Catholic leaders and organizations support legislative efforts to allow medical professionals to object to being involved in an abortion.
Abortion
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Should Democrats fund pro-life candidates to retake the House? Some say yes.
California Gov. Jerry Brown says a ‘big tent’ party should have room for Democrats opposed to abortion.
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Suit aims to block a law requiring pregnancy centers to ‘advertise’ abortion
The law compels Hawaii’s six pregnancy care centers to post or distribute information referring clients to state-provided prenatal services that would include contraception and abortion.
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Nigerian calls West’s imposition of abortion ‘cultural supremacy’
“In all my work with African countries, I don’t know of any which is screaming, ‘Come and help us, we have this abortion crisis.'”
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Oregon Catholic Conference denounces state’s abortion funding bill
Oregon’s Catholic bishops urged a veto, saying the bill “forces all Oregon taxpayers to help finance an extremist abortion agenda that does not enjoy majority support.”
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Oregon approves measure requiring insurers to cover abortion
Oregon already has some of the most liberal abortion laws in the U.S., leaving out otherwise common requirements for waiting periods or spending limits on taxpayer funds.
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Canadian bishops: Abortion should not be ‘core’ of foreign policy
The bishops criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for committing $650 million to support abortion funding overseas when only $119.25 million was pledged to help 20 million who risk starvation in South Sudan, Yemen, eastern Nigeria and Somalia.
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Democrats for Life meet with Perez on future of pro-life views in party
“When a pro-life Democrat decides to run, the Democratic consultants come in and they tell you, ‘Well, you can’t run as a pro-life Democrat,’ and they urge you to change your position on life, like they did with Heath Mello.”
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Trump will reverse Obamacare’s birth control mandate
The Trump administration is moving to reverse Obamacare’s requirement that most employers provide free coverage of birth control to their employees.
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Planned Parenthood clinics are closing in Iowa after changes to Medicaid reimbursements
In April, the Iowa Legislature changed the current Medicaid family planning waiver program to prevent reimbursement of abortion providers, which includes Planned Parenthood.