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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

Hundreds of pro-life and pro-abortion demonstrators hold rallies alongside each other as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the high-stakes abortion pill case Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. Food and Drug Administration, March 26, 2024.

Republicans nix amendment to spending bill that restricted abortion pill access 

Jun 11, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Lawmakers did not include language that would have prohibited pharmacy chains like Walgreens and CVS from dispensing the abortion pill... Read more

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Massachusetts launches ‘first-in-the-nation’ effort to target pregnancy resource centers

Jun 11, 2024

By Daniel Payne

The state’s Department of Public Health says it will launch an “education campaign” to highlight “the dangers and potential harm”... Read more

Three attacks against the Rome headquarters of the Italian pro-life center Pro Vita & Famiglia have taken place in the last month alone.

Italian pro-life association suffers spate of attacks against its headquarters

Jun 10, 2024

By Almudena Martínez-Bordiú

The Rome-based pro-life organization Pro Vita & Famiglia has been the target of multiple acts of vandalism. Read more

Joan Andrews Bell, Jean Marshall, Heather Idoni, and Paulette Harlow are four pro-life women serving time after being convicted on federal charges for for blockading the inside of an abortion clinic in 2020.

Locked up: Meet the elderly and infirm women now in prison for pro-life activism

Jun 6, 2024

By Joe Bukuras

Jean Marshall, 74, and three other women with major health issues spoke with CNA about their imprisonment and their treatment... Read more

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North Carolina court strikes down restrictions on in-home chemical abortions 

Jun 6, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Here’s a look at abortion-related developments that took place in Washington and in various U.S. states this week.  Read more

Ranking Member Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, speaks about the development of a preborn baby during a Senate Committee on Health hearing titled "The Assault on Women's Freedoms: How Abortion Bans Have Created a Health Care Nightmare Across America" on Capitol Hill on June 4, 2024, in Washington, D.C.

Democrat-led Senate panel scrutinizes pro-life laws ahead of election

Jun 5, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

The June 4 Health, Education, and Labor Committee hearing invited four pro-abortion witnesses and two pro-life witnesses. Read more

Melinda French Gates shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron after a meeting at the Elysee Palace on June 23, 2023.

Melinda Gates, a Catholic, to give millions to fund abortion throughout the world

Jun 4, 2024

By Daniel Payne

Gates, who has written fondly about her Catholic upbringing, said last week she is giving multimillion-dollar donations to abortion-supporting groups. Read more

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In Title IX lawsuit, Texas professors say they won’t accommodate students who get abortions

Jun 3, 2024

By Daniel Payne

New U.S. Department of Education regulations prohibit “discriminating” against a woman for choosing to have an abortion. Read more

Pro-life activists protest the incarceration of nine activists charged with FACE Act violations.

Another elderly pro-life activist sentenced to two years in prison

May 31, 2024

By Joe Bukuras

Paulette Harlow, 75, was sentenced to two years in jail Friday after being convicted last November of participating in a... Read more

Pro-life supporters take part in a "Rally for Life" march and celebration outside the Texas State Capitol on Jan. 27, 2024, in Austin, Texas.

Texas Supreme Court upholds law outlawing abortion even in so-called ‘hard cases’

May 31, 2024

By Matt McDonald

The Texas Supreme Court has upheld the state’s law outlawing almost all abortions, turning aside a challenge based on severe... Read more

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at the USCCB fall plenary assembly Nov. 14, 2023.

Catholic bishop: Biden administration ‘subverted’ pro-family policy by mandating abortion leave

May 31, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

In an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, USCCB president Archbishop Timothy Broglio, denounced the EEOC for its new... Read more

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Tennessee bans ‘abortion trafficking’ of underage girls   

May 31, 2024

By Matt McDonald

The new Class C felony, called “abortion trafficking of a minor,” applies to an adult who “recruits, harbors, or transports”... Read more

Bishop Michael Burbidge of the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, speaks at Philadelphia’s Eucharistic Congress on Sept. 30, 2023. 

U.S. bishops to Congress: Abortion funding is ‘antithesis of health care and justice’

May 31, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Bishop Michael Burbidge highlighted in a May 16 letter that the USCCB “will oppose any bill that expands taxpayer funding... Read more

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Lawmakers call for studying environmental impact of abortion pill 

May 30, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Here’s a look at abortion-related and pro-life developments that took place in Washington, D.C., and various U.S. states recently. Read more

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks to the media on May 26, 2022, in New York City.

New York attorney general sued for ‘targeting’ pro-life pregnancy centers 

May 29, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

ADF filed the suit along with The National Institute of Family and Life Advocates on behalf of two nonprofit pro-life... Read more