Abortion

Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, looks on as U.S. Congressman Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., addresses pro-life activists from around the country gathered at the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington March 27, 2025. Pro-life groups including SBA Pro-Life America and Students for Life Action pushed the Trump administration and Congress to strip funds from Planned Parenthood.

Pro-life advocates call on Trump, Congress to fully defund Planned Parenthood

A coalition of pro-life groups went to the U.S. Capitol March 27 to urge Congress and President Donald Trump's administration to eliminate federal funding for Planned Parenthood, shortly before the Supreme Court is set to consider a case concerning that ...
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The wall at the U.S.-Mexico border is seen in the background as migrants from South and Central America look to surrender to immigration officials after crossing into the United States from Mexico in Ruby, Ariz., June 24, 2024. (OSV News photo/Adrees Latif, Reuters)

In 2024, state laws of interest to Catholics: abortion, IVF, immigration

State laws of interest to Catholics spanned policy areas from abortion to IVF to immigration in 2024.
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Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, take part in their first and only debate at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York City Oct. 1, 2024.

Vance and Walz debate abortion, immigration, gun policy and democracy

At the first and only debate Oct. 1 between Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., and Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, the vice presidential nominees of their respective parties, the candidates sparred with each other on topics including abortion, immigration, gun policy relating ...
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A pro-life advocate from Iowa holds a sign during the 2017 March for Life in Washington. The Iowa Supreme Court in a 4-3 ruling June 28, 2024, said the state's six-week abortion limit could be enforced amid a legal challenge to it. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Tyler Orsburn)

Iowa Supreme Court says 6-week abortion ban can be enforced

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled June 28 that the state's six-week abortion limit could be enforced amid a legal challenge to it.
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Demonstrators protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington June 25, 2022, the day after the high court ruled in the Dobbs v Women's Health Organization abortion case, overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion decision. (OSV News photo/Elizabeth Frantz, Reuters)

New book examines fall of Roe and role Catholics played in effort

In the nearly 50 years separating Roe v. Wade from the Supreme Court's June 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision that reversed the court's previous abortion precedent, abortion opponents argued against the Roe ruling many of them saw ...
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Planned Parenthood report: increase in abortion, decrease in health services

Planned Parenthood's latest annual report shows an increase in abortions from the previous year, while also showing a decrease in health services.
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