Abortion in the United States

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Arkansas Capitol Building in Little Rock, AR.

Arkansas senate passes abortion ban in new challenge to Roe

Nov 25, 2020

Arkansas lawmakers have introduced a bill to ban nearly all abortions in the state in what lawmakers hope will serve... Read more

Pope Francis at his general audience address in the library of the Apostolic Palace Nov. 25, 2020.

Pope Francis encourages Argentine women opposing legal abortion

Nov 25, 2020

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope Francis has written a note to women in his homeland who asked him to help make known their opposition... Read more

Alberto Fernández, left. Pope Francis, right.

Argentine president hopes Pope Francis 'won't be angry' over abortion bill

Nov 24, 2020

Argentine president Alberto Fernández said Sunday he hopes Pope Francis won’t be angry because of a bill he introduced in... Read more

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What connection does Moderna’s vaccine have to aborted fetal tissue? 

Nov 24, 2020

By Jonah McKeown

Amid debate over the ethics of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate under development by Moderna, a Catholic microbiologist told CNA that... Read more

Planned Parenthood clinic in Newton, NJ.

Federal court says Texas can withhold Medicaid from Planned Parenthood

Nov 24, 2020

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that abortion providers and their customers cannot challenge Texas’ decision to withhold Medicaid... Read more

Tennessee state capitol.

Court allows Tennessee abortion ban to go into effect

Nov 23, 2020

A federal appeals court on Friday allowed a Tennessee ban on some abortions to go into effect.  Read more

What pro-lifers can expect from a divided House and Senate

Nov 21, 2020

By Matt Hadro

With nearly all U.S. House and Senate races decided, Congress will be sharply divided the next two years—possibly undermining the... Read more

18 states file brief supporting Tennessee's discrimination abortion ban

Nov 20, 2020

An 18-state coalition filed a brief this week supporting a Tennessee law banning abortions based on an unborn child’s race,... Read more

President Donald Trump. CNA file photo.

Could Trump issue an executive order recognizing unborn babies as persons?

Nov 20, 2020

By Matt Hadro

With just two months left in Donald Trump’s presidency, some pro-life intellectuals are calling for an executive order that offers... Read more

Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston.

Catholic bishops push back on Massachusetts abortion expansion

Nov 18, 2020

Massachusetts bishops on Tuesday continued their push against proposed amendments expanding abortion in the state.  Read more

Massachusetts state capitol.

Massachusetts bishops decry push for abortion expansion

Nov 13, 2020

By Matt Hadro

An amendment adopted by the state house on Thursday allows for abortions in certain circumstances throughout pregnancy, a move the... Read more

The interior of the United States Supreme Court.

Supreme Court delays decision on Mississippi abortion law, again

Nov 10, 2020

By Christine Rousselle

Pro-life advocates are hopeful the Supreme Court will review an abortion law in Mississippi, even though the court once again delayed... Read more

Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, president of the Polish bishops’ conference, pictured Jan. 15, 2018.

Polish Catholic archbishop: president’s abortion law proposal would be ‘new form of euthanasia’

Nov 4, 2020

A Catholic archbishop said Tuesday that an abortion law proposal outlined by Poland’s president would amount to a “new form... Read more

Senate Leader Mitch McConnell.

Senate races lean Republican, with bills on abortion and religious freedom on the horizon

Nov 4, 2020

Republicans looked on track Wednesday morning to keep control of the Senate, offsetting a loss in Colorado with a gain... Read more

Colorado voters fail to approve 22-week abortion ban, Proposition 115

Nov 3, 2020

Voters in Colorado rejected a ballot measure that would have banned abortion in the state after 22 weeks of pregnancy,... Read more

State Sen. Katrina Jackson. CNA file photo.

Louisiana voters approve Amendment 1 to exclude ‘right to abortion’ from state constitution

Nov 3, 2020

Louisiana voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment to prevent Louisiana’s courts from finding a “right to abortion,” or to... Read more

Polling station on Election Day.

Campaigns target Catholic voters in crucial swing states

Nov 3, 2020

By Matt Hadro

As the polls open for in-person voting, campaigners for both sides are looking to turn out the critical Catholic vote, with... Read more

Marta Lempart.

Polish pro-abortion leader urges 'revolt' against Church, amid Mass interruptions and protests

Nov 2, 2020

A leader of Poland’s pro-abortion movement urged Catholics to oppose the Catholic Church’s opposition to abortion in the country, even... Read more

Former vice president Joe Biden at a campaign event, Nov, 2019.

Biden claims his politics and Catholic faith 'coincide', despite abortion and religious freedom policies

Nov 2, 2020

In a new video, released on the eve of the general election, Biden asserts that he has the “great advantage”... Read more

A promotional image for the “Rosary to the Gates of Heaven.”

Polish pro-lifers launch global rosary initiative

Nov 2, 2020

Polish pro-lifers are inviting Catholics around the world to join a global rosary initiative that launched on Sunday.  Read more