Three of the largest manufacturers of medical-grade nitrogen gas in the U.S. have barred their products from being used in executions, the British daily newspaper, The Guardian, reported.
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Fourteen States, Others Back N.Y. Pro-Life Sidewalk Minister’s Court Case
A group of 14 states, legal experts, sidewalk pro-life counselors, and pregnancy centers are urging the Supreme Court to take up the case of Debra Vitagliano, a Catholic challenging a law in Westchester County, New York, that prohibits her sidewalk ministry outside abortion clinics.
Texas Becomes Seventh State To Implement Age Verification For Accessing Online Pornography
Texas has become the seventh state to enact a law requiring age verification for viewing pornography online.
Mississippi Enacts Legislative Package Praised by Advocates as ‘Pro-Life Safety Net’
After its defense of a state law limiting abortion made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, resulting in the court’s subsequent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in June, Mississippi passed a package of bills that state officials said demonstrate creating a safety net for both mothers and babies.
Catholics Turn to Prayer, Action in Wake of Deadly Tornadoes’ Death and Destruction Across Us
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.
Catholic Charities Gets Water to Needy Communities in Mississippi
Chamon Williams remembers the catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Ida in 2021 and how back then, Catholic Charities of Jackson, Mississippi, helped the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana. Now, she is working to return the favor as a water crisis hits Mississippi’s capital city.
Supreme Court Sends Texas Abortion Case to Federal Appeals Court
Less than a week after the Supreme Court ruled that the Texas abortion law could stay in place, the court sent back a lawsuit against the state’s abortion law to a federal appeals court, not to the District Court judge who had tried to block the law.
USCCB, Catholic Groups, Politicians Back Mississippi in Court Abortion Case
Catholic leaders, pro-life organizations, Republican members of Congress and several governors are among those on a long list of supporters backing Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy and urging the court to reexamine its previous abortion rulings when it takes up this case in the fall.
High Court to Hear Major Abortion Case From Mississippi in its Next Term
The U.S. Supreme Court said in a May 17 order that it will hear oral arguments during its next term on a 2018 Mississippi abortion law banning most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
As Texas and Mississippi Lift COVID Restrictions, Bishops Voice Caution
Catholic prelates in Texas and Mississippi will, for the most part, maintain COVID-19 precautions at their parishes despite recent announcements from each state’s governors that restrictions will ease.