After a raucous jury trial, five pro-life activists face as many as 11 years in federal prison for convictions to conspire to blockade a Washington abortion clinic in 2020.
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Group Walks, Prays For End to Abortion as it Kicks Off National Pro-Life Relay in Manhattan
The national kickoff for the annual A-Cross America Relay for Life, began early Aug. 26 in Manhattan, with a group walking and praying for the end of abortion.
NBC: Virginia Governor May Seek 15-Week Abortion Ban if GOP Takes Legislature
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will seek the passage of a 15-week abortion ban if Republicans gain control of the state’s General Assembly this fall, NBC News reported.
Few GOP Candidates Back Pro-Life Call for 15-Week Federal Abortion Limit at Primary Debate
Eight Republican candidates — minus the party’s frontrunner, former President Donald Trump — participated in the Republican National Committee’s first debate of their party’s presidential primary process held Aug. 23 in Milwaukee. But just three of those nine candidates have said they would sign a federal abortion limit sought by a prominent pro-life group.
South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds State’s 6-Week Abortion Ban
The South Carolina Supreme Court upheld the state’s six-week abortion ban in an Aug. 23 ruling, permitting that law to go into effect.
Texas Lawsuit Demands Planned Parenthood Pay Back Millions in Medicaid Funding
A Texas lawsuit is seeking for Planned Parenthood to pay back millions of funds it received through Medicaid, which the abortion provider says could shutter its operations in the state.
‘We Cannot Remain Silent’: Ohio Archbishop Urges Catholics to Reject Abortion Amendment
Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr has urged Catholics to reject a Nov. 7 ballot initiative on abortion he called an “extraordinary and dangerous attempt to radically reshape Ohio through a constitutional amendment that does nothing to aid women or promote life.”
Ohio Catholics Vow to Continue Abortion Fight After Special Election Defeat
While the head of the Ohio Catholic Conference acknowledges the tall task ahead of defeating a pro-abortion amendment to the state’s constitution this fall, he doesn’t agree that the recent rejection of a measure that would have helped defeat the amendment means the battle is already lost.
Ohio Voters To Decide on State’s Constitutional Right to Abortion
In this year’s November elections, Ohio voters will decide if a right to an abortion should be added to the state constitution.
Bishops Rebuke House Dems for Citing Faith in Defense of Abortion Rights
After more than 30 Catholic Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives recently claimed the tenets of the faith “compel” them to defend abortion rights, multiple U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops committee chairmen have jointly rejected the argument, saying their rationale is “wrong and incoherent.”