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The bishops say Parliament should consider proposed advance requests for euthanasia separately from legislation extending the exclusion for mental illness
Read →The governor has brought Chapter 188 into immediate effect despite a campaign that has gathered more than 100,000 signatures seeking its repeal
Read →The first 24 hours of Leo XIV’s South American voyage saw him address the nation’s politicians and Catholic clergy, in a markedly secular country
Read →Bishops Michael Burbidge and Barry Knestout urge Catholics to persevere in defending the dignity of human life and traditional marriage following Tuesday’s electoral results
Read →Democrats took control of both chambers of Congress, while voters weighed in on abortion, transgender-related policies and religious freedom
Read →CatholicVote withdrew its endorsement of Mike Rogers after he pledged not to change Michigan’s abortion law, prompting disagreement among Catholic commentators
Read →The Archdiocese of New York says the law would force Catholic hospitals to participate in practices contrary to their mission of caring for patients
Read →England and Wales recorded a record 278,740 abortions in 2023 as Right to Life UK calls for stronger protections for unborn babies
Read →Archbishop John Sherrington of Liverpool has raised concerns over protections for vulnerable patients and healthcare workers’ freedom of conscience after the island’s assisted suicide Bill received Royal Assent
Read →Bishops John Folda and David Kagan say Measure 1 would protect the state constitution and help safeguard North Dakota’s pro-life laws from changes backed by narrow majorities
Read →The Archbishop of Liverpool backs warnings from the Isle of Man Medical Society over patient safeguards, medical regulation and conscientious objection
Read →The regent rejected legislation passed by the Landtag in September, arguing that it would not provide adequate protection for unborn life
Read →After a defeat in 2024, Missouri’s bishops are mobilising Catholics to support a new constitutional amendment on abortion and gender transition procedures
Read →Neither major US party offers Catholics a perfect pro-life platform – but their respective records on abortion and the defence of unborn life are far from identical
Read →Anthony Horan said the proposals would have weakened legal protections for unborn children and their mothers
Read →The Canadian government said it would indefinitely extend the prohibition on medical assistance in dying where mental illness is the sole underlying condition
Read →The extremist provocateur is wrong to turn exhaustion into indifference, but pro-life leaders should take seriously the frustration his remarks expose
Read →Isabel Vaughan-Spruce has pleaded not guilty to five fresh charges relating to silent prayer inside an abortion facility buffer zone, with her trial set for January 2027
Read →Bishop John Keenan said proposals backed by the Scottish Greens would remove existing legal safeguards and allow abortion up to birth
Read →The doctors argued that Illinois’s End of Life Options Act violated their religious beliefs by requiring cooperation with assisted suicide
Read →Bishop Michael Burbidge of Arlington, Virginia, has called on Catholics in his diocese to pray and fast throughout October to oppose two ballot initiatives related to abortion and gay marriage. He specifically requested that on Fridays, Catholics pray the Stations of the Cross and fast by eating one full meal without meat, and on Sundays, pray the Rosary and fast from social media for several hours, especially around Mass.
Read →A police officer from West Midlands police interrogated Isabel Vaughan-Spruce outside a Birmingham abortion clinic for silently praying within the clinic's buffer zone. The officer asked her questions including whether she was part of a pro-life or pro-choice group, if she was part of an organized protest, and if she was praying for the lives of unborn children.
Read →For the Pope’s four-day French stay, nothing stood out more than his repeated defense of the sanctity of life in the face of new attacks against humanity
Read →Former President Joe Biden received the 2026 Sonia Schorr Sloan Service Award at Planned Parenthood of Delaware’s annual fundraising gala on September 24. He expressed being "outraged and appalled" by the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v.
Read →Pope Leo XIV delivered a speech at the Elysée Palace in France, warning President Emmanuel Macron and French parliament to uphold the sanctity of life by denouncing surrogacy and assisted suicide. He emphasized that mutual respect and protection of every human life is a duty incumbent upon all, following a private meeting with Macron and in the presence of politicians, diplomats, civil authorities, and firemen who responded to the 2019 Notre-Dame fire.
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