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Updated: Pro-life group allowed to open at Florida high school after dispute

Nov 8, 2019

A student pro-life group will launch at Gulf Coast High School in Collier County, Florida, after a Christian legal group... Read more

N Ireland abortion law plans 'devastating', pro-life leader objects

Nov 7, 2019

Northern Ireland’s proposed abortion law drew strong objections from pro-life advocates who said it removes almost all legal protection for... Read more

The Elbert P. Tuttle US Court of Appeals Building in Atlanta, home of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Will Trump's judicial appointments matter for abortion, religious freedom?

Nov 7, 2019

By Matt Hadro

US President Donald Trump has nominated more than one-fourth of federal circuit court judges – but what, if anything, might... Read more

Pregnant college students need to know their rights, pro-life group says

Oct 28, 2019

As many pregnant students say they face pressure to have abortions to advance their education and careers, one pro-life group... Read more

Exemptions for rape, incest removed from South Carolina abortion bill

Oct 24, 2019

A senate subcommittee in South Carolina has removed two exemptions from a fetal heartbeat bill, which would ban abortions after... Read more

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks in Nashville, Oct. 11, 2019.

Pompeo highlights religious freedom, pro-life goals as among US priorities 

Oct 22, 2019

By Matt Hadro

The U.S. Secretary of State listed promoting international religious freedom and fighting abortion as among U.S. foreign policy priorities in... Read more

United States Capitol Building - Washington DC. Via Shutterstock

Letter urges Congress to guard pro-life protections in foreign spending

Oct 22, 2019

By Christine Rousselle

A coalition of pro-life leaders has sent a letter calling on federal lawmakers to oppose an amendment to a foreign... Read more

New hotline connects women in crisis pregnancies to resources, community 

Oct 17, 2019

By Mary Farrow

When Pamela Whitehead takes a call for LoveLine, a new pregnancy helpline, she listens.  Read more

Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a June 2018 convention in Detroit.

Michigan governor axes funding for pregnancy, parenting support

Oct 1, 2019

By Jonah McKeown

Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer has line-item vetoed from the state’s budget $700,000 in funding for the Michigan Pregnancy and Parenting... Read more

Split ruling for Virginia abortion regulations

Oct 1, 2019

A federal judge on Monday overturned two Virginia restrictions on abortion, while upholding several others, saying, “the right to choose... Read more

Mexican flag during the Angelus Address in St. Peter's Square on January 10, 2016.

March for life and family in Mexico opposes abortion, organized crime

Sep 25, 2019

Pro-life advocates took to the streets throughout Mexico on Sept. 21 to march for life, family, and conscience protections.  Read more

Activists against the decriminalization of abortion hold a demonstration outside the Ecuadorian Congress building in Quito, Sept. 17, 2019.

Ecuador votes not to decriminalize abortion in cases of rape

Sep 18, 2019

A bill to decriminalize abortion in all cases of rape failed in the Ecuadorian legislature Tuesday, amid opposition from the... Read more

ND judge nixes law requiring doctors to inform women on abortion pill reversal

Sep 12, 2019

By Mary Farrow

After a North Dakota judge nixed part of a new law requiring doctors to inform their patients about abortion pill... Read more

Effort to pass abortion bill in NSW could push government into minority

Sep 5, 2019

As the Australian state of New South Wales considers a bill to decriminalize abortion, two members of parliament from the... Read more

CRISPR-CAS9 gene editing complex from Streptococcus pyogenes.

Pro-life group: Use gene editing to fix disease, not make designer babies

Aug 29, 2019

As scientists explore new avenues for gene editing, a pro-life group is urging caution against the temptation to use the... Read more

Participants in the 2019 Crossroads walk for life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC.

'Overwhelmed with graces': Walking across America for life

Aug 17, 2019

By Christine Rousselle

Victoria Bliss, a 19-year-old from Virginia, said the experience, while full of challenges, was one that strengthened her faith and... Read more

Calif. bishop: Be society's conscience in face of campus abortion pill mandate

Aug 14, 2019

At a Mass marking Sunday's conclusion of a novena for the defeat of a California bill that would require public... Read more

The March for Life in Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 2017.

These are the six US states with one remaining abortion clinic

Aug 13, 2019

Amid efforts in many states to pass pro-life legislation and challenge the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision, six states—... Read more

A pro life demonstrator holds a sign as she rallies outside NSW Parliament Aug. 6, 2019 in Sydney, Australia.

Archbishop Fisher 'deeply saddened' by advancement of NSW abortion bill

Aug 9, 2019

The Archbishop of Sydney has expressed his disappointment at the passage by the lower house of the New South Welsh... Read more

New Zealand bill seeks to allow elective abortions before 20 weeks

Aug 6, 2019

The government of New Zealand proposed a bill this week that would lift a law stipulating that abortions before 20... Read more