Sister Loraine McGuire with Little Sisters of the Poor speaks to the media after Zubik v. Burwell, an appeal brought by Christian groups demanding full exemption from the requirement to provide insurance covering contraception under the Affordable Care Act, was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on March 23, 2016. Photo courtesy of Reuters/Joshua Roberts

Trump will reverse Obamacare’s birth control mandate

by Richard Wolf - USA Today (RNS) June 1, 2017

The Trump administration is moving to reverse Obamacare’s requirement that most employers provide free coverage of birth control to their employees.

People hold pro-life signs in front of Planned Parenthood in Bettendorf, Iowa, in 2015. (CNS photo/Lindsay Steele, The Catholic Messenger)

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Planned Parenthood clinics are closing in Iowa after changes to Medicaid reimbursements

by Catholic News Service May 23, 2017

In April, the Iowa Legislature changed the current Medicaid family planning waiver program to prevent reimbursement of abortion providers, which includes Planned Parenthood.

President Donald Trump speaks during the 36th annual National Peace Officers Memorial Service on Monday, May 15, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump brought back the “Mexico City Policy.” Here’s what it means for U.S. foreign aid and abortion.

by Catholic News Service May 22, 2017

Trump’s memorandum directed the U.S. secretary of state “to implement a plan to extend the Mexico City Policy to ‘global health assistance furnished by all departments or agencies.'”

Demonstrators take part in a protest on Sept. 24, 2016, in Dublin to urge the Irish government to repeal the eighth amendment to the constitution, which enforces strict limitations to a woman's right to an abortion. Photo courtesy of Reuters/Clodagh Kilcoyne

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As church influence wanes, an abortion debate arises in Ireland

by Karen Huber - Religion News Service May 16, 2017

Abortion in Ireland is only legal if the pregnant woman’s life is at risk, including risk of suicide, but public opinion has long been evolving.

Cardinal Thomas Collins of Toronto speaks out against euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide during an April 19 news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario. (CNS photo/Art Babych)

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Advocates must use hands, hearts, heads to end abortion, Cardinal says

by Deborah Gyapong - Catholic News Service May 15, 2017

The theme of the 2017 Canadian march was “Life We Stand on Guard for Thee.”

Editorials, Politics & Society

Pro-life goals need to be more ambitious than opposing abortion

by The Editors May 4, 2017

As necessary as opposition to abortion and funding for it are, they are not sufficient pro-life goals, especially when achieving them eliminates support for other programs that support maternal health.