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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 
Politics & SocietyNews
Karen Huber - Religion News Service
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) 
FaithNews
Deborah Gyapong - Catholic News Service
The theme of the 2017 Canadian march was "Life We Stand on Guard for Thee."
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
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.
Politics & SocietyOf Many Things
Matt Malone, S.J.
My conversion to the pro-life cause began, strangely enough, when I took part in a pro-choice march.
Pro-life Democrats are increasingly absent (or silent) at events such as the Women's March on Washington on Jan. 21. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
The exclusion of pro-life Democratic candidates feeds cynicism about our money-driven political process.
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“Most of those people—my family, extended family—are not pro-choice. You think I’m kicking them out of the Democratic Party?”