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California Capitol Building.

California Catholic Conference hopes for amendments that would limit harm of abortion bill

Jul 18, 2022

By Carl Bunderson

An amendment to a California abortion bill ensuring it would not protect cases of infanticide is just one of many... Read more

Archbishop William Lori, speaks at a Legatus conference on Feb 8, 2013.

Archbishop Lori: Biden's abortion executive order 'disturbing and tragic'

Jul 9, 2022

By CNA Staff

The chair of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee on Saturday called President Joe Biden’s executive order aimed at protecting abortion... Read more

Lauren Muzyka, who was named Pro-Life Woman of the Year last month.

Meet the 'Pro-Life Woman of the Year': Lauren Muzyka of Sidewalk Advocates for Life

Jul 9, 2022

By Maisy Sullivan

Lauren Muzyka, president and CEO of pro-life group Sidewalk Advocates for Life (SAFL), was named Pro-Life Woman of the Year... Read more

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Surprise! Abortion limits are rather popular, survey says after Roe v Wade overturned

Jul 8, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

Abortion limits are surprisingly popular, according to the Harris Poll: half of Americans say abortion should be legal no later... Read more

Lynn Fitch, the Mississippi Attorney General.

Mississippi AG says state must 'strengthen the safety net' as abortion clinic closes

Jul 8, 2022

By Maisy Sullivan

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said Thursday that now that legal abortion is banned in the state, it must act... Read more

US President Joe Biden, with (L-R) Vice President Kamala Harris, Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, signs an executive order protecting access to reproductive health care services, in the White House in Washington, DC, July 8, 2022.

Biden signs abortion executive order: 'Right to choose' is 'essential'

Jul 8, 2022

By Katie Yoder

President Joe Biden signed an executive order Friday aimed at protecting abortion access in response to the Supreme Court’s decision... Read more

U.S. President Joe Biden arrives at the Vatican to meet Pope Francis, Oct. 29, 2021

Biden to sign abortion executive order in response to Dobbs

Jul 8, 2022

By Katie Yoder

President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Friday aimed at protecting abortion access in response to the Supreme Court’s... Read more

Senator Marco Rubio.

Rubio urges that Biden administration honor Hyde amendment regarding abortion travel

Jul 7, 2022

By Maisy Sullivan

Florida Senator Marco Rubio demanded Tuesday that the Biden administration clarify that it will not pay for federal employees’ sick... 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.

Why Dobbs is a better precedent than Roe

Jul 7, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month, it ended almost 50 years of pro-abortion rights jurisprudence. For... Read more

The European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.

'Women deserve better': Experts criticize EU Parliament resolution on ‘right to abortion’

Jul 7, 2022

By Hannah Brockhaus

Legal experts have called “inaccurate and misleading” a proposed resolution by the European Parliament to include a “right to abortion”... Read more

A perpetrator caught on camera vandalized St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church and School in Bloomer, Wisconsin,  the night of July 2-3.

Four Catholic churches in Wisconsin vandalized with pro-abortion graffiti 

Jul 6, 2022

By Joe Bukuras

Four Catholic churches in Wisconsin's Chippewa county were vandalized in the past week. Read more

Eric S. Schmitt, attorney general of Missouri.

Missouri attorney general may sue Kansas City over aid for out-of-state abortions

Jul 6, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has said he plans to sue Kansas City, saying the city’s plan to aid women... Read more

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Texas Supreme Court allows enforcement of abortion ban

Jul 5, 2022

By CNA Staff

The Supreme Court of Texas on Friday ruled that the state may enforce its 1925 law banning abortion, reversing the... Read more

Grafitti on a sign for All Saints Catholic Church in Portland, Oregon, June 25, 2022.

Attacks on churches, pro-life pregnancy centers continue 

Jun 30, 2022

By Joe Bukuras

Since the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision on Friday, attacks on Catholic churches and pro-life pregnancy centers have... Read more

The Court of Appeal is based at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.

English courts to reconsider life support for Archie Battersbee, severely brain-injured boy

Jun 29, 2022

By Kevin J. Jones

England’s High Court must hold another hearing to determine whether ending the life support of a severely injured 12-year-old boy,... 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.

TRACKER: Check the status of abortion trigger laws across the U.S.

Jun 29, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, returning the regulation of... 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, June 24, 2022.

Judges temporarily block abortion bans in Louisiana, Utah, Texas

Jun 28, 2022

By Maisy Sullivan

Judges in Louisiana, Utah, and Texas have temporarily blocked the enforcement of those states’ laws banning abortion, after the Supreme... Read more

Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center in Lynchburg, Virginia had its windows smashed and was defaced with graffiti the night of June 24-25.

Vandalism of Catholic churches, pregnancy centers continues after Dobbs decision

Jun 27, 2022

By Joe Bukuras

In the wake of Friday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey,... 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.

What the U.S. bishops have said about Dobbs

Jun 27, 2022

By Joe Bukuras

The Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade in a 6-3 decision, bringing an end to nearly a half-century... Read more

USCCB Fall Meeting 2021

How bishops around the U.S. have responded to Dobbs

Jun 25, 2022

By Joe Bukuras

The Supreme Court on Friday overturned Roe v. Wade in a 6-3 decision, bringing an end to nearly a half-century... Read more