Catholic Bishop Michael Burbidge says he has never before asked every priest in his diocese to do what he requested this weekend: read a letter at Mass urging Catholics to oppose two Virginia constitutional amendments on abortion and marriage. Across 70 parishes serving more than 430,000 Catholics in Northern Virginia, worshippers heard Burbidge warn against […] The post Catholic Bishop Has Every Church Read Letter Opposing Abortion Up to Birth Amendment appeared first on LifeNews.com .
Attorney General Andrea Campbell has just approved our petition to repeal Governor Healey’s radical abortion-up-to-birth law! Now it’s time to get to work collecting necessary signatures. We need your help! Our statewide effort is underway to suspend and repeal Massachusetts’ new full-term abortion law. That law, which will allow abortions to be performed up to […] The post Massachusetts Measure to Repeal Abortions Up to Birth Gets Approval appeared first on LifeNews.com .
The Hyde Amendment, sponsored by Rep. Henry Hyde in 1976, prohibits federal taxpayer funding from covering elective abortions and has been credited with saving approximately 2.7 million lives as of September 30, 2026.
VA's Court of Appeals will hear the appeal in a lawsuit about the state’s proposed pro-abortion amendment instead of sending it to the state supreme court.
Virginia Bishop Michael Burbidge instructed every priest in his diocese to read a letter at Mass urging Catholics to oppose two constitutional amendments on abortion and marriage ahead of the November 3 election. He argued that Ballot Question 1 would expand abortion rights beyond reasonable limits and that Ballot Question 2 would remove the definition of marriage as between one man and one woman, enshrining gender ideology in the state constitution.
The Chaney for Change Podcast episode 5 features Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review discussing topics such as abortion sensitivity, women's healthcare, and the shift from a message of NO to YES after Dobbs. The podcast is produced by Toward Home LLC and aims to spread life-affirming messages through innovation and collaboration.
The phrase 'Men shouldn't be making laws about women's bodies' is discussed in the context of abortion debates and the perspective that not only men but also women who oppose abortion have a stake in these laws. The article is published by Secular Pro-Life and references related content and discussions about abortion and reproductive healthcare on their platform.
Flanders reports that University of New Mexico administrators and state officials are planning a second publicly funded abortion facility. The article connects the proposal to earlier appropriations and a facility already under construction in Las Cruces.
The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments on a religious-freedom challenge to abortion restrictions in the state. The case involves plaintiffs' claims and the history of injunctions that prompted the state's appeal.
Cooke describes two British couples facing the destruction of stored embryos after sperm donors withdrew consent. She discusses their calls for legal change and frames the dispute around the moral status of embryos.
Ohio voters wrote abortion into their state constitution just two years ago. Now the same "reproductive freedom" playbook has landed in pro-life Idaho. The group pushing it just took that ballot language...
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on September 11 blocking Illinois from enforcing its physician-assisted suicide law against Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, two orders of Catholic women religious, and an Illinois pharmacist who challenged the law in court.
Surrogate McKenna West, who fled to Texas after refusing to abort a child diagnosed with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, has filed an emergency application asking the Supreme Court to block a California court order recognizing the biological parents as the legal parents. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton intervened in the custody battle, and a Texas judge ordered life-saving care for the child and prohibited removal from the state, but West was dismissed from the case and now seeks to participate in medical decisions and prevent the child from being moved to California for hospice care.
The Catholic Church in Scotland expressed profound moral and ethical concerns regarding a leaked SNP motion proposing the removal of legal sanctions for women who conduct their own abortions. Anthony Horan, Director of the Scottish Catholic Parliamentary Office, described the motion as deeply troubling and warned that the proposals could allow abortion up to the point of birth and sex-selective abortion.
ProPublica reported a national increase in ectopic pregnancy deaths, noting a correlation between sharper increases and states with abortion restrictions, but emphasized that abortion bans alone cannot explain the rise and that more research is needed to determine their role. The article critiques ProPublica for framing standard medical practices as abnormal and for quoting experts with abortion advocacy affiliations without disclosing them, while also highlighting that many states with abortion restrictions have had poorer maternal outcomes prior to those restrictions.
A federal judge issued a temporary order blocking Illinois from enforcing its assisted suicide law against the Archdiocese of Chicago and two Catholic religious sister groups while a federal lawsuit proceeds. The lawsuit argues that the law infringes on religious liberty by compelling Catholic healthcare providers to participate in assisted suicide, and similar lawsuits have been filed by other Catholic healthcare organizations and professionals in Illinois.
Flanders reports on an indictment alleging that a Kentucky man replaced his pregnant girlfriend's medication with an abortion drug without her knowledge. She summarizes the reported evidence and places the allegation alongside other cases of coerced or nonconsensual abortion.
Cooke reports that a federal judge temporarily blocked Illinois assisted-suicide legislation following a challenge by religious plaintiffs. She distinguishes that action from a separate disability-rights lawsuit and outlines the law's scheduled implementation.
Andorran Prime Minister Xavier Espot announced that the government plans to decriminalize abortion next year despite opposition from the Vatican, emphasizing that the decision will not jeopardize the country's institutional system. Currently, abortion is illegal in all cases in Andorra, a predominantly Catholic country governed as a parliamentary diarchy with co-princes including the bishop of La Seu d’Urgell, but officials aim to pass legislation by April that may limit prosecution to physicians while protecting women who seek abortions.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will attend the Archdiocese of New York’s 25th anniversary Mass for the victims of 9/11 at the invitation of Archbishop Ronald Hicks, despite Mamdani's support for abortion, gender reassignment, and homosexual marriage. Archbishop Hicks, appointed by Pope Leo XIV, will concelebrate the Mass with Bishop Robert Brennan and host an invitation-only congregation including 9/11 victims’ families, NYPD members, and city officials.
The Andorran Prime Minister announced plans to decriminalize abortion in Andorra by April 2027 regardless of the Vatican's approval. This decision comes despite a Catholic bishop serving as co-head of state in the microstate.
A Massachusetts jury acquitted Lindsay Clancy, who murdered her three children, effectively legalizing fourth-trimester abortions, which refers to the period after a child passes through the birth canal. The jury's decision reflects a local cultural mindset that views women as victims without agency, excusing violent acts committed by them due to factors like mental illness or societal struggles.
The claim that abortion bans have doubled ectopic pregnancy deaths but clarifies that the article itself does not support this causation, emphasizing that correlation is not causation. It also references a related article on maternal mortality rates in pro-life versus pro-choice states published by Secular Pro-Life on April 28, 2025.
A Scottish bishop told Crux Now that the proposed change to Scotland's abortion law, which aims to decriminalize all abortions, could limit conscientious objection. Currently, abortions before the 24th week are legal if approved by two medical professionals, and the Catholic Church in Scotland opposes the efforts to lift abortion laws, as Scotland is the only UK country where unlawful abortion is a criminal offense.
Cooke reports that the House of Commons rejected a reintroduced assisted-suicide bill. The article recounts the proposal's earlier failure and presents the result as a victory for opponents of legalization.
Thomas More Society announces additional organizational and individual plaintiffs in its challenge to Illinois’s assisted-suicide law. The release seeks expanded protection for healthcare professionals who object to informing, referring, or participating on religious and conscience grounds.
The Lindsay Clancy case, involving a mother who strangled her three small children, has highlighted arguments similar to those used by abortion activists and sparked debate about infanticide laws in Canada. Canadian law treats infanticide as a lesser crime than murder when a mother kills an infant under one year old due to mental disturbance related to childbirth, and experts have suggested expanding this leniency to older children, raising concerns about the implications for the value of children's lives.
