About 100 people gathered on the campus of the University of Notre Dame Feb. 27 for an early evening event that organizers had been calling their “March on the Dome” just the day before.
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Pro-Abortion Professor Withdraws From University of Notre Dame Institute Appointment
A professor at the University of Notre Dame has declined a research appointment at the school, following weeks of outcry from students, staff and several U.S. Catholic bishops, over her prominent advocacy for abortion.
Trump Administration Asks Federal Court To Pause Louisiana’s Abortion Pill Challenge
A key national pro-life group has accused the U.S. Department of Justice of undermining Louisiana’s efforts to roll back the Biden administration’s eased restrictions on mifepristone when it asked a court to pause the Pelican State’s challenge to that policy.
NY State Drops Case To Mandate Religious Groups Cover Abortion in Employee Health Insurance
In a sudden development in a case that has lingered in the courts for nearly a decade, the state of New York has given up on trying to enforce an insurance regulation that would have forced Catholic and other religious organizations to pay for abortions.
Ahead of March for Life, Pro-Life Movement Faces Key Political Challenges
As the pro-life movement prepares for the 53rd annual March for Life, their cause faces a number of key issues such as preserving the Hyde Amendment, the recent approval of a new generic abortion drug and a rising abortion rate.
Pro-Life Groups Push Back After Trump Tells House GOP To Be ‘Flexible’ on Hyde Amendment
After President Donald Trump told House Republicans to be “flexible” on the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits public funding of elective abortions, in negotiations on health care subsidies, a key national pro-life group argued the policy should be “a minimum standard in the Republican Party.”
Pro-Life Advocates Object as Trump FDA Approves New Generic Pill for Abortion, Again
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new generic form of mifepristone – a pill commonly, but not exclusively, used for early abortion – drawing criticism from pro-life advocates. It marks the second time a Trump administration has approved a generic form of the pill.
Pro-Life Supporters in Brooklyn Pray on Day of Remembrance for Aborted Babies
Volunteers at the Life Center of New York in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn a pro-life facility, stood outside a Planned Parenthood clinic with other pro-life supporters praying the rosary in memory of aborted babies.
Appeals Court Allows Planned Parenthood Defunding To Proceed, for Now
A federal appeals court has allowed implementation of a provision of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would eliminate Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood and its affiliates for one year.
Federal Judge Rules Maine Abortion Clinic Network Can Lose Medicaid Funding
A federal judge in Maine declined on Aug. 25 to prevent the government from stripping Medicaid funding from a network of abortion providers in Maine, arguing that doing so would circumvent “the will of the people as expressed by Congress.”