by Patricia Zapor WASHINGTON (CNS) – Supreme Court justices Jan. 15 pressed attorneys about when it is constitutional to prohibit certain kinds of speech in a case over buffer zones around abortion clinics. In oral arguments in a case over a 35-foot buffer zone around Massachusetts Planned Parenthood clinics, the attorney for people who want […]
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Bishops Reject Cuomo’s Abortion Proposal
As the New York state legislature session was grinding to a halt this week, the state’s Catholic Conference was assailing Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s last-ditch efforts to radically increase abortion in New York. Abortion industry lobbyists said that Gov. Cuomo’s abortion bill would modify language about partial-birth abortion. “We believe such a change is intended to […]
Bishop Urges Defeat of Abortion Expansion Bill
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio addressed the proposed changes in the state’s abortion law in a statement that was read at all Masses on the weekend of June 8-9. In the statement, the bishop said: “Women in our state have a right to expect equal treatment under the law. They have a right to employment that respects […]
Cardinal Dolan Opposes Cuomo’s Abortion Plans
ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) – If New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushes to have “a right to an abortion” codified in state law, he will face “vociferous” and “rigorous” opposition from Catholic and other pro-lifers, said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York. But the cardinal hopes it doesn’t come to that because Cuomo, he said, […]
Abortion Doctor Is Declared a Murderer
PHILADELPHIA (CNS) – Dr. Kermit Gosnell may have been convicted May 13 of murder at his Philadelphia abortion clinic, but “nothing can bring back the innocent children he killed, or make up for the vulnerable women he exploited,” said Archbishop Charles J. Chaput. And, he added, “the repugnance of his clinic conditions” must be remembered. […]
Most New Yorkers Do Not Want More Abortions
As pro-abortion advocates continue to push for the so-called “Reproductive Health Act,” a new statewide poll reveals that voters overwhelmingly oppose expanding the state’s abortions laws and, indeed, favor greater restrictions on abortion than what is already in law. While a majority of respondents (55 percent) described themselves as “pro-choice,” two out of three (66 […]
Truth About Abortion Is Marching into View
After 40 years, it looks like the daily press has finally discovered the March for Life. The annual demonstration in Washington, D.C., to oppose the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion generally draws just about no coverage in the press. This year, it was different. The daily papers’ websites all carried feature […]
‘Irrelevant’ Newborns?
Killing babies after they are born is no different from abortion, according to a group of Oxford-affiliated theorists. In an article published recently in the Journal of Medical Ethics titled “After-birth abortion: Why should the baby live?,” authors Alberto Giublini and Francesca Minerva argue: “The moral status of an infant is equivalent to that of […]