In recent weeks, the battle over abortion focused on mifepristone, a drug used in more than half of all abortions in the United States and which can also be used following a miscarriage.
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National pro-life group calls Trump campaign’s abortion position ‘morally indefensible’
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America pushed back against a statement by Donald Trump, saying instead that “Life is a matter of human rights, not states’ rights.”
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Archbishop Cordileone on Nancy Pelosi’s abortion remarks: ‘Protect and support all human life’
In a March 27 statement to OSV News, Archbishop Cordileone, who previously barred Pelosi from receiving the Eucharist in his archdiocese, said, “We know from science that life begins at conception.”
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Bishop Rhoades: ‘Reproductive justice’ lecture series with abortion doula a ‘scandal,’ ‘unworthy’ of University of Notre Dame
The decision “to provide an unanswered activist’s case that abortion is a tool of justice for the marginalized,” Bishop Kevin Rhoades wrote, “is a grave mistake in judgment that creates scandal.”
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Nancy Pelosi talks abortion, health care, women’s ordination and prayer at Georgetown University
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi cited the Gospel of Matthew as the motivation for her focus on social justice issues and said that U.S. bishops have focused too narrowly on abortion at the expense of other societal challenges.
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The case for making childbirth free
If there is one thing that pro-life and pro-choice advocates can agree upon, it’s that the cost of having a baby is significant and often a deterrent for mothers carrying their child to term.
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Pro-life leaders reject South Carolina bill allowing death penalty for women who have abortions
Under the bill, an abortion would be considered homicide, subject to sentences of 30 years in prison or the death penalty.
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There is nothing Catholic or pro-life about a small-government approach
There is every reason to hope and even expect that pro-lifers will intentionally move with confidence into a Pro-Life 3.0 future focused on radical equality for both mother and child.
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Biden’s abortion comments in State of the Union address draw criticism from Catholic and pro-life groups
Biden’s “anti-life and anti-religious freedom policy agendas that destroy unborn life, harm the dignity of pregnant mothers, and violate the religious freedom and medical conscience rights of healthcare professionals.”
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Joe Biden reiterates call to codify Roe v. Wade in State of the Union address
In his State of the Union address, President Biden called on Congress to codify Roe v. Wade “to protect every woman’s constitutional right to choose” while calling for national unity.