The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati ruled March 12 that the state of Ohio can stop funding Medicaid services provided by Planned Parenthood and other abortion facilities.
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Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
After new abortion laws, what the pro-life movement needs to learn from children’s hospitals
Babies are experts at instructing us in the preciousness of human life. Our advocacy for the unborn will be most effective when we allow it make us more compassionate and more humane.
Posted inFaith, News
Trump sets up abortion obstacles, barring clinic referrals
The Trump administration on Friday set up new obstacles for women seeking abortions, barring taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from making abortion referrals.
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Kentucky bishops voice approval for bill that protects pregnant women
As legislators in multiple states push hard to expand access to abortion, claiming that doing so will give women the control they need over their lives, some Kentucky lawmakers are taking a different tack.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Catholics can learn a lot from Black Lives Matter
This week’s guest is Olga Segura, an associate editor at America. We discuss her article “What Black Lives Matter can teach Catholics about racial justice.” We also discuss these articles: The return of Daniel Berrigan’s ‘The Trial of the Catonsville nine’ Explainer: Former Cardinal McCarrick faces laicization. What does that mean? Andrew Cuomo and the […]
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New Mexico close to passing ‘most extreme bill in nation’ on abortion
The “Decriminalize Abortion Bill,” or H.B. 51, has now made its way through the New Mexico House of Representatives.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Andrew Cuomo and the sad inheritance of ‘personal opposition’ to abortion
Both Cuomo père et fils approach the issue as political animals, and their support for abortion on demand was and is driven by Democratic party politics.
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Supreme Court blocks Louisiana law that would restrict abortion providers
The U.S. Supreme Court blocked a Louisiana law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals Feb. 7.
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Archbishop urges ‘renewed vigor’ to protect life, stop ‘evil’ of abortion
“Abortion has always been built on a lie. Today, the lie is switching from ‘abortion is a choice’ to ‘abortion is health care,'” said Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The tragedy of abortion absolutism and how the pro-life movement can respond
Some consciences are being woken to recognize the tragedy of abortion—that is an opportunity for pro-lifers.