The extensive New York Times series in support of legal abortion unfolds as if the last 46 years of the abortion debate following Roe v. Wade never happened and did not need to.
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Poll: 75 percent of adults want restrictions on abortion
In a recent Marist College survey, 61% of respondents who identify as “pro-choice” were not against some restrictions concerning abortion. The poll, taken in January 2019, is an annual event sponsored by the Knights of Columbus detailing Americans’ views in the run-up to the yearly March for Life, held in Washington, D.C.
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Shutdown won’t deter crowds from marching for life in nation’s capital
“We plan to march even if the government shutdown is not yet resolved,” declares the March for Life website, marchforlife.org. “We have marched for 45 years and will march again this year to end the human rights abuse of abortion.”
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Father James Martin: Why I Am Pro-Life
The longer I live, the more I grow in awe of God’s creative activity and in reverence for God’s creation.
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Protecting the least among us: The unborn
As is our annual custom, we republish excerpts from these texts here as an expression of our solidarity with the women and men who will march this month in the nation’s capital.
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Irish president signs new abortion law
Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland signed an abortion law which takes affect on January 1, 2019. According to the Department of Health, only 200 of some 2,500 family doctors have signed up to be abortion providers. However, many Irish doctors have expressed concern that despite conscientious objections, they might be forced by law to conduct abortions.
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Canada reverses abortion rights proviso to summer jobs program
Faith-based organizations in Canada are welcoming changes to the federal government’s summer jobs program that remove language interpreted by many to require support for abortion.
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Eleventh Circuit ruling ‘finally’ ends EWTN HHS mandate fight
IRONDALE, Ala. (CNS) — The chairman and CEO of the Eternal Word Television Network said the global Catholic media organization is “grateful that finally” it no longer “has to worry about being forced to choose between massive fines and following our faith.” “It shouldn’t take years to prove the obvious: You can’t tell a religious […]
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Canadian bishops restore funds to aid agency as review of partner organizations continues
The funding tap is flowing again for Development and Peace, although it remains closed for 52 partner organizations that continue to be investigated for alleged connections to abortion, artificial contraception and other possible conflicts with Catholic teaching.
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CDC report shows continued decline in U.S. abortion rate
The abortion rate in the United States continues to decline, as do the number of abortions overall.