Abortion in the United States
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Mexican Supreme Court invalidates state's pro-life law
Mexico’s Supreme Court on Tuesday invalidated several articles that protected life from conception in the penal code of the state... Read more
Justice Department pledges to 'protect' women seeking abortions in Texas after pro-life law takes effect
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday vowed to “protect” women seeking abortions in Texas, days after a new state law... Read more
State's bishops 'celebrate every life saved' by Texas abortion law
Bishops around the country reacted with praise to a Texas law banning abortions after the detection of a fetal heartbeat,... Read more
Archbishop Cordileone raises issue of excommunication for abortion advocates
Calling abortion “the most pressing human rights challenge of our time,” Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone on Sunday invoked the excommunication... Read more
Contradicting past statements, Biden says he doesn’t believe life begins at conception
President Joe Biden (D) said on Friday, Sept. 3, that he does not believe life begins at conception - contradicting... Read more
Psaki rebukes EWTN reporter who asked why Catholic Biden opposes Texas abortion law
President Joe Biden, the second Catholic president in U.S. history, believes that abortion is a “woman’s right,” White House Press... Read more
Biden promises 'whole-of-government' effort to maintain abortion in Texas
President Joe Biden on Thursday announced a “whole-of-government” response to “ensure” abortion access in Texas, after the state’s pro-life law... Read more
Divided Supreme Court rejects challenge of Texas pro-life law
A divided Supreme Court late Wednesday evening declined a petition to block Texas’ ‘heartbeat’ law, allowing the law to stand... Read more
Biden ‘deeply committed’ to legal abortion, after Texas’ pro-life law goes into effect
President Joe Biden on Wednesday said his administration is “deeply committed” to upholding legal abortion, after Texas’ pro-life “heartbeat” law... Read more
‘We are actively helping women’: Pro-life groups pledge action as Texas’ 'heartbeat' law goes into effect
Pro-life groups on Wednesday said they were ready to assist women facing unexpected pregnancies, as Texas’ pro-life “heartbeat” law went... Read more
Pope Francis says that he hopes Cardinal Becciu is innocent of charges in Vatican finance trial
He made the comment in his first interview since undergoing colon surgery. Read more
Pro-abortion groups appeal to Supreme Court against Texas' 'Heartbeat Act'
Pro-abortion groups are asking the Supreme Court to block Texas’ law that would allow private citizens to sue abortion providers. Read more
UK university refuses to recognize Catholic priest as chaplain over social media posts
The university highlighted the priest’s posts on assisted suicide and abortion. Read more
Ex-Planned Parenthood manager: They don’t ‘refer to any unborn baby as a baby’
Planned Parenthood blacklists employees who recognize the humanity of the unborn and “does not refer to any unborn baby as... Read more
How Did Abortion Become a ‘Woman’s Right’? Legal Scholar Lists 3 Factors
Modern feminism is “corrupted” by abortion and “eating away at itself,” according to one legal scholar. Read more
‘Thousands of women want to go back’: Abortion pill reversal service expands in Russia
Russia became the first country in the world to legalize abortion in 1920. Read more
Federal appeals court upholds Tennessee’s abortion waiting period
A full panel of the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday ruled in favor of Tennessee’s mandatory 48-hour... Read more
‘An assault on those who are pro-life’: Legal group responds to DOJ dropping conscience complaint
A conservative legal group this week criticized the Justice Department for dropping its conscience rights lawsuit against a Vermont hospital... Read more
More than 75 briefs filed supporting Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban at Supreme Court
More than 75 amicus briefs have been filed at the Supreme Court supporting Mississippi’s ban on most elective abortions after... Read more
Catholic bishops: New N Ireland abortion intervention is ‘gravely disquieting’
The bishops said the British government had imposed an ‘unjust law.’ Read more
