The Supreme Court appears set to overturn its Roe v. Wade decision, which legalized abortion for nearly 50 years, according to a leaked initial draft of a court opinion obtained by Politico and published online the evening of May 2.
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A renewed spirit of hope reverberated through events nationwide that marked the 49th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
From Vermont to Los Angeles, thousands of people were buoyed by the prospect that the court would
What would life look like if Roe v. Wade were overturned? The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced that it will hear a case this fall concerning a Mississippi law banning most abortions after 15 weeks’ gestation. For the first time since 1992,
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
As Cardinal Francis George once wrote, “When the common good is violated, violence grows. When the law protects the private killing of one group of human beings, eventually no human being is safe.” Those who recognize the sanctity of all human life,
What can pro-life people expect from the Supreme Court’s decision to review a law requiring doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital? Russell Shaw writes: “In brief, they can expect a decision permitting states to place some restrictions