In oral arguments March 4, the Supreme Court justices expressed mixed views about a Louisiana law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a local hospital and if the abortion providers have the legal standing to challenge the state law
Optimism among pro-lifers ran high March 3 for a successful outcome to the first abortion case heard by the Supreme Court in four years. It also is the first such case heard by new Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, both appointed
Florida's Catholic bishops Feb. 20 said a bill passed by the Legislature requiring girls under 18 to get a parent's consent before having an abortion is "common-sense legislation" and they look forward to Gov. Ron DeSantis signing it into law. Their statement
Former nurse Jill Stanek recalls 20 years ago holding "a precious child who had been abandoned to die alone in the hospital's soiled utility room after surviving an abortion." Today "we are still fighting for the basic care these little ones deserve,"
A cold, gray, wintry day in South Bend seemed like an appropriate setting for the burial of 2,411 aborted babies, whose remains were interred in Southlawn Cemetery in the city Feb. 12. The babies had been aborted between 2000 and 2003 by
A month before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments in the case, June Medical Services, LLC v. Gee, Russell Shaw shares some insight on how, no matter what happens, things are changing at the Supreme Court. At issue is a law passed
Organized by the Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Days at the Capitol Jan. 28 and 29 brought some 200 pro-life advocates representing the Miami Archdiocese and the state's six dioceses. Participants -- who included members of Councils of Catholic Women, clergy,
Kathryn Jean Lopez writes about the recent experience she had at the National March for Life in Washington, D.C., where President Donald J. Trump spoke. He said some beautiful things about unselfish love and being made in the image and likeness of
Planned Parenthood clinics perform over a third of all abortions in the United States. They are known to schedule even more appointments during the March for Life, because those who usually show up to pray and offer women abortion alternatives are otherwise
A lawsuit to force the University of Notre Dame to provide free contraceptives and abortifacient drugs in its health plans will proceed after receiving a green light from a federal district court in South Bend. Judge Philip Simon of the U.S. District