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The growing weaponization of the abortion pill
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (569+ words) Rosalie Markezich smiled when she realized she was pregnant in 2023. The young woman from Louisiana waited a week before telling her then-boyfriend, who was initially supportive. Then, she says, he changed his mind. "He told me that he actually did…...
Lindsey Graham remembered as tireless pro-life advocate
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (611+ words) National pro-life organizations are remembering the late Sen. Lindsey Graham as one of the movement’s most steadfast advocates, praising his decades-long legislative efforts to protect unborn children and pledging to continue the work he championed. Following news of Graham’s death,…...
DOJ accuses Biden administration of anti-Christian bias in new report
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (459+ words) The Trump administration accused the Biden administration of "anti-Christian bias" in its approach to policy issues related to abortion, marriage and gender, among others, in a report published by the Department of Justice April 30. Shortly after returning to the Oval…...
NY Catholic bishops issue guidebook on making end-of-life decisions
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (758+ words) In light of a recent law legalizing assisted suicide in New York, Catholic bishops urged Catholics to make end-of-life decisions prayerfully and with guidance from the Church. In a recently published updated end-of-life guidebook, the Catholic bishops of New York…...
Supreme Court rules NJ pregnancy centers can challenge state probe
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (538+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled April 29 that a group of faith-based pregnancy centers in New Jersey can challenge in federal court an investigation by that state's attorney general alleging they misled people about their services and seeking information about their…...
Canadian cardinal urges vote to stop expansion of assisted suicide
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (551+ words) In letters to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and all members of Parliament from the Toronto area, Cardinal Frank Leo asked that they "choose life and not death" and build a civilization that cares when voting on the Right to…...
Even for Catholics, the IVF temptation is real. How should we face it?
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1078+ words) In 1989, the National Infertility and Family Building Association (known as RESOLVE) launched an initiative with the stated goal to “empower you and change the conversation around infertility.” This year the week runs April 19-25. The annual campaign, now known as National…...
Senators seek mifepristone info from FDA and drug manufacturers
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (729+ words) A group of U.S. senators who oppose abortion sent investigatory letters to three abortion drug manufacturers seeking information about their products, as well as a similar letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, their committee's Republican majority said March 25. The letters…...
Bishops hail Scottish lawmakers for rejecting assisted dying
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (698+ words) Scottish Catholic bishops welcomed Parliament's decision to reject the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill March 17 -- a move shelving a measure that would have allowed eligible adults "to lawfully request, and be provided with, assistance by health professionals…...
Calls for Notre Dame to rescind pro-abortion appointment grow
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (927+ words) Bishops, former faculty and other Catholic intellectual leaders are backing a call from an Indiana bishop to rescind the administrative appointment of a pro-abortion professor at the University of Notre Dame. As of Feb. 13, at least nine bishops, including Archbishop…...