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Bryan and Rebecca Gantt, two foster parents in Vermont, had their licenses revoked for refusing to embrace gender ideology.

Foster parents sue Vermont after state revokes license for rejecting gender ideology

Jun 12, 2024

By Tyler Arnold

Vermont requires foster parents to affirm that they would support a child in his or her self-asserted gender identity and... Read more

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Pro-life pregnancy centers sue Vermont over law targeting their advertisements 

Aug 1, 2023

By Tyler Arnold

Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed legislation on May 10 that allows the attorney general’s office to bring civil action against... Read more

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Vermont rewrites law to offer assisted suicide to non-residents

May 3, 2023

By Joe Bukuras

Republican Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont signed a bill Tuesday allowing non-residents to avail themselves of the state’s assisted suicide... Read more

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Vermont to allow religious schools to use state assistance after settling lawsuit

Dec 2, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

State and local government officials agreed that Vermont’s exclusion of religious private schools from the program is unconstitutional and unenforceable. Read more

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Vermont votes to enshrine abortion in constitution, news outlet projects

Nov 8, 2022

By Katie Yoder

A Vermont news outlet said pro-abortion Proposal 5 will pass by a wide margin. Read more

Pro-abortion protestors outside the Supreme Court after the historic decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Midterm elections 2022: How will these states vote on abortion?

Nov 2, 2022

By Katie Yoder

In three states proposing constitutional amendments to advance abortion, surveys show strong support for pro-abortion referendums. Read more

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Abortion ballot initiative would also give minors right to gender transition, bishops warn

Oct 14, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

Michigan’s Catholic bishops warned this week that a proposal to codify abortion in the state also would codify a right... Read more

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Election 2022: Abortion appears on ballot in 5 states this November

Sep 26, 2022

By Katie Yoder

California, Michigan, and Vermont are proposing constitutional amendments to advance abortion, while Kentucky and Montana are voting on pro-life measures. Read more

Hon. Beth Robinson, associate justice on the Vermont Supreme Court, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 14, 2021

Federal judicial nominee grilled over 1990s religious freedom case

Sep 16, 2021

By Christine Rousselle

Multiple senators accused a judicial nominee of being hostile to religious freedom during her confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 14. Read more

Main altar of the Cathedral of St. Joseph, Burlington, Vermont

Vermont diocese sees record-low number of priests

Jul 6, 2021

By Joe Bukuras

The Diocese of Burlington has seen a record-low number of priests this year, with only 50 priests in the entire... Read more

Vermont State House, Montpellier, VT.

'Unrestricted' abortion bill passes in Vermont

May 13, 2019

By Christine Rousselle

The legislature also advanced a measure to make abortion a constitutional right.  Read more

Vermont bishop: Abortion bill tests limits of human brokenness

Feb 22, 2019

With a bill to legalize abortion for any reason until birth advancing in Vermont, the local Catholic bishop has stressed... Read more

Vermont bill would bar any government restrictions on abortion

Jan 25, 2019

A bill was introduced in the Vermont House of Representatives Tuesday that would prohibit public entities from interfering with or... Read more