CINCINNATI (CNS) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati ruled March 12 that the state of Ohio can stop funding Medicaid services provided by Planned Parenthood and other abortion facilities. In an 11-6 vote, the court overturned
Emboldened by Democratic wins in last November’s elections and seizing on fears that a U.S. Supreme Court with a conservative majority could strike down Roe v. Wade, the abortion lobby is pushing to cement abortion’s legality in individual states and strike down
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CNS) — The Arkansas Senate March 11 passed a bill to ban abortion after the 18th week of pregnancy. The measure, approved in a 28-6 vote, does include exceptions in medical emergencies to save the life of the mother
Classically, Catholicism identifies three “states” in which the Church exists: the Church militant (Christians on earth), the Church expectant (the souls in purgatory) and the Church triumphant (the saints in heaven). Unfortunately, a fourth ecclesiological state has recently emerged: the Church co-dependent.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (CNS) — The Missouri House of Representatives Feb. 27 passed the Missouri Stands for the Unborn Act, an omnibus bill that bans abortion when the heartbeat of an unborn child can be detected, which could be as early as
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The Senate in an evening vote Feb. 25 failed to advance a measure sponsored by Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, that would have required babies born alive after an abortion to be given medical attention and “the same protection of
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Since the end of January, the legislatures of New York, Virginia and other states have made headlines by approving or introducing policies that relax abortion restrictions, even in the third trimester and during labor. Now New Mexico is one
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. Supreme Court blocked a Louisiana law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals Feb. 7. In the court’s 5-4 vote, Chief Justice John Roberts sided with four justices in favor of blocking this regulation
LONDON (CNS) — A council in London could become the second local authority in the U.K. to approve an exclusion zone around an abortion clinic. A regulatory committee of Richmond Council voted Feb. 6 to make it a crime to attempt any
A little more than a week after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a baptized Catholic, signed off with celebratory zeal on one of the most radical abortion laws in the country — allowing babies in the state to be aborted up until