Louisiana voters by a wide margin Nov. 3 passed a measure declaring there is no state constitutional right to abortion, while Colorado voters defeated a proposal to ban abortion beginning at 22 weeks of pregnancy.
Unofficial results show that the Louisiana measure, known
Abortion is on the ballot in two states Nov. 3: Colorado and Louisiana.
In Colorado, Proposition 115 would ban abortion beginning at 22 weeks of pregnancy. The measure includes exceptions to save the life of the pregnant woman but not for instances of
Poland's bishops' conference decried attacks on churches by demonstrators protesting a near-total ban on abortions by the country's Constitutional Court and urged restraint from violence and dialogue.
Archbishop Stanislaw Gadecki of Poznan, conference president, acknowledged that the court's Oct. 22 decision "has caused
Monsignor Owen Campion looks at the possible future of abortion in this country if Roe v. Wade eventually is overturned. He writes: “Unless this blanket definition of human life comes, some legal observers believe that the Supreme Court will cancel Roe, which
Mary FioRito Hallan writes that the public’s misperception of Roe v. Wade has empowered presidential nominee Joe Biden to threaten to codify it into law. Political campaigns, no matter the party, might sometimes gloss over the truth, or lead the public to
Monsignor Owen F. Campion tackles the term “reproductive rights” in light of Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination by President Donald Trump to the Supreme Court. Even before the nomination, he writes, every commentary on the nomination process said that abortion would be a
Monday through Friday, Marcia Brown stands outside Planned Parenthood on Bay Road in Queensbury.
For upward of six hours a day, Brown holds a sign with a very powerful message -- a piece of her life story she struggled with for years --
President Donald Trump said Sept. 23 he would sign an executive order to "ensure that all precious babies born alive, no matter their circumstances, receive the medical care that they deserve."
In brief recorded remarks for the livestreamed National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, Trump
When it comes to the Catholic view on abortion and life issues, voting is complicated. As David Mills writes in his latest essay, “Catholics aren’t single-issue voters. The Gospel of Life isn’t just the Gospel of Unborn Life. But we are voters
Brittany Clingen Carl, vice president of Illinois Right to Life, responds to a column published by the National Catholic Reporter that attempts to make the case that Catholics should follow the lead of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and embrace “reproductive justice,” which includes