Pope Leo XIV landed Nov. 6 in Uruguay, Latin America’s most secular country, and used his first address to challenge the nation’s political leadership on abortion, euthanasia and a suicide rate that remains among the highest in the Americas.
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FDA Expects To Draft Mifepristone Safety Review Next Year; Pro-Life Groups Call It ‘Insufficient’
The Food and Drug Administration’s safety review of mifepristone is expected to stretch into next year, according to an Oct. 7 court filing, prompting disappointment from pro-life groups.
U.S. Bishops Ready Nationwide Prayer Amid Rising Abortion Rate
The U.S. Catholic bishops are getting ready a nationwide call to prayer and action, with an official launch date of Aug. 18, to mobilize Catholics to address the rising abortion rate and the increased availability of an abortion-inducing drug.
Planned Parenthood to Receive Medicaid Funds Again as Defunding Provision Expires
A provision of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that stopped Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid payments for a year expired July 4, allowing the nation’s largest abortion provider to regain access to hundreds of millions of dollars in Medicaid funding.
Students Pledge To Uphold Notre Dame’s Pro-life Ethos As March Turns From Protest To Thanksgiving
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.
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.”