these resources... Read more

A billboard sponsored by the Democratic National Committee with the message “Trump’s Plan: Ban Abortion, Punish Women” is pictured on May 1, 2024, in Hollywood, Florida.

Democrats pledge millions to fight pro-life laws in GOP-leaning states

Jun 27, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

Democrats have also launched a “Red State Fund” to advocate against existing pro-life laws. Read more

U.S. Supreme Court police officers put up barricades to separate pro-life activists (right) from abortion rights activists during a demonstration in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 24, 2024.

U.S. Supreme Court rules Idaho hospitals must perform abortions

Jun 27, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

The decision hinged on the court’s interpretation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA). Read more

U.S. Capitol viewed through the columns of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court mistakenly leaks controversial abortion decision

Jun 26, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

“The court’s Publications Unit inadvertently and briefly uploaded a document to the court’s website,” a spokesperson for the Supreme Court... Read more

Students and pro-life advocates gather at the Lincoln Memorial for a rally commemorating the second anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 22, 2024.

A father shares the heartache of abortion at rally celebrating overturning of Roe v. Wade

Jun 25, 2024

By Gigi Duncan

Clementine, who was almost five months along, was “subjected to a second-trimester abortion without proper legal and ethical guidelines being... Read more

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Groups ramp up election spending on anniversary of overturning of Roe v. Wade

Jun 24, 2024

By Peter Pinedo

A coalition of nine pro-abortion groups calling itself “Abortion Access Now” announced on Monday a campaign to spend $100 million... Read more

Christ Church Cathedral (Holy Trinity) in Dublin, Ireland.

Irish bishops decry assisted suicide proposal as ‘a failure of hope’

Jun 24, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

The Catholic bishops of Ireland issued a statement laying out the Church’s teaching on end-of-life issues and advocating for palliative... Read more

The scene outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., after the court released its decision in the Dobbs abortion case on June 24, 2022. Pro-abortion demonstrators gradually made up a decided majority of the crowd as the day wore on.

U.S. bishops commemorate 2nd anniversary of Dobbs ruling

Jun 24, 2024

By Gigi Duncan

Bishop Michael Burbidge urged Catholics “to engage their elected officials on all issues endangering life.” Read more

Thousands of people from across Italy braved the summer heat to join the national Demonstration for Life in Rome on the afternoon of June 22, 2024.

PHOTOS: Thousands take part in Italy’s pro-life march

Jun 22, 2024

By Hannah Brockhaus

“There is no compromise on human life!” Pope Francis said in a message sent to organizers ahead of the march. Read more

Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life, attends the 50th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2023.

March for Life president Mancini urges advocates for unborn to continue fight

Jun 22, 2024

By Gigi Duncan

“I don’t think in my lifetime I thought Roe would be overturned, and to consider that it was overturned in... Read more

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The ethics of IVF: Where Catholics and Baptists can agree

Jun 20, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Here’s what you need to know about the Catholic Church's position on IVF and how it differs from that of... Read more

Pro-abortion activists gather in front of pro-life advocates outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic in downtown Manhattan on Feb. 3, 2024, in New York City.

New York court puts pro-abortion amendment back on November ballot

Jun 19, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Although the proposed “Equal Rights” amendment does not use the word “abortion,” it would establish broad rights to “reproductive health... Read more

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Culture of death advances in Spain with two new developments

Jun 19, 2024

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

The culture of life suffered two setbacks recently as the culture of death advanced again in Spain. Read more

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Federal court shields U.S. bishops from abortion mandate as lawsuit plays out

Jun 18, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The bishops’ conference will not be “forced to support employee abortions against their religious beliefs” while a federal lawsuit works... Read more

Pro-life activists chant during a Celebrate Life Day Rally at the Lincoln Memorial on the first anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, June 24, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

Two years after overturning of Roe, pro-lifers come to DC to ‘Celebrate Life’

Jun 18, 2024

By Gigi Duncan

March for Life President Jeanne Mancini will deliver the opening keynote session on the next steps for the pro-life movement... Read more

Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to pro-life supporters before signing a law restricting abortion in Florida.

New data shows more people traveling for abortions post-Dobbs

Jun 17, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The data, which tracks month-to-month abortion numbers in the U.S., found that more than 171,000 Americans traveled out of state... Read more