An Indiana abortion ban faced a new hurdle last week when an appeals court said the state’s near-total ban on abortion could infringe on the religious freedom of some Indiana residents.
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Arizona Bishops, Pro-Life Leaders Praise Court’s Abortion Ruling, But Warn Against Proposed Abortion Measure
While Arizona’s Catholic bishops and state and local pro-life groups were pleased with the ruling by the state’s Supreme Court April 9 — which let stand an 1864 law banning abortions — they also cautioned Arizonans to vote against a proposed amendment on the November ballot that would undo this ban.
Trump Attacks Pro-Life Critics After Video Arguing Abortion Must Be Left to the States
After announcing his position that abortion should be left to the states to legislate, former President Donald Trump attacked pro-life critics of that position on his social media platform.
States Considering Bills That Would Require Students to Watch Videos on Development of Life in the Womb
A bill on the Tennessee governor’s desk would require public school students to watch a three-minute computer-generated video on fetal development. The film, “Meet Baby Olivia,” is produced by the pro-life group, Live Action, which conducts undercover investigative reports on Planned Parenthood and abortion facilities.
Trump Says Abortion Should Be Left to States, Disappointing Pro-Life Advocates
Former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, issued a video statement April 8 arguing abortion should be left to individual states to legislate and declining to back federal restrictions sought by pro-life activists.
Iowa Governor Signs State Religious Freedom Act
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a Religious Freedom Restoration Act April 2 that grants state-level protections similar to the federal legislation of the same name, known by its acronym, RFRA.
As Abortion Pill Case Approaches Supreme Court, Bishops Call for Prayers to End Abortion
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.
Bishop Says VP Harris Should Visit an Organization at ‘Service of Life,’ Not Abortion Clinic
On the day Vice President Kamala Harris visited an abortion clinic in Minnesota, a first for a U.S. vice president, the head of the U.S. bishops’ conference Committee on Pro-Life Activities said she should have instead visited an agency or organization at the service of life.
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.
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.”