Deacon John Cantirino and Denise Collins both remember the decades before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022, when it seemed like the landmark 1973 decision was here to stay.
pro-life
More Americans Identify as Pro-Abortion, But Most Support Some Legal Curbs
Although most Americans describe themselves as pro-choice, a majority also would support some legal limits on abortion, while keeping the procedure largely available, according to a new Marist Poll sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.
New Abortion Pill Rules Challenge Catholics to Reimagine Effective Pro-Life Outreach
Just six months after the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that abortion is not a constitutional right, America’s pro-life advocates and health care providers are preparing for another consequential shift following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s finalization of a rule change that expands availability of the abortion pill mifepristone.
Washington Archdiocese’s Pro-Life Mass in January to Have More Local Focus
With the pro-life landscape shifting to the states after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, events in the Washington Archdiocese connected to the annual March for Life in the nation’s capital will have a different focus this January.
Archbishop: Pro-Lifers Will ‘Redouble Efforts’ to Help Women, Protect Unborn
Now that the Value Them Both constitutional amendment has been defeated, a big question looms: What’s next?
The Abortion Provider at the Center of the Dobbs Case is Opening a Clinic in New Mexico; A Pro-Life Group Is Moving In Next Door
Several hundred pro-life advocates were gathered for a pro-life rally in Las Cruces the evening of July 19 when Mark Cavaliere, executive director of the Southwest Coalition for Life, made a surprise announcement.
Catholic Medical Association Counters Health and Human Services Directive on Emergency Abortions
In response to the Biden Administration’s latest federal health care directive that allows providers to perform abortions in emergency situations, the national Catholic Medical Association (CMA) stated its members are “dedicated to providing the highest standard of care to both the mother and her unborn child without directly compromising either one in the process.”
USCCB and Pro-Life Leaders Decry ‘Unjust and Extreme Abortion on Demand’ Legislation
Two abortion measures passed by the House July 15 “promote an extreme abortion agenda,” said Jeanne Mancini, president of March for Life.
Biden Signs Executive Order on Abortion Access
President Joe Biden is expected to outline formalized instructions to the Department of Justice and Health and Human Services in order to protect abortion access, just two weeks after the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to the procedure.
March For Life Will Continue Until ‘Abortion is Unthinkable,’ Says Official
At a June 30 news conference in Madrid, after the close of a NATO meeting, Biden called the court’s reversal of Roe “absolutely outrageous” and said the court has “taken away” people’s privacy rights. “We (the U.S.) have been a leader on privacy rights,” he said.