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Don’t Flush Babies Act introduced in Congress
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Priests seek guidance for pastoral response to Catholics seeking euthanasia
Father Thomas Lynch, president of Priests for Life Canada, called for a “national initiative” to address the problem of Catholics ending their lives by medical assistance in dying (MAID).
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Canadian bishops ask Parliament to ‘split’ euthanasia bill, urging advance requests not be allowed
Canadian bishops urge change to euthanasia bill, Mosul honors two martyrs, Irish archbishop highlights how AI affects human trafficking, and more in this week’s Catholic world news roundup.
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Why Andorra has a bishop for a prince, and what is at stake in its abortion bill
Andorra's laws carry a bishop's signature. Its government now wants one he won't give: an end to jail for women who abort.
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Massachusetts bishops issue rebuke after governor cites Catholic faith in support of abortion law
The state’s bishops said the new “all-nine-months” abortion bill reflects a “utilitarian and merciless approach” to human life.
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French bishops urge Catholic hospitals to prepare to refuse euthanasia
Belgium’s Catholic hospitals lost their right to refuse euthanasia. France’s bishops want theirs protected before the new law takes effect.
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‘You can be a good mom’: Her PLAN helps women find support to choose life
As the U.S. bishops’ Pregnancy Help Appreciation Week takes place Nov.
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LIVE UPDATES: Leo XIV urges Argentina's leaders to protect the unborn, keep young people home
Leo XIV arrived in Buenos Aires where he visited the Monument to General San Martín and met with President Javier Milei.
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Nationwide tax-funded abortion is top priority for Democrats in next session
Democrats are considering two abortion-related bills for the first 100 hours of the 2027 legislative session: one to legalize abortion nationwide and one to allow federal tax funds for abortion.
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Pope Leo in Uruguay: Protect life at all stages, provide universal healthcare
The pontiff’s speech referred to his own recent cancer surgery.
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Colombia’s congress to debate bill prohibiting surrogacy
The bill was introduced to address the lack of regulations on surrogacy. The proposed law penalizes the practice but does not criminalize the pregnant woman and makes her the legal mother.
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Texas bishops congratulate Democratic winners, reaffirm pro-life and family agenda
Texas’ Catholic bishops congratulated Democratic winners, who won every top office statewide, and prayed for their wisdom while reaffirming that Catholic principles remain unchanged.
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Texas Democrats sweep statewide offices; Catholics, pro-lifers respond
Pro-life activists note that Republicans, many of whom are pro-life, retain control of the state Senate, which will be “a backstop to kill legislation that would move the pro-life movement backwards.”
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Bishops, pro-life movement react to abortion referendums, election results
Catholic bishops reacted to three pro-life losses in referendum battles, and pro-life groups have weighed in on the referendum results and the impact of the decisive Democratic congressional wins.
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Abortion wins in 3 states amid major Democratic victories in U.S. midterms
Voters in Idaho preserved the state’s ban on abortion, but elsewhere abortion was expanded as Democrats retook the U.S. House and Senate.
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Virginia adopts abortion rights referendum, three other states await results
A referendum to establish a constitutional right to abortion in the Virginia constitution was adopted. Abortion-related referendums in three other states are too early to call.
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New York archbishop joins religious sisters in suing state over assisted suicide law
Archbishop Ronald Hicks joined a suit brought by several orders of religious sisters against the state’s recently instituted suicide regime.
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U.S. bishops celebrate pro-life pregnancy centers for Pregnancy Help Appreciation Week
Here is a roundup of recent pro-life and abortion-related news.
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Pro-life advocates say they have enough signatures to suspend Massachusetts abortion law
The law will also be put to a vote in the 2028 elections, pending confirmation from the state.
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Pro-life group protests Cardinal Cupich’s award to philanthropist, Planned Parenthood donor
Cardinal Blase Cupich said the award is not an endorsement of every stance a person has, but Illinois Right to Life accused him of “scandalizing the faithful” at the Oct. 29 banquet.
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Canada tables bill to halt MAID expansion for mental illness, decriminalize advance requests
The Canadian government’s Bill C-41 would continue the exclusion of euthanasia access to individuals solely living with a mental illness and decriminalize advance requests.
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Pro-life professor in Australia takes Adelaide University to federal court
A pro-life activist has announced legal action against her employer after being “inundated by an avalanche of investigations and complaints” about her views on abortion and gender ideology.
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Polish bishops oppose abortion bills, name historian to lead abuse commission
The bishops oppose a policy that "does not build but destroys," Archbishop Tadeusz Wojda said, as historian Piotr Franaszek takes the helm of the Church's abuse commission.
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Students for Life, Turning Point debate abortion in ‘Feminists Lied’ campus tour
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Catholic ethicists debate morality of embryo adoption
The 2008 Vatican document Dignitas Personae affirmed the dignity and rights of frozen embryos and expressed reservations about proposals for prenatal adoption.
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Liechtenstein’s prince vetoes bill to legalize abortion up to 12 weeks
Parliament passed the bill by 13 to 12 votes on Sept. 2, but no law takes effect in the principality without the reigning prince’s approval.
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Polish lawmakers vote to ease abortion law as presidential veto looms
One bishop called to defend the defenseless, while reports say the bills are “almost certain” to be vetoed by President Karol Nawrocki.
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Catholic theologian challenges U.S. Senate candidate on abortion: ‘The Bible is not silent’
Professor Jodi Hunt told EWTN News she thinks Talarico was trying to appear as a “centrist” to undecided voters, or Republicans unhappy with the party, but she does not think he was convincing.
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Bishops urge prayer as they continue abortion referendum fights in 4 states
Bishops and priests remain active in Nevada, Virginia, Idaho, and Missouri, as they prepare Catholics to vote on referendums that could reshape abortion policies in their states.
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Pro-life advocates seek thousands of signatures to halt Massachusetts abortion law
The New England state recently passed a law that effectively removes all limits on abortion.
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