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Pope Leo condemns abortion and euthanasia during visit to Lourdes

Pope Leo visited Lourdes, France, where he condemned abortion and euthanasia, criticizing France's government for legalizing both and emphasizing the inherent dignity of the ill and disabled. He encouraged French bishops to continue opposing assisted suicide and highlighted Lourdes as a place of Christian hope where all lives, regardless of frailty, are fully respected and welcomed.

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California Gov. Newsom ignores safety, signs risky abortion bills into law

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a package of pro-abortion bills into law, including measures that allow non-physicians to perform abortions past the first trimester and require chemical abortions on community college campuses. Despite previously vetoing a bill related to extradition of abortionists, Newsom supports expanding abortion access and protections for abortion providers, while critics highlight the increased health risks and lack of adequate medical infrastructure for these policies.

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Charges dropped against pro-life activist over social media video

Anastasia Rogers, a pro-life activist, was arrested outside a San Francisco Planned Parenthood facility and charged with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act due to a social media video she filmed, but all charges against her have now been dropped and a protective order lifted. Her first trial ended in a mistrial with most jurors voting not guilty, and although the San Francisco District Attorney's Office initially sought a retrial, prosecutors ultimately abandoned the case.

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Cassy Cooke|Live Action News|

Billionaires and dark money bankroll pro-abortion amendment in Idaho

Nearly $2 million, primarily from out-of-state billionaires and dark money groups such as Government That Works PAC, has been donated to support Idaho's Proposition 1, a ballot initiative to establish a right to abortion in the state. The initiative, backed by Idahoans United for Women & Families, would allow abortion before fetal viability for any reason and after viability in cases of medical emergency, reversing Idaho's current pro-life laws if passed.

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Cassy Cooke|Live Action News|

Plans to light up Belfast City Hall to honor abortion may be thwarted

Belfast City Council initially approved lighting City Hall green on September 28 to honor International Safe Abortion Day, despite a petition with over 20,000 signatures opposing the move. However, the Democratic Unionist Party used a call-in procedure to halt the lighting, making it unlikely to take place as planned, and a pro-life group announced plans to protest outside City Hall.

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There is nothing ambiguous about early pregnancy

Apoorva Tadepalli wrote in the New Yorker that early pregnancy is ambiguous and suggested that if a preborn baby is not likely to survive, it may not count as pregnancy, a view influenced by her experience with multiple pregnancy losses. Medical experts and scientific sources cited in the article affirm that pregnancy begins at fertilization when a new human life starts, and early pregnancy, regardless of outcome, is a real and definable condition.

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Woman says she hemorrhaged in bathtub after taking abortion pill

Haile McAnally, a Nebraska woman who was previously pro-abortion, experienced a severe hemorrhage in her bathtub after taking abortion pills and required a blood transfusion. She now identifies as pro-life and warns that women are not adequately informed about the risks of chemical abortions, which have higher rates of emergency room visits compared to other medications and surgical abortions.

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Cassy Cooke|Live Action News|

Sex-selective abortions and IVF on the rise in United Kingdom

Government reports from the United Kingdom indicate a rising gender imbalance among Indian parents, with a higher number of boys born in third or later births, attributed to sex-selective abortion or IVF. Instances of baby girls being abandoned at maternity wards have also been reported, despite sex-selective abortion being illegal in the UK.

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Cassy Cooke|Live Action News|