Catholic leaders welcomed the news as a culmination of decades of pro-life activism while also calling for the creation of a stronger social safety net to assist women facing crisis pregnancies.
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Breaking: Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion.
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Faith leaders call out Biden administration for ‘relative silence’ over attacks on pro-life centers
Pro-life politicians and organizations have received many threats of violence since the Dobbs draft was leaked. Many are petitioning the Justice Department to do more about these threats.
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Is pro-life America ready for life after Roe v. Wade? The view from Texas
Even pro-life advocates who have long called for overturning Roe v. Wade are unsure what comes next as a Supreme Court decision that could reverse the landmark 1973 decision is expected this month.
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Podcast: What Catholics actually think about abortion and Roe v. Wade
What Catholics in the pews think about abortion is not clear—and we don’t ever talk about it.
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Armed man arrested for making death threats against Justice Kavanaugh
A man threatening to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was arrested near the justice’s Maryland home June 8, carrying a gun, a knife and zip ties.
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Long before RBG, Justice John Marshall Harlan was the Supreme Court’s ‘great dissenter’
Peter S. Canellos provides us with a fascinating biography of a Supreme Court judge who was the sole dissenter in both the Civil Rights Cases (1883) and in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), in which the court held that the Constitution established the separate-but-equal doctrine.
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An unlikely role model for a more human abortion debate
When it comes to abortion debates, we need fewer polemics and much more compassion, especially of the kind Venerable Nelson Baker put into action.
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Thank God for the end of Roe v. Wade. And then get to work supporting pregnant women.
Roe v. Wade isn’t just evil—it is bad law, bad history, bad medicine and bad science. Still, much work remains to be done.
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Biden administration denounces protests against pro-life groups, including Catholic churches
Protests have also been held outside the homes of two Supreme Court Justices in the Washington area.