The prospect of reversing Roe increases the stakes in this nomination battle.
Pro-Life
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pro-life groups see opportunity in Supreme Court seat vacated by Anthony Kennedy
Another Supreme Court nominee by President Trump could tilt the balance against the 1973 Roe v. Wade court decision that legalized abortion nationwide.
Posted inPolitics & Society
Justice Anthony Kennedy, key swing vote, to retire from Supreme Court
Kennedy is one of five Catholic justices on the Supreme Court.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Pro-life groups have an obligation to call out Trump on immigration
The Trump administration’s border policies threaten the right to life.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Nearly 500 British priests sign statement in support of ‘Humanae Vitae’
50 years after publication of Humanae Vitae, “so much has unfolded in our society that has been to the detriment of human life and love,” the statement said.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Suicide and abortion stem from the same lie: that some lives don’t matter.
Choosing death is choosing death, and that choice always comes from within a dark hole.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Argentine Congress votes in favor of elective abortion by narrow margin
The lower house of Argentina’s congress on Thursday approved a bill that would legalize elective abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, sending the measure to the Senate. President Mauricio Macri has said he will sign the bill if it’s approved.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Father James Martin: When L.G.B.T. issues are pro-life issues
Why didn’t more Catholic leaders express sorrow for or show compassion to our L.G.B.T. brothers and sisters in Orlando?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Louisiana pro-life leaders applaud ban on abortions after 15 weeks
Louisiana and Mississippi would have the earliest abortion bans in the country if the law is upheld.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
America’s editors on Irish abortions and the separation of family at the border
The news from Ireland and the United States reminds us of Herod, of Pharaoh. What culture betrays its children?