Abortion funding
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House passes amendments ending military spending on abortion travel, transgender surgeries
The House and Senate must reconcile their versions of the military spending package. Read more
House Republicans to bring pro-life legislation to vote
With a newly sworn-in Congress, Republicans are engaging in a renewed effort to pass pro-life legislation, even if pro-life policy... Read more
City council wants to use $100K in COVID funds for out-of-state abortions. The bishop calls that ‘outrageous’
Toledo’s City Council has proposed an ordinance that would redirect $100,000 in COVID-19 relief funds to pay for abortion travel... Read more
Biden rule funding clinics that refer for abortion can continue, federal court says
Though 12 states have filed a legal challenge to a Biden administration rule that allows clinics that refer for abortions... Read more
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US bishops warn against ‘extreme’ abortion provisions in budget bills
Spending bills introduced last week in the U.S. Senate would force employers and insurers to cover and pay for abortion,... Read more
Senate committee proposes rollback of pro-life policies
A Senate committee introduced nine budget bills on Monday that would roll back several pro-life provisions, allowing for domestic funding... Read more
Archbishop Naumann: Biden administration ‘wrong’ to fund abortion providers
The U.S. bishops’ pro-life chairman said on Thursday that the Biden administration is “wrong” for reopening federal funding of abortion... Read more
Bishops warn against abortion funding in reconciliation bill
The U.S. bishops’ conference on Friday warned against abortion funding in a massive spending bill being considered by Congress. Read more
Pro-life activists hold rallies targeting ‘vulnerable’ pro-abortion Democrats
The pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List is targeting Democratic members of Congress who support federally-funded abortion, in a multi-state... Read more
Pro-life groups praise Senate opposition to taxpayer-funded abortion
Pro-life groups praised the Senate on Wednesday for narrowly approving language against taxpayer-funded abortion. Read more
‘Abortion is not health care’: Members of Congress speak out against proposed abortion billing rule
More than 25 Republican senators wrote to the Biden administration this week warning that a proposed rule would allow federal... Read more
US bishops condemn abortion funding in House-passed spending bill
Leading U.S. bishops on Thursday opposed the House passage of appropriations bills that would fund abortions and exclude conscience protections... Read more
House passes spending bills without restrictions on abortion funding
The House this week passed spending bills that would allow funding of abortions both in the United States and abroad. Read more
Pelosi’s archbishop: No devout Catholic can condone abortion, ‘let alone have the government pay for it’
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone is Pelosi’s local ordinary. Read more
Pelosi defends taxpayer-funded abortion while citing Catholic faith
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday defended efforts to permit federal funding of elective abortions, and cited her own... Read more
US bishops' petition to preserve Hyde Amendment surpasses 130,000 signatures
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is encouraging Americans to sign their petition to save the “Hyde Amendment” from... Read more
Pro-life group urges action after appropriations bill passes without Hyde Amendment
A pro-life group on Friday decried President Joe Biden’s decision not to renew the Hyde Amendment, which has since 1976... Read more
Knights of Columbus disappointed by advancement of funding bill without Hyde Amendment
The Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus on Thursday registered his sorrow at the advancement by the appropriations committee... Read more
Appropriations bill advances without Hyde Amendment
The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday advanced a funding bill for fiscal year 2022 without including the usual prohibitions on... Read more
USCCB implores Congress to restore pro-life policies to spending bills
A proposed federal spending bill is the most extreme pro-abortion funding bill in the history of the United States, said... Read more
