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Pro-life advocates gathered April 25 at the Arizona State Capitol to show their support for a 1864 law only allowed abortion in cases where the mother’s life was in danger. The state government repealed the law in May.
FaithDispatches
J.D. Long García
Efforts to restrict abortion have met with mixed results. So what should be the focus of the pro-life movement going forward?
Politics & SocietyNews
Kate Scanlon - OSV News
The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed a challenge against an abortion pill due to a “lack of legal standing” in the lawsuit against the drug.
Arts & CultureFilm
John Dougherty
It would be an exaggeration to call “Juno” pro-life, but it is encouraging to see a popular film diverge from the familiar culture war battle lines.
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
“Human life is not a problem, it is a gift,” said Pope Francis at a meeting on Italy's longtime decline in births and population growth on May 10. “The problem is not how many of us there are in the world, but what kind of world we are building.”
Politics & SocietyShort Take
J.D. Long García
Directly ending human life—at any stage—tears the metaphysical tapestry of existence.
Briana, a 1-year-old migrant girl from Peru, is carried by her father, Jordan, as they search for an entry point into the United States past a razor wire-laden fence along the bank of the Rio Grande in El Paso, Texas, March 26, 2024. (OSV News photo/Adrees Latif, Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The declaration from the Vatican goes beyond the focus on single issues and throws a spotlight on the much broader field of violations of human dignity.