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Pro-life group criticizes Macron’s call to add abortion to rights charter
by Courtney Mares Rome Newsroom, Jan 20, 2022 / 07:05 am A pro-life group in France has denounced President Emmanuel Macron’s call to add abortion to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. “Advocating for the inclusion of a ‘right to abortion’ in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European …
NYT report fuels concerns that many abortions are based on false test results
by Christine Rousselle, Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 4, 2022 / 16:21 pm Pro-life leaders say they are deeply disturbed by a recent New York Times investigation that found some prenatal blood tests have alarmingly high false positive results for genetic disorders that frequently result in the abortion of unborn …
Pro-life advocates decry FDA decision allowing women to get abortion pills by mail
by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 16, 2021 / 15:42 pm The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifted restrictions on mifepristone, a drug approved for use in medical abortions, on Thursday. The decision authorizes doctors to prescribe the drugs online and mail the pills, allowing women to perform early …
Pro-life Catholics gather 7,700 roses for Pelosi on Our Lady of Guadalupe Feast
by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 14, 2021 / 11:47 am A pro-life campaign led by the archbishop of San Francisco gathered thousands of roses for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) outside the U.S. Capitol on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. “The Feast of Our Lady of …
7 things to know about the Dobbs abortion case now before the Supreme Court
by Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 30, 2021 / 02:00 am Part of a continuing series examining the U.S. Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a direct challenge to the 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion throughout the United States. The U.S. Supreme …
Cordileone to Catholic students after boycott of pro-life assembly: ‘Do not be victims of the culture’
by Kate Olivera San Francisco, Calif., Nov 22, 2021 / 19:19 pm The archbishop of San Francisco has encouraged students at a local Catholic high school to reject the lies of the abortion industry and become courageous advocates for life, following a boycott of a pro-life assembly at the school. …
Why is a Planned Parenthood fundraiser being held on this Catholic campus?
by Joe Bukuras CNA Staff, Nov 4, 2021 / 12:10 pm Loyola Marymount University says it will not block a student club from hosting a fundraiser Friday for abortion provider Planned Parenthood, despite a petition drive that says it’s an “egregious violation” to hold the event on the Catholic institution’s …
Catholic school defends importance of pro-life assembly boycotted by students
by Jonah McKeown San Francisco, Calif., Nov 3, 2021 / 11:19 am Students at a Catholic high school in San Francisco staged a walkout last month to protest an all-school assembly which featured a pro-life speaker. Despite the students’ actions, the school’s president defended the talk as “an opportunity to …
Supreme Court hears challenges to Texas abortion ban
By Shannon Mullen, Katie Yoder Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 1, 2021 / 14:27 pm The U.S. Supreme Court spent nearly three hours Monday hearing arguments in a pair of cases challenging Texas’ new abortion ban. Now the justices must decide what action, if any, to take in response to a …
White House: Pope Francis ‘has spoken differently’ than Biden on abortion
by Matt Hadro Washington D.C., Oct 27, 2021 / 14:00 pm Ahead of President Joe Biden’s Oct. 29 meeting with Pope Francis, a White House spokeswoman acknowledged on Wednesday that “the pope has spoken differently” than Biden on abortion. Biden, a Catholic, “is somebody who stands up for and believes …
