In response to the upcoming Supreme Court case about access to the commonly used abortion pill, mifepristone, the U.S. bishops are calling on Catholics across the country to pray for an end to abortion.
Author: Carol Zimmermann
NY Gov Lifts Limits on Financial Help Birth Mothers Can Get From Adoptive Families
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration has put a stop to a state policy that limited the financial support adoptive families can give birth mothers in New York and out of state.
In a First, Vice President Kamala Harris to Visit an Abortion Clinic
Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit a Minnesota clinic March 14 that performs abortions and provides reproductive care as one of the stops on her nationwide “Fight for Reproductive Freedoms” tour.
Major U.S. Nitrogen Gas Manufacturers Ban Use of Their Products for Executions
Three of the largest manufacturers of medical-grade nitrogen gas in the U.S. have barred their products from being used in executions, the British daily newspaper, The Guardian, reported.
Archbishop, Activists Seek to Halt Execution of Intellectually Disabled Georgia Inmate
In response to Georgia’s planned execution of a death row inmate by lethal injection March 20, the archbishop of Atlanta has urged the state parole board for clemency and state anti-death penalty activists launched an online petition similarly asking the state to reconsider.
Iowa Legislators Propose Making Death of an Unborn Person a Felony
Iowa’s House Republicans passed a bill March 7 that would make it a felony to cause the death of an unborn person defined as “an individual organism … from fertilization to live birth.”
U.S. Bishop Decries In Vitro Fertilization In Wake Of Alabama Law
Two days after Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill into law to protect in vitro fertilization, the head of a U.S. bishops’ committee reiterated the Catholic Church’s stance against the fertility treatment.
Missionaries Teach Women in Developing Lands Work Skills to Better Their Lives
International Women’s Day, celebrated March 8 and honoring the achievements of women, is a national holiday in many countries.
Alabama Lawmakers Pass Bills to Protect IVF Workers From Charges
Less than two weeks after Alabama’s Supreme Court ruled that frozen embryos are people and that individuals could be held liable for destroying them, the state’s lawmakers passed legislation protecting in vitro fertilization providers and patients from criminal or civil liability if embryos are damaged or destroyed.
CVS, Walgreens Plan to Dispense Abortion Pill in States Where It’s Legal
Officials at Walgreens and CVS announced March 1 that they are getting ready to sell the abortion pill mifepristone in early March in states where it is legally allowed.
