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Georgia House Passes Fetal Heartbeat Bill; Legal Challenges To Follow
The Georgia House of Representatives March 29 passed H.B. 481, entitled the “Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act.” The House, which has remained under Republican control since 2010, got the bill through on a 92-78 vote.
In Memphis, Troubled Diocese Gets Fresh Start with New Bishop
A 400-mile drive from Louisiana to Tennessee may mark the finish line for 68-year-old Bishop David Talley, who begins what may be his final post on Tuesday in Memphis, but for local Catholics it’s a fresh start for a diocese defined by turmoil the past two years.
Civil Rights Pioneer, Black Catholic Educator Wins Church’s Highest Honor
Longtime civil rights leader and a pioneer in Catholic higher education, Norman Francis, will receive the nation’s oldest and most prestigious award for American Catholics.
Poll Shows Most New Yorkers Want More Legal Protections For The Unborn
Following Governor Andrew Cuomo’s successful efforts to expand abortion access, a new poll shows that a majority of New Yorkers would limit abortion to the first three months of pregnancy.
College Students Urged To Help Change Hearts, Minds About Abortion
The nation’s early feminists who fought for women’s suffrage and other rights totally rejected abortion, Serrin Foster, president of Feminists for Life of America, told the Cardinals for Life student group at The Catholic University of America.
Call To End Affordable Care Act Is ‘Immoral,’ Says CHA President
An effort by the Department of Justice to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act in the courts is “unconscionable and immoral,” said Sister Carol Keehan, a Daughter of Charity, who is president and CEO of the Catholic Health Association.
School Choice Federal Tax Credit Bill Introduced in House, Senate
A new piece of legislation endorsed by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos could put Catholic or other religious schools within reach of many families who would otherwise not be able to afford them.
Mississippi Gov. Signs ‘Heartbeat’ Bill
Since the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh last October and the 2018 midterm elections, a number of states have news laws in place to either expand or restrict abortion, including Mississippi, whose new law puts the state among the most ardent on the pro-life side of the battle.
Recovery From Abuse Scandals Is A ‘Generational’ Task, Bishop Says
In his debut at America’s largest annual Catholic gathering, one of the rising stars of the U.S. hierarchy warned that full recovery from the clerical abuse scandals, including a new style of leadership in the Church, will be a “generational” task.