Abortion Policy, Law & Politics

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Belfast stands for life, opposing proposed City Hall lights celebrating abortion

Bernadette Smyth speaking at the Rosary Vigil for Life in front of the City Hall. Photo: Martina Purdy. " data-medium-file="https://www.irishcatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/3.01-300x234.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.irishcatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/3.01-1024x798.jpg" /> The pro-life cause unites all Christians, Bernadette Smyth, Chairwoman of Precious Life, told The Irish Catholic following a Rosary Vigil for Life in front of Belfast City Hall on August 30, when hundreds gathered in prayer in response to Belfast City Council’s plans to illuminate the City Hall in celebr

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Belfast City Hall shouldn’t be a billboard for abortion

Franciscan priest, Fr Antonio, from the Franciscans of the Renewal community in Derry, at the Rosary Vigil for Life on Sunday. Photo: Martina Purdy. " data-medium-file="https://www.irishcatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/6.01-300x227.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.irishcatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/6.01-1024x776.jpg" /> Abortion is a ‘David and Goliath’ fight - and we all know how that turned out. But securing the right to life for unborn children is going to be a long battle before victory is won. While David had five stones, we Catholics have five decades on our rosaries -

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The Dáil is returning – and so is the battle over the Three-Day Wait

Photo: Houses of the Oireachtas. " data-medium-file="https://www.irishcatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/10_01-300x200.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.irishcatholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/10_01-1024x683.jpg" /> Women are finding their voices about how appallingly they have been failed under the current abortion regime. Their stories are far too serious for the Government to gloss over, writes Eilís Mulroy When the Dáil returns after the summer recess, one of the most consequential political battles of recent times will resume. The attempt… The post The Dáil is returning –

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With Pro-Abortion Speech Law, New Jersey’s War on Women Continues

New Jersey Governor Mike Sherrill signed a bill on Aug. 20 that many fear will be used to undermine the First Amendment and prohibit Americans from praying outside abortion facilities. According to the Catholic News Agency, the bill will implement a sort of “bubble” zone around reproducti... The post With Pro-Abortion Speech Law, New Jersey’s War on Women Continues appeared first on The Human Life Review .

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National Right to Life Endorses Senator Jon Husted for Election to the U.S. Senate

National Right to Life announces its endorsement of Jon Husted for the Ohio Senate election. The organization cites his voting record and support for abortion restrictions and other policies it considers protective of vulnerable human life.

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'Without guardrails': Abortion pill manufacturer refuses to disclose revenue

A Senate inquiry investigated abortion-pill manufacturers and the financial information they provided or withheld. The limited disclosure of revenue by these manufacturers complicates efforts to scrutinize the industry's incentives and accountability.

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Three Years After Issue 1, Ohio Is Seeing What “Abortion Access” Actually Means

We constantly hear that abortion should be “between a woman and her doctor.” Yet here, fewer and faster encounters with patients and greater clinic throughput are described as progress. Does that sound like a trusted doctor-patient relationship or more like an assembly line? The post Three Years After Issue 1, Ohio Is Seeing What “Abortion Access” Actually Means appeared first on Ohio Right to Life .

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Does Prenatal Testing Increase Abortions?

Down syndrome was not in the plans for Debora and Cameron Engen, but God had bigger plans when He gave them baby Charlotte. Now, Debora documents her family’s joyful journey in loving their first child, Charlotte, even after her surprising them by having Down syndrome. Debora speaks candidly on her platforms about how Charlotte has […] Source

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Closing Arguments Set for September 17 in California’s Case Against Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers Over Abortion Pill Reversal

Thomas More Society announces closing arguments in California’s case against Heartbeat International and RealOptions over abortion-pill-reversal communications. The release summarizes the defense’s arguments about commercial speech, evidence of harm, and constitutional protection without reporting a final court ruling.

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AG responds after group flies abortion pill banner over Kentucky State Fair

Sielicki reports on an abortion-pill advertising banner flown over the Kentucky State Fair by Mayday Health. She summarizes the attorney general's objections and the background of an earlier investigation into the group's advertising.

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Wesley J. Smith Defends Medical Conscience on Family First New Zealand

Smith joins Simon O'Connor to defend clinicians' freedom to decline participation in assisted suicide and euthanasia. The discussion also challenges a consumer-service model of medicine that treats professionals as obliged to provide any requested intervention.

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