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.
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.
Catholic leaders throughout the country are calling for prayer and action after gun violence scarred the July 4 holiday weekend in several states.
Catholics turned to prayer and then action in the wake of tornadoes that carved a deadly path of destruction through the United States March 31-April 2, killing at least 33, injuring dozens and devastating thousands of homes and businesses.
Ending three years of legal dueling, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill announced Aug. 20 that Planned Parenthood has conceded defeat in a lawsuit that challenged a state law requiring women to undergo an ultrasound at least 18 hours before having an abortion.
A cold, gray, wintry day in South Bend seemed like an appropriate setting for the burial of 2,411 aborted babies, whose remains were interred in Southlawn Cemetery in the city Feb. 12.
Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill said Oct. 3 he has overseen the return of the remains of 2,246 aborted fetuses back home to Indiana after they were discovered in September at the Illinois home of the late Dr. Ulrich “George” Klopfer.
The remains of more than 2,000 fetuses were found on the Illinois property of Dr. Ulrich Klopfer, an abortion doctor who practiced in Indiana and who died earlier this month.
The U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on two different aspects of Indiana abortion laws May 28, reversing a court ruling and enacting a state law that requires abortion providers to bury or cremate fetal remains.